Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-22

nent for his reruissness On mat ccczsicn- 80,
awakening from his nap, and finding himself
alone IN the mosque, MahmoQd rushed ous
He hunted about the hall for his boots, but,
Of course, they were not 70 be found, having
been tlched BY AhasveruS In dark corner
he discovered the mud covered, blood stained
sandals OF the wandering jew, which he pus
on, horrible as they were, II order 10 get
home. AT once strange experience came
over him. Hitherto, being 6ropsical and
equity, his pace had been snail ike and bis
walk hobble. Now an electric fluid ran
clean up through him, loosening the stiffness
n his joints and muscles The suppleness Of
youth and the strength of manhood returned
to these legs, and be felt ike starting OF On
q ten mile race with Deerfoot. A glass
OF brandy poured down the throat Of dying
man could not have proved more invigorst-
ins. His almost impoSsnt limbs were
changed IN few minutes into those Of a
well trained and robust pedestrian He felt
like new man and started for q walk He
no longer thought OF going home. as was his
wont Besides, his sedan chsir and servants
were not IN attendance. The weather WAS
fine; the air had been cooled by the recent
dowrpour, and the brown thrush sang in the
hedge Never before ct any season O. life,
had dervish been known to run along As hs
did, with villainous sandals on his feet,
through the muddy streets Of Constantinople
And, 0 miracle it was not his brain which
led the way. but his feet that spurred him on.
He soon got beyond the walls OF the town,
and fairly out into the open country As
night cana on. however, feeling somewhat
jaded, he was about TO make up and knock
IL, - L. hx-~f~ wk<st
an unconquerable impulse TO proceed got the
BIS. OF his Judgment An invineiels force
kept him walking along the high road a..
night. At aybreak he found himself miles
and miles away from his pretty home at
Galata he stopped to quench his thirst In
the clear water OF a brook, which mirrowed
his features and form He was durnfoundec
at the change which his rowing freak had
wrought in his personal appearance. Was It
a dreami bis jet black hair had grown white
in a single night, ike that Of the prisoner Of
Chillon; his beard, which was carefully
shaved every morning. had grown half yard
long; his brand new clothes were now IN
tatters; and he held in his hand a long, stout
staff, which ne must have cut as he passed
through the wood
Ee now fairly took fright at the state be
was in A ray Of reason returned He would
get back 70 Constantinople by hook or by
crook. he had only TO make himself known,
and fee some peasant So muttering, he felt
for his purse full of gold sequins> But the
purse was gone. After fumbling in the
depths Of his pocket, be presently fetched
up five bits of red copper, the lowest coin IN
the country. He flung the money away from
him, with rage and disgust But later on. as
he passed bakers shop. and began 70 feel
the pangs OF hunger, bis surprise was IN
bounded at finding five other cursed bits Of
copper, like those which he had thrown away.
This time, however, he bought some bread,
and drank from public fountain before pro-
ceedlng on his way
And thus, day after day, Mahmoud the
dervish travelled. be visited many lands, and
the five copper coins which be had at first
despised, and which were constantly renewed
in his pocket as fast as lie spent them, proved
in the long run most provldeutlal supply.
Thus, al Epinal, in France, where childrenis
colored pictures are made, he bought for
cent his own portrait, together with plain
tive song set to stil more plaintlve tune en-
titled The Legend of the Wandering Jew
For he had no doubt. BY this time, that he
was the genuine article; not the VIII o the
Wisp Of the story, but the real Simon Pure.
So he settled down to bis task In sober ear
nest.
A twelvemonth had elapsed since the events
here recorded took place, when, on the sacred
day of the Hegira, at the same hour, and in
a storm Of thunder, hail and rain like that
which had taken place at Constantinople on
the same day the previous year, two men en-
tered the mosqus Of the Sultsna V Aide, called
Yeni-Djani One was Ahasverts, the Wan
dering Jew. and the other Mahmoud, the
dervish. SION as the public prayers were
over, both sailed forth into tie -ball of
shoes" and second interchange Of foot gear
took place. The false Jew, hahmoud, got
back his well furred boots and went back
home % his villa and wines ct Galata, while
the spurious dervish, Ahakverus, stumbled
upon his mud covered, blood stained sandals
and went, out again 10 wander forever and
ever over the surface of the broad, old earth
Translated from the French OF Victor Hugo
for Chicago Inter Ocean.