Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10
PART FIFTH.
CHAPTER IL.
NM HOUsE An TErUAN.

I uAI 1 Eh IL
TIE HOUSE AT TErUAN.
In those days the railroad did not run
from Tunis to the Moorish frontier; and
10 reach Tetuan as quickly as possible
the doctor and his companions had to en-
bark in one Of the swiitest boats Of the
AuteNrttian ilOtilla.
Before midnight Electric No. had been
got ready, and was on her way across the
Syrtic sea.
On board were the doctor, Pierre. Luigi
Point Pescade, and Cape Ma0lOu, Pierre
was known TO Sarcany, the others were
not. When thcy reached Tetuan they
would consult as TO fheir proceedings.
~ Would II be better to act by stratagem or
fOreei Thai would depend on Sarcany's
position in this absolutely Moorish town,
on has arrangements Samir's house,
and on the aGherents Re could COM
mand. Before everything they must get
to Tetuan.
From the end Of the syrtis TO the Moor
= ish frontier is about $500 kilOmetres-
nearly $50 nautical miles. At full speed
Electric No. ? could do her p miles an
hour. How many railway trains there
are that are not as fast. That long steel
tube, Offering no resistance to the wind
could slip through the waves without him
dranee and would reach its destination in
fifty hours.
Before daybreak the next morning the
Electric had doubled Cape Bon. Then
having crossed the Gulf of Tunis 1t only
took her few hours to lose sight Of
Point BiZerte, La Gale Bone, the Iron
cape, whose metallic mass is said to dis
-Jurb the compasses. are Algerian coast,
Ssora, Bougie, Dellys, Algiers, Cherchell,
MOstaganem. Oran, NemOurs, then the
shores of Riff, the Point OF Melleah which,
like Cepta. is Spanish, and Cape Tres,
TOrcas, whence the continent rounds oil
Nn oil Of
African cOast-line was unrolled during
NOV. 20 and 81 without either incident or
accident. Never bad the machine worked
nv the curreni from the accumulatOrs had
such a run. Ii the Electric had been per-
ceived either along the shore or crossing
the CULTS from cape to cape, there would
have been kilograms as to the appearance
Of a phenomenal snip, or perhaps of a &C.
tacean Of extraordinary power that no
steamer In the Mediterranean waters had
yet exceeded in speed.
About O'clock in the evening the doc
tor, Pierre, Luigi, Point Peseade, and
Cape Nation landed at the mouth Of the
small river OF Tetuan, in which their rap
I'd vessel had dropped ancaor. A hun
ifIed yards fFosn the bank, in the centre OF
a small carayanserai, they found mules
and a guide to take them into the town,
which was about four miles distant. The
price asked was agreed to instantly, and
the party set of.
In this part OF the Rif, Europeans have
nothing 20 fear from the INDIGENOUS pOpu-
latlon, nor even from the nomads OF the
district. The country is thiuly peOpled
and almost uncultivated. The road lays
across a plain dotted WITH struggling
shrubs-and 1t IS a road made by the feet
OF the beasts rather than by the hand of
man. On one side is the river with mud
dy banks. alive with the croak of frogs
and the chirp of crickets, and bearing a
few nshing-bOats mOOred IN the centre or
drawn up on the shore. On the other
aide. 90 the right, is the outline OF the bare
hills running of 10 Join the mountain
masses OF the south.
The night was magnificent. The moon
bRthed the whole cOuntry in its light. Re-
fiected by the mirror OF the river the moon
light seemed to soften the sharp outline OF
the heights on the northern hOfi-
zon. In the distance, white and
cleaning, lay the town of Tetuan-a shir-
ing patch in the dark clouds Of mist be-
You'd.
The Arab did not waste much time on
the road. Twice or thrice they had to
pull mp before isolated houses. where the
windows on the side not lighted by the
moon threw q yellow beam across TIE
shadow, and out would come two or three
Mo0rs with a lantern, who, after a hur-
fied conference with the guide, would let
them pass.
Neither the doctor nor his companion
spoke a word. A Absorbed in their thoughts,
they left the mules 10 follow the road
which here and there was cut through by
gullies strewed with boulders. or cum
bered with roots which they avoided with
sure feet. The largest OF the mules Was,
however, very often in the rear. This
might have been expected, for 1t bore
Cape Nation.
It's difficulties led Point Pescade TO re.
51ect.
"Perhaps it would have been better
for Cape MaufCu 10 carry the mule In.
stead Of the mule carrying Cape Natl
fOul'
About $3.50 the Arab stopped before =
large blank wall, surmounted by towers
and battlements, on the side defending
the town. ln this wall was a low door
decorated with arabesques in Moorish
fashion. Above, through the numerous
entrances, pointed the throat5 Of the can.
mons, looking like erocodiles carelessl y
sleeping NJ the light OF The moon.
fhe gaze was shut. Some conversation
was needed, with cash in hand, before 10
could be opened. Then the party passed
in down the winding, narrow, and often
vaulted streets, whose other gates, barred
with iron, were sueCresiyely opened by
similar means. Az length the doctor and
mis- companions, iu quarter Of an hour
reached an inn or "ionda" the only one
BIZ the placc-kcpt by 70 JeWess, with u
One-eycl girl as servant
The total want of comfort IN this fonda
which had the rooms disposed round tue
central court. was q sufficient oXplana
ton az i0 $50 strangers ~ very seldom
Vonured INTO Ictuan. There Is &C.
Iualiy only one representative 81
lho Eur0rean pOHers,s among n p0pula.
fi0u 0f several thousands, Win whom ihf
native element northumberland b. D.
tlf spanish consul.
hifb0ueh Df. hnfetirtt wished exceed
iurlr fD nFk Tor kamifa bouse, and M
a. taken there nt once. be- restrained him.
Iflit Az Wa necessary ~ so VITA greet