The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19
nm GrnM THEORY OF DISEASE.
THE YOUNG MAN WHO BEAT THE
PASHA FIFTY YEARS AGO.

T- fOJNo MAN WHO bERI 7 He
PAsHA FIFTY YEARS AGO
Tho long Bony Fingers 81 the Stranger
Reminded The Turk Of Another and DIFF
fcrcnt Kind Of Contcsi-Ihcro Was but
Ono Man who Could Play Such Chess.
On summer afternoon, almost fifty
years ago. Suleimmn pasha, command
cr-in-chicf of the Egyptian artillery, sat
90 coilccin cafe ON the Nile terrace in
Cairo At tables near him were many
soldiers who had helped him fight the
armies of Sultan Mahmud not many
months before. Several of thcm had
been with him in the baltic Of Nib,
when hc routed the Turkish army under
/ liaiz Iasha and Col Won Moitkc. then
in the sultan's service But Sulejmann
pasha was not thinking Of the soldiers
about him. nor of HAITI pasha. nor Col
won Molikc. nor the great battle Of Nib.
his whole attention was concentrated
on 90 chossho1rd before him.
Sulcimam pasha was q famous chess
/ player in the first few weeks after his
return 20 Cairo hc had beaten dozens OF
times Ulcma Reschid Aga. formerly the
champion chess player of northern
| Egypt lie regarded Ais reputation as q
chess player as somewhat aAin.to his
reputation as warrior He considered
chess 10 DE pc-omincntly "a soldiers
game. and never tired Of making clabOr-
ate comparisons between strategy ON tho
chess board and strategy ON the field Of
battle. Every afternoon me met Ulema
Roschid Aga 40 the cafe ON the Nilo ter
race and beat him two or three games.
ON this particular afternoon, almost
| CITY years ago. ELENA Rcschid Aga was
% little late in coming 10 his Waterloo
and Sulcimann pasha was having pre-
nmiuarv shiuuish with himself while
/ awaiting his opponents arrival Hi'
diversion was interrupted by the appear
ance ON tho terrace of long, gaunt
bony young stranger The stranger
strobe right zap % tho pasha's table, and
after making half military salute, said
SD loudly that every one on the terrace
f ..rl1 I.lr.
Cd, oi..fl.,,s,o ,-o, to.o ,,amo d.
an t,o officers ON fine terrace sat Quit,
.sn and e,are1 M the thin. pale voun.
man who stood before their great com
manlcr Tho pasha looked him oge
csr..n.ie.
clam m vourscrvicc." washisanswcr
,f,.ra Ion, pause. GLOW high do yol
usually rlavgi
.~.mcfincs fcl.nothinc. sometimes f0
"a GREAT deal. NouGx the stakes. pasha.
"Wcu. % hundred ducats viii not Do
to, much
T.o stranger nodded and sat down
THE lots were cast The game was Boz
.nn Auth.onicers I'm the cafe left thci
co.reo 20 crowd around the players. TIN
first few moves convinced them that tn
lono bonv fingers of the stranger hat
moved chess mon many times before. a
flo end of twenty minutes the pasha
eve. suddenly frightened and hc smiled
lla had an inVmciblc combination. IL
nlaced his queen before his opponent
queen. Tie officers began TO grumbls
f.r fhov Thought their commander ha
lost his head Only Rcschid Aga, wh
had in the meantime joined the crowd q
.pactaior-. looked happy. He had guesse
M. fri.nds combination. and he. too, wa
......i..,i f. WAS inxiucible
fine .nactofors. anxiously
.Thcn he vill bc chcckmatcd in oigl
moves" WHISPERED back Rcschid Aga.
"Aul 10 DE doesn't take hcr''
ollie win lose his own said the c'
champion. uiumphantly
The stranger moved % pawn. Snle.
mann took his queen Thcoidccrsthous'
o. 10 was AN zap with the gami young man
b and started back 20 their coffee. ine
were called back. however by tine ii''
words the pasha's opponent h"a SPOKE
since hc sat down 20 the table
.pasha. in twelve moves you VIII l
chcckmated"
The interest of the pashas friends lot
D. came intense They counted eac" NOV mo,
y aloud Onc-two-thrcc-iour an" i.. u
TO pasha was already hard pressed i've
8. x-seven- cight-nine-ano ms '' ~
were hemmcd in ON aii 7lue7. ~"
81 pa-ha tried in vain '"oie"'~ '', IL, '',' ''''
T, iy sacrificing his queen E'e' .S, +.
drew back his king INTO " corner 80.
IN and the stranger 'i''o o"'' ''
I'M mate" ,
nd There wasa dead silence anu an l ,'''' a
40 the pasha He thought nara 'o' ~ ~
ah cral minutes, without n''e',ns " "o' ~
n Then hc looked seaic"'''aY ''''
"Once before 1 nave accH N'~'' i''
as you play IT, Your s''a'' ,,n - viii, ''i' ~