Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-06-04
of gold and jewels Of silver. Of their

bracelets, necklaces OF precious stones,
and carried off to be cold to the Bis
h,reeu merchants as slaves. Yes, and
white women too-Egyptians and
Circasaians who wore the burgo over
their faces, the raptah, and the turhah,
and the kurs on their heads-ladies
clad in silk and satin gibbehs and
sattaha Mother and daughters alike
were dragged off from their homes of
comfort. These were widows, wives
and daughters of Egyptian officers,
some of whom ha,l : .n killed with
Hicks Pasha; wives and children of
Egyptian merchants formerly rich,
owning ships and mills, gardens and
shops. These were sold afterward,
some for $40 thaleries or more, some
for $50, according to age and good
looks. And the poor black women,
Already slaves, and their children,
were taken on, too. These were sold,
t,o, for 100, 80, or 10 thaleries. Their
husbands and masters We're slain be-
fore their eyes and yet hear it said
there was no massacre at the taking
of Khartouml They lie who say so,
and are in league with Mahomet Ach-
met. You must not believe all that
men coming from Omdurman tell you.
Mahomet Achmet and the Dervishes
End you false .eports Of everythin 6
and you believe them; then they laugh.
This fighting and spilling of blood
continued till dohr, till the sun
rode high in the sky-red, yet
darkened by smoke and dust. There
was riot and clamor, hubbub and
wrangling over spoil; cursing was
heard till the hour OF evening prayer,
But the Muezzin was not called;
neither were any prayers offered up
at the mosque on that dark day in
the annals of Khartoum. But the
history of those scenes will not be
written on its records; for all scrolls
and papers and books in the archives
We're destroyed and scattered abroad.
Yet the bowling herd, possessed
by afaseet and gin, the screeching
devils bespattered with gore, swarm
ing about in droves and bands, found
not the llunder that they had been
promised or had expected. Then
they were exasperated. Their fury
knew no bounds, and they sought out
FaSig Pasha, but he was with the
Dervishes. He had presented himself
to them as one deserving we'll Of honor
and rewards. Where is the hidden
treasure Of the Greek merchants and
Cahalees of Leontides and Georgia
Themetrio? Yes, and Of the Franchesi
Marquet; or the Italian Micbaelo? I?
Farig was questioned, but he swore
by Allah and by the souls of his
fathers back to three generations that
Gordon had no money. and that he
knew of no hidden money or treasure.
You lie, cried the Dervishes. You
wish after while to come here, dig,
and get it all for yourself If the
Inglezze had no money or silver, how
did he make all those silver medals
we have seen?'
"Most Of them are lead,' Farig re-
piled, and he paid every one with pa.
psr. 1t is falsef they replied and
now have care; listen to what we
are going to say to you. We are sure
you know where the money lies con.
cealed. We are notcareful of your
life. for you have betrayed the man
whose salt you had eaten; you have
been the servant of an inhdel, and
you have betrayed even him. Unless
you unfold this secret of the buried
treasure you shall surely die
"But Farig, it is said-for We were
not there-seeing that his end was
approaching. that his words we're not
believed, assumed proud and naughty
bearing and an attitude Of defiance.
4 care not he said, for your threats.
l have told the truth, Allah knows.
There is no money, neither is there
treasure. You are magnoons 10 sup
pose there is money, but il there were
You would not divide it fairly among
your followers-to every one his por.
ton. You would keep it among your.
selves. l have done gr, at deed. I
have delivered to your lord and mas
ter the city, which you could never
have taken without my help. NYou
would have been beaten back from
the trenches by the Inglezze, who,
even now, await their time to punish
you, and have secrets regarding
these which, if I die, will die in me. L.
tell you again there is no treasure,
but you will rue the day if you kill
ms.'
"One among The Dervishes then
stepped forward and struck him,
bound as he was, III the mouth, telling
him to cease his iool'sprophecies while
another, incensed, rushed at him and
struck him en- the back of his neck
with bic two.edged sword, SO that