The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08

Several of them were already on the
point of Withdrawing, when they were
suddenly startled by the clear ringing
voice of tho stranger, who called QUIT
'Mate in twelve moves"
Suleiman Pashas looks grew dark
the smile died on his lips. A change
had as suddenly overcast the features Of
Reshid Aga almost beside himself, he
jumped on seat to follow the game
from more elevated point, while the
spectators, barely daring to draw breath,
counted the moves as they followed
each other.
With mastery skill White now led his
force into the field, encircling the hos.
tile King in powerful grasp and keep.
ing him within an iron ring. At the
tenth move the Pasha tried to break
through the blockade by sacrificing his
Queen, but in vain. White declined to
accept the sacrifice, and moved his
Knight with "Check to the King"
Eleventh novel The spectators, whose
excitement had nearly reached fever
heat now saw that their Pasha never
before vanquished, would be checkmated
ouV hOAu hloNos oultlulul Mig was
compelled to withdraw into corner,
and with the twelfth move, as he
had predicted, the stranger pronounced
"Checkmate!"
A murmur of admiration was heard
from the spectators, while the Pasha sat
there with bent head, as if trying to
search in his memory, when suddenly,
as if thought had flashed upon him, he
turned upon the stranger. ''Once al
ready in my life," he said, 81 have seen
chess played in the manner in which
thou hast played to-day. Thy mastery
moves are not unknown to me, but was
unable to resist them. The game, how
ever, which was then played before my
eyes was great deal more beautiful
even than to-day's. Guns of the heaviest
caliber represented the Castles, fleet
cavalry were the Knights, and in place
of the Pawns well-armed infantry
formed the vanguard. And when the
guns on the one side thundered
their Check to the other, the
ground beneath our feet seemed to
shake, as if burning lava was thrown
from volcano. At that time we stood
opPooSu w GIL allJ VI oho dllu
fifty thousand men, terrible number,
which, led by the genius of single
man, threatened to crush us completely.
And this man whose genius made our
brave soldiers take to fight, and whom
it was impossible to withstand, was
son of the cold North. 1t was only to
the recklessness of Hafiz Pasha, the
Turkish commander-in-chief, who envied
the youthful genius his brilliant sue
cess, and who, though fully warned,
wildly pursued the Egyptians, that we
owed the victory of Nisib, which other
wise we never should have gained"
The Pasha stopped, and casting
long and penetrating look on his adver-
sary suddenly, cried out enthusiastic-
ally: stranger, thy incompatible play
of to-day recalls to my memory afresh
the game of chess at Nisib and it's skill
full player. Only one man can play like
that, and that man is-Colonel Moltke!"
'"Thou hast hit it, Pasha," the stran-
ger calmly replied. MY name is
Moltke."
This indeed was Count Won Moltke-
alive still, and with the reputation of
the greatest soldier in Europe. While
young man he went to the East, and
was in the service of Sultan Mahmoud
from 1885 to 1889. He was present at
the battle of Nisib, when, as above
said the Turkish coDmander-in-chi
jealous of the great abilities of the
young soldier, refused to follow Moltke's
advice, and SO lost the battle.-Cham-
ber's journal