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

.. 1issance counted II. And / reckoned
-,syy hour since my wife's letter had
sses written against the progress and
,e,Iod of my boys disease. Sosmany days
~, the date of the e.ter. and Noel had
i,cer aIIiug and Ill SO many days before
fl,as. The gross sum Of those days was SO
auch. and In that time the affection. II
4 rau the course looked for. must have
as,sched such ard such a stage. While I
f6I,td aiong over the broad wastes OF that
i.enlate lani seemed to know al any mo-
reaf What the condition must be at the
nfm0sf and best Of my boy la his bed at
tone
Theu I reekoned tho future as well as
~ 6ast. So many days II would take me
"a r1da to Tangier. SO many hours TO cross
fronu Tangier to Cadiz. so many days and
u.xhts BY rail from cadiz TO London. The
srspd total of time past since my poor
NOD frst became unwell, and of time 10
eoxne before could reach his side. would
he 70 much What would his condition
b theng knew that also. Ii would be
q and so.
rhup. step by step. courted Il all up.
The interval would be long. very long,
hetvetn the beginning of the attack ard
~ getting home. but not too long for my
hooes. All going well with me / should
IN arrive In time. II the disease had
taken an evil turn my boy might perhaps
Ne ii It's last stages. But then I would
y there and could save him. The opera
TN which had spent five years OF my
ne 70 master would bring him back from
the gates Of death itself.
Father. | had no doubt Of that, and /
ma no doubt Of my calculations. Lying
here now, II seems as IL the fiends them
seiyes must have shrieked 10 see me In
inst far-oH land gambling like fool in
the certainty OF the life loved. and reca-
eaing nothing OF the hundred poor
chances that might snuff Il out like a
candle. Cali It frenzy. call II madness.
nevertheless II kept my heart alive and
saved me from despair.
But @. the agony of my impatience! II
anything should stop me now! Let me he
~ day later. only one. and what might
not occur. Then how many were the
dangers Of delay! First, there was the
possibility Of Illness overtaking me. My
health was not better. but worse than
when I left home. I was riding from
sunrise to sunset. and not sleeping at
nights. No natterl ! put all fear from
hat cause away from rae. Though my
limbs refined TO bear me up, and under
the affIlction Of my nerves my muscles
Lost the power to hold the reins, yet II
could be slune on TO the back OF my
hospe should still go on.
But then there was the worse danger Of
coming into collision with the fanaticism
Of the people through whose country had
70 pass did not fear the fate OF the
AneFican. for I could not be guilty OF
~ folly. But remembered the admis-
lin Of the English consul at Tangier
that stranger might offend the super
ssihcns OF the Muslems unwittinaiy: /
A nj aay
secken half In jest. Keep out OF Moor
"a p'1on:" and the noisesome dungeon
satc which the young Berber had been
ean arose before my mind In visions Of
hmyos
What precautions I took to avoid these
aasstrs Of delay would be a long and
ionsh story. Also. II would be mean
aad AFFECT one. and i should be ashamed
. Ten II. How saluted every scurvy
eee9ar on the way with the salutation
q MS faith and country: how dismount-
q . approached town or a village.
ana only returned to the saddle when
had gone through II; how I uncovered
ny head-in Ignorance OF Eastern Gus
s-as l went by a saints house. and
nos at length remembering the Jewish
snker who was beaten) took OF my
saoes and walked barefoot as l passed
Mont Of mosque
100 ~ vas WHO paiu Ill kills. neeuigSt
somage. whose pride has always been
NJ bane: who could not bend the knee
2 % made a knight: l who have felt
sum'liiy before no man. Even SO II was.
ny eagerness. my impatIence. my
ssesd o! impeachment on my Journey
nome 70 my darling who waited for me
.uefe was studying the faces and grovel-
hna,ics.
But TIE wors, OF my Impediments were
.Hh'n my own camp The American
su right The Moor cannot comprehend
o's'nserested action. Mx foolish
s ssnsse 70 their faith awakened the sus-
asons OF my men. When they had tried
ssn 70 fathom the meaning OF IL. they
ssTo 70 dsspise me. did not heed
~. VII contempt. but ! was compelled to
~ note OF Us consequences. From be-
MY servants, they became my mas
IL When II pleased them to encamp
asd 10 rest though my inclination was
~ on. ana only when 1t suited them
= set out again could resume my tour-
~ ~. IN vain did protest. and plead. and
seasen. The Moor Is often a brave
49,, Out these men wer. a gang OF
hs-iisered poltroons, and blow would
-. served 10 subduc .aaui With
snns OF Moorish prison before my
- ! dared NOT raise my hand. One
a. spon alone could 7. IN my own coward
a. EMPLOY against them-hribes brihes.
80 Such was the sole instrument
IA which / comhatted their laziness,
M auplisity. their deceit
.s.anr. was pitifui sight IN my
-. sness and my imratlenee. We had
a. uhe TAR ont ~ Fer when observed
A.. me man t.arhv was at the heels OF
an samrsny. This alarmed me. and
go 10 my guide.
tsFow.'' VIC Is 'na' eNh-iooh'hs
Ase threw ur both hands In smsrr-
vt "Evii-icoking fellow" he cried.
DC gracious 20 my father, who does
Nv arc mean Not I.arhy: no. not Lar
a.. .arsy Is good man. He lives in
n. ,he mosque houses at Targaa
II. Nsar ieased Il "a him. and he Keeps
As.s s09e on the S0k De Rarra. Allah
sa,s,, larry Should YOU want musk.
nsr you want cinnamon. Iashy Is the
rita. sen II 10 Yea. But sometimes he
.s p Keeps his shop fsr him"
asked ~" n'@n 1"'to"Elg usF 1
n. sultan" said Alec. '.asn I not tell
Gu farby IS returning home. The
-ysasn he took ~ Fcz. where Is hep
.s'' said Where IS hte''
l~s $40 gr'nned and answered: He * gone
a,r,.,.e~ards. my lord "
ssss as should you lie 10 mo Ike that 80
aes ~ foa know tho Christian - dad
~ Ma s' tais i.arby WAS the means 81 XIII
a. ~, WA, Is my lord savlnxe' cried
ressa. SUNG his "a; hands Min a warning
h.sas :, what d'd my leri tell the
lar :. NV lerd mast know nothInx~-noth-
u would not Be safe >.
Nv Win Elsuces II far towards lar
A.. "aa dropping his ynl,~ n a tvAlstNar