Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-05-13

U.1i OF rock, crowned with the fortress
! whose battlements and towers cut their
y clear outlines high against the sky. An
,1t,t.sr of noble rank IN the Ottoman
service stood leaning upon the para
pei apparently RECALLING himself with
,br marvellous panorama Of natural
4 hcnnty and historic interest which lay
& Iaeicre him.
p But the Turkish officer was thinking
OF neither the beauty of the scene not
7 fSae historic lniprcssiveuess Of the plrcc.
y3is face. shaded hy the folds Of his
y enormous turhlu wore deeper shadows
which were flung upon It from within.
He was talking 20 himself.
L -SIlle sultan has noblcr capital now
than this--HcrOss the sen there In Chris
tlSS Europe. Bgt by whose hands was
\ It sonyucrcd? ry Christian hands! by
InnizlriCs! Ecucgadcs! Aye, this
hand"-hc stripped lis arm bare to the
shoulder and looked upon It's gnarlcd
y mtwcies as he Missed the words through
A his trpt'i-''this hanl hns cut wider
< Swt;h through the enemies Of the OF
touIgu than any other mans, II swath
Town which the padishuh can walk
without tripping his feet. And this
n vas q Christian hand once! Well may
4 believe the story my old nurse SO
4 ,fteu told me-that when the priest
Il vas dropping the water of baptism up
z N my baby brow this hand seized the
acrcd vessel, and It fell shattered up
\ the pavement All. well have l full
j led that omenr'
\ The man walked to and fro on the
q atform with quick and jarrlng step,
Gs II ~ shake of the grip of unwelcome
thoEs;lIis. There was n majesty In his
UiieB which did not need the play OF
!lis rsTfinlly suppressed fury TO fascl-
nate ihe attention OF any who might
Elarr hrhed him at the moment. He
was inn OF stature, immensely broad
at fiIs shoulders. deep lunged, compare
Tively light and trim In the loins. as
She .'i,sse drawn sash beneath the EN-
Droihr-cA jacket revealed; arms long,
ssnGs large. He looked rs II he might
TErrStic with bear without weapon,
siui lbs features were not less notable
sEnn his form.
II pecuiiarities of the man were OBJ
served All commented upon by two Of
ailCrs who We're sitting in the en-
NrSsu"c Of the parapet at the farther
cd u, ,lc bIttieucut. The elder Of
eye ..a. WHO had grown gray In the
iG,cS.cd his comrade, young
~ wearing the insignia Of
- that Of the other.
,.a wvyMCd with enthusiasm
80. Il well remember him as
- al wuyn he was brought from Al
ilUYH. lie was not over nine years Of
age vixen sultan Mahomet conquered
size lands of Epirus. where our generals
father. JOHN CustrIot, was duke. As a
hostage young George Castriot was
Brought with his three brothers to Ad-
rianop!e."
Are his brothers OF the same metalT
asked the listener.
Allah only knows what they would
nave been had not state necessity
The narrator completed the sentence by
a significant gesture. initiating the
5wiri Of the executioners sword rs he
takes Off the head Of an offender.
But George Castriot was n favorite
of the sultan, who fondled him as the
Roman Hadrian did his beautiful page.
Antinous. And well he might, for q
lad more 1.-the Of limb and Of wit never
walked the ground since Allah babe the
iangels worship the goodly form Of
lAdam. When he was scarce nineteen
,lyeArs old he was ut the siege Of Con-
. -stantinople, In 800 Of the hegira, with