The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-02

lions to carry out the plan suggested by Masud:
Until heard usamin tell her sad story mlsnl
but her innocence and determination made my
scruples appear almost unmanly, ana thoqg ~
how Abdullah would have urged me on Llhe
myself he detested slavery, and still mere the
horrible kidnapping of children.
And knew something Of the life which lisa
min called dreadful and of those palace qens s
where, amid splendors uncomfortable the best
OF human feelings are corrupted ana tne I 3
turn TO weeds longed 10 SET Jasinin I ~
But on the day succeeding our interview the
Nubian came to me with eyes Of terror.
Abu Dahab on his return from the camp had
sent for Jasmin to entertain him. She sang
and played, but would not dance before her
so deeply the Vizier affected, as to offer
TO marry her, and even to dismiss the ladies OF
She refused all his offers The Mameluke
was stung by a gadfly; his senses left min;
he swooned; and coming back 10 himself
changed his garments to blood red-a sign of
awful rote-and calling for one of his stew
ards. Mansur, vile slave, delivered the poor
was henceforth his kitchen maid
on the edge of the Nile and he was to convey
Jasmin thither on the night of this very day
when Masud came TO me. If nothing could be
done torrents. and worse than torments,
awaited the child
The time gave us about fourteen hours. I
had several OF Karin s most truSty followers,
who would go into the fire had hidden them;
and being looked upon by the Cairenes as
communication between the two parties.
sent them with instructions toward the old
Al caro- where the COUNTY ioNSS was OIL
ated
All day long Jasmln sat apart voiceless,. in
mute expectation. The night drew on; we had
planted our scouts, and with a small com
pany l sailed out.
We waited in thicket down by the bank
our horses pcketed near enough to enable US
to take refuge in fight or to carry away our
prize Immediately.
was to wear the red handkerchief she had
thrown to me- At length we heard the splash
at rapid rate the decks not overmanned,
while two figures standing at stem and stern
AS the boat grounded Mansur whom I rec
ognized by his arrogant shoulders and bloated
face leaped out, followed by two or three. half
leading and half pushing a reluctant yelled
woman, about whose wrist saw the crimson
handkerchief. The next instant we had fallen
upon them. The other men fed, yelling as IL
a troop of devils were at their heels.
Mansur alone would not leave his prey.
Drawing sword he parried the. blow I was
aiming at his headDiece, and being skiiltul
enough for a few moments he seemed likely
to hold us at hay when Jssmin, plucklng out
of my girdle the dagger which l carried there
He gave a sort Of frightful leap upward and
the BODY. as it lay. in his arms and flung it
into the the Nile Heavily weighted as it was
,n % +6 orr horses with Isamin on the saddle
clinging to me, we fed all that night, until we
were many miles from Masr al Auga-
For ten days we camped among the ne, runs o.
ward. Then. as Il returning from a shooting
expedition, we went back publicly into Al
ALlI
ing as young Mameluke boy among them.
On arriving at my palace made inquiries,
and was told that Abu Dahab had FALLEN under
AIPs displeasure that he had fed by the des-
ert as it was thought, meaning to stir up
trouble in Syria.
What was the occasion of his sudden down
fall? The Cairenes had a thousand stories
all different, mostly incredible
Within a few days Ali Bey sent for me TO
come to the citadel I put on bold face ana
obeved the summons He full Of courtesies
and announced his acquiescence in all that
Karin Khan had proposed. Would l IN return
persuade my master to Join the Egyptians IN
ised so far as in me lay, and was retiring,
when All broke out into a furious invective
against the traitor Abu Dahab.
He thundered against slave whom he had
raised from the dust. to whom he had given
his daughter in marriage. and who, having
lost some vile Christian girl, had been shame
less enough TO charge the Princess with conniv,
ing at her escape and was mad enough 10 send
her back to the Pasha-
Well for him that he had put spurs 10 his
horse the same hour He would nave mad the
courbash laid 10 MN until the breatn was out
of his body.
In all this I wondered at our good fortune.
and I asked myself, Where was MasudF An!
unhappy I saw him, too. and how changed
weak and crippled started back at the sight
of him He had fallen under Abu Dahab.s
suspicion and had been frightfully tortured;
but he kept his lips close, underwent thou-
sand deaths and would have persisted had
not the great lady claimed him as her slave.
Tender-hearted Masud-I suffered him to speak
with usamin once more He said but little,
and never came again. l knew atterWard that
he died of q broken heart.
My time in Egypt drawing to a dsas-
trous end News came of my dear master
death and soon after sentence of perpetual
Punishment pronounced against me and
other of his friends by that foolish Rehoboa1n
who succeeded him. I did not dare seek out
Jasmin's father while the war went on in