Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-12

ago sne profrered her losthsome caresses,
and had need OF the full strength of my
fist TO tear myself from her embraces
She told me that thou hadst disposed Of
thy child, to whom / had sworn to conse-
crate my love, TO the bey of Ulislam,
therefore / offer her a Courban and
give to her my life. May she live long
and happily with the man she loves and
her days be threated with gold and sikh"
When Gambler had finished this epistile
to the Mollah he seized a poniard and
rushed to the foot Of the Canac tower.
Arzie was there as usual looking for
him.
Farewell, farewell, beloved Ariel"
cried the prince despairingly, when q
quick turn of the wrist buried the weapon
in his breast Arzie, as she saw the act,
with a scream of horror flung herself
headlong into the space, and, crushed and
bleeding, rolled upon the body OF her dy-
ing lover. The duenna, also looking on,
rushed to gloat over the bodies Of her
victims and the sacred book assures US
that the spectacle was sweet to the
heart Of that wicked monster.
Thou wilt never be mine" she cried TO
Gambler; thou wilt never be mine, but
praise to Allah, thou canst never be an-
other'sl"
Already the news had spread through
the city and the grand vizier of Medina
the civil authorities and the doctors had
all gathered at the tower. Tenderly lift
ing the dying ones, they carried them
into the Canac and the prodigious re-
sources Of their art at last succeeded in
terminating and restoring them to con-
a,ia thra
days In the most excruciating suffering,
but side beside, upon a pile Of Gus HONS
where they could see and VIII hisper to each
other, they bore their agonies with pa
tient fortitude, and were even, as the
same book tell. us, "blissfuly happy"
When the father of Arzis, for whom
they had sent In haste, arrived, he was
no longer the careless, debonnair old fell
low with whom an intriguante could play
as with a child, or whose decisions
changed with the moon or the wind.
So mber, terrible and clothed in ferocious
majesty; he carried in his bloodshot eyes
the terrors of a divine justice and the
fatal vengeance Of Allah.
AS God hears my voice." cried the Mol
lah hoarsely, kneeling by the side OF the
tortured lovers, II declare thee to be man
anu WIG tLtI Iul sOuls 6sCtuu III peace
to the land Of the saints and the home of
the blestl But before thy departure will
feast thine eyes upon a deed Of justice
In with the duenna," in a voice of thun-
der he cried to the attendants, @in with
her st once" and a moment later she
stood before them naked, trembling and
strapped to a column.
~Mercy, father, mercy" murmured
Arzie family, but the Mollah refused to
listen.
Finish her." said the mighty Mollah,
and winding his hand in the locks Of her
hair, the executioner, with blow of the
yataghan, separated from the trunk that
ehas tly head without nose or ears or a
shred Of lips, nd laid 1t at the feet Of his
master.
swell done, well done!" cried the by
ISLANDERS heartily, but the lovers had heard
and seen nothing.
Side by side they were put to rest In the
courtyard of the Mollah's Csnac, aud
three days later there grew from the spot
where the lovers slept two rose trees full
Of gorgeous blossoms-the white rose
from the heart of Arzie, the crimson from
that of Csmber.-Translated from the
French Of Victor Cherbuliez by Henry
Jordan, for The New York Sunday Mer-
curry.