The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-03

indicate my own, course. Yss, | must
move DOWN fFee@,. Sr tina fettere cred
cayaliar on the board crossed the stream
.t to the right. At length tbs problem was
'fo Kl6sAslsas asa, ,ss,ayh ass<a asr
5 WIDEN clfm1AKy thlodkK NV
window ! dropped myself into the
stream. The current and my own siren
nous exertiOns soon carried me far away
from my jailer. As went drifting and
esv'iDning dawn stream yudqenlYsl sarce
he &asllsEn6wn cry 1ssH altR. NsWas tl,e
British outpost, and soon l was in the
midst of friendly Englishmen. l recited
my adventures, and learned from them
that it vas their design to attack at day
break the party which had seen from
my window. After some persuasion
prevailed upon their officer to forego
this plan, and, instead, to let me conduct
them, by detour, to the shiek's strong
hold. During my. incarceration | had
. observed the extent Of their force, aud
knew that the detachment I was with
could easily carry the place. -
The though tot capturing>'my old enemy
added zeal to my undertaking, W.
-i4n1ned1atelyys set sol.t.. Swimming soua
Horses across the stretm we arrived IL
the rear Of the Persian citadel at day
hight The assault, being totally mex.
pected, was completaly Successful. The
sheik, however, fought like a tiger and
succeeded i'll rallying around him few
of his guards. l endeavored to make
my way to him, and called him to sur
render, but the confusion and tumult
were at first too great Finally sue
ceedel i'll reaching him, and through
one Of the xcaptured guards summoned
him to surrender, as his game was lost"
At this he gave one quick and nervous
glance Sarounf He. turned 10 Nee ,bpt
found himself Datfled on all sides. pI-
roiling step or two, he raised his hand
to his mouth. Then, in the. Persian di-
alect, he exclained: 1.-The king is never
taken-@he. is mat" and fell dead at my
feet.
Bending oyer the corpse, saw at once
the cause Of his death. On one of his
fingers was t. ring with Il hollow seal
From this it was that he imbibed the
poison. Craven on the seal Of the ring
was Il problem strangely in keeping with
the wears tragic end. 1t; was in tive
moves-black to play and force white to
mate
The place was soon sacked and fired.
1Ao t'OSA <so NOSIst, iil0tCIlCu III 4uc6I
Of the yelled lady who had given me the
key move to escape found her safely
concealed in the very tower in which 1
had been confined. When our party
Withdrew, she went With US. FROM her
| learned that she was the daughter. of
a Spanish marine, and that her name
was Emilia Valiente. Her father, she said,
was of an adventurous skirt, constantly
making perilous voyages to distant lands.
While on a cruise to Bombay, their YES:
sci had been wrecked in the gulf of
Oman. OF all on board she was the only
one saved. The sheik, from whose
hands she and myself had just escaped,
: had ,1aken her, from tho Friendly tribe
IN whose midst She found herself after
her rescue from the wreck. Like me,
She lad been held prisoner to amuse
him at chess. Our fortunes were 80
singular and SO like, and the circum-
stances under which we were brought
together seemed to have so much of
fatality, that We were not long together
before we loved.
So the 'fetteredg knight" and "mobled
queen" were wed.