Kansas City daily journal., 1895-10-06
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proceeded very deity to bind over my eyes.
vTuiA see no !9nEer. Ihcn shc graspci
the increased coolness Of the air i!' ',, Comics.
tured that we We're crossing the river in a
,fiTh Icy seconds G5,, the old woman turned TO the
of the Zeud-pehroud. could hear lis
turbulent waters rolling 10y and breaking
sra,ed a3i in WhisTper' T'S she e"uiSn said. Key
:, rive steps only and then felt that my
ihe same moment she removed the
room dimly lighted by a copper lamp IN
eense Was burning IN u richly chased snser
mosaic, and filling the room with those
DrlentaI odors which intoNicate one ike
walls hung with yellow cashmere were
musical Instruments, and here ana there
arms arms in the midst Of pendant chains and
necklaces From below came the duh and
regular murmuring Of the river BY lift
ne .,i a htt,e , dfapeIy from the window, saw
house Almost Immediately / heard a light
ftistnng upon the CARPET. turned.
more than II or IS Her thick dark lair
lfi5 upon , psrteGty s formed neck and
SoIor' mao az the changing lights of
ml9lnfr11Gt-RSsan ly,ii 10, S6 . But was especially
exceeding whiteness of her teeth ana the
blackness Of her eyes. The cyelashes, the
~.
She smiled as she gazed at me- with hor
still and burning eyes, | thought of the
woman could not easily be frightened.
However, she took my hand ana made me
sit upon the divan,
My husband has started for Tehcran,''
She said. and smiled.
Then She struck little gong with
began to talk rapidly, telling me that her
NE was very, dreary and that she had
been interested in me AZ first sight, wa.
u 10 | bga M
a noise I'm an adjoining room. In an instant
iiIT FL. sprIlhE ll up anI stood erect and trem-
had followed each other so rapidly that |
had no time 70 analyze my feelings. She
dagger, and half concealed it in her sleeve.
she S,, turned TO me H,T.d and with an emphaue
lshed behind the heavy hanglnGs
vague fear stole over me. l recalled
fae ASa "ssT98nE s8a5y PosSy had been
in the next room: there were sounds OF
voices. then short struggle: at last,
silence. AZ once the drapery was pushed
aside and Nissa re-appeared. She was very
pai;ee-as pale as the pearls upon herr, neck;
Ing like q white statue against the back
smiling and in her smile revealing teeth
took a few steps into the room, Her knife
Great God! What has happened?" I eI-
Nothing" she replied.
She tossed the dagger into a corner and
with perfect calmness, said:
1T was my husband, He would have
Come help me throw his body into the
/ remained motlonless gazing at her in
upon me- with an expression Of complete
contempt, and In a tone that ! shall never
"oh,' these Frankish dogs! What nerv-
She shrugged her shoulders, and called
I Il
window, Then, as If they were doing. the
most ordinary of acts, they lifted the body
ure was becoming too Oriental for me, /
confess that / was seized with a wild ter
ror, Without waiting longer ] ran away
Ike madman, Where ! went have no
idea. In ten minutes | found myself in the
eigy, apd ! ran through the streets as #
reached my. apartments | fastened myself
in with double lock, cursing Nissa and
all the houris OF the orient
! awoke the sun was high and streaming
strung, What would happen? a man could
not disappear without the laws taking cog
made an attempt at concealment The
servant had seen ami aided her, should
be implicated, and At the very idea Of be
Standing on end with horror
All that day | remained in the same con-
diuon, kecnly anxious and not daring 10
go out; The evening came and sull | had
formed no resolution and no news yet of
Nissa, Had She been arrested? What had
become Of her. l retiree early, but could
not sleep. on the second day could endure
# no longer and decided % see my friend,
the Aga. / arrived at his palace about
noon, | was announced, and then entered.
The Aga was reclining upon a diyan peace
fully smoking his ohibouk
"Ah, it is YOU, he said, when he saw
me Have you heard the ncws?"
The ncws-the news2 No, II have
heard nothing"
You remember Astoulla, the rich mer-
chant Nissa's husband, whom l told You
about?"
II was, all over; the crime, was known. I
muttered an almost inaudible Yes"
The poor devil" continued the aga;
my dear friend, he has suddenly disap-
pcarcd. 20
And the Aga looked at me intently I
could bear ii no longer. / was about TO
confess everything, when he said;
He was just setting out for Teheran.
Ana suddenly vanished. Nothing has been
heard of him"
For the second time the Aga looked into
my face. There was a short silence. Then,
putting out long thread Of smoke, he add
ed calmly:
God is greatw-Adapted from the
French OF A. Delpt