Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-07

that reaches from st. Petersburg TO |
The Caspian. Suddenly he started from
his seat.
"Cursesw said Hatiz. You will be
shot, and you will have me shot by
the Muscovite. There he is"
There she is!' said Milk breath
lessly.
"There he is, as 1 have spoken. His
eyes are not now turned this way, but
hold yourself with calmness. Orskofr
knows things when he sees them"
At that moment the officer mention
ed. who had been sauntering along the
crowded street, stopped to speak TO
girl who had come to the door of the
bazaar of Ignatz Biartelkis. She was
a girl who would cause others than
Milk to stare. Her complexion was
like the blush of peach. Her eyes
were black and shaded with long, silky
lashes. Her hair was long and fell in
a raven flood below her waist. She
wore a tall, bejeweled headdress that
made her seem almost statuesque.
From her shoulders cong, elegant
covering of lace barely hid gown
that might have come from Paris. On
her feet We're tiny patent leather shoes
from the bazaar of the Jewish trader
two doors away. Upon her fingers were
various rings-diamonds, rubies and
sapphires. Jeweled bracelets were up
on her wrists. Her form was elegance
endowed with human life. The COM
bination of the modern and the charac-
teristic dress Of her people made so
charming tout ensemble that all who
passed the bazaar paused to gaze at
the girl.
Would that one content the mighty
prince of Bokhara 2" asked Hafiz slyly.
Would she? She is tit for the wife
of ruler of gods! Who is she:'
THAT, my friend, is the daughter of
Ignatz Biartelkis.''
"Her name?"
"Koura.''
Sons of heaven! Would he part
with her?''
Rather with his life"
'Then of what avail is all our talk:'
Hatiz noted the detected look on
Mizik's face.
"My friend, thou art not experienced
in the world" he said. Il have spoken
That is to be the wife of the son of the
ameer."
"Our heaven born lord will load yor
| -, IL, of fl,o o,,tl,
81 intend that he shall. 1t is for NJ
small amount that l take this risk
Look the other way. The accurset
/ Orskoff is turning"
AS the handsome soldier moved ava.
the girl smiled archly at him, and HI
saluted her in courtly fashion.
81 will drink his blood" muttere'
Milk.
4 BE careful, my friend, that he doe
not drink yours" said Hafiz. '"Tha
man knows how to fight. His swor
is no stranger TO the hearts of his enc
mics. Come, let us move along. l d
not wish to be seen too long opposit
that bazaar There will be stir whe
the thing is known"
I Again they went to the kahve keE
by the brother of Hafiz.
Let us, my friend, talk over thi
matter" said the Turk after orderin
coffee.
II came for that" said Milk shortl.
y II do not need to ask that yor
mouth be kept shut" said Hatiz. 81
, our purpose were known. it is possib
that the great ruler of all the tribes {
the Caucasus would send his armies
sweep your people from Bokhara.'
''Let them come; we are very powe
, fulr'
Hafiz grinned derisively.
Nevertheless keep your tongue S
lent. Now, admitting that l am cap
: BILE of getting the girl and conveyir
), her as far as the Caspian, how shall
deliver her to your"
;, ION the Caspian there is vess
manned by brave men from the ameel
dominion They are Taujiks, as / al