The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-27

my my brother srgeh
should this insult But first word by brother
to LOas hut that Laas father should bring her meet in
the dusk by the bank of the river In the
gray twilight came down dahabiah passing,
prince, American prince of
great wealth and wisdom remember his Perhaps
him. Cyrus p Quackenboss and he
from Cincinnati"
answered, smiling this very
expected intrusion.
'Wel, continued, unheeding smile,
hailed made the American prince understand
now tbe matter stood He was very kind we were brother
Christians He Iia board and promised deliver her
safe her Karnak that the shek might not know
bero tho c was gone nor end o fetch her And tho counse,
with brother this In the dead Of night
from hut and mask of white linen the
my conceal my alone,
with thick stick in hands, and went to the sheks house
the bank the river AS went the ackas prowled
the village food the owls from the tombs fitted
high in the moonlight.
broke sheik's the fiat rooted clubhouse
led his window locked the there before
hek could his household beat him, blow blow,
within inch of his life in for beating and be-
his injustice in trying take Laia from The
she powerful man, with muscles like iron and he
pied hard and tried wrench the stick from and bruised
about the body by hnging me the ground and
weak with beating and all But STILL being
by fierce with fought
him him in the end thwacked him TIL he
black and blue myself of bruises
from head to foot with cudgeng. Then just his people
succeeded in forcing the door jumped out of the window
the fiat rooted ouhouse and eaped lightly the ground and
dad IKE acka across the open cotton heds and between
the plots of doura little hut the outskirts the
village reached there painting and knew the shek would
kill my daring.
Next morning early the shek
vd and his cheeks purple BY the beard of the prophet
Athanaso he said hitting hard the cheek-my
Athanaso eend after blood
shall this you dog a Cbrstan
the of rban prince Isam descendant of
prophet You shall suffer you blood
shall flow for it"s
myself like the ground him,
though hated him like SIM for well to abase oneself due
before the authority Besides Laia
safe and that all cared about Suffer for what OH
my sheikf cried as though knew not what he meant
What eXcelency2 Who has told evil
words concerning servant? Who has sandered
my lord that he is angry against meT
"'Take him away. roared the sheik the three
Arabs Carry him off to be tried before the cad Assiou
"For in Ismars days ehend before the Eng
sh came the shek himself would not have dared to put
dsth uned The power Of life and death lay with the adi
at Assout.
$50 they took Assiou mosque All,
the cadi a the of Judgment
him week later There the shelk appeared bore
against Those who spoke for pleaded that the shek
himself admitted the who broke into his and banged
him so hard had his face with linen cloth How then
could the shek In the the darkness
nzed mei Perhaps other
ruin But the shek for his by Allah
holy stone Of the Kaaba Mecca that distinctly and
knew was The moonlight through the window
form to him And who else in the village but had grudge
The cadi convinced. The gave judgment
guilty of rebellion against the shek and against uIsam and
being dog Christian unworthy even to live his judgment
was that after three days time should be beheaded the
prison court Of Assiout.
"You may guess enend whether was anxious.
Laila was safe and girl from that
was ready for my part to endure anything.
Two nights long lay awake and thought things by
myself In the whtewashed cells
of the prison, who European Italian, called
hmsefand Christian of Rou of those who the
was very kind indeed to He knew before, for had
worked In his fields aud when told him the tale
about Laia But what would you lsmas
days II wasthe law OF Islam He could not prevent
ION the third evening brother the prison
to see me- He with his eyes bringing evil
udngs. My old father said dying home with
grief They didn't expect he would live TIL morning Iaa
too had stolen back fcm Karnak and hiding
the village she wished just once before died
II she the the would nnd her ont and carry
her on In triumph to his harem.