The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-25

riding one horse and leading Onother.
Leisurely as was dis pace II was with diff
Guilty that the sorry animals on which they
rode kept up with him. Stanley, who had
learned little Turkish from phrase book,
engaged the Turk in conversation, AID soon
the latter-with a motive that cannot be
xplained-dismounted from his horse and
rushed toward Noe with the evident inten-
ton of assaulting him. Stanley, following,
raised his saber and dealt him a stroke that
would have killed him had he not been
protected by a pasteboard stiffening within
! his fez that broke the force of the blow.
The Turk staggered, but did not fall. Two
other strokes followed, and the men then
closed, apparently for a death struggle.
The Turk fought desperately and
with a drawn dagger tried to reach
his antagonists heart Stanley, find
called out to Noe: "Shoot him, Lewis
shoot him, or he'll kill mer' Noe raised his
gun, leveled it at the Turks breast and pulled
the trigger. But the rife did not go of.
That morning Stanley, after shooting at a
mark, had failed to reload it. As an only
resort Noe dubbed the Turk with the butt
end of his musket. and with such effect
| that he let 60 bis grasp of Stanley.
The Turk retreated afoot in the direction
whence he came. Stanley fired two shots
after him from revolver taken from his
saddlebags, and, mounting one of the
| Turks horses and telling Noe to mount the
| other, he led off at gallop, crying out to
Mr.. Cook, who just then came in sight,
''Ho! for the mountains" The fugitives
kept their horses going at full speed for a
| distance Of fifteen miles, when they and the
riders were alike exhausted and obliged to
encamp for the night.
Meantime" continues Mr.. Noe, "the
Turk had not been idle. He collected a
| force of eight or ten uen and started in hot
| pursuit of US; and just before dark, when
Stanley thought that all was safe, we were
started by the yells of our pursuers. who
captured US, bound us with lariats, con-
veyed us to Chihissar, and there held us
prisoners for four or five DAYS, during
which we were subjected TO cruel torture.
Each day we were drawn up over the
| limbs of trees by ropes and lariats placed
| loosely around our necks to compel us to
| give them money. At other times they
laid our heads on blocks and sharpened
knives before us, and by signs made as un~
derstand we must give them money or they
would cut our threats. AS we were penni-
less we, of course, could not accede to their
wishes. But they refused to believe we
| were without MEANS because it was usual
| for foreign travellers to be abundantly pro-
vided.
''The first night of our imprisonment l
| was taken out by three of the Turks and
treated in a shocking manner. At last, tired
OF toruuring us to no purpose, the band took
us to Alum Kara-Hirsar.a city about four
hours travel from Chihissar, where we were
again imprisoned and charge of highway
robbery was preferred against US before the
cadi.
But, fortunately, the excuses of our
captors in committing outrages upon us
and robbing us of what little we had-our
arms. our passports and blankets and our
few extra garments-opened an avenue of
escape and Stanley's genius was quick to
take advantage of it. He, himself, conf
IDENTIFY declared: Boys, I've got you into
this scrape and I'll get you out of it, He
did it most ingeniously and ably. When we
were accused of robbery, with leonine as
surance, he made counter accusation, de-
clared that we not only had not robbed.
but had been robbed, and that the truth of
his statement might be verified by search
ing the persons of our accuserS. There,
sure enough, underneath their garments
were found our papers and such portions of
our property as they had been able thus to
conceal The cadi was hence convinced that
Stanley's story was traes and our accusers
were at once placed under arrest and con-
veyed to Broussa, provincial city, nearly
days journey from Constantinople. After
some delay and many adjournments they
were all Convicted
During the pendeucy of the trial Stanley
and his companions paid several visits to
Constantinople, reaching there at first desti-
tute, ragged and forlorn. Stanley was equal
oncs more to the emergench. He appealed
to the Hon. e. Joy Morris, then American
minister to Turkey andso enlisted that gen.
tleman's sympathy that he obtained from
him sum equal to several hundred dollars,
which he made good after returning to
America. Without waiting for Mr.. Cook,
who was still at Broussap Stanley compelled
his protege to take ship with him for Mar
settles, whence they proceeded directly TO
Liverpool. There Stanley left me, says
MIR. Noe, at the house of his aunt and uncle,
people in humble circumstances, who treated
me with the utmost kindness, while he made
trip into Wales. where he was born, and
where he lived until he was Is years old,
when he went to America. From his rela-
tives / learned his early history, and that
he had possessed the same characteristics
as a boy that he has since exhibited as
man,
Stanley's real name was John Rowland
and he was 80 addressed by his aunt and
uncle In Noes presence. IL was after his
arrival in New Orleans, having secured en-
ployment from rich old merchant named
Stanley, who took fancy to him and
adopted him, that he assumed his present
name.
Such was his phenomenal will-power and
self-possession that Noe cannot recall
moment in which he weakened in deter
mination or exhibited fear. The most dar-
ing thing possible in any given circum-
stances was the thing he was most likely to
do. While in Turkey he is said to have be-
come convinced that uniform of a United
States naval lieutenant would be likely to
secure for him respect in certain quarters
and produce intimidation, when desirable,
in others. He had such suit among his
effects, but as it had unfortunately lost the
buttons, he procured set of Turkish ones, on
which the crescent was plainly discernible,
as seen in a photograph remaining in MIR.
Noes possession