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WALTER BLOOMFIELD
CopnUM USMir Boss** Bents* Ion
CHAPTER XIL
Continued.
“I am Sir Ihomu Roe, rcprcrcnta-
tlre In this country ot Kins James of
England. Tour paaaporta and yonr let
ter of Introduction accidentally camo
Into my banda laat night, and yon may
thank God that It waa to, for had It
fallen out otherwlat It la lmpoaalblt to
•ay what might hare become of you.
The cauaea which have produced your
recent expert an eea art quite clear to
me. Yon hare not been to unfortu
nate aa In the clrcumitancea might
have been expected. But before I ex
plain farther, ooneole yonreelf with
the knowledge that your ten cbeata of
eequint are quite aafe, and to la your
girdle, your paaaporta and your Bng-
ltih money, and that you are free to
take them when and where yon choore.
Know then that we are In the aecond
week of September, and that leaa than
live months ago Constantinople waa
the aceno of a bloody revolution. The
Jnni.snrloe, Incensed by deferred pay
ments, broke through all restraints of
authority on leaning that Sultan Oth-
innn contemplated a pilgrimage to
Mecca, the expense ot which they con
ceived boded 111 for the satisfaction of
their claims. This turbulent and pow
erful military body broke down the
outer gates of the Seraglio, and with
angry demonstrations demanded tho
heads of tho Sultan'a Ministers who
bad advised the sacred Journey. For
the moment the discontent of the Jan-
IssnrJes was appeased with fair words
but tho Government was In a bad way,
with an Incompetent Sultan, dire lack
ot money, and but feeble support of
any sort, It was necessary that somo
vigorous measures should be adopted.
The Ulema met secrotly and resolved
to depose Sultan Othman, who was
soon afterward decoyed Into one of
tho sewn towers which compose this
building, where be was strangled by
hn ex-Vlaler assisted by three pashas.
This step, while It effectually disposed
of the pilgrimage question, raised
Athcr question* vastly more momen
tous to the State. Mustnphn, who was
Othmon'a predecessor, and had him
self been deposed. Is again installed
Sultan, though he cannot, I think, hold
hie high offico for long hie conduct
being that ot a lunatic. The t
being almost empty, sol money ur
gently needed, the Admiral Pasha was
instructed to make reprisals on Vene
tian vessels for Indignities Inflicted on
tho faithful by Venetian traders at
Rhodes and Cyprus. There have been
no complaints to the Parte ot any
each Indignities—for the reason, as I
suppose, that no each Indignities have
been committed, but the Admiral
Pasha understood bis orders In the
spirit In which they wen Issued, eud
hence tho capture of the Venetian frt-
g&toon in which yon came hither, II
was seen that yon were not of the
IttUan race, and yon and your effects
were set aside for special considers
tlon-a consideration delayed by tho
turbulence of the times, which en
gross estbe attention of all the officers
of state. It was last night when the
Grand Vlilcr put your English papers
Into my hands for Interpretation. I
perceived within a Httie what had 00-
eurred, and exercised each power as I
bare for your beneflt Your property,
uninjured end complete, la at my
house, and than It la that I would ad
vise you to come end stay for the pres
ent With regard to the captain who
has your ring I could by my word
cause his beau to be brought to you at
once on a dlah, bat yon have not been
fo Turkey long enough to bo Indiffer
ent to the eight, and Indeed hie fanlt
scarce merits the penalty."
No words can adequately express the
tmnxports of joy with which I drank
In the generous declaration of Sir
Thornes Boo. When I was a school
boy at Bt Edmond's Bury I aaw a
thief (tending an a gallows hie arms
bound and his neck In a noose, with
the hangman at hla aide ready to tun
him off. bnt the king's pardon at that
moment arriving, the baiter waa re
moved from his neck, hie arms un
bound. end he wee led back to prison.
r ing eaa efface from my memory
exproesloa of that man'a face
while the king’s pardon waa being
read oat to him, and I think I must
have felt somewhat ee the Suffolk rob
ber felt on that occasion, lfy thanks,
- however briefly expressed, were very
foe lent, end I frit feint with pleasur-
abia excitement when Sir Thornes rose
to leave end bade me accompany him.
The two young Turks who bad guard
ed me threw wide tho door to allow of
oar departure, and bowed to my pro
tector so humbly that their foreheads
touched the carpet I would have re
warded them for the kindly treatment
I bad racatved at their hands, but I
had nothing wherewith to do to. end
the opportunity passed.
