Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-14
No. $50 North Main.

No. $50 North Main.
"'And once for all, answer mer cried
Gobin 4 feel and know that I love your
daughter, and that to gain her am capable
Of any sacrifice Reflect well; am rich, and
you have two minutes In which to answer
mer
"'Par JavehI' cried Mordecai, tearing his
beard, I am only poor Jew, but that
which you have said, monsieur, it Is not
good Ny daughter Is not merchandise and
l do not sell herr and, as he spoke, heart
broken at the insult offered him, tears fell
from his eyes and chased each other down his
elk gaberdine AT the same time rage and
shame, the horrible consciousness of knowing
himself powerlesS to avenge the outrage, the
fear Of speaking too loud and drawing upon
himself cruel chastisement, gave to his face
an expression so pitiable and pathetic that
the hardest Of us would have been moved to
sorrow. Goblin. however, was pitiless
IF she is not for sale, then, give her to
me' he persisted
"Without replying, the Jew bent his brow
to the ground and continued to weep, motion
less as the image of Desolation. Goblin be-
came furious
g so be itr he cried at last since you will
neither give her to me nor sell her to me,
tell you plainly that I will take her from you
-bewarer
"And with a firm step and head erect,
leaving in the middle of the street the father
upon his heel and disappeared, his last words
},
like poisoned arrow.
''What passed after this / know very i'm
perfectly The merchant closed his shop and
for a while disappeared from Constantine
with his entire family. When he returned
again the lieutenant, in the sight and knowl-
edge of all, was the lover and the protector
of the beautiful Sarah"
1.-THE rascall" cried Feldmeyer, who was
also listening to Villaret's story; "but how
did he accomplish his purpose-how manage
to carry her awayf'
''You ask too MUCH" said Villaret, laugh
ing; II know only that such was the case,
and that it is always practicable when one
has the good will Of the victim, rs Goblin had
Sarah's II remember rightly, he, too, was
away for a week or two from Constantine,
furnished with special permission''-
"And thena'
"And then-nothing; the beautiful Sarah
soon ran through his fortune, and Goblin de-
manded and obtained q change of garrison to
Laghouat Sarah departed for Algiers,
where her beauty soon queened it over hearts
and purses" And Villaret, finishing his
story, left us and returned to duty, and we
adjourned to game of billiards.
IL .f,.l
with that reposeful, almost solemn beauty
which is the charm Of sunset Nothing clas
steal about her, and nothing Greek, the spe-
cial character of her marvellous face and
form, if may so express it, being a subtle
voluptuousness which held you like desire.
Whether she wished it or not, she exercised
upon all the mysterious power of the magi-
clans of India, who seem to bend nature to
their will and to play with the scattered
forces of the universe.
One morning, as l was preparing to 60 on
duty, there was rap at my door, and
servant entered and handed me satiny en-
velope, perfumed and coquettish as pretty
womans thought. l have never been spe
cially stupid, and in taking this paper in my
fingers the idea Of possible bonnie fortune
glided into my mind. l broke the seal; it
was a rendezvous for the evening, demanded
in terms almost anxious, and signed Sarah"
The daughter of my friend, the Jew-the
note was from harl responded simply that
I would be there All day long the thought
haunted me. What did she want with me-
this marvellous Sarahi Certainly no lovers
task, she was not the woman to throw herself
at the head of any one, and l was neither
l.
captain who lived on his pay, and already at
the turn of age. Indeed, my preoccupation
was 50 great that blundered in the exer-
cises, l, the oldest captain Of the regiment,
till my comrades decided that the sun had
turned my brain.
Neither was / more at ease when evening
came, and I found myself in full uniform,
with Vanished boots and kept in hand, enter
ing such boudoir as you have never seen
The light fell from a porcelain globe which
gave to everything an opalescent tint, deep
ened the shadows, and softened the colors like
a yelling mist, with here and there a refeo-
ton clear and brilliant from gilded frame
upon the wall a thick Persian carpet COW
cred the floor, heavy draperies the windows,
and, as / entered this apartment, a woman
Sarah-came TO meet me.
Il had need of your assistance" she said to
me; thanks for coming" And then, sitting
beside her, l listened, paying more attention
TO the music Of her voice, sonorous as a golden
bell, than to what she was saying, while she
told me what Villaret had told me before
The deception she had practiced upon her
father in concert with Goblin, the happiness
Of the first days, the disillusion, WEAKNESS,
and the honesickness for her family which
nothing had been able TO cura 1t was for
this she had sent for meme, her fathers
friend. She wished me to see him and bring
about reconciliation, for which her heart
was sore.
Well, intoxicated with her beauty and those
subtle odors which pervaded the boudoir, and
reckless OF the fate which befalls those who
NEEDLE in such affairs, promised everything
that she wished, demanding in return but q
kiss upon her hand, my heart meanwhile
beating ''the charge In my breast And all
night long tossed in my bed, Still under the
sway OF her strange fascination, the dominion
Of fixed and obstinate idea which reduced
me 70 the ridiculous state Of 8 puppet in the
hands OF this singular woman. l was
ashamed Of my weakness but, nevertheless.
when morning came, Ike a soldier Of his