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

IN an instant. and the guides answers to
my Questions ratified my fears. One
man cut or madness Or thirst for re-
venge. had led the attack upon the Amer
ican. and crowd OF fanatics had killed
nin-giving him no chance OF retreat
with his life, either by circumcision or
.ie procession OF Islam. But cooler heads
nao already found time TO think OF the
penalty OF shedding Christian blood. That
penalty was two-fold: first, the penalty
OF oisgrace which would come of The idea
tnat the lives OF Christians w-re not safe
IA morocco, and next. the penalty of hard
collars to be paid to the American min
lister at Tangfer. To escape from the
double danger the outrage was to be
hushed up Circumstances lent them
selves 70 this artifce True. that ,h.,
passage or the American across country
nad been known in every village through
which he had passed: but at the gates
or Fez he had himself cut of all trace
OF his identity. He had entered the city
alone or in disguise. His arrival as a
stranger had not been notified at any Of
the clubs or bazaars Only one man
nad recognized him. That man was Lar
by. his guide.
The body was 10 De buried secretly
no Christian being allowed 70 see II. Then
tne report was TO be given out that the
dead man had been a Moorish subject
mat he had been killed IN a blood -feud
ana that the rumor that he was a Chris
tian caught in the act Of defiiing the
mosque was an error without the shad-
ow or truth In 1t. But until all this had
peen done no Christian should be allowed
10 pass through the gates. As things
stood at present the first impulse of a
european would be to fiy TO the consul
with the DANGEROUS rews
knew something of the Mocrs and
their country by this time and left Fez
that night. but it cost me $50 TO get out
or 1t. There was a bride for the kaid.
bride for the kaleefa- and brides for
every ragged Jack of the underiinss.
down TO the porter al the gate.
With all my horror and the fever Of
nv anxiety could have laughed in the
lace or the first OF these functionaries
Between his greedy desire of the present
l was Offering him, his suspicion that I
knew something OF the identity of the
Christian who had been killed his mis-
eivings as to the reasons of my sudden
Night. and his dread that / would dis
cover the circumstances OF the Ameri-
cans death. the figure he cut was fool
ish one But why should reproach the
mans dupicity? / was practicing the
like of IL myself. Too well / knew that
IL betrayed any knowledge Of what had
happened 1t would be impossible that I
should be- allowed to leave Fec. So I
pretended to know nothing. 1t was a RI
diculous interview.
On my way back from IL I crossed a
little company of Moors leading sur
rounding and following a donkey. TIE
donkey was heavily laden with what APP
pearea to be two great panniers of rub
bish. II was dusk but my sight has al
ways been keen and / 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.
1 had little doubt of who the dead man
must be: but ! fastened on and did not
look again. The Moors turned into a gar
den as passed them. l guessed what they
were about to do there. but my own dam
ger threatened me. and / wished to see
and know no more.
AS I was passing out OF the town In
the moonlight an hour before midnight
with my grumbling tentmen and mule
teers at my heels, man stepped out OF
leered in my face and said. In broken
English. $50 your Christian friend is
corrected by AiIahr'
1t was the scoIndrel whom I had seen
In the coffee-house. i knew he must be
Larby, and that he had betrayed his
master at last. Alas. l knew that he was
aware that l had seen all. At that mo-
HieHt, iookiHg down from my norse'S pdck
into the mans evil face, my whole nature
changed l remembered the one oppor-
tunity which the American had lost--out
of a wandering impulse or human ten
derness-of saving his own life by TAX
ing the life OF him that threatened 1t:
and said in my heart OF hearts. Now.
God In heaven. keep me from the like
temptation"
All. Father. do not shrink from me:
think IF 7 \
miles from home and I was going back
to my dying boy.
(To be continued)