The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-22

blood my counsel my Sirgeh
avenge this insult Butfrst word by brother
Laa that Ias father should bring her to meet us in
secrecy by the bank of the river In the
twilight she down dahabah passing and in
foreigner very prince American prince of
wealth and wisdom remember his name even Perhaps
eend knows him He Cyrus F. Quackenboss and he
came from Cincinnati"
I answered smiling this
expected
Copt continued unheeding smile I'VE
prince understand
now the matter stood He was very kind were
a board promised deliver her
that the sheik might
whore the DIR, was gone nor send IN fetch her And the counsel
1 my this: In the dead of night
hut and put mask of white linen the
Of my face stole
my hands, the sheiks house
bank of the river AS went the ackas prowed
village the owls the tombs fitted
high in the moonlight.
by rooted clubhouse
his window locked the there before
household blow blow,
inch his life in for beating and be
his injustice in trying to take Laila from The
shek powerful with muscles like ron and he
ped me nara ana ed 10 wrench tue SUCK from e ana bruised
about the body by fngtng the ground and
weak with beating and all But STILL being
by nature strong young man. very nefce WIN anger fongh
him aud him under in the end and hwacked him till he
black and blue myself mass OF bruises
foot cudgelng. Then his people
succeeded forcing the door jumped out of the window
clubhouse and eaped lightly the ground
dared like taka across the open cotton fields and between
plots Of doura little hut the outskirts the
reached there painting and the sheik
kin for my daring
morning early o
his cheeks purple BY the beard of the prophet
said me. hitting hard cheek-my
Athanaso eend after blood
this you dog II Christan
the of trban prince in ISLAM descendant of
prophet You shall suffer for it, Your base blood
shall flow for IT.
myself a ground him,
hated him like sim 1t well
before the of authority Besides by that time
safe and that all cared about Suffer for what
my sheikr cried though l knew what he
What have done TO excelency? Who has told evil
my lord that he is so angry against meT
Take him away" roared the sheik the strong
Garry him before Asslout
For in Isma's days enendi before Eng
to put me to
untred. The power life
Assout
80 they took me to Assout into the mosque of All where
cadi of judgment
him later There the sheik appeared
gaainst who smoke far me pleaded thar as rho xhs
himself admitted the broke his
him SO hard had his face covered with linen cloth How
could the shek in the hurry the darkness recog
But the sheik his by Allah
holy stone the Kaaba Mecca that he distinctly
knew The moonlight through the window my
form to- him And who else in the village but me had
against his justicer
1.-THE cadi convinced cadi gave Judgment was
guilty Of rebellion against the shek and against usam
Of Christian, Judgment
that three time should be
prison court of Assiout
may guess, erendi anxious But
Iaia safe girl from that wretehs
ready for part to endure anything.
Two nights long lay awake and thought
myself In the whewashed cells Of the jail at Assiou The
the prison.
himseand Christian OF Roum Of those who obey pope
was very kind indeed to He knew me before for
worked in his fields when told him
about Laa But would have? Those Ismails
days. II the law Of ISLAM. He could
On the third evening brother PRISON
with his eyes, bringing evil
tdinss MY old father he said dying with
grief They didn't expect he would live till morning Iaia
unperceved hiding in
the xnaxe she Wished tnst before But
f shs v ssFik would fnd hsr carry
her on u Triumph ~ III harem.