Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-23
RIFAT HUSSEIN BEY.
ay Anatole Heurteaux.

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where soldiers and zapthics walked
olemnl up and down awaiting his or
iers.
Rifat sighed as the memory OF the
beautiful rose garden which ne had
.ooked into from his modest oince IN
Aleppo came back. There were no
, roses here, ne thought, though plenty
Of thorns in his new position.
Ali, the old secretary. opened the
door, made a deep, respectful saIaall
and handed his chief a card.
Let her come in" Rifat ordered
grufly.
with Che languid, slow movements
which become a man of his nigh Dig
atty he arose TO meet mis- visitor. But
suddenly his eyes sparkled, the color
shot up into his cheeks as he looked
lpon the most beautiful woman he had
ever seen.
She sank gracefully down in the low,
comfortable chair which he politely Of
fered her and seemed very much at
ease, not the least pertur5ed or BASH
full.
'Oh, these Frankish women" Hussein
Bey thought.
He looked at her intently as h sat
there smiling, and inhaled with rapture
the rodor Of peau d~'Espqgne which en-
anated from her elegant dress. HOW
poor the rose garden at Aleppo seemed
now.
You wish to speak to me, madame?"
he asked in faultless French.
1t was a mere bagatelle, a most COM
monplaCe and uninteresting story n
had to tell. but she told it in the most
charming manner which suggested to
him a promenade IN the WOODS IN
moonlight.
II wonder If I dare" he asked him
self.
He thought Of his 45 years. his EN-.
%bonpolnt, his red whiskers, his little
near-sighted eyes, his bald head ana
last of all-of his wife, Schehka Fannur'
who was still at Aleppo, and never sus-
pected the temptations which surround
ed lord and master at STEAMBOAT. Il am
sure tina this beautiful woman VIII
laugh at me-but l do not care. l viii
risk it anyway"
And he did.
An expression Of disdain IN the beau
tiful face of his visitor. A few lndlS-
nant words-but ten minutes later
Rifat Hussein Bey had her promise 10
meet him the same evening at 6 In the
garden Of the Brasserie Romonti
Freres. -.
Not n bad Office after ALL" he said
TO himself as she had left him with
n pressure Of her hand, which prom
Used more than many words. 4 am
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Once more he opened the window, but
he did not sigh for his rose garden n
longer. The cold fresh air from the
BosDorus. however, sobered MIN some
what and he began to regret his rash
ness.
u It," ne muttered, Il must be
more careful about this m who
may be nothing but the tool Of my enc
mics who are jealous because OF my
promotion"
He took off his eyeglasses and poll
ished them carefully with his silk n
kerchief.
''Oh, the devil ne said, have not 1
all the detectives OF STEAMBOAT TO find
out for me who this woman Is and
whether / run any risk by having any
thing to do with her"
He pressed a button on his desk and
gave order to tell Mulasim Muntr, Eff
fendi to look up the record of Nine.
Madeline Cocotte, living at Rue Vene-
tik, &c PeTa, and report to him In per-
son before 8 o'clock the same after
noon.
Mulasim Q~ieutencnt) Munir Effendl
was famous for his abilities as g detec-
tive, but as he was poor n lacked the
necessary baksChish TO convince mis- su-
periors of his right to promotion he had
now for years in vain been waiting to
be made n ~juesbaschi tcaptain).
After luncheon Rifat Hussein Bey
came into his office With a smiling face.
The work seemed like play to him as
he went through the immense stack Of
mail and official reports, but he fin
ished without finding any from Munir
Effendi. He consoled himself, however,
with the thought that 1t would arrive
in the 2 o'clock mail.
Two o'clock came, but no report.
Three, A and 5 o'clock brought the same
disappointment.
Hussein Bey chewed his penholder
into shreds in fury. A quarter past 5
he said to himself: Il will not go"
Half past he said: She is too beau
tiful."
He rushed from the office, called a
cab and told the driver to drive as fast
as the horses would run TO Brasserie
Bomonti Freres.
When Rifat Husseia Rey came to his
office the next morning he found Mula-
sim Munir Effendi waiting for him, and
when he had admitted him into his
private sanctum he found himself list
ening to the following official report:
Mime. Madeline Cccotte is the wife
of an employe OF the firm of Stefanides
e. G~aitanopaulas and mother of a girl
of 2 years. Yesterday evening at 9
O'Clock sharp Nine. Cocotte arrived at
the Brasserie Bomouti Freres, where
she seemed to be waiting for somebody.
Five minutes after 6 she was Joined by
a rather stout gentleman of about 40,
baldheaded, with red whiskers and
evidently near-sighted, dressed In black
Prince Albert coat and wearing the red
ribbon of a Turkish order, with whom
she left the garden. Together they en-
tered cab No. 1875 and were driven to
Pera Palace. where they engaged a
private dining room and partook OF a
dinner, consisting OF oysters, en- nat
urel, potage bisque, ragout Al Ia Richie
lieu. poulard de la bresse. salade. u
truffes and ice, with n bottle OF
Chambertine and two bottles OF Gil
quot. AT half past III she left the res
taurant alone. The gentleman followed
ten minutes later, after having paid
The bill of 50 francs"
During the reading OF this report by
Mlnir Effendi In the most matter OF
ract manner the chief of police turned
very pale, and when I. was over he
turned TO the Mulasim witi the words:
Il fully recognise your unusual abil-
ity and viii personally see that you are
prompted 10 juea-haschi Immediately.
ant YOU will rema.a silent my. leE- fell
low, woas't your
Bible Against Tattooins.
Al > mariners bethel a missionary az
tackled tattooinC.
..You sailors disgas. i.e." he said. 18th