The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-05

were there I could do no more. The III
ness had to have fits course so I must
be patfsnt All this is the usual 5argou
OF tFsa surgery-I knew that wenman had
dictated it-and then a true lire or two
worth all the rest from my dear girls
own bleeding mothers heart Our poor
Noel was this. and that, he complained
of so and so. and first began TO look un-
well In such and such ways
It was clear as MONDAY. The attack Of
the throat which I had foreseen had
come. Five years I had looked for IT.
Through I'VE long years ! had waited
and watched 10 check IT, Rad labored
day and night that when 1t should come
/ might meet IL. Ny own health had
wasted-and for what? For fame, tor
eealth. for humanity. for science? No.
no. no, bu. for the life Of my boy. And
now when his enemy was upon him at
length, where was II who alone In all
this world Of God could save him? ! was
l.0e miles from home
o. the irony Of my fate. My soul rose
In rebellion against IL. Staggering back
through the darkening streets the whole
CITY seemed dead and damnea.
How far I walked In this state Of OBJ
Hvion / do not know. but presently Out
OF the vague atmosphere wherein all
things had been effaced, / became con-
scious. like one awakening after a drug,
of an unusual commotiop going on around.
People were running past me and across
me in the direction OF the Karueein
mosque. From that place a loud tumurt
was rising into the air. The noise was
increasing with every moment, and ris-
ing to a Babel of human voices
] did not very much heed tho commo-
ton. What were the paltry excitements
OF life TO me now? I was repeating to
myself the last words OF my poor wifes
letter: How I miss you. and wish yon
were with met II will go back" I
was telling myself: II will go back"
In the confusion of my mind I heard
sna tches of words spoken by the people
as they ran by me. 'Nazarene"' Chris
tian," Cursed Jew." These were Kissed
out al each other by the Moors as they
were scurrying past. AT length heard
a Spaniard shout up to feliow-country-
man who was on a housetop: English
man caught in the mosque"
AT that my disordered senses recovered
themselves. And, suddenly, I became
aware that the tumuit was coming In my
direction. The noise grew deeper. loud
er. and more shriu at every step. In
another moment 1t had burst upon me In
a whirlpool Of uproar.
Round the corner of the narrow lane
that led to the karueein MOSQUE a crowd
OF people came roaring like torrent.
They were Moors Arabs and Berbers.
and they Were shouting. shrieking, yell
ing. yelping. and uttering every so,s~ld
that the human voice can make At the
first instant realized no more than this,
but at the next I saw that the people were
hunting q man as hounds hunt a wolf
The man was flying before Them. He was
coming towards me; In the gathering
darkness could see him; his dress which
was Moorish, was torn to shreds about
his body; his head was bare; his chest
was bleeding; l saw his face: it was the
face of the American, my companion OF
the voyage.
He saw me, too and at that instant he
turned about and faced full upon his pur-
suers. What happened then / dare not
tell.
Father, he was a brave man. and he
sold his life deariv. But he fell at last.
He was but one to a hundred. The yelp-
ing human dogs tfod him d2Xn like ver-
min.
am a coward. l fed and left him.
When got back to my lodgings / called
for my guide, for was resolved to leave
Fec without an hours delay. The guide
was not to be found. and I had to go In
search of him. When I lit on him at
length he was In dingy coffee-house,
squatting on the ground by the side OF
another Moor. an evil-looking scoundrel
who was reciting some brave adventure
TO group of admiring listeners.
called my man out and told him
OF my purpose. He lifted his hands in
CONSERVATION. Leave Fec tonight" he
said. Impossible, my sultan, imposs:-
BILE! My lord has not heard the order:"
What order?" / asked. was alarmed
Must I be prisoner In Morocco while
my child lay dying in England?
THAT the gates be closed and no
Christian be allowed 10 leave the city until
morning. 1t Is the order of the kaleefa.
my sultan, since the outrage OF the
Christian In the mosque this morning."
suspected the meaning of this move