Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

E&S 6 ION Of smoke"
@I Il %HH Doctor Berry resolutely shook his head
aeiAH5NH 1t seems, he contended "a bitter sort
EExy OF creed that life is only cul-de-sac into
~ which one is rcmorseessly driven and
ks ~ from which there is escape"
's"~~ lasha, true believer" he casually
announced, is forced to subscribe the doctrine Of
Ihs , f destiny I'm bound to say he's quite
Mahnid Pasha steadily lifted his small cup of Tur-
kish coffee, not disturbing the sediment, and smiled
again.
Possibly" ne said az learned some things at Ok
ford which have weakened for the Of the
Koran am BalioI man. Possibly the chimes Of
cathedral bells MAY have made forget somewhat
OF the mue2@ins call. Yet I know that at the end
la2 60 comes back 10 the destiny of man"
"ahe eagle he went on, "once left its eyre on
very desolae mountain where to wind was fierce and
biting He discovered the warm abode of the ostrich
1t the edge Of the desert There was no need OF facing
Vic hard storms reach the ostrch's place. yet the
eagle mounted again to his own bleak nest of fagots
Of tie eagle"
Then you contend that mans life is only circle
hac. to the starting pont," demanded DR.. Berry.
Tell from what you come" replied Mahmid
Iaha With conviction, and shall tell you where you
q come" said Brownlow- Carter with laugh "from
London but We been about the East too long abide
die foes again. At midnight l start with a caravan
YOU my friend" ruled Mahmd Pasha, seriously,
will return to your fogs."
The Englishman laughed.
Lay you even You may know vour Koran NAH
MD Pasha but you don't know your Kipling do
learned it where he learned it himself. For me
~ the sunshine of England is pale
| And the breezes of England stale,
An there's somethn gone small with the lot
No, the title couldn't draw me back now"
The Britons jaw took resoute pattern
and the blue Anglo-Saxon deepened they
dered almost caressngy about the murky confines
Yet Mahmid Pasha only shook his head once more
at is the old argument that heredity rules" con-
tended Dr. Berry with great earnesness, and that
en-, ironment is NIL"
ENVIRONMENT controls until the final test" he con-
coded The Russian does not become the Tartar
until he is scratched. Who shall say how day
may dawn when |, for example, must look on life
IRON the viewpoint of the bazar in my native village?"
ny the way where is this village of yours?' de-
An oasis village in the Arabian desert the
houses about the market-pace novels with sod
roots the bazaar reeks with dust and the smell
OF goats. It's music is the dscord of granting canels
and the shouts of the drivers y but there is also
the muezzn from the mosque and the nke of camel
bells; Likewise the water is sweet and the palms have
shade. The sight OF it is the smile OF Allah to the
thrsting caravans from the DESERT"
And Mecca-bound pilgrims hal, there' breathed
the Brton with the softness OF reminsccnce,
Mahn,id Pasha gravely bowed Now | serve the
Sultan Abdul Hamid-whom Allah preserved After
n n,1 he went on with calm delibeT2on:
known to every who keeps in touch with the
pulsebeat of the wordand the illustrated periodicals.
know that delicate and important operation bears
ship is hrowing the physicians of Vienna and Paris
@ to the E:rc5n S SSo he a i wosd BE
tcrcstng to how far he has wandered from the
elements that surrounded his BIRTH
The physician looked up, and slow smile broke
Picture to yourselves" he said, "as wild and tangled
= hill country as your ir1teinaton pam; ragged
ing to steep lnclines Picture almost medieval lie
entirely surrounded by the twentieth century where
ssssnatc their enemies from the laurel Try to picture
that lifc--the life of the Cumberland Northumberland
YOU have the thing to which if Mahmd Pasha is a
true prophet must revert Instead of looking through
the lens of the microscope must lie in ambush and
peer across the sights of magazine rife
"But your own people" persisted Mahmd Pasha,
NV father was shot to death on the highway My
uncle Isaac Berry who became my second father has
stood for law and the regeneration of the mountains,
b h a an .s Bv I'm MY NV work the
saving and human repair; by heredty it is lfe-takng
and destruction"
sneaker with and deeper interest He had
noted the soft panther-like tread of this the
board aoor and had thought i the nose M ac-
renlbcrcd seeing other men, half-wild men who had
the same cushioned footfallmen who might endanger
their lives by the stirring of leaf or the breaking of
twig
They babe Brownow- Carter farewell at midnight in
he stable enclosure where lanterns blinked htfully
Caes grunted protest, and with the swaying of their
shaggy necks fantastic shadows wavering across
the circles Of Light to be lost in st ahf smother of he
their foreegs to heavy floor chains stamped and nick
cred Then the loaded beasts filed out into the
and shambed along under the stars toward the Damas
Gus gate.
Mahmd Pasha walked back with the Kentuckian
through the murky town, where the nighthowlng of
hundreds of dogs from the crooked alleys. At
the entrance of the Hotel Notre Dame dc France
while he paused to say goodnight, officer, with a
native ka5usse at his back, came forward and handed
him sealed letter The Mosem tore the envelope
and his face grew suddenly grave Then bowling with
some speech in Arabic, to the messenger, he turned
1T is not only goodnight, but goodby" he said
ct have received summons from the government OF
the Sultan whom Allah preserve, to report at once
at the Yldiz Kiosk. leave Immediately for Con
santnople
As the physician grasped the outstretchcd hand he
looked keenly into troubled face. mo unwelcomC
orders, hope