New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15

Bahri Bey!- he groaned at last. and even his
own voice was unfamiliar to him; as II so ra,
understood. had arranged all with Thy father .1
what has happened They cannot break their
word. By Allah" be said. with sudden savage
ness in his tone D" will keep thrm 10 it -,
MAY God grant it, said Aycsha, with sobs
rising in her throat. have refused ana KEEP
on refusing; but they Will not listen; ana ID 'Ic
end / may he forced. or worse shall happen. 10
thy best and may God grant il! must not sop
here talking. have recommended thee - COO
e.. All NeLemet, love thee much Ana WIN
this ingenious and heartfelt confession AyesAa
turned sadly and walked away, the tears streaming
from her eyes. willis, Mehemet stood looking aiier
her. with the veil OF strangcncss thrown over ms
vision.
At last he gathered himself together, and.
picking up his fallen tool, turned his face home
ward lie had made up his mind that IN some some
way or other he would keep old sad. AYesha
father. 70 his promise and would fruStrah bahri
BeY: how, he could not yet sac, and indeed
fresh blow of despair struck him every time t ,
was terrible rival indeed. Bnhri Bey was rlch
Turkish proprietor. some fifty years old, who lived
half farm hard by. lie had many
thousand acres Of land, and numerous herds OF
cattle and fOcks Of sheep; he was the descendant
Of great line Of Dcrch-Beys. Lords Of the
Valley, and had succeeded in preserving much OF
the possessions and greatness of his ancestors: had
himself been Mutcssarif. or governor. Of the dis,
trict. when, after the manner Of his kind, he had
considerably added to his wealth, and now, retired
into private life. divided his time between his
tchiftlik and Stamboul where he had yale on the
Bosphorus. So NchCmct thought all the luxury
and glory of Iiahri 'cy. and chill despair crushed
his soul " He is rich. he kept on murmuring to
himself. "he could get any beautiful Circasslan
girl he chose: why cannot hc leave Aycsha 10 me :"
His first move in the fight against fate was
direct appeal to Sadi But seeing. after an hours
pleading and furious rcproach. that III that quarter
10 hope was 10 be found. he went his way with
still heavier heart but resolve as fixed as ever.
Now. Bahri Bcy was n man Of definite decision
and quick action. Having made up his mind that
he wQuld marry Aycsha, whose grace and beauty
had often greatly struck him as lie rode past her
working in the fields. he had promptly sent for
Sadi, her father, and, announcing his determine
ton. 10 the intense astonishment and delight of
the food peasant. ordered him to prcpore his
daughter 70 he married in fifteen days time.
But when Sadi announced the good news at
home he met with perfectly unexpected oppo-
siton, for. far from being overioycd AT the mag
nifccnt prospect laid before her. AycSha refused
point-bank to he party to tho marriage. and
would not I've moved. Sadi and her mother tried
every means-tiottcrv, persuasion. threats. uphraid
ing scorn, authOrty-and the more they tried. tho
she was afraid Of Iiahri and should die if she
married him. that her marriage with MchcVet
was arranged and must be carried out and that
she would Thus be quite conicntcd. Sadi finally
pat an end 10 the matter by saving that lcg con
tcntmcnt was empty talk, OF which be required
no more and that in fifteen days she should be
the wife Of IahIi. whatever maht he her fear OF
him: besides which. he added il was only kind
ness 10 tho man she loved. for we're Nehcmct II
hp TIE cause OF his WlSncS Dplng llNMlcN. IhlIll
would surely Kill him. lie had. in fact. men-
toned her engagement to Mchcmct IN his con
ycrSation with Bahri, and the latter had SAID as
much
Then Aycsha. in the darkness Of the night. weep
ing in the corner which was her sccpng-rooin
but where il seemed 10 her that sleep would never
come to her again, became convinced that re-
sistancc was hopeless: she terrified NJ what
her father had said of Bahri's vengeance on
Mchcmct if she married him, and convinced th2i
il was no invention 10 force her to consent Nj
she could do would be to tell Nlchcmet next day
he was bic and strong, and might he able to save
matters yet. How she told him and what effect
it had on him has already been related.
