New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-05

can be done"
The next morning Scm Enendi appeared al
Yusuf Boys house again. and was received WIN
solemn courtesy The two men smoked cigar
cites and slipped black coffee. while the con
vcrsation rolled easily from politics to the lat
est palace scandals. and from scandals TO the
appointments gazetted in the morning papers
At last Sclim Enendi said
yesterday you were good enough TO give me
hope If have found favor
yes yes Interrupted Yusuf hey, "your chill
drcn are I'm need and you want f', which you
Will repay in six months. II there is any there
| will lend it to you. Just turn up the cnd
Of the cushion on which you are sitting, and see
If there is anything there"
Selim Effcndi lifted the end Of the sofa cush-
ion and behold the mating under IL lay
three shining pieces Of gold win qu''N
clutch he thrust them into his pocket, saying
20 my bcncfactor! You have extended my
DAYS, Day and night shall pray Coo TO re-
ward you thousandfold
He made a plunge at the skirt OF Yusuf I'ey's
robe to kiss it. Yusuf Bcy tried to draw away
the robe and so Sclim Enendi got hold OF ms
hand and pressed it to his lips and to his fore
head with appearance Of great emotion For
sclim was punctilious in outward practice OF
with you, May God give you all success ne
went away.
II CHANGED to be Characteristic of Selm IF
fendi that his praiscworthy emotions often
Jagged behind the mental effort to express them
I'm response TO some twinge OF conscience Such
habit makes we'll balanced course in NE
far moro easy than where the emotion comes
frat and forces the outburst Of hot words and
p.rhaps Of hasty action which reveals It. But
il had with S,.lim the curious result that to cx-
rrcss a good intention carried with IT "A glo" OF
self commentator. This in turn made the
effort to express the intention in vigorous words
vaguely impress his mind like labor 10 execute
if After an ardent declaration Of purpose
therefore. nothing remained TO be done but 10
omhalrn it IN memory good deed completed
BY the time that he reached the street after
leaving his friend. his mind felt II" REMAINDER
Of need to pay his debts and to prpVid" Tor inc
canning winter Tn. only thing that pressed
VAS to silence tn. baker 10y giving him pound
ON account together with certain unSaN"rN
.,ith.ts due. tn A man who posters for money
Go,.rn,n.ri officials occupcd with graNcr mat
,.rs than 4 bakers ledger accounts. The rest
of Yusuf lcy's three pounds followed the easy
going rub. of many windfaIls Of wealth ''i"d
is good said Solim to- himself as l." bought Il
git watch chain and some theatre tickets. II
have. luck with the I:umcliAn Railway lottery.
,>in then get tn" winter supplies, ana lusui
shall have his money back too.
SIX months passed. then year S'llm Ef-
f,ndi was still hard up for cash, and thu loan
was still unpaid by foresight and al"rtn"ss he
succeeded in avoiding his friend Then he met
him UNEXPECTEDLY face to face. Yusuf Eey was
cordial as usual and said nothing about money
f,f.
way Little by it'll. Sclim learned to say to
himself. This man has much money that he
does not know what he had two years ago Why
should | remember what he has forgotten?
What God has put in my way l must accept
with THANKSGIVING ate II up, ana IL IS gone.
That is the end of it"
In 1894 "A great earthquake shook to its foun-
dafions the lazy old city of Constantinople II
cracked the walls Of houses and brought down
about the ears of the shopkecpers in the bazaars
huge masses If antique masonry. to say nothing
Of tn. stones from lofty cornces or from sway
ing minarcts which ii hurled at tn" heads Of
passcrs in the streets During a terrible two ,
weeks people lived in tents hastily pitched in
gardens or in public squares. After the earth
ceased it's caracoling and the dead were buried.
TN. living began to venture back to their houses
and learned the extent Of the calamity Sclim
Effcnd found that chimney had crashed
through the roof Of his house, and that every
east and west wall in tn" upper story Was 50
era. kcd as to shed much Of its plastering.
The family swept out the crumbled lime and
mortar and lived in the shattered rooms, while
S,m was haggling with the officers in charge
Of the relief fund as To the percentage which he
ought to pay them for inscription on tn" roll
Of the sufferers. Then the September rainstorm
his Nfc and children had To raise umbrellas In