The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-17

20 60 tho sack and open 10. We found
u,src quite "a pretty woman, tri1e fnt'
with BEAUTIFUL black hair and having Tor
clothing nothing hut blue woolen che
mise, a little less transparent than the SCARF
of william do Cbayerny.
She drew herself skilIfulIy from the sack
and without seeming greatly embarrassed,
addressed us with very pathetic discourse,
no doubt, but Of which wo understood not
oDcssOrd, at the end OF which she kissed
my hand. This Is tho only time, ladies, |
that "a woman has dono me that honor.
However, we rcgaiDed our composure !
Wo .snw our drngoman tearing his hair Ike
% man In despair. / bound up my head as
best l could with my handkerchief. Tyr
rel said
what the devil shall we do with that
woman thersf II we stay here, the hus-
band will CONS back re-enforced and over
whelm us. five return 10 LArnaka with
brr In this goise. tho rabblo will stone us
without fail. -
| Then, Notwithstanding his perplexity
| st these reflections, he recovered his Brit
tsh phlcgm and growIed:
"What the devil was your idea In going
ont 10 sketch todayf"
His exclamation made me laugh, ana
the woman, who had understood nothing,
| began to lanph also.
StiIl, II was necessary to decide upon
| something / thought the best thing we
| could do would be 20 put ourselves under
the protection OF the French consul, but
the greatest difficulty was the return to
| Larnaka. The day was drawing to close,
| and that In itself was fortunate circum-
stance for us. Our Turk made us take
great tour, and, thanks 10 the night and
this precautioB, we arrived without him
drance at the house Of the consul which is
outside tho city. forgot TO tell you that
we had coptriyed a fairly decent costume
for the woman out OF the sack and the
turban Of our Interpreter.
The consul received us very ungracious-
ly, told us We had been fools; that tho
usaQes and customs of the country where
one WAS travelling should be respected |;
that you should not put the finger between
the bark and the tree. In word,
he reprimanded US roundly, and he was
. right, for we had done enough to occasion
! "a violent riot and q massacre OF an the
French on tho island Of Cyprus.
His wife was more humane. She had
. | read many novels, and found our conduct
most generous. In fact, we were treated
like heroes OF romance. This excellent
, woman was very deyout. She thought she
could easily convert the infdel we had
brought her; that this conversation would
be mentioned in Le Moniteur, and that
. her husband would be made consul gen
!, eral All this plan passed through her
. head In one instant. She embraced the
!, Turkish woman. gave her dress, shafned
= = the consul for his cruelty and sent him to
: | the pasha to arrange the affair.
The pasha was very angry. The jealous
husband was parsonage, and was raging
!, and cursing. at WAS an abominatioD, y
= said he, "that the dogs of Christians should
. prevent such man as himself from throw
;, ! ing his slave into the sea-" The consul
. was greatly perturDed. He spoke much OF
the king, his master; still more of frig
" e,of 60 guns which had just appeared In
the waters Of Larnaka Bot the argument
with which he produced the greatest effect
. was the proposition that no made In oul
= name to pay fair price for the slave.
:. Alas, il you knew what it WAS, the fail
: price of Turk! 1t was necessary to pay
= the husband, pay tho pasha, pay the as'
- !. driver, as Tyrrel had knocked out two o
= = bis teeth, pay for the scandal, pay for ev
y erything.
;, And how many times during all thi
Tyrrei cried doletfully:
"Why the devil go out sketching on tn
y seashore?'
l. "whnt an adventure. my poor Darcy! p
@ cried Nine. Lambert. ''It was there, then
:. that you received that terrible scar! Pra.
% push your hair back from it, Surely it i
y a miracle that it did not cut your who'll
head openl"
t, Julia, during all this recital had no
10 turned her eyes from the face of the mar
t. rator She finally asked in a timid voice
N | stWhat bacnma of the yyOIuany''
n "That is the part Of the story that
e care least TO tell The end was so sad
one for me that they are making sport o
Is our chivalrous enterprise to this day."
a "Was she PRETTY, this womanr' asket
d Nine. do Chaverney, coloring little.
If "What was her name?'' asked Nine
g Lambert.
Is "She was named Emineh."
:, "Pretty?'
a eyes, she was quite pretty, but too fat
e and all daubed with paint, following tn,
e usage Of her country. 1t requires loni
y acquaintance to appreciate the charms o
e Turkish beauty. Emineh was duly In
e stalled in the house of the consul. Sh
@ was Mingrelian and told Nine. c., tn
wife of the consul, that sho was the daugh
q ter of prince. In that country every ras
e cal who commands ten other rascals is
prince. Ihey treated her, therefore, ike
e princess She dined at the table, ate al
Il much as four, and when they talked re
n ligion she went to sleep regularly. This
), lasted some time. Finally they set day
e for the baptism. Nine @. named hersel
Godmother, and asked me to stand will
D her as godfather. Candies, presents ant
L everything that follows! 1t wa
Il written that this miserable Emineh shoult
L ruin me. Nine. G. said that Emineh liked
n me better than Tyrrel because In pourin;
8 my coffee she always spilled some on m!
q clothes. prepared myself for the baptism
G in a spirit really evangelical, when, tn
d night before the ceremony, the beautiful
IS Emineh disappeared. Must l tell you all
The consul had a Mingrelian as cook,
o great rogue certainly, but unequaled II
making pillan. This Mingrelian ha,
a pleased Emineh, who was undoubtedl.
patriotic according to her rights. He car
II | ;oI of mud at ba fiv,,a anita ,