Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-05-24
And II he does no. take her?'
'Thsrr Ae will lone his own.

Therr ee will lose his own"
For moment the stranger appeared
undecided; but suddenly like Lightning
his hand descended on the board
Quietly and calmly he moved one OF his
pawns square ahead. All looked tur.
prised at each other, muttering: TO
lose the Qaeen Is losing the gan Ie,-
while suioiman pasha, smiling trium pin
antiy' removed the hostile Queen ftom
the board
lhe onlookers, who mostly sided with
the Pasha, breathed as II they had nj sen
relieved from heavy load. In their
opinion the game was decided. for white
could not hold out without the Que en-.
Several Of them were already ON the
point OF withdrawing. when they " ere
suddenly startled by the clear ringing
voice Of the stranger. who called cut:
.Matc in twelve Moves"
snleiman Pasha's looks grew dark k
the smile died ON his lips. change
.-ad as suddenly overcast the features OF
Reshid Aga, almost beside himself. he
jumped on a seat To follow the game
from more elevated point, while the
spectators. barely daring TO draw brea th,
counted the moves a. they followed
each other
With masterly skill White now led his
force into the field. epcircling the hos
tile King in powerful grasp and keep
ing him within an iron ring. Al he
tenth move the Pasha tried To '.r, AK
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 move. Tho spectators, wh pse
excitement had nearly reached fever.
heat, now saw that their Pasha. never
before ysnquished. would be checkmated
the next move. Suleiman's King was
compelled 10 Withdraw into corner
and with the twelfth move. as b.
had predicted, the stranger pronoun bed
"Checkmate.''
A murmur of admiration was heArt
from the spectators. while the Pasha sat
there with bent head, as IL trying /,
search In his memory, when suddenly
as II a thought had flashed upon him, b,
turned upon the stranger. Once al
ready in my life" he said. 81 have sder
chess played in the manner in which
thou hast played to-day. Thy mastetl,
moves are not unknown 20 me. hut I Was
unable 10 resist them. The game, how
ever, which was then played before Wy
eyes was great deal Rsore beautiful
even than to-day's. Guns of the heaviest
caliber represented the Castles. fiaei
cavalry were the Knights. and in place
of the pawns well-armed infantry
formed the vanguard. And when the
ct A
their Cheek TO the other, the
ground beneath our feet seemed te
shake, as II burning lava was thrown
from volcano. At that time we sto ID
opposed 10 an army OF one hundred and
iifty 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 70 flight, and whom
it was impossible to withstand, was q
son Of the cold North. II was only h.
the recklcssness of Hafiz Pasha. tAt
Turkish commander-in-chief. who enviad
the youthful genius his brilliant sue.
cess. and who. though fully warned
wildly pursued the Egyptians, that W.
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 pla,
of to-day recalls to my memory aires |
the game Of chess at Nisib and its ski
full player. Only one man can play like
that. and that man is Colonel Moltke1'
'Thou hast hit il. Pasha." the stran
ger calmly replied. MY name |,
Moltke."
This indeed was Count Won Moltke-
alive still. and with the reputation d
the greatest soldier in Europe. WhiIt
: young man he went 10 the East. ank
was in the service OF Sultan MahmouL
, from iss5 10 ls3a. lie was present d
, the battle Of Nisib. when. as abovV
, said. the Turkish commander-in-chiet
, Jealous Of the great abilities of thN
young soldier. refused 10 follow Moltke1
: advice. and so lost the battle.-Cham
har's journal