The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-28

agreed to once TO place herself entirely
at the service of Noorya.
AS the Turkish frontier at Mustapha
Pasha could not be passed without a
passport, the most important task for
the young ladies was how to get a
pass. After some difficulty and delay
Mademoiselle Marcele induced an
elderly French lady to cede them her
own pass. But then there was another
difficulty. The true proprietress of the
pass was described as gray-haired
lady of iifty-two. travelling with her
two grownup daughters. For Nooriya
that was a difficulty only for a mo-
ment. She decided that she would be
the gray-haired lady of fifty-two, and
Zeynella and Marcelle were to be her
two grown-up daughters. She pow.
dered her hair to look gray, and she
painted her face to look as old as ii
could through a thick veil. And she
played her role admirably throughout
the journey from ConstantinOple to
Belgrade. At Mustapha Pasha, the
frontier railway station, she moved
with such dignity and spoke so caress-
ingly 10 the Turkish inspectors of
passports, imploring them not to dis
turb her two invalid daughters, who
were just then quietly sleeping. that
the poor Turks salaamed most respeca-
fully and let them pass on.
Meanwhile Noory Pasha had been in.
formed that two Of his daughters had
not returned from drive to Their
apia. Messengers were sent at once
TO all relatives and friends to ask il
the young women had not been re-
tanned by some of them. As they had
been the night before at Yildiz Kiosk,
where concert had been given for the
amusement of the ladies of the I'M
perlal Harem and their friends, Noory
Pasha went himself to the Imperial
residence to inquire if his daughters
had not been kept there to another en-
tertainment. But, no! The inquiries
at the station revealed the fact that
middle aged, gray-haired lady, with
two daughters, took special compart.
mcnt in the direct carriage for Vienna.
TelegramE were sent at once by the
Grand Viz!er TO Fethi Pasha, Turkish
minister at Belgrade, to stop the train
and send the two sisters back to Con-
stantnorle. The Servian Government
was ready to oblige the Grand Vizier
and Noory Pasha as much as they
could; but. met by the determined re-
fusal of the young women either to
return or TO wait in the Turkish Lega-
ton until the arrival of their father;
they only succeeded in inducing them
to interrupt their journey and to rest
a day or two in the most comfortable
hotel in Belgrade.
Noory Pasha was Immediately in
formed where his daughters were. He
applied to the Sultan for permission
to 90 to fetch his daughters. 1t is said
that Abdul Hamid told him: go
and bring them back! Without them
do not return at ALL" On his arrival
in Belgrade Noory Pasha had to be in.
formed that his daughters had mys-
teriously disappeared Fethi Pasha
believes that they have found secret
refuge with some Servian girl friends,
daughters of Servian diplomatists who
served in Constantinople. But the po.
lice agents declare that they have
evaded the watching of the detectives
by leaving the hotel dressed in mems
clothes, and that they are now prob
ably in Vienna.
Anyhow, Nooriya Hanum has shown
not only the depths of sisters love.
but that Turkish girl can exhibit a
wonderful strength of will and cour-
age. May she succeed in her mission
to reclaim her sister from death to
life.-London Tribune.