San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-08

painted ON her beam. Ills asfast a ship
as any that sails from Algiers, though
she carry but one mast, and so be we
agree to his venture You shall find the
cabin fitted for your lady and every
thing for your comfort. "
On this we separated presently, and I,
joining my friends at our inn, laid the
matter before them. There being still
some light, we then went forth ON the
mole, and there we quickly spied the
White Moon, which, though small
craft, looked very clean, and with a fair
cabin house, built up in the Moorish
fashion upon the stern. And here, sit
ting down, we all agreed to accept this
offer, Mr.. Goodwin being not less eager
for the venture than we, who had so
much more to dread by letting it slip,
though his pass had yet fortnight to
run.
So the next day l repaired to the rock,
and meeting Haroun, as he was called,
I closed with him and put couple of
ducats in his hand for earnest money.
'Tis WE'LL" says he, pocketing the
money, after kissing it and looking up
to heaven with a dill an" which
means sit is from God " "We will not
meet again till the day of Ramadan at
midnight, lest we fall under suspicion.
Farewell z"
We parted as we did before, he going
his way and | mine, but looking back
by accident before l had gone couple
of hundred yards perceived fellow
stealing forth from thicket of canes
that stood i'll the marshy ground near
the spot where 1 had lately stood with
Haroun, and turning again presently l
perceived this man following in my
steps. Then, fairly alarmed, gradual
ly fastened my pace, but not so quick
neither as to seem to fly, making for
the town, where I hoped to escape pur-
suit in the labyrinth of little, crooked,
winding alleys As rounded corner
I perceived him out of the tail of my
eye still following, but now within so
yards of me, he having run to thus over
reach me, and ere l had turned up a
couple of alleys he was on my heels and
twitching me by the sleeve.
Lord love you, MASTER, says he in
very good English, but gasping for
breath, "hold hard moment, for I've
thing or two to say to you as is worth
your hearing"
So l, nightly surprised by these
words, stop, and he, seeing the alley
quite empty and deserted, sits down on
a doorstep, and l do likewise, both of
Us being spent with our exertions.
WAS that man you were talking with
little while back named Haroun?"
asks he when he could fetch his breath.
nodded
did he offer to take you and three
others to Elche aboard a craft called
the White Moon?"
l nodded again, astonished at his in.
formation, for we had not discussed our
design today, Harom and l.
did he offer to carry you off in a
boat to his craft from the rock on the
MOUTH"
Once more | nodded.
Can you guess what will happen il
you agree to this?"
Now l shook my head.
The villain" says he, will ruI
you on q shoal, and there will he be over
hauled by the janizaries and you BIZ
carried prisoners back to Algiers You
freedom will be forfeited, and you will
be sold for slaves, and that's not all, ,
adds he 1.-THE lass you have with yor
will be taken from you and given t
Mohand on Mohand, who has laid thi!
trap for your destruction and the graft
fication OF his lust. "
1 fell a-shalzing only to think of this
browning calamity and could only ut
ter broken, unintelligible sounds to ex
press my gratitude for this warning.
Listen, master, if you cannot speak, ,
said he, "for must quit you in few
minutes or get my soles thrashed whe1
/ return home. What have told you il
true, as there is God in heaven. 'Twa
overheard by my comrade, who is ;
slave in Mohand's household. If you es
cape this trap, you will fall into anoth
er, for there are no bounds to Mohand'
devilish cunning. 1 say, if you stay her
you are doomed to share our miserabl
lot, by one device or another But will
show you how you may turn the table
ON this villain and get to Christian
country ere you are week older if yo1
have but one spark of courage amonj