Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-16

Mss Hamilton, NJ D., in Lady's Pictor
iaL0
when | was staying at Barbar gar
don with the ameer, | was quite a per-
SIR 10 run after and flatter. The AZ
cnans are very like English people in
rtg- way. They have their popular
heroes and cannot make enough of
ttsm for time, and then, when they
sre tired of them they turn round on
,rem Just as we do, and pick holes in
t5em, and discover it was quite a mis-
,a..e 10 have run after them, and that
fter had really done nothing worth
oolu5 alJec ali; only the Afghan gen.
orally goes a step further-we are sat
;sfel with simply neglecting our out
4. date lions, he generally makes them
pay for their temporary popularity and
lucky are they if they escape with
tAeT lives; poor lions. Well, anyhow,
was the lion OF that moment, and all
the CodIters were very civil to me. and
wed with one another to get me to
their houses and entertain me. Some
thinking to please the ameer by their
attentions to one whom the king de-
lighted 10 honor" asked him as a great
favor rs il We're, to allow me to visit
any member OF the family who might
be Indlsposed In such very large
households there is always some one
Who is more or less out of sorts. On
this particular occasion it was a
royal srdar $50 the ameer told mel.
Tlgse child was i'll; he wished me to
see it, and say if it could be easily
cured or not. He did not say that |
was 70 treat 1t, but | gathered that if it
cid not absorb too much of my time,
which he looked upon as exclusively
his own, he would graciously allow
me to 90 SO.
The sirdar himself accompanied me
as far as tho outer gate of his domain.
where he handed me over to very cid
man (the d0orkeeper), saying he was
going to see that suitable arrange
Mtnts were made for my reception. |
lemOnsJrated-sa that | had lust
diued-must return to the Barbar as
soon as possible, etc. but he was off,
and | found myself inside the regular
rectangular court yard, round which
every harem is built, and which gen
orally contains a few fruit trees and
few flowers.
A pleasant enough little woman met
LIE near the door. "Ah, welcome" she
said, after the usual fashion Of the
Ca5ul hosts, l am so glad to see you.
See l have prepared some fruit for
ycL' and Selling me affectionately by
The hand, though | had never seen her
before, she led me forward into the
house You must sit with me here,
you know, for few minutes before
YOU 50 on. l am glad the sardar
brought you here first
vas willing enough, for I knew
lotbing Of the vast extent of the do
nam on which l had entered, or of
now much was expected of me. But,
moving how many delays are likely
20 occur in an eastern household, I
aid: "Will you send for the child that
may see it at once, and send for its
nedicine?"
What child?" she asked, rather sur
prised.
The one that is ill-the one the
ameer has sent me to see,' l said, sur
prised in my turn.
Several members Of the family now
whispered together, and after a few
minutes most extraordinary looking
girl came in. Her whole face was sc
much CWnllnn 1hoT hon ~
have almost sunk into her head; more
over, it was dark blue, almost black
IN places. l thought that 1 had never
before seen SO hideous a deformity |
sat aghast. | felt that l was here con
fronted by disease OF which l had
had no experience, and for which !