Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-03-12
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Pleasant Spice Of Romance.
Cant. 8. Samuels. the famous com
mander offthe Dreadnaught, In his auto
biography ,lentitled From the Forecastle
toIthe Cabin" gives the following account
ofkthc rescue OF an inmate OF a Turkish
hajem:
capt. Samuels, while waiting at Con.
sthntInople for repairs ON his ship Man.
hsttan. became acquainted with Swede,
9Capt. H., whose ship was also lying
n ,he harbor. H----was quiet, diff
elent man. who, when twelve years OF age,
began = sailor'sslife, because his beloved
lit.ir friend, n fiaxen. haired, blueeyed
schoolmate, hadlbeen taken by her parents
to Moscow and thence to Odessa He had
lust arrived from Odessa, where he learned
that the family had gone to Alexandria.
He lived In hope OF flndi ng some day mis-
early love, but the long delay had made
him serious. indeed.
One afternoon. the two captains, with
eight or ten others, were passing. as their
custom was. through the street which led
to the landing whence they took their
boats to go ON board their ships. Blank
walls. twenty feet high extended 500 feet
along the sides Of the street, and enclosed
the palaces of two Pashas.
Only the windows Of the upper stories
could be seen. One Of these windows was
suddenly thrown open, aud beautiful
woman appeared at Il. She threw some
thing over the wall, and closed the win
dow. II was note, and all the Captains
rushed TO pick It up The Swede pocketed
Il. On arriving at the landing he invited
Captain Samuels on board his ship. Once
on board the note was opened by the
Swede, who read Il. and with great agita-
tion handed II TO Captain Samuels. saying,
"Read, and tell me what do do" The
note was written ipa good English hand,
and read as follows:
II know you are Christians. and will
save me from this life of degradation. En-
tombed In this harem, | appetl 10 you to
save me God know, will open your
hearts, give wisdom. and guide you to-
morrow night 10 silken cord thrown
from this window. near where you found
my note. To the thread attach your
answer. Death awaits discovery.
II will marry her II we rescue her and
kpshe will CONSENT" exclaimed the roman
tic Swede. laying his right hand reverent-
ly on the ships Bible.
The two captains laid their plans The
next night they remained on shore, know
ing that being sailors they could, with the
aid Of piastcfs, pass the gates Of the streets,
though they wcie closed at night. The
two captains apparently half drunk stag
gered up to the guards, handed them a
hundred piasters, and passed through the
gate. Each carried the usual paper Ian
tern. and was well armed The thread was
found. aud their note of reply attached.
The note was pulled Up and 1t said
| that on the fifth night they wouh attach a
strong line to the end OF the cord, and TO
se Ill 81. 10 all
Directions were given as 10 how she was to
secure the ladder and descend IL.
The next night an answer read that the
/ lady assisted by trusty eunuch, would
provide the ladder, which they must pull
toward them by cord weighted by silk
EN- purse containing jewels II also bade
them think well OF the danger, as death
would be the penalty If they were dis
| covered On the eventful night, the two
| captains reached the gate, apparently
in drunken condition, feed the
| guards as before. passed ',,fOugii, found
the cord and The purse. The cord was
pulled gently, aud drew down ladder
made OF silk. The two captains put their
| weights upon It TO keep IL from swaying.
| A burden was felt upon g. and a man in u
/ white tunic sprang from the ladder, NUT
tered something, sprang up the ladder,
aud disappeared. Presently the strain an
nounced that some one was descending
| II was the lady. She sprang 10 the ground,
| followed by the man, her faithful slave
Falling on his knees, he begged to be
taken with her. Ii was impossible. Ms il
would precipitate the discovery of her
flight.
The lady was calm and the party passed
| through the. gate, throwing a handful OF
| I,zfa No. el.a ii
was picking up the money, Capt Samuels
locked the gate and threw away the key.
Hearing tramping feet behind, they hur-
ried 10 the boat, pulled as Quia,iy ss
possible 10 The Swedish brig, which was
got ander way at once, that she might he
In the Sea OF Marmora before sunrise.
Captain Samuels returned TO his own
vessel, and in few days sailed for Odessa.
On his return, he was warned not 10 stop
AT Consaniinople, as he was suspected Of
aiding the escape u S2S u be wives 81 n
Pasha In the Turkish army He ran by
the forts. and received shots which did
him no harm.
Nine years later, while In command Of
the clipper Dradnaught, he arrived in
! New York one day. As soon as the gang
plank was hauled ashore, lady and gen
| tleman came on board. and embraced Capt.
Samuels with unusual warmth. They were
the Swedish captain and his wife. On
leaving Constaniinople he discovered that
she was the flaXen-haired girl he once
/ loved. At Moscow she had been thor.
oughly educated. especially in the modern
languages. Her father had removed TO
Odessa, and thence to Alexandria, where he
became a grain importer While Journey
ing with his beautiful daughter in the IN.
terror Of Egypt. the Arabs assaulted their
caravan, and carried her of. having muir.
dered the men. She was sold 10 a slave
dealer, who took her to Constantinople.
where she was bought by the Pasha from
whose harem she escaped. The captain
and she were married at Falmouth Her
jewels bought for her husband a ship
and together they sailed from port lG
port.
"NIy friend" writes Capt. Samuels
'has since sold his vessel, and retired from
sea.lifs TO business in one OF our Eastern
towns"