New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25
An EGYPTIAN HORROR.
Ernnl The lS1ltirs.

From The SPUR.
Once had occasion to make conPlalnI aBapoc
the Moodir of the province of Menout on account o.
the alarming weakness Of certain dykes 81 one OF
the largest canals. The Nile Was risng Iap dn
the news from tho SOudan indcatsd d SUN nlBuer
rising. was aware that tho contractor ior the To-
pair of the dyKes-a Turk-had arranged Win tne
Inspector another Turk to exercise q pIuuoue
economy in the matter OF stones aud piles, WIN
view TO transferring the balance INTO tneir own
pockets. IL happened that the celebrated loranIm
Pasha SOD of Mehcmet Allie rdtnqHehr de Ne0"-
owned the land ON the opposite side OF tho canai,
the cotton plantation of which was director DeihU
on this bank. .
The MO0dIr-also n Turk. hut comparatively an
honest fellow-knew that did not laugh on bqsl-
ness matters; however he said to me, MON cnT'
don't allow beg of you, your complaint 10 go iui-
ther Those two fellows who have eaten the con-
tract money. have many friends at court anu my
self am somewhat mixed up In some tIansdotiVns
with them. undertaken, OF course OUT Oh lIienun,p
and without pecunisry considerations whatever.
Ii were to show my Teeth should only goI into y
mess without doing you much good. w OF sa,t
l. " do not want TO do yOu bad tnrn Dpt musI
have the work done on my side of the canal, and
qulcky: otherwise am bound to go NJ once III pol'
son to Cairo" The Moodir tearing tne conso99 Gu
ces had the work begun during the nlgut, anu vi
three days aud nights about nifty persons, men .
women aud children, were at II. Meanwn'Ie tno
Nile higher and higher ana suddenly Inc uyHs
burst at a distance of some hltcen hunhreu yaIuo
from nv own boundary and all lbrahm fasha scioPH
were ruined. went at once to the spot op noIso
back; all was contnson ana there was W ,ha al
be done excopt for the Bash Bazouks anu TUE o III,
GERS of the MOodrlah to gallop ABOUT HI Oyer .uo
place aud hit the innocent fellaheen VINO had noun
ing on earth To do with IL, over tho headS VIII
sticks The day following whilst out riolng' saw
a man an Egyptian felah of high p0sltlon-"ho
as under ms pector Of the dy kes aud canais no
w.s i'm chains auu route to the Moodirlsn; oi
court house lie imploIed ME to help MN. 10,
said l. aud will follow and see what comes Oh al
this" Well / went. lie WAS accused OF hasIhs
neglected his worK, and thereby caused the 9lsas
Ter Ali manner of false witnesses being prouu.eeu
against him by the real culprits. 1 spoke 70 tne
Noodir implOring him not TO pu lsh the inn9cghtt
for the guilty, aud threatening that IL ne uiu
would expose tIe whole case. then 1917 tDe Coul.
but was recalled after "A few minutes anu reCSIteu
by the Moodir. with whom fonnd the lurKlsn W,
sprctor one of the real Iascas 1ou are quIt9
right" said the former. the an Is innocent: anu
W c are goIug to release him IN TACT, my oIu9Is ~
that effect have been gwen" thanked MIN heaiC
ily and went home. But eight days aterwardc-ou q
certain Sunday evening" was coming PACK Iroi; u
fair riding in company with some Be lOuns' we
were close % the spot whore the dyke had gwen
way but which had now been repaired In T"nI
Of us was n small crowd of people gathered rlinu
some object, What It Alas u was w
other than my poor friend. the understanding
burled up 20 hs neck IN mud and earth sptechleSS.
m sddeued and dyIng. lie had Deen thrre-eNPoseu
10 the burning SUI with h head shaVed-lor, bhe
Whole live-ong day. Justice-the justice OF Tue
Turk toward tho Egg ptian-hsd been dohe. I pru
him Pasha himself had ordered the terrible dehlh
sentence and the day the poor fellow e1plreu'