Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-20
A PAINTER IN coNsTANTINoPLE.
The Turkish o1Seisls win %Ot allow
sketohtre as Prevent.

The Turkish oS5eisls win SOt AllO"
sketohtre as Prevent.
+. Hopkinson Smith contributes pa
per, "A Personally Conducted Arrest In
Constantinopld, SO Tho Century. In
this he describe tn. a.liculty he enooun-
tered in sketall;ne in that city. He was
watched BY special dregoman, but ooca-
eionally mnna9rs' % elude his vigilance.
The paper is accompanying by number OF
sketches Of unfamiliar scenes in and about
Constantinople. Mr.. Smith says;
Casimir, lifting his bat from bis glisten
ing head, said, With how OF apology,
that I could not paint-in COnstantinople,
of course; that ''One udder Engleesh walt
one two, four week, and ten go way
wit permit. One Russian have ms
machine take way"
ono, effendi, he added. II sorry,
but it eempossiblc to make tie picture"
"How about an Americana" l asked.
"Ah, YOU not EngeeshF You Aneri-
oainP T'at is anudder ting. 1 maxi par
don. " with another sweep Of his hat. Il
think You Engleesh Then, behind his
hand, In a whisper, "Engleesh all time
make trouble.
The lowered voice and furtive glance for
Dossible Britishers in disguise revealed
like a lashlight all the devious yays and
manifold orookodnesses of thetourist drago-
man of the east, your servant to-day, serv-
ing YOU servilely and vilely, serving some-
body else tomorrow, still servile and vile.
The clerk of the hotel agreed with Cast
mir as to my painting-in tho streets SC
did the banker who cashed my first draft
| The banker, however, was. moro lucid. In
the present condition Of the Armenian
question an order had been issued from The
palace forbidding any one to reproduce the
/ guardians of tho peace, and there was 2
| fixed determination, so far as he WAS coE'
! cerned, to keep OFT of their clutches. This
together, with his desire at all hazards Il
earn my francs day, made Caslmir
very nervous and for the time being very
uncomfortable parsonage.
/ selected the open plaza fronting th'
! Sultana Valide because it was blossom
ing field Of enormous umbrellas, green
brown and white, beneath which were sol'
stuffs and fruits of every hue in the rain
bow. and because l thought that my owl
modest and diminutive sunshado might b.
so lost in the general scheme as to be un
distinguishable.
The population of that part of Stambou
thought otherwise. Before l had hal
blocked in one corner of the mosque ant
Indicated my high lights and shadows,
surging thrung of Turks, Greeks, jew
and gentilos perhaps Hottentots- TO
some were as black as ooal-had wedges
themselves in a solid mass about my easel
Casimir shrugged his shoulders, throw
ing his eyes skyward, his mouth open iik
that of a choking chicken. He had ron
sented, under protest. Go carry my sketch
ing outfit across tho Galata bridge, han
ding it as tenderly as If It had been
bomb, and now that it was about to OK
plode he wished It distinctly understoo
by the bystandors that the affair was non
of his doing. l endured this for awhile
catching now and then a whispered wor
dropped in tho car Of an eager loOSer o.
and then called ont:
"Here Casimir, don't stand there para
lived. Clear the crowd III 'front.' so tina
/ can SEQ the steps Of the mosque and the
90 over to the fountain opposite and III
/ this wator bottle. j"
He oheved mechanically. There was q
opening Of the crowd for moment as u
, passed, a tight closing up again. ana tn
= curious mob was thicker than ever.
} When he returned, he brought with hil
two full hands, One was his own, holt
! ing the bottle; the other was that of a ger
: darme holding Casimir.