The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
FoRclHe AN ENTRANCE .AEssFez.
Passing Through the date Of morocco
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Passing Through the Gate Of . Morocco
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While Mr.. , Bonsal,s the. eauthor OF
: ..lAfaroece as 1t is,i'.was, in Fez, he went
out of the. city one evening to dine with
the members of the English mission
and returned at midnight with Boazza,
q servant. Mr., Bonsaf was on his horse
Hassan, while Boazza went before HIM
ON foot with lantern, the night being
pitch-dark. When they reached. the
gate of the city 1t was shut, though 1t
was still an hour before closing time
They knocked. for tersminutes, but no
one appeared. Then they rapped.lat
the guard hoasesin the palace of the
bashaw,S about fifty yards from the
gate Here the keys were usually
kept. 4 The guards came out about .
dozen in number, and after examining
the faces of the two men with lanterns,
went back INTO the guard house and
| slammed the door. Mr.. ,Bo4sal thus
narrates what followed: - Ala -
1--WE knocked again and soon the
whole .neighborhood was aroused. ana
denounced uslsin unmeasured terms
from the windows. Finally the guards
again threw open the doors. and, this
time, rs they came up, I noticed that
fhey, were armed. Six of them at least
had rifles, three or four presented pis-
tolls. and athe rest carried bludgeons.
They told us If we did not go away
they w6eld shoot !, - : $50.
"Boazza, my muleteer, stood Ibis
igreund inepfully.e At last, as the men
lcontinueds to gather around me IN a
most threatening manner. 1 drew my
pistols and covered them 1t must
have been amusing to- look at. but it
was not amusing toilive through For
fully three minutes not q sound was
heard. ezs=.ea - slzs3. sss zzHtz 4
ST am afraid lost my temper, and
cetAainly the proYoQs tipsewas great. |
Remembered, riding, up to the caid OF
the GUARD md CRYING shilnaa sound box
on Jlie esrs,L asissA ia i.saal5hoa .
sI3oazza and were shouting for the
key all the while and the guards were
loud in the expression Of q wish tosee
my grandmother burned. Suddenly
they made unanimously for the door,
as thought, to get the key. Boazza
was 4uick-witted, and sas they turned
/ to close the door in our faces he put his
foot on the Threshold and got 1t well
smashed for his pains : 2ssss SIC
Seeing that their idea was to let us
spend the night in the dirty Street |
put my horse against the door, which
Boazza had succeeded in keeping q few
inches. Open. & The next moment the
door gave way, and to the unspeakable
surprise oftAe Guards my horse ahdtf,
closely followed. by Boazza, were pa
radifig 4, the most ma Aificeh tniafInei
inside the guard Mouse.
'Hassan was as much surprised a
his rider, wiiichi Is Sayings good deal,
andprancing and kicking about, CON
strived to do no little. damage. Two
beautiful tiled tables, upon. which the
caid was taking his midnight tea, were
Kicked into sfnithercens. CUPS and
| tsaucers were broken, and he pranced
T about on the zimfnoor rings hs if those
beautiful carpets were his nightly bed.
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= The guards, myself aud. Boazza pre-
,sentea arms again for about five min
utes, Somewhat after the menacing
I fashion OF rival armies iii italian opera
l soon discovered that the lold ctid in
charge OF the night guard WAS its weak,
est member and no { 90 itching him by
the ear, giving it a good tug, 1 placed
my pistofcloset I'd Ms temple and ex,
plaine4i tina tunless.the keys of the gate