The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-28


Iatss stfsass = -. - 80 s -.
ime HrHHa Hassni Sc Hsta ht 80
lI8tHHHttEA - - #tf ~hs#e sea
a. eih NutHf aHftE ~ sNNIHH
ana - esngs - aHat sasHa thsa =
lIats - HHi.alllahHH sIlH e. HHzI
lnf fzsel tAai - - hzsA treated a.
II = 80 : zee hslisstt
i fHsnf - AuAtaI eas HitfHHtlFH =.
= rs5teH - sftss eHHszptis - ~
IntflI.ss - Assa ~ fHn. zHa s IstH#Htf
sta ihsa staHta 4 aflsh re ssh
iims fel5nl almssII mss Nssse
I0apsafe - tHfisIIHns haa Hf1H :
lihlnH profoundly sief.leEssi A,.zs.i
lnsis hls asiisssv ffnm ihe shfeisls.li'
Ieas matter fa# ~ IHlfiHa iaHIns ~
lil,sfesi. he l,tihnuahi him ~ hia eai
Innate. tssHeefnlns shoin InisHi AsHa
IstfAn manifested he Hfeais#s safi
Iuslts. fof ~ al tbs wefid thtfe Has
nothing ne cd .ufsalf lessa = itaN.h
las : Hrhtsf. Hnd Ia nia aasa. he
Vowed. never bad he seen The eanal
lot that stalwait galley slave. netei
Tho like - hls performance with that
lmursferuus chain Ausuf had infnfinsi
i him that the man NaH a fruit Ilne
FOR The prophets nincklne, that The
INHHft VI ANN AtH HlNaH HNtHa tftH -
spirit already he must be accounted
In good MUSLIN.
| When Sir oliver. washed. perfumed
land arrased In white cafian and tur.
lban, which gave him the air Of being
even taller than he was, came into
1.-The presence Of Asad ed.Dln. II was
conveyed 10 him that II he would On.
| ter the ranks of the falthful of the
| aftfR44 the
strength and courage with which
Allah the one had endowed him 10
the upholding Of the true faith and
to the chnstening of the enemies of
islam. great honor. wealth and dig
nfty were i'm store for him.
or all that proposal made Mt pro.
digious length and with great wealth
of eastern clreumlocutlon the only
phrase that took root In his rather
bewildered mind was that which con.
eerned the Christening of the enemies
of Islam. The enemies OF Islam he
conceived were his own enemies; and
he further conceived that they stood
| in great need OF Christening. and that
| take n hand In that Christening
would be a slngularly grateful task
So he considered the proposals made
him. He considered. too. that the
a1ternative--in the event OF his re-
fusing TO make the protestations Of
faith required of him-was that he
must return TO the oar of galley, Of
a Muslin galley now. Now that was
an occupation of which he had had
more than his fill, and since he had
been washed and restored 20 the nor.
NAL sensations Of y clean human be
ing he found that whatever might be
within the scope of his courage he
could not envisage returning to the
oar. We have seen the Gaze with
which he had abandoned the religion
In which he was reared for the Ro-
man faith. and how utterly deluded he
had found himself. With the same
degree OF ease did he now go oyer
10 Islam. and with much greater
profit. Moreover. he embraced the
religion Of Mahomet with measure
Eof fierce conviction that had been
entirely lacking from his earlier
npostasy.
lie had arrived at the conclusion
whilst aboard the galley Of Spain, as
we have seen, that Christianity as
practiced In his day was n grim mock
cry OF which the world were better
rid. II II not 10 be supposed that
| his convictions that Christianity was
at fault went the length OF making
him suppose that Islam was right,
or that his conversion 10 the faith of
Mahomct was anything more than
superficial. But forced M he was 10
choose between the rowers bench
and the poop deck, the oar and the
scimitnr. he boldly and reaolutely
made the only choice that in his case
could lead TO liberty and life.
Thus he was received into tho
ranks Of the Faithful whose pavillons
wait them in Paradise, set In an or
chard Of never.fallIng fruit, among
rivers of milk, OF wine and Of clafl'
fed honey. lie became the Kayia or
lieutenant TO Yusuf on the galley Of
that eorsair's command, and seconded
him In half score OF Engagements
with an ability and conspicuity TINT
made him swiftly famous throughout
the ranks Of the Mediterranean rov.
ers. Some six months later In fight
Off the coast Of Sicily with one of
the ealleys OF the Reilgion.-ns the
vessels of the Knights of Malta were
callcd-Yusuf was moftally wounded
| In tine very moment Of the victory.
lie died an hour later IN tho arms of
Sir Oliver. naming the latter his sue
eessor IN the command Of the galley,
and enJoinlng upon all implicit obe,
diencc 20 him until they should be
returned 10 Aigiers ana the Baeba
should make known bis further viii
/ In the matter
The Basba's will WAS 10 confirm
his nepbew's dying appointment Of u
successor. and Sir Oliver found him.
self in full command OF a galley. From
that hour he became OliYerReis, but
lvery soon his valor and fury earned
him the btnafne ~ sakrel. Bahr, the
Hawk of the Sca. His fame grew
rapidly. and n spread across the tide.
less sea 10 the very shores Of chris'
tendon. Soon he became Aead's lieu.
tenant. the second In cOfnmnnd ~ All
| e. II