Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29
RIFAT HussEIN BEY.
Nv Anstole heurtcaux.

stack OF papers piled UP on his largo
mahogany desk.
lie aia rot feel Ike working and
stepped over TO the window. lit a cigar
et and looked out into tie courtyard,
Were soldiers aAd z4p'hies walked
mlernnly up and down awaiting has OF
Ralst sighed as The msnor Of tAe
beautiful rose garden Wlfth ne Aat
cooked INTO from his iloc 81 ONCE III
Aleppo came baei,. Issre were 40
-oses here, ne tnuHeut. though plenty
II thorns IA Ills nav position.
Ali. the o4a sel4e,.fg. opened tho
Door, inade q aeep, respectful s@laaAA
aud handed his tasei a card.
Let her come in ltifat ordered
sguily.
Win The ~ianguid. slow movements
which become 4 nam Of his hlsh qls-
atty he arose to meet his visitor. But
suddenly his eyes spanked. the color
shot up Into his checks as he looked
lpon the most beautiful! woman he had
Ger seen.
she sank gracefully down in the low.
comfortable chair which he politely or
tered her and seemed very mucn at
Ease. not the least peIturbed or BASH
tul.
oh, these Frankish women" Hussein
Bey thought.
He looked at her intently as she sat
there smiling. and inhaled with rapture
the odor of Pea d'l-spagne which en-
unated from her elegant dress. How
poor the rose garden Ut A-leppo seemed
ROW.
You wish 70 speak 70 me, madame!'
he asked in faultless French.
1t was a mere Dagatelle, a most COM
monplace and embarrassing story she
had to tell. but she told it in the most
.t,al ,-pn az 10
him n promenade In the woods IN
moonlight.
Il wonder If dare" he asked HIM
self.
He thought OF his As years. his EN-.
bonpoint, 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
ed lord and master at Stalnbcul. Il am
sure tina this beautiful woman WIZ
laugh at me-but / do not care. l Viii
risk it anyway"
And he did.
An expression of disdaln In the beau
tI'ul face of his visitor. A few ndis-
uaf,t Words-but ten minutes later
I;ifat Husse,n Bey had her promise TO
meet h.m the same evening at o IN inc
garden Of the Brasseris Roinonti
~I'icres. -.
Not a bad Office after ALL" he said
10 himself as she had left him With
Il pressure of her hand, which rom
Used more than many words. Il anu
sure / shall like Staniboui very much.
once myre he opened the window. but
he did not sigh for his rose garden any
longer. The cold fresh air from he
Bosporus. however. sobe.ed aim some
what and he began to regret lis rash
ness.
IN IT," ne muttered, u must be
more careful about this woman WAo
may be nothing but the tool of my enc
mics who are jealous because OF my
promotion"
He took off his eyeglasses and pol
ished them carefully with his silk halld-
kerchief.
"oh. the devil" ne said. have not I
all the detectives OF STEAMBOAT to find
whether / run any risk by having any
thing to do with her
He pressed n button on his desk and
gave orders to tell Mulasim Munir. Eff
fendi to look up the record OF Mime.
Madeline Cocotte, living at Rue Nene-
tik. 26 Pera. and report to him In per-
son before 6 o'clock the same after
noon.
Mulas,m ~tlieutenanD Munir EffendI
was famous for his abilities as . detec-
tive, but as he was poor and lacked the
necessary bakschish to convince his SUI
- " hfS * 80 ~ - 49, f'
now for years In vain been waiting TO
be made n juesbasehi tcaptain1.
After luncheon Rifat Hussein Bey
care 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 it would arrive
in the 2 o'clock mail.
Two O'Clock came. but no report.
Three. 4 and 5 o'clock brought the same
disappointment.
Hussein hey chewed his penholder
INTO shreds in fury. A quartz: past .
he said to himself: II will not co.
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
rs the horses would run to Brasserie
Bomonti Freres.
When Rifat Hussein .,ey 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:
Nine. Madeline Cocotte Is the wife
of IN enlploye of the firm of Stefanides
& -Gaitanopaulas and mother of u CIR
OF 2 years. Yesterday evening at {
O'Clock sharp Nine. Cocotte arrived a,
the Brasserie Bomonti Frercs. where
she seemed to be waiting for somebody
Five minutes after Is she was Joined BY
a rathe stout gentleman of about 40
ba~ldheaded. with red whiskers and
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. 1876 and We're driven Il
Pera Palace. where they engaged {
private dining room and partook OF
dinner. consisting OF oysters. EN- nat
urel. potage bisQuc. ragout q Ia Richie
lieu, poulard de Ia bressc. salade, au,
truffes and ice, with one bottle o
Chambertine and two bottles OF Gil
quot. At half past IL she left the res
taurant alone. The gentleman followed
ten minutes later. after having pai'
the bill Of So francs"
During the reading Of this report b.
Munir E;ffendi in the most matter .
fact n the chief Of police turne'
very pale. and hen Il was over h
turEed to the Mulasim Will, the words
-. iully recognize sou. unusual abil
ity ard rill personally Gee that you ar
promoted 70 jucs-hascht Immediately
But you will remain silent my .less fel
low, won't you:"
Bible Against Tattooine.
A, . mariners bethel \ missionary at
hacked tattooinC.
..You sailors d!sgls. me-" he said. at
.o,,r ~t,.ns and iaiies and anchors and flag