The Washington times., 1906-03-18
II IN M ESALLIANCE" is a
N ~ fateful word when
W spoken in the king
v Il dom of his majesty,
Abdul Hamid Snl-

v dom of his majesty.
Abdul Hamid, Sui
tan OF Turkey. No royal family OF
Europe or Asia is more exclusive or
more jealous OF its prestige and
divine origin than that of the hypo-
chondriacal autocrat OF the Porte"
This fact is one of the axioms OF
court history in Europe. and yet
strange TO say there are subjects
who, even in this absolute monarchy
of Moslem domination and fanatic
ism, dare to beard the lion in his
den and hurl defiance at the laws
and customs of the land as well as
violate the injunctions of the Koran
by taking pagan wives into their
households.
1t Was the witchery of a woman's
smile and the langourous glow in a
dark brown eye, but most of all the
grace and supplencss of the expert
equestrienne, which caused Prince
Fehim 10 defy the traditions of the
realm Of his lSinsman. the Sultan,
and take for his wife the beautiful
Margaret Morgan as the lady of his
heart and the queen of his harem.
The story of the love affair of this
American girl and this prince of
COnstantinople has all the Oriental
glamour of a tale taken from the
enchanted fairyland OF the ARABIAN
Nights
1t was early in the fall OF 1905
when the shops of Constantinople
were bedecked with more than their
accustomed gayety, OF account of tho
celebration of the Suitans natal day,
and when there were a number OF
amusements to delight the populace,
that the American circus rider. Mar
garet Morgan, made a spectacular
entrance into the city. The tented
show in which she appeared was
soon crowded at every performance,
and her daring feats OF bareback
riding, the nimble grace with which
she woul1 spring through the hoops
held aloft. aid the skill with which
she guided fiery steeds around the
fag-hung hippodrome, all combined
10 inspire in the breasts of the exalt-
cd scions of the followers of Mo
manned an interest that soon de-
veloped into the world old but ever
new passion of love.
1t was not long before Margaret
Morgans riding became as much
the rage among the wearers of the
feZ as was the singing and dancing
OF Yvette Guilbert at the Comedie
Francais a few seasons ago. Her
dressing room at the circus tent be-
came veritable green room where
the young gallants of the sublime
porto would congregate twice daily in
order hat they might CLEAN ray
of hope from a glance. a slight-evcr
SO slight-preSsure of the hand, or
an oleander bloom plucked from her
corsase and presented to some indi-
vidual before she went into the
Su!AoId sUM lnq 6IIBuosIsd mlq o.
arena.
This unexpected attention may
have turned Margaret Morgan's
head. but it did not impair her Yam
kce perspicacity- She had an eve
for business, and, therefore, she was
chary with her favOrs. Each suitor
was made TO feel that he had as ex-
cellent an opportunity to add her
TO his harem as its bright particular
star, as had any others.
But Margaret. with the Juno eyes
and Aphrodite form, was playing
the Fabius Maximus game in the bat
tie of love. The devotees who first
fell at her feet were the inconse-
quential gentlemen, impecunious no
lblemen of the realm.
Margaret wanted a title. She wait
ed.
There is an adage to the effect
that IL we want thing hard enough