Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-15

and the scimitar, he boldly and resolutely
made the only choice that in his case
could lead to liberty and life.
Thus he was received into the ranks of
the Faithful whose pavlions await them in
Paradise set in an orchard Of never-failng
fruit, among rivers of milk, Of wine, and
of clarified honey. He became the Kayia
or lieutenant to Yusuf the galley of
that corsair's command, and seconded him
in half score of engagements with an
ability and a conspicuity that made him
swiftly famous throughout the ranks of the
Mediterranean rovers.
Some six months later in fight off the
coast of Sicily with one OF the galleys Of the
Religion-as the vessels Of the knights of
Malta were called--Yusuf was mortaly
wounded in the very moment of victory
He died hour later in the arms of Sir
oliver, naming the latter his successor in
the command of the galley and enjoining
upon all implicit obedience to him until
they should be returned to Algiers and the
Basha should make known his further will
in the matter.
The Bashas will was to confirm his neph-
ews dying appointment Of a successor and
Sir Oliver found himeslf in full command of
a galley From that hour he became Oliver
Refs, but very soon his yaor and fury
earned him the Dynamo of Sakr-el- Bahr, the
Hawk of the Sea. His fame grew ia pdly,
and it spread across the tideless sea to the
very shores of Christendom. Soon he be-
came Asad's lieutenant, the second in com
mand of all the Algerine galleys, which
meant in fact that he the commander
in-chief, for "A sad was growing old and took
the sea more and more rarely now. Sakr-
el-Bahr sailed forth in his name and his
stead, and such was his courage, his ad-
dress, and his good fortune that never did
he go forth to return empty handed.
1t was clear to all that the favor OF AL
lah was upon him, that he had been singled
ont Inv llah o ha he Ole JcIo
Asad who had ever esteemed him, grew to
love him An intensely deyout man, could
he have done less in the case of one for
whom the Plying the Pitiful showed so
marked prediction? 1t was freely &C
copied that when The destiny Of sad-ed Din
should come to be fulfilled Sakr-el- Ba hr
must succeed him in the Bashalik of Algiers
and that thus Oliver-Reis would follow in
the footsteps of Barbarossa, Ochiali, and
other Christian renegades who had become
corsair prince of Islam.
In spite of certain hostilties which his
rapid advancement begot, and of which we
shall hear more presently, once only did
his power stand in danger OF suffering a
check Coming morning into the reek-
ing bagnio at Algers, some six months
after he had been raised to his captaincy, he
found there a score of countrymen of his
own and he gave orders that their letters
should instantly be struck off and their lib
erty restored them.
Called to account by the Basha for this
action he took a high-handed way, since no
other was possible. He swOre by tho beard
of the Prophet that If he were to draw the
sword OF Mahomet and to serve Islam upon
the seas he would serve in his way,
and one Of his ways was that his own coun-
trymen were to have immunity from the
edge Of that same sword. Islam, he swore,
should not be the loser since for every Eng
Iishman he restored to liberty he would
bring two Spaniards. Frenchmen, Greeks, or
Italians into bondage.
He prevailed, but only upon condition that
since captured slaves were the property OF
the state, If he desired to abstract them
from that state he must first purchase them
for himself Since they would then be his
own property he could dispose of them at
his good pleasure. Thus did the wise and
lust Asad resolve the difficulty which had
arisen. and Olver-Reis bowed wisely to that
decision.
Thereafter what English slaves were
brought to Algiers he purcha sed. manumit-
ted and found means to send them home
again True it cost him fine price yearly,
but he was fast amassing such wealth as
could easily support this tax.
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