The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-08
ARABT IN PRISON.
How the Egyptian Lender Spends
his Time in Confinement.

Our Cairo c~nrresronaent sends the fol-
lowing-"Whai J. TO be done with Arab?
i the question ~ every ones mouth
" neither he l. ~ be haogc1 or sci free
sthe bts!. upon wiirt mauv betting
boot are made uI,-evel beth z that he
Will be hanged. so ! tIat he will be : I
Tree. hateyer l. done should be done
al once. In the meantime Arab l. shut
up With lis colleagues and satellites in a
large publicbulidIng IN theEuropeaI quar-
ter ui the town. lie i watched by Cir
ca~slan guards. who occupy the interior
~ the house, while a company OF Grena-
iicr Guards stands sentry at every posi-
bic exit fro he cxtemporized prison
Arahi says thar the Circa-sians tire Il him
crIc.!y aud eat his bread and onions and
seal hi. tobacco. He seems afraid o.
rhclr assa-sinating him. and has asked
-eyeral times that British soldiers be
llacei III the room with hIu. This de
ipand has been refused, but an officer
now sees that the CircassIan> do not abuse
trabi in any way.
Arab now presents a striking contrast
10 the tall erect h%or>euan who on the 81
IF September, 1881. rode, sword in hand
! M to the khedIve, who stood at the foot
III Tie palace ,teDs Of Abiin. Surrounded
by tour batteries OF krupp gun, and 9 GOO
troops. the kheiIve was a prisoner IN
hi rl &c. | vas au eye witness, OF I'll.
Gene that then took place. AS Arab
ode up tue Misunderstanding for =
Moment the imperial demcauur of Me
Icmct Ali extended himself to hI- tub
ncIght.aud drawing buck his we'll formed
head, Commanded Arab, Put up ttat
sword!
Arab, taken completely by surprise.
nesitated, and his sword hand troubled
oaIpabIy. | then felt convinced that Ara
OF lacked physical courage. The khcdIye
1roftirg by the hesitation, made a COM
naudirg gesture with his right hand.
.AraOl then swung up the hilt of his sabre
,nd replaced 1t i'll Its scabbard. The
IS hcdive then commanded, Get of the
horsel This order Arabl also obeyed-
Ii was then that Sir Auckland (theu Mr.
Colvin bent towards the khedlve and
said, 20. der him shot" Instead this
the Khedlve said to Arab, VIVA DC
you waut?' Arab, seemed now 10 have
completely recovered his presence of mind
and wIthsix officers by his side eplicd:"I
have three demands To make Of YOU, and
ifthey be not granted | have our success.
sor ready. | first insist that the present
Ministry tGhe Riaz Ministry lie dismiss
ed second. the pay Of the army must be
increased; proposed by the Military
Commission, and, third, au Egyptian
Parliament must be established. Tn,
khedive, after a short aud rapid discus
sion with the Ministers. Ieplied:-".
grant the first demand, | dismiss tn,
Ministry. The other two demands
.,,p. lo.iln nnnp r,fhnur rcf.riut
them D the Sultan
As soon as the decree, dismissing the
Riaz Ministry was signed and handed t,
Arabl the troops. with music at thei
head, marched trium phantly from tn,
Palace square, and thus began the dram;
which ended 10 the east iron picnic OF
Britt h army and a march past o
Hlghlanders, Beloochees. Guardmen an,
Bengal cavalry in the same Palace squar
lust one year later. The Arab victoriou
aud triumphant was a large very dark
powerfully built man, with elastic step
commanding presence "a man who resem
oiled Dawson, the famous German TRACE
dian. add who could make a fort une if n,
mad chosen to act Othclio instead of play
ing the role of a military rretender at bes
of a ~teidh-rate Cromwell Such was tn,
Arab OF a few months ago. The Arab
of to-day is a pale cafe ou lat bloate,
and haggard fellah. His eyes have los
heir brliiancy and extraordinary power
His hair, instead of being raven black, i
,>treaked with gray. His once black bu
now gray mustache it reinforced by
stubbly. streaked beard. He now stool
and walks with a shuffling step. II,
passes his time in praying and wash
ing-two inseparable rituals of Islam