The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-22
RIFAT HUSSEIN BEY.
By Anatole Aeurteaux.

III ONCE DIS ClklS1 - III -
service at Stambul. He sat in his mag
niacent office and looked at an imposing
stack of papers piled up on his large
mahogany desk.
He did not feel like working and
stepped over to the window, lit a cigar
ct and looked out into the courtyard
where soldiers and zaDthtcs walked
,olemnly up and down awaiting has OF
3ers.
Eiifat sighed as the memory Of the
beautiful rose garden which he Rad
,ooled into from his modest ONCE IN
Aleppo came back. There We're no
roses here, he thought. though plenty
of thorns in his new position.
Ali, the old secretary, opened iHo
door. made a deep, respectful salaam
ind handed his chief a card.
Let her come in" Rifat ordered
grutiiy.
with the languid, slow movements
which become Il man OF ms hlsh us
atty he arose to meet his visitor. But
suddenly his eyes &parkIed, the coloT
shot up inio his checks as he looked
lpon the most beautiful woman he had
ever seen.
She sank gracefully down in the low.
comfortable chair which he politely OIL
Tered her and seemed very much at
ease, not the least perturbed or BASH
full.
"Oh. these Franklsh women Hussein
Bey thought.
He looked at her ~intently as she sat
there smiling, and inhaled with rapture
the odor Of Peau d'Espagne which en-
anateG from her elegant dress. HOW
Door 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 uninteresttng story n
had to tell, but she tolG it IN the most
charming manner. which suggested TO
him a promenade IN tbs woods III
moonlight.
Il wonder If I dare he asked him
| self.
He thought of his As ears his en-
bonpolnt. his red whiskers, his little
near-sighted eyes. his bald head and
last of all-of his wife, Schefika Fannur,
who was still at Aleppo, and never sus-
pected the temptations which surround
I ed lord and master at Stamboul. Il am
sure that his beautiful woman VII!
laugh at me-but l do not care. l Will
risk it anyway"
And he did.
An expression of disdaln in the beau
tiful face of his visitor. A few ndis-
nant ~Words-but ten minutes later
Rifat Hussein Bey had her promise TO
meet him the same evening at = In the
garden of the Brasserie Romont1
Freres.
Not a bad Office after ALL" he said
to himself as she had left him with
a pressure of her hand, which prom
Used more than many words. Il am
sure I shall like STEAMBOAT very much.
Once mere he opened the window, but
he did not sigh for his rose garden any
, longer. The cold fresh air from the
! Bosporus. however, soDered MIN some
what and he began to regret his rash
ness.
Fl IT," ne muttered, I must be
more careful about this woman, 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 hand
llerchief.
"Oh, the devil ne said, have not 1
! all the detectives OF Stan.bOul to find
out for me who this woman is and
whether I run any risk by having any
/ thing to do with her
He pressed a button on his desk and
gave orders to tell Mulasim Munir, Eff
fendi to look up the record of Nine.
Madeline Cocotte, living at Rue Vene-
Tx, &c Pera. and report to him in per-
son before 8 o'clock the same after
noon.
Mulasim Nieutenant) Munlr Effendi
was famous for his abilities as & detec-
tive, but as he was poor and lacked the
necessary bakschish to convince his su-
periOrs Of his right to promotion he had
now for years in vain been waiting TO
De made a juesbaschi t~captain).
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 hat it would aTrive
in the 2 o'clock mail.
Two o'clock came, but no report,
Three, i and 5 o'clock brought the same
disappointment.
Hussein Bey chewed his ~pcnholder
into shreds in fury. A quarter past !
he said to himself: Il will not go
Half past he said: "Shc 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
BomOntt Freres.
When Rifat Husseln nqy came to his
office the next morning he found Mula-
sim Munir Effendi waiting for him, anG
when he had admitted him into his
private sanctum he found himself list
ening to the following official report:
Nine. Madeline Cocotte Is the wife
OF an employe of the firm of Stefanides
& Gaitanopaulas n mother of a cir
of 2 years. Yesterday evening at {
O'clock sharp Nine. Cocotte arrived a
the Brasserie Bomonti Freres. where
she seemed to be waiting for somebody
Five minute after 6 she was Joined b.
a rather stout gentleman of about 40
ba~ldneaded, with red whiskers ant
evidently near-sighted, dressed in blacl
Prince Albert coat and wearing the rec
ribbon of a Turkish order, with whom
she left the garden. Together they en-
tered cab No. 1886 and We're driven t
Pera Palace. where they engaged
private dining room ana partook of
dinner, consisting Of oysters, en- nat
urel. potage bisque, ragout q 10 Richie
lieu, poulard de la bresse. salade, au.
,truffes and Ice, with one bottle O
Chambertine and two bottles Of eli
quot. At half past II she left the res
taurant alone. The gentleman followe
ten minutes later, after having pal
the bill Of 50 francs"
During the reading of this report y
Munir Effendi in the most matter 4
fact manner the chief OF police turne
very pale. and when 4 wa over Ii
turned to the Mulasim with the words
Il fully recognize your unusual abil
ity ard viii personally see that you ar
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