St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-08

tween Tetuan and Tripoli. following the
northern edge of The desert. set out on the
18th of October.
And now Sava was entirely at the mercy
of her captOrs. But her resolution was not
shaken. Neither the tn. eats of Namir nor
the rage of Sarcany had had any effect on
her.
At its departure from Tetuan the caravan
already numbered fifty of the brethren, or
Khouans. under the leadership of an imam,
who had organized it in military fashion.
There was no intention of crossing the prov
inces under French influence, or the journey
might give rise to difficulties.
The coast of Algeria and Tunis forms an
arc up to the western coast of the grand
Syrtes. where it drops abruptly to the south.
The most direct road from Tetnan to Tripoli
is along the chord OF this arc, and that does,
not run higher than Laghouat. one of the
most distant French towns on the borders
of the Sahara.
The caravan, on leaving the empire of
Morocco, skirted the boundary of Algeria.
and in Benz Matan, in Oulad Nail, in Char
fat-el-Hamel, secured goodly number Of
recruits, so that when it reached the Tunis-
ian coast at the Syrtis Magma it numbered
more than 800 men. Then-it followed the
coast, recruiting Khouans in the different
villages, and on the goth of November after a
six weeks journey, it reached the frontier
of Tripoli. On the day, therefore, that this
feast of the storks was taking place, Sar-
cany and Namir had only been the guests
of Sldi Hazam for three days.
The moqaddem's house, which was now
Sava's prison, was surrounded by slender
minaret. and with its white walls pierced
with with loopholes. its embattled terraces,
its want of exterior windows, and it's low,
narrow doorway, had very much the ap-
pearance of small fortress. 1t was in
reality regular zaouiya, situated beyond
the town, on the skirt of the sandy plain
and the plantations of Menchie, with its
gardens defended by the high wall running
up on to the oasis.
Its interior was of the ordinary Arab de-
sign, but with three courtyards instead of
one. Around each of these courtyards was
quadrilateral of galleries, columns. and
arcades, onto which opened the rooms of
the house, which for the most part were
luxuriously furnished. In the second court
ward the visitor or guest found vast
''skifa," sort of hall or vestibule. in which
more than one conference had been held by
Sidi Hazam.
The house was naturally defended by its
high walls, and the defense was further as
sured by the number of servants who could
be summoned in case of an attack from the
wandering tribes. or even the recognized au-
thoritles of the province whose efforts were
directed to keeping the Senousists in check.
There were, in fact, fifty of the brethren,
welarmed and equally ready for the de-
fensive or the offensive.
There was only one door to the Zaouiya.
but this door was very thick and solid, and
bound with iron. and could not be easily
forced, and once forced could not be easily
entered. Sarcany had thus found a safe
refuge in which he hoped to end his work
successfully. His marriage with Sava
would bring him considerable wealth, and
If needed he could count on the assistance
Of the brotherhood, who were directly in
terested in his success,
The brethren from Tetuan and the viay-
cts on the road had been dispersed in the
OASIS OF Menchie, ready for action at the
first signal. This feast of the storks, as the
Tripolitan police knew well, would be most
convenient for the Senousists. On the
plain Of Soung- Ettelate, the Khouans of
Northern Africa could receive their orders
from the muftis as to their concentration in
the Cyrenaic, where they were to found a
regular pirate kingdom under the all-power-
full authority of a caliph. And the circum-
stances were highly favorable, for it was in
the vilayet of Ben Ghazi in the Cyrenaic,
that the association already had its greatest
number of adherents.
On this day of the feast of the storks,
three strangers were strOlling through the
crowd on the plain of Soung- Ettelate.
These strangers, these muzaffirs, would not
have been recognized as Europeans under
their Arab dress. The eldest of them wore
his with that perfect ease which only long
custom gives. He was DR.. Antekirtt, and
his companions were Pierre Bathory and
Luigi FerratO. Point Pescade and Cape
Matifou were stopping in the town, where
they were engaged in certain preparations
and probably would not appear on the scene
until they were wanted.
The Electric had only come in the after
noon before and anchored under shelter of
the long rocks which act as natural break
water to the harbor of TIipoli. The pas
sage had been as rapid as the voyage out
wards. A three hours stay at Philippe
vile, in the little bay of Filfla had been all
that was necessary to procure the Arab
dresses. Then the Electric had departed
immediately, and its presence had not even
been detected i'll the Numidian gulf.
When the doctor and his companions
came ashore, not at the quay, but on the
rocks outside the harbor, they were no
longer i've Europeans entering Tripolitan
territory, they were five Orientals whose
garb would attract no attention. Pierre
and Luigi dressed up in this way might be-
tray themselves to the eyes of close OBJ
server, but Pescade and Matif0u, accus-
toned to the many dresses of the mounte-
bank, were completely at their ease.
When night came the Electric moved
round to one of the creeks on the other side
of the harbor, where she ran little risk of
being observed; and there she remained
ready for sea at any moment. AS soon as
they had landed, the doctor and his COM
panions assembled the rocks that skirt the
coast until they reached the quay leading to
Bab-el-Bahr, the marine gate, and entered
the narrow streets of the town. The first
hotel they came to seemed good enough for
a few days-a few hours perhaps.
They seemed to be respectable people
Tunisian merchants, probably, taking adj
vantage of their journey through Tripoli to
be present at the feast of the storks! AS
the doctor spoke Arabic as correctly as he
ulu dill Tic oGlei heuitoi ldLedh laiiSuaSeS
there was no danger that his speech would
Detray them.
The innkeeper with great cordiality re-
ceived the five travellers who did him the
great honor of selecting his house. He was
large man and very talkative. And so in
encouraging him to talk, the doctor soon
learnt certain things that interested him
greatly. In the first place he heard that a
caravan had recently arrived there from Mo-
rocco that Sarcany, who was well known
in the Regency, formed part of this caravan,
and that he had awaited himself of the
hospitality of Sidi Hazam.
And hence that evening the doctor.
Pierre, and Luigi taking such precaution as
insured their not been observed, had mixed
with the crowd of nomads encanped in the
plain of Soung- Ettelate. As they stroled