Slightly before sunset Of the day before that
fixed for his wedding with AyCsha. Bahr was
walking, rs was his wont, IN a grove Of trees no;
two hundred yards away from his house, whom
he suddenly felt crushing blow upon his head;
the next thing he knew was that he was lying
on his back watching the stars. which were just
beginning TO gnmcr palelY forth from SKY II
which some traces of sunSet-alory still remained.
and that things seemed strange 10 him, as If hc
were looking through some one else, eyes. He
attempted to sit up in order to collect himself;
when he found himself confronted by the barrel
of n revolver. held by man whom he thought he
recognized. and who ordered hin roughly 70 he
down If You attempt To get up without per
mission YOU will be killed" hr added we are
three armed. you are one unarmcd; no harm VIII
happen TO you, if you do as you are told. 30 ne
loY quietly back, and looked al the stars, ahd
presently coming more to himself mad" pTttI
certain that he had been taken by hraands: that
would mean a tresOmcly big ransom; DIV me
risk was none rs he was sure dat NE could pnN
il at once. As TO his wedding, Il was put on
for a few days, which was annoying, certainly
but after all il did not really matter; besides. II
would he such q pleasant contrast 10 20 Tor the
first time 10 the arms of the lovely ANe'ha rom
this rough adventure Thus he rapidly put him
self into q comparatively happy frame OF NINA.
and when ordered, 2s soon as night lHd July tr'
IN 10 Get up and walk between two OF hiS
guardians, the third walking behind. Ell tHcr
t, in flfsir ll % %
prctty brisky, feeling only lite dz2F nom the
blow on his head, but no fear. They TOOK
northcasterly direction, striking straight into the
great range of stony hills which forms the back
bone running east and west. of the southern hell
Of Blthynia. For the first three hours Bonn
walked well: the exercise ana movement 1hroH-h
the night air helped him to recover from the shoch
he had suffered all he felt was considerable
curiosity as 10 where le was to be taken 10, 2nl
who were the men who had captured NM IH"'
great giant Of fellow behind nm, hc WIS cct''t'h
he had seen him somewhere before but, though ne
| racl;rl his brains, he could get no recol-
lection of how or where. As be was pHzHng
! over this he felt sharp pain IN the sole oil ms
| right foot. which suddenly fcmlhHe4 nm th"I
when he had been kidnapped ne iad "hIN n
thin pair Of slippers on, most unnU Tor lonS
I tra,nus over rough and rocky miSidts. lie care
fnly felt his s. ippcis rs be walked, and came 10
the unpleasant conclusion that the sole was worn
right through in the place whcIc ne lcm , ,.i'
be no soles left at all to protect his irci IIcs-
| entity for the first time breaking the silence, lc
appealed 20 his guards 10 stop. lof nc was walk
! Ing on bare feet They answered shorty th"
thcy had far to go before sunrise and had no
| time 10 lose Soon the pain became 50 great
| that he could no longer choose his STEPS, Dut
| Stumbled alGny anyhow, continually striking his
| bleeding feet against corners of rock, now and
| again nearly falling, sick and faint with pain
| and exhaustion The two men walking at his
! Sides could not but take pity on him, and gave
him some support; but the party was uTeed Oh
| by the tail man behind, who would ALLOW no
! siackcning Of the pace. They had now been
| going for five hours it was about half-past one
| in the morning, little more than two hours 10
| sunrise, and in those two hours ~ seemed ron
| the uuttercd conversation Of H2hri's companions
| that much distance had yet 10 be covered. The
! despair with which he heard this rcdoHblcd tAr
/ main he was suffering; each step was q pang O!
| 9gonv and what with this and the blow on his
! head in the evening. and the emptiness Of his
stomach for he had not, of cours.. had Iis
! -. ~ MIMI nnd lnunhcl NildIN Mclcnmen