The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-01
/ PRETTY ROMANCE.
= SroihaT ana sis'sr W. sas Al or
aLorg Sep2Ta'irn
At TIE CHARLESTON sNoN.
Th>y NaYa S!clsH In Ch!Ith5nd
by A>ab sisv Irada?s and
Sold 60 Ciff2ytns
?scp$a.

jaceS CT 6ii Ni95ont ben M0lCmOeC
asd his sister, Baefs Madon, thas their
csree-1 had bes0 marked By episodes
CT tho uost thrilling 1oture. They
ere still ' ouvg, Bsefa having ja=s passed
her 3Oeh milestone, while Moson5 will
be q in September.
Tragedies, romance apd deeds Of ne,
ro:gm are ev5r occurring in the Orient,
bus tho world rarely lears OK taem 4
halo Ct mystery hangs OYER the followers
Of lohomnod aud When al occasional
article a2pes-s touching on the religion,
c0arsc.cristics OF home life Of these
people Il - read with interest By the
Chr;stiso world.
Moson; Ben Mobammed sad Baefa
Madon we're the only children OF aa
AJa5isa Nomad. Being nearly Of ths
ssme ege they played together and sa-
csno iDsepsrsbls; where BseSa Was
there you would fad Moson: also, a2d
as Bssts Was the older her notherly in
stincts promoted her to restrain the
boys natural desire to wander far from
tbs teps Of their parents. Slave deal
ers were constsntly passing over the
desert ws.bio sight Of thsis door AID
tie mes: INSCRIPTIONS among then
sometimes picked up children who bad
ssrsyed too Far from home and soia
them in distant sls7e market. Thus
Bscfa carefully watched over her broth
er, snd so faithful was she thst her par
ents intrusted her with the full care Of
the boy.
When Mo5ont was 5 years old his
father decided to mo7o his family to
Cairo, where the children could obtain
such instructions as the soWn afforded
1t YES g long journey, but he
had csne!s, and they were IS
gcoa FOR the purpose as frai ghs
t7,ia. Nov it is not much Of an under
taking for an Arab TO move; he has no
krio-a- brac TO worry witb, no piano OF
rs7lo- lamp TO handle With care Or
Eiichan stoVs to drive hin iDssne,
His household goods s7e few ard sim
rle-a tept, some skins snd rugs aud a
snail assortment Of cooking utensils
sre tbs sum Of 81 arabs domestic pos
sessions. OF course his Indispensable
gun spd doShor wespons are not supposed
to belong to tie housekeeping cssegory.
30 when Monscnt's father brake up
his camp twc canels easily carried al
she freieht.swhile the children rode the
third and the parents hesdsd the csra
7sn On the fourth csnel. Everything
went veil on tie journey until tie
third day, when the little party ea.
courteged severe sand storm just as
night vas coming on. The children
we're terrified snd their camel became
unnanagsable and soon broke sway
from the others. How they ever sur
v;vsd the storm they ere unable 10 tell,
tut it seens IS tie storm increased the
c.nel got down on its hsIoches and,
instirct;vs!y, tia children Slid Of snd
arc,ehad behind the saimal. All
though the long and terrible night they
elp2g to esoh other and as the dsy was
beginning to break in the east they fell
asleep from exhaustion.
Tee next thing they remember Was
h5srirg strange voices spsaking n s1
unknown tongue a1d Raefs, who aWoke
frs;, saw several fe1ocious looking men
taking ezoitedly together not tee sset
awsy. Then sis cried from fright snd
wcaa her brother. Tia strangers, hsa:-
ing her cry, locked toward tae children
and o1c Of thsm advanced and address
ed Bsefa in her native language. He
spoke roughly and tel her that she and
her brother must 90 visa them on
loog journey. The3 the msn called to
his companions ard withous further Ger
eno1y, the children Were taken to s long
caravan whioh had bsen hidden from
view on the other side OF their camel.
There they wers s;pl-sred and Baets
vas loadad o. Q oan:i 1caT the front o.
the line and MosoHs Rss thrust OF a
hcrse behind savage locking Turk.
For days snd days they travelled aad
81 last arrived st graa5 city, where
thsy uers taksn to ths slsre market and
sold. Basfa was bought by wealthy
Turk snd Mosont by Syrian meccbsEt
from whom be escaped twelve years
later sad found his wsy back 20 his "a
tive laEd, where be searched IN 7ain Tor
his parents and s,ster. Finally, having
des2slred Of ever finding sny Of his
family again, he joined t-5u2e CT ac'
-obsss. He has followed MS profession
ever eiaos and cane to Aner!c1 last
April With a company3of Arabs to fill
an engagement for the season With the
S:reets Of Cairo Company a: the Mid
WaY.
Baefa was tskaa to Turkey By her
owner, who died FIVE yesrs later aad his
estate sold to az Arab Saick, who took
5e- back 20 her native land, ard SOFA
s;ter frscd icr from bondage. A-t 10
she 1as ns77ied to silvaysInith, Ei5G
whom she has lived ever siace, coming
TO America in May with her husband,
who slso ha3 been engaged b7 the
Streets Of Cairo Company. I: was
three weeks alter B.a:a sErivad in this
country before the bio:her sr6 sister
kcew 81 each others existence AID the
recognition Happened IL this viss: No
OF: vas relating his .nis:cry one mor2-
iog to p27sy OF Arabs, a.o0ds WHOM
vas Bsefa aad her husband. AS he
proceeded With his tsle BaeEa manifest
Cd al ever Increasing interest ard
drank il svery Tord Wi.h rapture that
wall-righ SET her husband beside him.
self aish j,siousy. Tasr, Whtn size va;
SUE that ther9 Was 70 listsSe ara that
s12 hsd ros.ly !ogn3 ior loag,:oa.
brother, SIZE nsa2ly prec:pi.a!a. 8 l:2g-
ely b; fziliag iG.o MoEons's arms. Mo-
6o1r's su7pr;2a vas - g;aat sa lhs Tsgo
Of her husband, but B=sSa soon tx
pls;red the situatic2 a5 Nst! as she
could nssnaen her sobs Of i;y,-NeW5
anG Ceurie2.
4 Great Invention.