After descending a gnat number ot
•tape and threading our way through
aome.paved courts not much unlike the
courtyards of OB English castle, my
protector and I at J ut reached a pub
lic afreet, where riralted ns ate ne
groes with two fine Iffime*. SlrThomas
end I having mounted tito horses they
were led by ttvo negroee, with a negro
walking on either tide of'each rider.
An-) in this manner we ptoceedcd to
Pors, where Sir Thomas BOS’* house
was situate. Oor progru* through
narrow streets ailed with a motley
crowd of petty chapmen etrangely ap
pareled, all pressing closely to get a
view of me, was very slow, hot I
would not. If I could have hastened It,
for the senee of liberty, the cnrlous
scene, end tho conversation of Sir
Boa were delightful to me.
Of Anita and her maid Sir Thomas
could unfortunately tell me nothing.
The usual course, he said, with female
captives wee to submit them to the
Mistress of the Harem for examina
tion, and If, In the Judgment of that
lady they were euffldently young and
beautiful they were received Into His
Majesty's harem, while such as failed
to present the necessary yonthfulhess
and beauty were sent to the slave mar
ket and sold. He promised to Institute
an Inquiry concerning them that same
day, but warned me that be was un
able to afford them any protection In
whatever circumstances they might
be placed, as they were neither of
them English subjects.
The house of Sir Thomas Boo was
large, square and low. with wide ver
andas on every aide. It was In the
middle of a garden on the side of a
bill, and overlooked the sea. The de
mesne was surrounded by a thick wall
so high that tho housa could scarce be
seen, from the outside. We were no
sooner entered within the gates than
a swarm of elavee crowded abont ne,
and oor Jaded horse* were half led,
half pulled, toward the house. I was
abont to dismount when a stalwart
negro threw himself upon the ground
right In my way, hla legs and arms
doubled under him In curious fashion,
and the surfaco of his bock presented
upward. Hesitating for a moment. In
doubt what thla might mean. I no
ticed another alave behave In JQdmllar
manner In front of my companion,
who proceeded.at once to dlemonnt,
using bis slave as we In England use a
stepping stone. I copied bis example,
but with an 111 grace for Sir Thomas
smilingly observed, “I perceive by
many signs that yon are newly oi^
rived In Turkey."
As soon aa we had refreshed our
selves with sherbet and fruits. Sir
Thornes Roe himself conducted me to
a room, where I saw, standing one
upon other on the floor, the ten black
chests, each bearing my name, appar
ently In the same state as when I last
saw them In my cabin aboard the Orlo
Mallpletro, and there alio waa my
girdle full of money, my papers, and
tbo pistols which Signor Simona had
riven mo.
,i Mr. Troeman," laid my host, “If
the contents of your chests had been
known to your raptors, I feu nothing
I could have done wonld have saved
them from confiscation. As It was,
my knowledge of you was acquired
barely In time to help you, for the
public disturbance* having now sub
sided, your effects would soon have
been examined, with what result you
nay guess. On learning that yonr
nsage was the best which the Porte
allows to any prisoner I thought It pru
dent to make your property my first
rare, and accordingly obtained last
night an order from the Grand Vliler
that It should be placed In my charge,
and behold It before yon a* I received
Examine It all carefully at your
leisure, for I must now to Seraglio,
where I will Inquire concerning the
two Venetian ladles, your fellow pas
sengers, and of tho Venetian merchant
whose aequls yon say these are. Mean-,
while you must consider my house
and servants aa yonr own." At these
words my noble benefactor left me,
and I proceeded to carefully scruti
nies etch chest None of them had
been tampered with In any way; they
were all of the proper weight and the
rralnoua black paint with which each
waa covered had scarce received a
scratch. My money, too, wae equally
safe and correct nine hundred and
forty-four pounds, all told, showing
that my expenditure elnce I left Eng
land had amounted to no more than
flfty-Mx pounds.
After an absence of several hours
Sir Thomas Roe returned, and I per
ceived at once from hla countenance
that he bore no good newa. "The two
Venetian ladle*,’’ said he, “yon are not
likely to ace again. I have spdken
with the chief eunuch, who has con-
ferred with the Mistress of the Ha
rem, and I learn that both ladlea were
rejected ms unworthy of the Sultan,
and sent to the alave market for eale.
I hare been to the slave market, and
talked with the merchants there, and
am told by them that the younger of
the two ladlea w£s bought by an old
merchant from Aleppo for two hun
dred sequins, bnt that aha protested In
dumb show so pathetically against
being parted from her mistress, the
only human being near with whom
she waa able to speak, that her new
owner bought the other lady also for
aeventy-flve sequins, to be the servant
of hla first purchase, and thus, both as
slaves, and with their respective posi
tions reversed, they h%ve been carried
away to Aleppo.”
