The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-23


U skill \ desire un NlC'orNUycr The beaufi-
. tul Miriam. only wish ,ou to do Justice
7 10 me-"
lie Thought fo put away her fantastic
+ idea pE telling hCr that 10 her claims 10
. RECOGNITION were Do be- OF value the sgg-
Eesjed rivalry must take place before
numbers of spectators, and that ho could
. not compromise hvr position as mis- wife
/ nN letting her appear unveiled in pub
. lie
The entertainment could take place in
/ the palace precincts, and ] should wear a
/ mask she replied.
lie struggled on with more arguments.
/ But she merrilY parried them all. Then
finding her smilingly immovable. he said.
half laughingly, half angrily; do as
/ you WILL
She bowed her head. Then as he turn
| ed away she looked up, and her face was
! luminous with the radiance of dcmoniac
/ triumph.
/ Osman the Yuzbashi soon knew of Am
| rus project to wed Miriam And though
/ the knowledge filled him with anxiety
and gloom, he scorned to yield to despair
/ lie mad seen Miriam many times IN pri-
vate. He knew her worth He knew
! her feeling toward himself; and for her
! sake he was prepared to battle against
! heaviest odds.
Osman was the handsomest officer in
J NAAN A<Ng BtitAh army ne W DIS lHbGlll-
! gent, rarely accomplished, and few men
! of his years equaled him for GOODNESS and
| fertllltp of resource in times of trial
he was one day walking near the pal
! ace of Amru, when a note was thrust
into his hand and a hurried whisper went
| by: "Ta'al mai"
Osman opened the note, which con-
tanned few lines in Arabic, with en-
| phatlC mention of one name. He glanced
forward in search of the man who had
babe him follow, and recognized one of
| the servants of Amru; and to Amrus
palace Osman proceeded. Within the
threshold he encountered Murad, who
conducted him in silence to d room ad-
joining the harem and left him. In mo-
ment a curtain was withdrawn from the
end of the room and Rakiyah stood I'M
yelled, young-looking, beautiful, before
| him.
you have come" she said in tones
thrilling with almost painful exutation.
Il am here at your service, madame.
Why have you sent for me?"
You know the fate in store for pretty
Miriam"
Il have heard"
For the woman beloved by your"
Something l have heard. "
"And who is willing to forget you, to
betray you, to abandon you lightly2"
I'VE had better not discuss this"
"Ah' she cried, If you cared to take
revenge, fair way might be pointed out
to you" .
dame. Again, why have you sent for
| me2'
why have ] sent for you2" she re9eat-
ed slowly. They remained silent, looking
at each other-he calm. gentle, suave in
bearing she with eyes ablaze, with bosom
| hedving, with frame quivering from head
to foot. And Osman, though no coxcomb,
! guessed instantly the kind of revenge
that she proposed to him.
She threw up her arms, and for five
! whole minutes did she pour forth torrent
| of eXClamatiOns avOwals, prayers express
sive of the most frantic love. And over the
stormy stream of her language CLEANED
and shifted and rang the lights, the col
| ors, the harmOnies of an mearthly elo-
! quence. Osman's first impulse of amaze
ment and perplexity had been depressed
before the woman had uttered twenty
| words, and when her outburSt was ended
he had little difficulty in assuming a
| kindly, soothing tone which, while dis
| pelling uneasiness on her part, tended to
bring her back to comparative reason
Yet, though he felt that it would be ut
ter madness to give the slightest evil
dence of the scorn within him, he re
solved to cut short the interview without
! delay
1T will not be well for me to remain
here long, he said.
"There can be no danger for you" she
answered, an ominOus fire gathering in
her eyes. Though he surprised US in
this moment, there would be deadly woe
to him if ne attempted injury to you"
"Still must leave you"
"You are invited to the entertainment
here tomorrow nigh?"t
Yes"
of you cared to move but slightly in
your own behalf, you and I might not
need to leave each other more. Tune
your fanCies to the most despOtic pitch,
and there is nothing you can deem beyond
| my will to perform Bid me do murder
for your sake and it shall be done"
1--WE shall not go to such an extremity"
Good. l am obedient to all your
moods And you will come va 'aini! to-
morrow night!"
yes"
''And when you come it will be for the
| purpose of our never again being sep
arated. ! shall have all prepared. Within
| thirty-siX hours we shall depart together
| All my jewels | shall take with me They
would more than serve as the ransom of a
sultan. We shall go to climes where we
never shall be traced. With my riches
shall make your life such that you would
not need to envy the most eXtravagant of
! pleasure seekers. And now, va hamami -
! she continued with a sudden access of
sweetness in voice and look, ''where do
| you go tO-night!"
Il have no thought of moving out of
! doors"
Not to the circus?"
! mo" he answered quickly.
She looked full at him. For little more
! than a second her mouth became drawn
| and haggard. Then she smiled again.
IL shall no longer keep you. Come by
! this door. You shall not need to be con-
! Quoted by my servant"
! She brought him through the curtained
| aperture by which she had entered. 1t
opened by two passages, one dark, cir
! cuitous, leading to the gardens, and
! thence to the high road, the other lead
| ing to the innermost chambers of the
| harem.
Remember tomorrow night" she
whispered, and left him.
He went down the winding corridor.
He thought ne heard the voice of Amru
himself coming from the garden. He
drew back and stealthily crept into the
adjacent passage. Hecrept into the shad-
ow of a doorway. There, indeed. he
heard two voices They were the voices
of Murad and Rakiyah.
"There is risk of failure murmured
the lady
''No She will never handle a serpent
after tomorrow night. And if she es-