New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05

Wazan is the holy city of Morocco. and
one of the hottest in all the Mahometan world,
and It's Shereefs descended directly from
Fatima. the Prophets favorte daughter, while
the Emperor himself is descended merely from
some collateral branch of Mahomets family SO
the Shereef is reckoned the hottest man In all
Islam, and his spiritual authority is recognized
by the Faithful everywhere, in Egypt Turkey,
Persia. India.
The latest generations of these potentates have
been invested with not little romance. 1t II
told that the grandfather of the present Shereef
lived To be more than leo years old. At the last.
when he lay dying the elders asked him to name
his successor; for there is no law of primogcn-
ture in WaZan The old man answered In the
oracular manner in which his inspired utter.
ances had always been made: The child that
paycth with my staff. he shall sway the scep-
ire" Now IT happened that one Of his slaves,
n negro woman. was standing Just outside the
door. and heard this. She had been one of his
favorites though not married to him. and she
had one child a bright-eyed little mulatto. SO.
hearing the old Shereefs words she instantly
seized. unnoticcd. his gold-headed staff and
placed 1t in her sons hands. bidding him be-
stride II as a hobby-horse And when. a few mo-
mcnts later, the aged Shereef died. the fabian
elders came out to search for his heir. And the
first they the little mulatto playing
with the staff Wherefore they obeyed the
saints command and bowed down before him
the new Shereef.
This Shereef. the story goes. grew up with
rather advanced notions. He took to travelling
In foreign parts and then paid long visits to
England, France and Italy. When he discarded
sandals and began wearing boots Of French
manufacture the faithful opened their sleepy
eyes In holy horror. Had the descendant of the
Prophc, gone mad? Then he threw aside the
turban and donned a silk hat Of the latest
"stove-ppc" pattern. The caftan and haik fol-
lowed the turban into retirement and he was
presently dressed throughout In modern Euro
pean style. Worse than this, he took to smoking
cigarettes and drinking champagne. For q de-
scendant of Mahomet To drink intoxicating
liquor was an unprecedented apostasy But
Muey Sidi defended himself 1T Is true" he
said. that the wine In the bottle Is intoxicating
But when | pour II into my glass II becomes
as harmless as water." And this explanation
generally believed. Why not? III water was
turned into Wine why not wine into water?
And had not all the Grand Shereefs of Wazan
been workers OF miracles? SO in regard to all
these things the faithful Taibians presently con-
cluded that the descendant Of the Prophet could
do no wrong
~ ENGLISH GIRL BECOMES MOORISH rRIN.
CESS
These eccentrlcites. however. were only the
beginning Of the trouble Down at Tangier the
holy made the acquaintance OF a comely
young English woman. named Emily Keene
who was governcss In the family of the Brit
ish Minister. and began making love to her
Well. he was mulatto. but Prince and very
rich. and she vas ambitious So she accepted
him. and. after he had divorced all his other
wives. married To him. In good English
fashion. And she made him sign a solemn bond
to take no other wife and Ia keen no harem
but to conduct his domestic affairs on the Eng
lish PLAN and " he broke this bond he was TO
give her her children and $4,000 cash down
and $1,000 year for life. And finally she was