Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-23

At that my disordered senses recov-
cred themselves. And, suddenly, pc
came aware that the tumult was COM
ing in my direction. The noise grew
deeper, louder and more shrlll at
every step. IN another moment IL
had burst upon' me in whirlpool OF
uproar.
Round the corner of the narrow lane
that led to the Karueeln mosque
crowd of people came roaring IKE q
torrent. They were Moors, Arabs anu
Berbers, and they were snoutlAs'
shrieking, yelling, yelping, ana utleI-
ing every sound that the human WIZ
can make. At the first instant real
lied no more than this, but at the
next I saw that the people were NUT l,,
ing a man as hounds hunt VOL. lne
man was flying before them, ne Ma3
coming toward me; in the gatnellns
darkness I<could see him; ms dress'
which was Moorish, was TORN lhlo
sbreds about his body; his head was
bare. his chest was bleedlns; l saw
his face. it was the face OF the AIiierl-
can. nv companion OF the voyage.
He saw me. too, and at that m
slant he turned about ana laceu LUZ 5
1rnon his pursuers. What happenea
then | dare not tell.
Father. he was brave man, anu le
sold his life dearly. But ne Ieli d. iao'.
He was but one to a hundrea. lHe
yelning human dogs trod him DOWN
down like vermin.
T am a coward. | fled ana let hin.
When | got back to my Lodgings caii-
ed for my guide, for was resolved 10
leave Fez without an hours delay.
The guide was not to be found ana
had to go in search of him. When
lit on him at length he was in dlngy
coffee-house, squatted on the GROUND
NV the side of another Moor, an evil
looking scoundrel, who was recltlhs
some brave adventure to group OF
admiring listeners.
/ called my man out and told him OF
NV nurDose. He lifted his hands IN
CONSERVATION. Leave Fee tonight!
lie said. impossible, my Sultan, I'M
possible! My lord has not heard the
order?"
.eWhat order?" 1 asked. was alarm
ed. Must | be a prisoner IN morocco
while my child lay/dying in England?
"Tbat the gates be closed and no
Christian be allowed to leave the city
nntil morning 1t is the order OF, the
Kaleefa, my Sultan, since the outrage
of the Christian in the mosque TINS
morning"
| suspected the meaning of this move
in an instant, and the guides answers
to my questions ratified my fears. one
man. out of madness or thirst Tor re-
venge, had led the attack upon the
American, and a crowd of fanatics Lad
killed him-giving him no chance OF re-
treat with his life, either by circum :
stances or the profession of Islam. But
cooler heads had already found tlIne
to think of the penalty CT shedding
Christian blood That penalty vas
two-fold first, the penalty Of disgrace
which would come of the idea that t1e
lives of Christians were not safe IN
,-ster at IangIer. TO escape frJfm t1e
double danger the outrage was to Ec
hushed up. Circumstances lent them
selves to this artifce True, that the
passage of the AmeQcan across coun-
try had been known N every village
through which he had passed: but a:
the gates of Fee he had himself cut Off
all trace of is identity. He had entered
the city alone or in disguise. His ar
rival as a stranger had nos be5n notified
at any of the Clubs" or bazars. Only
one man had recognized aim That
man was Larby, his guide.
The body was to ne buried secretly.
no Christian being allowed to sect it.
Then the report was to be gwen out
the dead man had been a Moorish sub~
ject, that he had been killed in blood
feud, and that the rumor that he was
q Christian caught in The act If defiling
the mosque was an error, without tie
shadow Of truth in it. But until ell
this had been done no Christian should
be allowed to pass through tie gates.
AS things stood at pre- sent the first i'm
pulse Of European would be to fly
TO the Consul with tne dangerous news.
L knew something Of the Moors and
their country by this time, and | left
Fez that night, but it cost me fifty
pounds to get out of it. There was a
Drlbe for the kaid, for the kaleefa, and
brides for several ragged Jack of the
undefilngs, down to the porter at the
gate
With all my horror and the fever
or my anxiety | could have laughed in
the face of the first of these function
aries Between his greedy desire of
the present | was Offering him, his
suspicion that | knew something of
tuS luCHllly VI Tie SuIISlldu VINO ndQ
been killed, his misgivings as to the
reason of my sudden fight, and his
dread that | would discover the cir
cumstances of the Americans death.
the figure he cut was a foolish one.
But why should l reproach the mans
duplicity? | was practicing the like of
it myself Too well / knew that if |
betrayed any knowledge of what had
happened it would be impossible that
/ should be allowed to leave Fee. So
l pretended to know nothing 1t was
ridiculous interview.
On my way back from it l crossed. a
little company Of Moors leading, sur
rounding and following donkey. The
donkey was heavily ladened with what
appeared to be two great panniers of
rubbish. 1t was dusk, but my sight
has always been keen, and l could
not help seeing that hidden under the
rubbish there was another burden on
the donkey's back. 1t was the body of
dead man. had little doubt of who
the dead man must be; but | has
tened on and did not look again. The
MoorS turned into garden as |
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