The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-22
/. ]. / RI Il SACRED DOGS
sFfee as the Men In the City Of the Dis
iresSed Sultan.
DOG KNOWS HIS DISTRICT.
hen slccpiHE They May Not he Dis.
WHO So Shonld XIII ono
;ssxyonid be AHnthema-Likc the
f ISSjta ogs and EIamcIs, the BcgGnrs TOO.
sbS5Are OrEanixcd.
spyright 1895. by S. S. Mcclure. Lin

Eopyright 1895. by S. S. Mcclure, Lin
IL ited)
manager OF the Hotel Bris-
;sS3EEatts Constentinoplc, to whom I car
ff sf&1s ainote of introduction. entered the
tnlentcan elevator and went TO the
top OF the house with me, then
sssassts me to the rear. opened the case
eg1ItS;SSweDt his arm over the tops of
slneaner houses and sad: This
IslfsbeNp nice quiet room for you, for
ISssii$ys9u5 can see, the dogs can't come
l S knew not how to reply. !
Z dressed myself aa being satisfied,
&.Ffssldeed i was. and lie, being q Ger
sssstpYS bowed and backed out of the
eeSaIflsSesSVhen he had closed the door
}}:5EaaG down anu thought q while, and
assgnaered what on earth he could menn
q .The dogs can't come here
EYS5sSll should say not; for out there was
sea OF tile-topped houses,
{ntEhere and there by narrow streets.
441gsf trough these riffs came the hum
Eannny voices, the sound of moving
fistwand3 the rattle of carriage wheels
Isthe5 stony pavements.
HssoEstn long time looked and listened
Elkened and looked, but nothing of ali
ssnoise was visible. for the people,
i People they We're, moved up and
IN the winding assures far be-
FssThe dogs can't come here"
away in front of me stretched
tA uneven roofs OF the many shaped
44Eses. and in the distance where the
of England futtered above the
tttshSS embassy the houses dipped
4faptly to, the edge of the Bospho-
Around a bend in this river-lilie
saSffxof the sea, perched on a high HILL
.E21ld see the Sultan's palace and the
of the royal mosque
'&sret the harem goes every Friday to
x3TSfItD: ~
the water edge was an
palace where the Sultan's crazy
SisbTotier Is Gagged, and farther up.
Sy5 on the other shore cleaned the
HIS palace of Eugenia. Directly OPP
EsEEitet Where stood. beyond the Eos
i ffssl1s. lay the little city OF Scuturi,
ssEftered like mining camp over the
s Il sttc nils. A long line of ships was
! j$9BliinsiS one after another, up through
ERE beautiful Bosphorus, and out into
3 fSsssSs.sfrsaaherous wates OF the Black
IN. hey were trading vessels and
sslasthe mast OF each fiuttered the
ffsHly y,ons aek. Many ships of many coun-
ssSWeie riding at anchor in the
55s9aesla Horn, but nowhere could be
lf155ltsfs5 neSstars and stripes of America.
. . aNta.e Two or three hours that fol-
q itsWnlch We're given up TO the task
sssEemoying the dirt and whiskcrs that
in the 1000 miles ride
Paris to the edge OF Asia. / found
saying over and over again
S tsaF dogs can't come here"
xsster danner drifted into the read
In time to hear n gentle
SlSfsqlSEho had been pointed out to me as
ss Stsh0p OF Long Island, read:
band OF wild dogs has been roam
ssS4yerSthe northern part of Bulgaria
a{8aEtng sheep, killing cattle and even
q king horscmen."
8doEs can't come here" 7 said in
Te2sfigeSunder a whisper. and went IN
Beins hungry I had eaten
ana now being weary after
SsyEspI & journey, went to he'd rather
Wand the last thought I had was
4 the dogs could not come here.
IS IS EHoWLING OF THE DOGS.
i t$$sll asleep. but awoke shortly. The
e q sseemed stufIy / got up and
he window. a little wider. over
IS sfnboul heard a lone dog howl,
Tsf her answered UP near the pal
4 fl2SEand; another almost under my win
III fsS hen they began to bark here
3 mere, and was reminded OF what
had said and went to bed
Eel asleep, only to dream of dogs
HIS awoke up feyerish and fright
,ss| must be the Hungarian wine had
2tt dinner" I thought, and drift
lfafHWGy to- dreamland. hut with the
gtakabie noise OF barking dogs