The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17

/ After this one word. they an bowed down
again and were silent for long time. They
/ sat motionless. Again the muezzim raised
[ his head and said Allah. and they an re-
I peated Allah" and were again silent
Then the muezzim read prayer They
| rOse lifted the dead body and carried il TO
hole that had been dug out of the side OF
| = hill They held the body under the arms
and BY the legs and feet. doubled il up.
/ and carefully pushed 70 into the tomb IN
I a sitting posture, and crossed the hands
[ over the breast
The Nogai servants brought green
I rushes, with which they filled up the
I mouth of the tomb threw earth uDon 30.
I spot where the head was Again they
I sat down in "A row b. the grave and We're
] silent a long time. "Aliah, Allah. Allah"
/ they sighed and all got up. The rcd Tar
Tar gave the old men some money. took
| his whip, and after striking himself with
it three times on the forehead. went
1 home
In the morning Shelin saw the red Tar
/ tar lead mare outside the village three
I Tartars following him. Just outside the
village the red Tartar took on his coat,
| rolled up his sleeves over his hrawnv.
| strong arms. took out a dagger and he
[ gan to sharpen II on a milestone The
! Tartars held ep the mares head. The red
/ Tartar came up and cut her throat The
/ mare fell and he began at once to skin H.
| entrails OF the animals After this they
/ proceeded to cut the creature into pieces
| which they carried into the house. The
| whole village gathered al the red Tar
/ tar's house to eat the funeral feast.
/ They were three days eating the mare.
drinking booza and thinking Of the dead
one. All the Tartars were at home.
On the fourth day they assembled about
| noentime. The horses were brought up.
/ and about ten Of them rode of. the red
I hrrf A
I at home. The new moon had Just ap-
| peared. so the nights were still dark
We'll" Thought Shelin. to-day we
must run away" and said so TO Koste-
lin.
Kostelin was frightened "How can we
run away? We do not know the roadg"
Il know the road"
1--WE cannot do it in one night"
I'VE can spend a night In the woods
I then. Here, I have saved some cakes. DO
| you intend to just sit still here2 All very
well il they send the money, but 1t may
not come and the Tartars are angry now
/ because the Russians have killed one OF
them. They talk of killing us"
Kostelin thought while and said:
We'll then, let us try IT,"
v
SheIin crawled into the hole and made
| II bigger to let Kostelin through. KOstelin
| caught his foot in stone and il rolled
| down with a loud noise The master had
a very cross watch dog. speckled beast
| called Ulashin. Shelin had made a friend
| of it by giving il bits TO eat Ulashln be-
/ gan to bark and up with other dogs.
! Shelin gave a low whistle and threw the
| dog a cake. 1t stopped barking and wagged
! its tail The master heard the noise and
| called thesdog. Shelin scratched it behind
| the ears and Ulashin rubbed against his
legs and wagged his tail. They waited
| awhile around the corner tn all became
quiet except for a sheep bleating in the
| pen. and "a sound of water below tricklns
over the stones.
shelin got up and said to his comrade,
Now brother, come on" They started.
They had gone but few PAGES when the
muezzim began to sing from the roof:
"Allahl Bis millah Ilrachmanw which
means people let us go to the mosque"
They sat down again close to the wall until
all the people had passed. Again all was
quiet.
well, now on, in the name of Cod
They made the sign of the cross and set
off again. They crossed the yard. down
the steep to the river, crossed the river
and went down the mountain. The fog
was thick but it hung low, and over their
heads the stars were bright. Sheln OBJ
served by the stars I'm what direction
| they were going. II felt cold in the fog.
| and easy to walk, only their worn out
boots were uncomfortable. Shelin took
his off, threw them away and went bare
footed. He sprang from rock to rock.
| keeping the stars in view. Kostelin Jagged
| behind.
mot so fast" said he. these confoaad-
ed boots blister my feet"
you must take them off. 1t will be
easier"
Kostelin did so, but it only made things
| worse. He cut his feet on the rocks and
| still Jagged behind.
If you cut your feet Shein said to
him, they will get well again. but II
they catch US we will be put to death"
They reached the woods which they en-
tered. They tore their clothes to shreds
| on the briars. At last they struck "a foot
! path The stars were setting, daylight
was near but whether they were going
in the right direction or not
they could not tell. shelin thought
that he had come by this
| road and he thought that his friends
must be about ten versts away. But
there was nothing to make him sure, and
| it was dark, he could not tell They came
to a meadow, Kostelin sat down and said:
you can do as you like but as for
me, I cannot go any further my feet
will not carry me-" q
Shelin got angry and spat on the ground
and scolded him soundly, and said:
VERY well. I'll go on alone then. Good
bye
walked about four versts. The fog in
the woods got thicker, and they could
no longer see the stars.
Suddenly there was a sound Of horses
hOofs in front of them. Sheiin lay fiat
on the ground on his face to listen
1T is so, a horseman is coming toward
us"
They hurried away from the road and
sat down in the bushes waiting. Shelin
crept over to the road and saw a mount
ed Tartar coming along, driving a COW
and mumbling something to himself. The
Tartar passed by. Shelin returned to Kos
ten.
well, we are safe this time. Come.
get up and let us go on"
Kosteln began to rise and fell back
/ again.
Il cannot, rea ". cannot. My strength
! is gone"
He was a heavy man, putting and sweat
| ing, and what with the cold fog in the
woods and his bleedin feet, was quite
/ broken down. Shen tried to help him
to rise Kostelin groaned out: ''Ohl how
I it hurts!" Shelin stood still as if petri-
/ fed.
We'll" he said, get up. I'll carry you