Evening star., 1885-06-06
A Queer CarOuSe.

4 Queer Car0use.
DISRAELIs NIGHT WITH TURKISH BEY on
THE TOP OF MOUNT PINDUS.
From "Home Letters by the late Earl of Beaconsaeld
Two hours before sunset, having completed
only half our course in spite of all our exertions
we :ound ourselves at q vast but dilapidated
khan as big as a Gothic castle, situated on q
high range and built as q sort of halfway house
for travellers by All Pasha when his long, gra-
c1ouS and unmolested reign had permitted
him to turn this unrivaled country, which
combines all the excellences OF southern
poses fer which it is fitted. This khan had now
been turned into military post, and here we
ns letter in case of our stopping ior an hour.
He was man of very pleasing exterior, but un-
luckily could not understand Giovanni's Greek
ana had no Interpreter.
30 We smoked. 1t Is a great resource. but this
wore out and IT was so ludicroes. smoking and
then sxchanging pipes by way Of compliment.
ana saSn os hand to our heart
ustely next, so had the onus Of mute atten-
ton. and Gay next to me, SO he and n. could
at least have an occasional joke. though, Of
sional and irresistible observation. Clay wanted
to play ecarte, and with grave face, as If we
were at our devotions but just as we were about
brandy, and that We would offer our host a
glass. as 1t pi.lt be hint for what should fol-
The cny taken place pisso years ago. n
stead ~ in the present age Of skepticism, it
would haye been Instantly voted a tirst-rate
instantly asked !gr another cup; we drank it in
coxse cuRS. BY the time that Meredith had re-
tnrnea, wno had Left the house on ,eretence Of
shooting, Clay, our host and myself had dis
patched a bottle Of brandy in quicker time and
fsirer proportions than ever did bottle Of
would dIank again with Meredith and ordered
some figs, talking. must tell you, all the time
inanlEihf nd IN tHe host graceful Rantomime ex
oe9es for ouriaspecdon, aud finally making out
Giovanai's Greek enough to misunderstand
sS M soo n1a
never ne, M met such q jolly fellow in the course Of
:, l. In the meantime we were ravenous, for the
last We insisted On GioyannPs communicating
our ou,,o wants ns. and asking for bread; The bey
psspaled ena anrseres Resh'as fai
aun$ry q dreams, sn,,s when to our great delight
ompanisd, Y our great horror, by-wine.
we ate, we drank; we ate with our fingers, we
was not bad, but if it had been poison we We must n
min; mi We qusi,ed it il rivers: The hey called
turned round: the wild attendants who sat at our
fsst & s seemed daasins in strange and fantastic
sd %IS hs bosY seooS Aands with me he shout
caught up from Us: "Kalo, Kalo,' was my re-
joinder. He roared; Istnacked him on the back.
remember 40 more.
In the middle of the night awoke. I found
myself sleeping on the divan, rolled up in it's
sacred CARPET; the bey had wisely reeIed to the
nre The thirst telt was like that of Dives
All We're sleeping except two, who kept up dur
Ing the night the great wood fire. rose lightly
stepping over my sleeping companions, and the
: SlIl aY II ms tilat here and there informed me
that She datk mass wrapped up in capote was
q q nuniun n<ins. found Abrahams bosom in
= 1agop Of water. think must have drunk
7 -oh of fhn
nre and thought OF the blazing blocks in the
ns!i az srsdynhaM, asked myself whether I
was laased in the mountain fastness of an
Albanian chief, and, Struggling my shoulders,
Went to bed and woke without q headache.