The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-21
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After the accession of the present
Emperor of Morocco an officer in com
mand of the forces of Tetuan was exc
cuted for having plotted against his
sovereign. His wives fled in haste,
but n of them, the mother of his
son, Achmed, heard that the Emperor
was about to send for the boy to bring
him to court.
Thinking that her son would also
die. she disguised him in woman's
clothes. and circulated the report that
Achmed had escaped. He was intro
duced by his mother to the neighbors
as her niece, and he finally fell in love
with the daughter of a priest. He
had ceased to complain of the con-
fnement Of the harem, although
nearly a year had passed away in its
monotonous seclusion.
He wore his halgue with such a
grace, and was so sprightly and en-
Pertaining to his mothers friends that
nor than one lady asked the sup
posed niece in marriage for her son,
and was not a little surprised to find
her so averse to matrimony. As a
man never sees his wife's face before
the marriage, he has to depend upon
the opinion of his old lady friends,
who are regular marriage brokers in
Moslem countries. These useful per-
respective superiority of Achmed, or
the priests daughter Amuna.
LOVERS AS RIVALS.
Achmed was too tall, certainly. and
not quite so soft in language as
Amuna; but then in wit and gayety
he equaled Ayesha, the best beloved
of the prophet. In short, the friends
were the most celebrated bellies of
their quarter, and rivals, as
it were, in spite of themselves. The
old priest caused it to be entrusted to
Called Bey, who had ordered some in
quiries to be made touching the per-
sonal attractions of the rival beauties,
that Amuna would bring a dover
worthy of his notice, while the wild
owls niece would, according to the
more usual custom, demand one.
Called Bey wished to appropriate
both, aud carried out his plan by
making overtures to the priest for his
daughter, and informing the widow
that he wished, or rather commanded,
her niece to attend his bride to her
mansion as her future companion.
The old lady fatty refused to part
with her niece, and threatened to ap-
peal to the Basha if the officer per-
sisted in his demand. Amuna, on her
part, entreated and implored her
father not to coEsign her to a man SO
notorious as Called Bey unhappily
was for repulsive looks and domestic
harshness. The old priest was not so
r~idiculously indulgent as to refuse a
rich son-in-law merely because he had
a taste for killing his wives. and his
daughter detested him, and the mar
riage went on.
The mother of Amuna exchanged
presents with the senior wives of
Called, the day, dover and Jewels
were fixed upon and the bride ceased
to lament, that she might examine her
robes with her confidante, the widows
niece. Achmed, too, gave up all OPP
position to Caled's order, and submit
ted SO c~heerfully to an adoption in
that officers household that his
mother in sheer disappointment left
the city the morning of the nuptials.
Attended by her faithful companion,
Achmed, Amuna was conducted in
state to her husbands mansion, where,
loaded with gems and embroidery,
she received the congratulations of
her friends.
Called, according to thes Moorish
custom, paraded through tie city with
a gallant train on horseback and at
the lucky moment when his bride was
lifted over the threshold of his
house, amid music, shouts and the
ring of firearms, he turned his
face homeward to meet his invited
guests at the bridal banquet in the
mems apartments. When the hour
approached at which he was to see
for the first time the face of his wife,
Called withdrew to the inner apart
ments@A servant wished to inter
rupt him to inquire whether he had
ordered a horse to remain at the door
saddled for instant use. The BRIDE
groom impatiently waved him away
and entered the chamber.
A BOLD STROKE.
Before him on a wide divan of
crimson and gold, trembling through
her gorgeous veil, knelt his uncon-
scious bride, but nearer and between
them flashed a cleaning blade in the
hands of the stranger youth. 1t was
Achmed, who presented his sharp
steel to the bosom of Called Bey and
commanded silence. Indignant, vet
wonder stricken, he obeyed.
Swear by Allah and his prophet,
by the grave of your mother and your
hopes OF paradise, that you viii
neither prevent our escape Or pursue
us for the rising and setting OF two
suns and hve3 refuse and die, nwasthe
brief alternative offered by the strip
ling. = 800 e@l "A
It was accepted. Amuna, hastily
throwing off the cunbrous trappifigs
of the marriage ceremony and hon
estiy selecting from her Jewels those
only which were gifts Of her father,
passed forth with Achmed, amid the
astonished household, mounted with
him. unopposed, the fleet charger at
the door. and in an hour had left the
walls of Tetuan and the possibility Of
pursuit far behind.
Ten day later q mounted Arab r
sented himself at the gate of Tetuan
leading a steed caparisoned in the
rich trappings thathad graced Caled's
wedding day.
"Achned, my friend and guest