The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

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co5irt faYors US vi tn al per-
no M A bdul the Sultan goes
s tate ITO say his prayers.
mud spurts out in Is q
bespat terfa 81 our carefully
oEneds clothes and hats: and adding
Beauty spot$to our cheeks, as
cafFfage bowl i'm portantly up the:
f0aae street past the Arsenal, where
ma es; hts guns. past5the;
foSnt aims; given Of his imperia1:
ilirst subjects; past beg
I'D dogs 81 regimen ts in blue
arch steadily to the.
sofS heir bands, and ever
ofS mud up to the = IL
stops with aierlS
great green gates Of the
lei oIr: careful drago-
safely deposited us within
Observation-Disclosures ES1NfS dSlQS VILE
hall need it again.
sinai eturbaned crowd within
watches the arrivals to our
near; entrance of the mosque
tie yelled women OF
house hoIds Police uniformed Off
come forward, famine our ere.
ana pnduct up the broad
ports OF the pal
visit ting cards are re-
off er whose fierce1y.
mus achfos are quite out
min his set, amtable smile,
names checked blythe ambas-
hen it has been
hatszW have obeyed our
oman nstTmc tions to leave ca M
ana field glasses nd-for3tae
nav mott be Itodaked. neith-
De- fessed or G oezt-we
heE.ed ~ the little charmed
psure; ts shady trees fand
lowers, from which the bri19
asenaony may be excellently
about%no by common
& fuII half hour to walt
ish hour of is yet to
lofty tower at the gate
.Ss5E be- mosque
gard en- terrace overhangs Is y
dozen feet The: drive along which
sultan win pass. Almost opposite
he mosque, richly chiselled IN
stona..s vi "a its Sgreatsd dome shin
sun1ightsa and its single min
piercing the linclouded sky Be
terraced slopes of Pera- |
dark expresses amid the
houses her, beyond TIE
tening curve Of the Golden Horn,
vet beyond. mysteriously blue
ainsts distant horizon, the
mos IfIes ana roofs Of teeming Galata
attins Of rpassing beauty for
bri ant pi cture about to be I'M
] He'd
losEI bel W$s at our left is the court,
gate Of the palace, and out OF
t.ie a snli taI'y an d naval officers and
tionaries, gorgeously uni
and heavily starred and med
20 s1es con inualy passing to the |
11aIfa Salute of the sentries on
5tnars5 stand about, shake
4. pass a friendly word to
4 - here terrible Chakir,
ing qIietly with honest English
Ssgs there Edhem, whom all know
ehass one and all. Three Or fo.r
N ommon scayenger dogs of
81 mop ies curled up com
fur sabl III asleep different points in
d Ell Of the way: m ounted gen
decorated up to the eyes, steer
steeps dexterously around the
rms respondent court func-
rs IunaTiesg pick path carefully among
hem IT. seems to occur to none.
ss least "a 4 to the dogs themselves,
That they are out of place or. anywise
s ii thes5@way- Fresh sand is being
shot out from rough carts on the
rive which curves down gently to
The mosque. and at the upper end il:
NJ nat under a. stately white arch Across
;sss at right angle is smaller
is already lined by blue
ami formed and red feed company of
Font It's band ceases to play as TIE
notes another approaching band
me heard and behind its strutting
Es ahcersBnarches in a second body of
regulars similarly Clad with fixed
s sayonets and waving banners sur
s mounted by the Crescent, and fall in