The broad ax., 1899-04-01

The splendid YIldis palace las an
other mystery for which the people Of
constantinopIs hold their Sultan re-
sponsihle A beautiful Circassian girl
returned from Abdul Hands harem TO
the abode Of her rightfnl owner some
ten days ago. and soon aftervard DIED
Of poison-a certain vegetable COM
pound warranted to work At the end
Of six or seven hours-no sooner, no
later. =
The girl breathed her last Just ATTY
minutes after her arrival In the car
Rage Of an oficer Of the imperial
court II e known that she rode TO
her old masters home directly fron
the palace and without stopping on the
way. She herself said on her death
bed that she had not eaten or drunk
anything since early breakfast In the
haren. which was from i've 10 sir
hours before her arrival In the city.
The theory OF suicide not being ap-
plicable In the case Of an Oriental
woman. the assumption h that zu-
leikA drank In death with her choco-
late, or swallowed Il In Q French rag
out or sWeetmsat. Whether she was
poisoned at the sultan's instigstion or
whether the ehlsf sanuch murdered
her on his own nook-that. Of course,
no outsider can decide. There II lit
tie likelihood that that part Of the
tragedy wiz ever be cleared I'D.
Six months ago Youssoun Tevhk. .
young ofiicsr Of the sultan's guard. and
q son Of the army contractor who was
favored with the siIken cord after he
had acquired riches enough 70 make bis
Disgrace and the consequent conhsca-
ton OF his fortune prontsble-six
months ago Youss0uff was voted the
luckest dog In Psra, for hs had sue
ceeded In buying zuleika. the pearl Of
the Circassian slave market
Zuleika. attended by her business
like father and brothers, had previ-
ously been haWked about the harems
Of the great for several days, but. ov-
ing to the presence Of Emperor VIII
liam In Constantinople, who kept the
Sultan and his o1icials extremely busy,
no purchaser had been found. Then.
being unable to prolong their stay,
zuleika's relatives. OF natural own
ers." a. they call themselves In Tur-
key. put the girl up for auction. and,
though all Perais golden youth bid
for her, Youssoui secured her By q
trick for the beggarly sum Of 1900
francs. He told his friends that. ow-
ing to financial difficulties. he had con-
scented to become an auction tout for
this occasion, and 90, when he bid.
others who wanted the girl held back
In order not to force the price. When
at last the %ehappies" saw that Yous-
souff had fooled them. II was too late
to dispute him his prize. But Yous-
sour was not content with selling
his comrades: his brides papa was
sold By him In the bargain. Instead Of
paying him cash. no gave him fifteen
promissory notes Of loo francs sach,
payable SUCCESSFULLY month after
month.
YoussouR paid his notes promptly
on each succeeding ,rst for half q
year, and meanwhile tried TO improve
the property he had bought on the In
staIlment plan to the best Of his
knowledge. The best Of teachers In
singing. dancing. playing and story
telling were engaged to instruct To-
leika IN those arts which the Turk i'd
mires mostly IN. women. She proved N
adaptable creature, and the tame Of
her Accomplishments soon spread oysl
all Pera. II even mounted the walls
OF Yfldis Palace, and In the course %
time fell upon the blass ears Of the
Padishah.
II should like to have this zulefks
Of which there II 90 much talk thu