The true northerner., 1882-10-06

The Sultan of Turkey has presented
General Lew Wallace, the American
Minister, with beautiful Circassjan
girl.
This is all that the modest telegraph
consented to say about the occurrence,
though there was ever so much to be
told. The fact is that Mrs. Wallace
was sitting at the front window of her
Constantinople house, on the verge of
going down to the bazaar for some
embroidered stuffs to send home, when
a cavalcade drew up before the door,
huge eunuch, arrayed in the Sultan's
livery, knocked at the door and slam
slammed, and then two eunuchs, a size
smaller, brought in and deposited upon
the inside door mat big-eyed, beauti-
full Circassian Girl, whose lustrous orbs
and sparkling jewels were but little
obscured by the tilmy gauze yelling
that covered her from head to foot.
The eunuchs departed without saying
word. Mrs. Wallace stared at the
girl in dumb amazement.
"What do you want ?" she said
The girl shook her head.
"Mustaby, Mustabyw cried Mrs.
Nailuce, Shdipiy' w HdJ uOeS tlllS
mean?"
Mustaby came from the floor below
where he had been polishing some
knives with Bristol brick He dropped
brick and knife when he caught sight
of the visitor.
"Ah, ah, ;" he calculated with satisfac-
ton, as he saw the Imperial insignia,
ut is a present. 1t is magnificent
present. His highness has smiled up
on my master and has sent him his
choicest slave"
"And what is his choicest slave go
ing to do in this house, L would like to
know" continued Mrs. Wallace with a
vinegary CLEAN of sarcasm.
"She will Sring my masters coffee to
him when he awakens in the morning
and affectionately superintend his
morning ablutions"
"She will, will she ?" remarked Mrs.
Wallace, as she gritted her teeth very
hard. "She will affectionately super
intend his morning ablutions, will she 2"
and she stealthily fingered a bric-a-brac
cimeter, and glared at the offending
present.
Then she walked straight up TO the
beauty on the door-mat, pointed her in
dex finger out of the front door and re-
marked; "Go'way!"
The present stared at her stupidity.
"Go way, tell you. You're a
shameless hussv to come intruding on a
respectable family in this way"
The present did not look as though
she had done anything particularly in
famous and showed no disposition to
move.
Mrs. Wallace could contain herself
no longer She flew at the present,
grabbed it by the shoulder and was
hustling il down stairs when General
Wallace came around the corner rather
flushed from rapid walking. He took
In the situation at glance.
"Oh! Lewis" cried his wife, with
accentuated horror. did you ever
hear of such thing!"
Lewis did not look Mortified, though
he evidently was. He evidently had
heard OF such things for there was a
doubtful look on his face. Finally he
said:
II don't think, Maria, that l would
put it out into the street. It's not to
blame, you know"
There was faint snap in Mrs. Wal
lace's eyes, but she nodded and lured
him on farther.
"You see it's present, you know. If
we could send it back, saying we had no
use for it, or that we had one already
and couldn't he make it something else
it would be the best way. You have to
consult custom and etiquette in these
things, You know, dear"
"Y-e-e-s," said Mrs. W., with a sin
lister sweetness IN her compliance.