New-York tribune., 1907-03-03


Never mind, can show them when wc get
there ne thought and settled himself COM
fortably in the stern ot the kIirt
The next day Va tcvcri>h unreai'ty Tor
Khlsnch She tired ON the boy, costume
Weir had brought her q dozen times, and II
d very fetching little boy she made Toward
evening the Idc, pt going away forever Ma not
So allurIng Whenever She thought ot her
father her courage Wdned and She Wcpt But
her intention and Weir were AWAY, before her
Immediately after the feast that followed
the setting of the sun, this month ~ Kama
zan, Rhasnch set out on the walk that wst, To-
end in her freedom 1t Wa pitch dark. and
the slave carried the lantern Rha~neh had
on her boys clothes under her VolumuOus
tlifttohayj and her hair done up closely
and covered with "a cap. which could not hc
seen under her veil She carried nothing hut
"A bag of Jewels
Attcr the women had passed Ycni kcu
Rhasnch who had been full of life and laugh
ter. and continually urged her companions tor
ward at a faster gait suddenly developed
-cvcrc headache. and demanded 10 be left To-
herself, and not To be annoyed by her slaves
She fell 10 the rear OF the procession. and or
dcTCd the slaves To- sing ,t certain name % her
g. Why are YOU looking around al me- She
exclaimed angrilv 10 Isatsdr at- harlem " 60
on and pay no attention To me- shall hc al
night IN a few minutes.
With these words She fell still farther back
When she wa- entirely outside the circle ot
hght from FdhlCk lantern. she lifted up her
tclit-tlhdvj and scuddcd OF into the darkDess
She turned a corner. and stopped to drop her
outer garment and veil, and step forth boy
Then She quickly made her way 10 the quay
Fortune favored her the first thing she Saw
WAS kI5tt that having deposited bclatct
traveller at Ncnl-k -kctiI. was preparing 90 put pt
" Take me 10 Gal4ta She ~.,ii To- the boat
man, with as gruii an assumption ot maScu-
Unity Us She was capable Off, and ! yil give
YOU two medJc,iic>
E5rcn Eftrirol" he replied and she
jumped INTO the boat
When we'll out the stream she looked up
the bank and SAW "a hight passing swiftly along.
while fans Crc> were borne 10 her dCruS, the
water Pcrhap, they have found my trhit-
f.hII She Thought Or they may think |
am playing some loke ON them
rs the tlckcriug iight Was lost IN the dark
ness khasuch realized tor the first time the
c0oru-tv of her action When She thought of
her father and her home her courage almost
failed her and then the larger brighter lights
OF Coustantnpplc doomed up before her They
seemed o. typliv the lrc She was about t.
enter, and when She thought that Weir was
waiting 70 greet her she Was NO longer afraid
At Gaata She paid the boatman IN the same
careless, manhke Way m which She had first
accostcd HIM and jumped ashore Her feet
hardly touched the earth and her heart WAS
singing of love and freedom which formed
itself on her lips INTO the word Stephen "
She went TO the appointed place He was
not yet there must Dee early" she muir
INJURED bravcly, To- give the lie L. the spasm OF
fear that shot through her heart. She went to
the tult keeper. al the end oi the bridge. and
hy hs dim lantern saw that 1t was "a quarter
past eleven. She walked back 10 the Credit
Lyouu,is building. where She thought that he
would certainly br hy now When She did not
find HIM. She had the first real misgiving that
had a-7aicd her since She had set out from
home She had felt So sure of him that in all
her planning She had never provided for the
possibility of his failing her Her heart began
10 beat so fast that II gave her q sense Of sufo-
cation. and her knees trcmblcd under her m G,
most unmanly way. Her jewel bag felt heavier
than ever.
Then "a new horror rose before her Weir
had sud that hc would be- here unlcs, ne was
dead He must bc dead then He would never
have lett her alone otherwise. Perhaps some
one had seen him 90 from the harcm and had
killed him and thrown hum INTO the Bosporus.
Rhasuch Wa almost frantic now. Allah.
Allah She sohbcd. Help me- What am |
10 DO
Mrcrah'y She waited for an hour-h me might
have been unavoidabiy dclycd two hours
Her mind had gone through so much agony
that II was numb, and She could not think
Yet vaguely She felt that she could not stay
here much longer The patrol had passed her
once and had looked at her with open suspicion.