The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-28

women. Her face was yelled with the
usual black veil and gold nosepiece worn
by the lower orders, and her feet and
arms, which were bare. shone with the
greater contrast in the moonlight on
account of the somber hues OF her
attire Dunraven started, surprised. but
the words, Anal marouf va Saadat Ell
Bey iddinI wahed gharsh" t'Pray his
excellency the hey 10 give me one
pisstre'D, uttered in the usual whining
tone beggars everywhere adopt. showed
him at once what ne had 10 deal with.
Feeling annoyed at being aroused from
his pleasant thoughts, he was going
to pass on needless of her, when she,
sprnging forward and clasping him by
the arm, recommended volubly and loudly,
For the love of God give me piastre-
for the love OF the prophet, Bey. give me
one plastre-only one piastre. And then,
TO his infinite surprise, he heard inter
spersed, soto voce," between the harsh
Arabic gutturals, the words of love whis-
pered in sottest italian, - il is |, Carlo MIC.
thy Mathllde, Carlo mic. To Il amo. but
go not within the ruins tonight, for tod
sake linen, continuing in Arabic again
loudly, she recommended begging. Give
me piastre, Bey, only one piastre." Then
once more another whisper in Italian,
Loosen swiftly thy sword in its sheath,
Carlo MIC. | followed thee in the steam
boat from Assiout, and have overheard
plot 10 STAY thee. Get ready. therefore,
Only one piastre, for the forgiveness of
TO the poor fellah woman" In Italian
again: There are three of them. Lorenzo
and two Arabs. They are armed with
swords-he has a pistol \ piastre, Bey.
one piastre. By Hassan and Hussein,
give me piastre. Do not mind me, Carlo,
am safe. They think am only an Arab
beggar girl trying to decoy You into the
temple, and they have offered me money
| to do so, but go thou not in, keep rather
thy back to that wide column" And she
continued In softer Arabic: "A piastre,
Bey, only piastre, and then Miriam, sur
named the beautiful, will guide thee round
| the temples in the sweet moonlight. and
who knows, perhaps, as there is no one
| there, but she may show unto thee her
face IN some of the inner recesses. Yes,
| Bey, the face OF Miriam el quiesa. Miriam
! the lovely! Think of ii, Bey!" Whisper
ing again: Put not thy hand in thy
| pocket. Carlo, for even an instant, for they
are watching thee. Be ready"
And so it went on; the faithful. devoted
girl warning her lover while pretending all
| the time TO act as decoy. Suddenly
| loud, rough voice was heard, exclaiming
| lmpatlently: Bus va bint lmshi warra :"
Enough, girl! Get thee behind therel'
Aud Lorenzo di Carlotti emerged from be-
hind pillar. while two truculent-looking
with drawn swords. With a scream Ma
| thilde sprang aside. but purposeiy she fell
! IN front of the leading one of the Arabs
| in such way that he IN turn tripped over
her and fell headlong almost at Charles
| feet where he stood with his back TO the
| column. They were, he saw, three TO one.
| 1t was no time, therefore, 10 think of
| chivalry to a fallen foe His good sword,
| splendid weapon by Wilkinson, flashed
| brightly in the moonlight, and as the Arab
| strove 10 rise he Glove him through his tur-
| ban to the chm and then instantly turned
| to engage MS second foe, a stalwart and
sturdy negro. who handled his sword both
| bravely and in skiIlful manner. Mean
while MathiIde had herself crept away be-
hind Lorenzo, who held a nickel-plated re-
| voiver in his hand, and who stood with
| sardonic grin, watching the fight between
| the well-matched pair. while listening with
| pleasure TO the clashing steel. He thought
| the issue was certain. for he had his re-
volver to back his henchman up with
| Presently, the negro gave Charles a severe
| cut on his left elbow, and the red blood
could be seen staining his white jacket
and dripping 10 the ground. "Afarimi
| (BravoD Said, Afarimi'' cried Lorenzo.
But now be careful. said, my friend, and
thou hast him at thy mercy. Gordon
Pasha did not surely decorate thee in vain
for thy proves in workmanship. Thou
shalt surely kill the dog directly" The
negro grinned and the fight continued.
Charles soon felt himself getting weaker
from loss of blood. But he kept his head
He felt himself oyermatched, indeed, but
he determined to try his skill. He made
suddenly feint at the Arabs head. As
the negro warrior raised his sword TO pro-
tect his head, Charles. avoiding all contact
with his blade. continued his downward
cut with a continuous sweep outwards
which he changed into an upward cut the
old cut three, at the enemys wrist as in
the old infantry.sword exercise. This ruse
was successful. The Arab, in raising his
hand, had left his wrist exposed, and
Dunraven's keen blade meeting it nearly
severed it in twain. With yell the negro
dropped his sword, and even as he did so
Charles sprung forward and delivered what
is known as the second point, which. his
sword being a straight weapon, completely
transnxed him through the chest He fell,
but Dunraven, exhausted, fell with him
and could not withdraw his blade. At this
moment Carlotti, advancing pace, raised
his revolver and was about to blow his
rivals brains out where he lay. when an
unexpected event occurred to mar his
laudable intention. The sham Arab decov
girl sprang upon him from behind and
clasped him firmly around both arms. He
was plnioned, to fire with effect was I'M
possible-one barrel, indeed. actually ex-
ploded accidentally. At the same time
the Arab decoy girl cried out loudly,
Carlo milo! the Arabs sword! Take the
Arabs sword Carlo MO"
With curse Lorenzo recognized his
cousin Mathilde's voice. and vainly he
struggled 10 free himself from her.
She chung. however, with a force
that was double - nay, treble her
ordinary strength-Nith the force of
despair. Dunrayen had taken the
Arabs sword but 10 assist Mathilde was
| impossible; he could not strike without
wounding her. Suddenly. with a desper-
ate wrench, Lorenzo III Carlotti tore him
self free from her grasp, and instanta-
neously turning on her with an oath,
fired at her point-blank and she fell. But
even as she did SO she was avenged for
with tremendous blow of the negro's
curved scimltar. delivered at the very same
instant, Dunraven completely decapitated
the Italian, whose head flew of, and be-
fore his last curse had well LETT his lips
was rolling on .he ground beside his vic
tim. The frightful final oath was only
completed on the ground His headless
body, still holding the smoking revolver.
remained weirdly poised for a moment
and then fell heavily in the opposite direc-
ton, the contraction of the muscles OF the
fingers exploding another chamber of the
revolver as il did 50.
And just at that moment the sergeant
major of gendarmerie and q patrol Of four
men, attracted by the sound of shots ap-
! pearei upon the CHASTITY scene. For the
sergeant major was an Egyptian and an
eye servant, and had therefore gone out
with the patrol himself with the full m
tention of meeting the hey" and of
showing him what a jealous and good
gendarmie he was, for he hoped thus TO
| become soon made a ''mulazim THANH" or
second liaufADlu- He did indeed ind