Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-26

should have knowledge of the circum-
stance, and he answered hoarsely:
~ es, know now to what you allude. |
/ but those were hendS, not men, aud God |
/ forbid that my countrymen should be |
| Judged by such deed. 1t was one OF His |
mysteries which only II can tathom-the |
/ story OF that dastardly murder"
The sheik lay back mouonless upon his |
diYan, but from the midst of the clouds Of
| fragrant smoke which surrounded him |
came the words: perhaps there was no
murder"
1t was spoken low and softly, but there
was something in the utterance of the |
speaker which caused his nearer to start |
suddenly upright, exclaiming: "What |
can be your meaning? How came you to
/ know Of this? And as for there being no
murder, did | not see my poor friends
! body with my own eyesi Was | not one
OF those who bore it to the graveP
STRANGE RECITAL.
"Listen to me-" answered Sheik Ish-
mael, still reclining on his cushions and
speaking In the same quiet and unmoVed
| tone, but in manner which rivited his
listeners attention; ''you see know this
history as thoroughly rs yourself. Tell
me. could it not be that this seeming
tragedy was only deception? Could not
the man supposed to be the victim have
! planned il all TO deceiveI Could not
lileless body, similar in form and statue,
have been SO placed that those not In the
secret would believe it the schemers
ownf Might not the very torture, the
soaring Of the supposed victims features,
be but means whereby to conceal the
deception Would not all this be possible
with faithful confederates within and
without the build.ng?'
Col. Envers was lost in amaZement, but
be managed to answer: "W hat would be
| the mOtiVeW
"Money, and the wish to conceal its APP
preparation"
Envers shook his head, answering:
"You have marvellous knowledge OF
this sad circumstance, but it is plain you
never knew the man you speak OF. One
need but look him in the face TO see he was
incapable Of vulgar theft"
The reply came with startling energy:
/ "And he was no vulgar thief. ! would
lhave no one deem him such. Deem him
instead a man who loved his country and
hated her foes, individual and national,
with an absorbing and consuming hatred.
To serve the one and execute vengeance
on the other he would shrink from moth
ing. The land he loves is in her last strug
giles. sbOrn OF money and men. A chance
is offered him to divert q portion, ut least,
of Northern revenues TO the service of the
South His sentiments are unsupported,
and a place is offered him where every
thing is left within his hands. Continu-
ously he diVerts small and minor sums
to the cause he loves, all the while pre-
pared for the final effort which shall place
q mighty treasure in the hands of his sup
DOrters. The time arrives. He had in
tended to attempt no secresy; to secure
at once his treasure and personal security
| by flight, leaY;ngthe secret OF his life open
to those who had been his late associates
But foolish weakness assails him at the
eleventh hour. He has, in spite OF him
self, made friends of many of those among
whom he has been living. He wonders if
some means are not possible by which his
purpose may be achieved and his charac-
ter, assumed and utterly false as it has
been, be saved from the repTOach of those
who have shown him friendship. He plans
and schemes for days, and the perfect plot,
carried out in full success by true and
tried cOnfederates, is the result"
The speaker paused but soon cou-
tinued:
''The cause for which he has done 80
much falls crushed, never TO rise again.
He fees from the country, unsupported
and unpursued, since no one believes him
living. Perhaps, after devious wander
ings, he even comes to Palestine, bearing
, a tirman from the Porte TO assume the
Craftsmanship of tribe which has lately
lost all of it's hereditary rulers. The clans
men perhaps accept BIN as their chief.
He adopts their customs, marries and en-
/, ters upon a new life, never mentioning
: the old, until, after many years, it may so
happen that he meets one whom he has
, known in former days, and an unreason-
ing desire to unfold the chapters of the
past grows too strong to be resisted
Tell me, must all this be deemed but a
wild romance, or could such things
r really bep'
At last Col. Envers sprang to his feet
"God in heavenp' he exclaimed. "Do
you tell me TO my face that all this ie
, true, and that you are William WARREN
= UnmOVed and calm came the answer IN
, courteous and well modulated tones:
"Silence, my guest, and suffer not your
self to become excited. Have | said any
I thing of that2 No, but | surmise and
Q | speculate upon possibilities. TheOrlzinp
/ is with me a passion, since in this wilder
ness there Is little else to do. But can
S be other than / seemi Do you not your.
self know that / am the Sheik lshmael
/ ruler of the tribe FL Phadra, true servant
/ of Allah, and follower of the prophet
j. Then put such thoughts from your mine
8 and retire to rest, the better to prepare
for your journey home on the morrow
j. And as | may not see you again, suffer mt
2 now to bid you farewell. May Allah mold
z you in HIS holy keeping"
There was a rustic OF flowing robes, and
). Bnyers found himself alone.
z ON the morrow he was escorted back L
r tie coast. but, though he several times al
l. terward met the young chief Yusef, III
t never again found an opportunity to repea
/. his visit to his father.
+ In the cemetery at Nashville q loft
a mOnument-"Sacred TO the memory o
Is William Warren, who gave his life rathe
than betray his trusp'-still points d
heaven, while far away in the wales 0
Palestine Sheik lshmael leads his trlb
i from valley to valley, wherever the flock
}, find pasture, even as did the patriarchs o
t, old in the days of Abraham.
a A Toad's Black Diamond Bed.
e From the She0eid Star.
e A "dnd" OF very novel and remark
If able character took place in The Yves
r. Retford mine, at Tinsley Park, OF
II MehnesdMy. A coal-getter named Josenl