Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-22

spoke in high and enthusiast
, terms of her mother, who, born /
freedom, spurned the bondage {
which she was now reduced. Sh
, instructed her daughter in the ter
ents of her religion, and taught he
TO aspire to higher powers OF intel
lect, and an independence of spirit
forbidden to the female followers o
Mohammed. This lady died bu
her lessons were indelibly impress
ed on the mind of Safe, who sick
ened at the prospect of again re
turning to Asia, ana there being i'm
INJURED within the walls of harem
allowed only to occupy herself with
puerile amusements, ill suited te
the temper of her soul, now accus-
TONED to grand ideas and noble
emulation for virtue. The pros
pect of marrying a Christian, and
remaining in country where wom-
en- were allowed to take rank in
society, was enchanting to her.
"The day for the execution of the
Turk was fixed; but, the night pre-
vious 10 it, he had quilted prison,
and before morning, was distant
many :leagues from Paris. Felix
had procured passports in the name
of his father, sister and himself.
He had previously communicated
his plan to the former, who aided
the deceit by quitting his house,
under the pretense of journey,
and concealed himself, with his
daughter, in an obscure part of Par
is.
''FeliX conducted the fugitives
through France to Lyons, and across
Mount Gents to Leghorn, where the
merchant had decided to wait fa-
vorable opportunity of passing into
some port of the Turkish dOmin-
ions.
"Safie resolved to remain with
her father until the moment of his
departure, before which time the
Turk renewed his promise that she
should be united to his deliverer;
and Felix remained with them
with the expectation of that event;
and in the meantime he enjoyed
the society of the Arabian who .ex-
hibited toward him the simplest
and tenderest affection. They con-
versed with each other through the
means of an interpreter, and some
times with the Interpretation of
looks and Safe sang to him the
divine airs of her native country.
"The Turk allowed this intimacy
to take place, and encouraged the
hopes of the youthful lovers, while
in his heart he had formed far other
plans. He lOathed the idea that
his daughter should be united to Il
Christian but he feared the resent
ment of Felix if he should appear
lukewarm for he knew that he
was still in the power of his deliv-
erer, if he should choose to betray
him to the italian state which they
inha bited. He revOlved a thousand
plans by which they should be en-
abled to prOlong the deceit until 1T
might be no longer necessary, and
secretly to take his daughter with
him when he departed. His plans
were greatly facilitated by the news
which arrived from Paris.
"The Government of France was
greatly enraged at the escape of
their victim, and spared no pains to
detect and punish his deliverer.
The plot of Felix was quickly
discovered, and DeLacey and Aga
tina were thrown into prison. The
news reached Felix, and reused
him from his dream of pleasure.
His blind and aged father, and his
gentle sister, lay in nOisOme dun
geon, while ne enjoyed the free air,
and the society of her whom he
loved. This idea was torture to
him. He quickly arranged with
the Turk. that if the latter should
find a favorable opportunity for es-
cape before Felix could return to
Italy, Safe should remain as a
boarder at convent at Leghorn ;
and then, quitting the lovely Arab
ian, he hastened to Paris, and de-
livered himself up to the vengeance
of the law, hoping to free DeLacey
and Agatha by this proceeding.
"He did not succeed. They re-
manned confined for five months
before the trial took place; the re- |
suit of which deprived them of
their fortune, ami condemned them
to perpetual exile from their native
"Thty found a miserable asylum
in the cottage in Germany, where |
them. Felix soon learn
ed that the treacherous Turk, for
whom he and his family endured
oppression, on discover
ing that his deliver was thus re-
duced to poverty and impotence,
became traitor TO good feeling and
honor, and had quilted Italy with
his daughter, insultingly sending
Felix a pittance of money to aid
him, as he said, in some plan of
future maintenance.
''Such were the events that pray
ed on the heart of Felix, and rem
dered him when l first saw him,
the most miserable Of his family.
and, when this distress had been
the need of his virtue, he would
have gloried in it; but the ingrati-
tude of the Turk, and the loss of
his beloved Safe, were misfortues
more bitter and irreparable. The
arrival of the Arabian now infus-
ed new life into his soul.
"When the news reached Leg
horn, that Felix was deprived OF ?
his wealth and rank, the merchant
his daughter to think
no more of her lover, but prepare to
reture with him to her native cOun-
try. The generous nature of Safe
was outraged by this command;
she attempted to eXpOstulate with
her father, but he left her angrily,
his tyrannical mandate.
"A few days after, the Turk en-
.ered his daughters apartment, and
old her hastily, that he had reason
10 believe that his residence at Leg
horn had been divulged, and that
ne should speedily be delivered up
10 the French Government he
mad, consequently, hired vessle to
him to ConstantinOple, for
which city he should sail in few
hours. He intended to leave his
laughter under the care of conf
iential servant, to follow at her
eisure with the greater part of his
which had not yet arrived
It LeghOrn.
"When alone, Safe resolved in
ler own mind the plan of conduct
hat it would become her to pursue
n this emergency. a residence in
Turkey was abhOrrent to her; her
and feelings were alike ad-
verse tOit. By some papers OF her
ather's which fell into her hands,
The heard of the spot where he then
'esided. She hesitated some time,
)ut at length she formed her deter
Taking with her some
ewels that belonged to her. and a