Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-07
comp lete contemp nd M tone that
Ishall never forget said
Oh these Frenc hlneni What nery-


business!
She shrugged her shoulders, and
called q maid whom she commanded to
open a window. Then as If they were
doing the most ordinary Of acts. they
| lifted the body and dropped it into the
river whose waters closed over it.
Upon my word the adventure was be-
coming too oriental for q Parisian. I
confess that + was seized with wild
terror without waiting longer / ran
away like mailman Where I went, ]
have NO idea. In 10 minutes found
myself again in the city, and I ran
through the streets as if pursued by a
legion Of devils. When I had reached
my apartments I fastened myself in
with a double lock, cursing Nissa and
| all the houris of the Orient.
Nit III. *
t:What night! I did not sleep till
morning, and then my sleep was like
lead. When Iawoke, the sun was high
and streaming into my chamber. / was
completely unstrung. What would hap
pen? a. man could not disappear with
out the laws taking cognizence of the
affair. Nissa had not even made as at
tempt at concealment. The servant had
seen and aided her. I should be impli-
Gated, and at the very idea of being as
sociated in such d crime felt my hair
standing ON end with horror. Should
Iconfde everything to the French minis
ter? Unfortunately he had just left, and
the first secretary was too young for me
to think of having recourse to him. In
any event my future was ruined. It
| was q fine commission, that from the de-
partment of fine arts =, e. s... =:
'''All that day remained in the same
condition, keenly anxious, and not dar-
ing to go out. The evening came and
still I had formed no resolution, and no
news yet of Nissa. Had she been az
rested? What had become Of her? I
retired early, but could not sleep. On
the second day could endure it no
longer, and decided to see my friend,
the sertip. Anything was preferable
to the torturing uncertainty in which I
was living. was sure that .Mehmed-
Aga would not go out before breakfast.
I arrived at his palace about noon, I
was sure that he was in his study as
usual. I was announced, and then
entered. The sertip was reclining up
on diyan peacefully smoking his
chibouk.
"'Ah! it is you,'. he said when he saw
me-
Are yon well?'
"SThank you, very WE'LL
"'By the way he said, have you heard
the news? .~..
"'The news--the news? No, II
have heard nothing.
You remember Astoulla, the rich
merchant, in the suburbs?'
'"Do remem-
"Why, yes-Nissa's husband, whom
told you about
felt myself FLUSHING to the roots of
my hair. It was all over, the crime was
known, and did not dare to think Of
the end of the adventure. T muttered
an almost inaudible yes .f%>
"'The poor devil, continued the SER
tip; my dear friend, he has suddenly
disappeared : as. ,t5~ : " I'll.
"My throat was choking but I man
aged to say: @z.#35 T.. ~: e.
What! he has-he has disappeared?
Joye! It. isl very-yery strange" II
eyes, very strange -
@sAnd the sertip looked at me intently.
I could bear it no longer. I was about
to confess. everything, when he said:
He was just setting out for Teheran.
And suddenly-vanished. Nothing has
been heard of him."
."For the second time the sertip looked
into my face. There was short silence.
Then putting outa long thread Of smoke,
he added calmly: u, - .sas%.
Good is great!"- [Revue dies denx
Mondes. ~ ~