Poor Anita! I was too dazed by
contemplation of her miserable and
graded fate to offer any remark. Sir
Thomas Roe continued:
“Signor Mario Battlata It dead; ho
was killed a Jail month before you
I largo fortune by trade, and
being a shrewd, clever men he liber
ally feed aa influential pasha, from
whom be received In return Intelli
gence of State matters, fix title way
the unfortunate Battista learned In
advance of the Porto’s alleged griev-
r against the Venetians, and cor
rectly estimating the Incident he closed
his affairs here with os much secrecy
and despatch at he could, and. accom
panied by hie wife and his two sons,
embarked one night aboard a vessel
h* had purchased, taking with him
an immense treasure of money and
Jewels. Bnt bis flight was noticed
almost at once, and his means of In
formation ascertained. His friend, the
pasha, was bowstrong. Battista's ship
overtaken and sank with all aboard
before It bad got out of the Bosphorus,
and the treasure brought back and
placed In the Imperial treasury, where
It now !*.'
This horrible narrative dumbfounded
me, and I resolved to get withont the
dominions of xhe Grand Turk as soon
as conveniently might be. Apprehend
ing I should experience some
difficulty In reaching Venice (far I
designed to return to that city), I ques
tioned Sir Thomas Roe as to tho de
gree of safety enjoyed by Englishmen
id Turkey, and In particular desired
him to tell me how It came about that
Us representations were more regard
ed than the representations made by
ambassadors from other countries,
which appeared very plainly the case.
“TheTurks,"said SlrThomas Roe,
“have respected England since 16SS.
In 1587 England humiliated liersclf
by asking these people to aid her lo
repelling Invasion. The Turk, who Is
nothing If not selfish, of course re
fused, and Elizabeth’s envoys succeed
ed only in Impressing the Porte with
an Idea of England’s lmpotoncy. But
when In 1588 England single-handed
scattered and destroyed the whole
might of Spain, It was noted here, ns
Indeed It was throughout the world,
that the Islanders of Northern Europo
are not only keen In trade, but quick
to avengb and formidable In fight, ac
customed wltbsl to speak the truth
and stand - for their rights against
whatever odds. Your Turk, I say,
noted these things, and the beneflt to
Englishmen has been tbat to this day
their ships ride In the Bosphorus as
securely as In their own narrow seas.
That It Is not so with the ships of
weaker States you yourself can wit
ness."
For many days I continued to resld*
In the house of Sir Thomas Roe, not
going abroad fur|her than the bound
aries ot the garden which encompassed
It. My host was a delightful compan-
top, aa full ot Information as an egg la
of meat, yet withal singularly modest
In his manner of Imparting It. By
hla advice I not only delayed my de
parture for Venice, but refrained from
walking about tho city, and I was tbo
more content to follow his counsel
when I considered, the pain which In
telligence of the ill-fated Orlo Mallple
tro and her passengers would Inflict
on Signor Simons, and so I rested my
self, filling my mind from tho rich
stores ot knowledge possessed by my
host, and making under his able guid
ance rapid progress toward a mastery
ot the Turkish tongue.
But tbo time soon came when I
could no longer suppress my desire to
explore the atreets of Constantinople,
and observe the manners and customs
of the people, and I Intimated as much
to my host In tho choicest Turkish I
could command. My host no further
UNCLE J/MTJ WORLD’J FfllRBUILDlN<
At the St. Louis -Exposition the United
States Government Has Erected a
Structure Which Is a Model of Grace
and Beauty. !•: ! ' !
•jOja HE Government Bnlkllng
at the World's Fair ranks
O r | 1 o with any on the Exposl-
J i ji tlon ground In point of
"vfOV architectural dealgn and
sculptural beauty. The architect Is
Mr. James Knox Taylor, Supervising
Architect of the United States Treas
ury. The sculptor Is Mr. James Far
rington Early, the youngest pupil ever
admitted to the Royal Academy.
The exterior of the building Is clas
sic, stately and beautiful. Tbe main
entrance consists of a portico of eight
Ionic columns, five feet In diameter
and forty-five feet high, surmounted
by an entablature and attic.
Tbo attic Is enriched by eight colos
sal female Ago res eleven feet high,
BY MARK BENNITT.
The central ornament for )be -United
States Government Building proper Is
the statue of “Armed Liberty.” Tbe
first plaster cast of tbis statue was
made la Rome by Thomas Crawford,
the sculptor. It was used by Clark
Mills lo 1800 for making the mold in
wblcb ho cast the bronze statue sur
mounting tbe dome ot tbe Capitol In
Washingto. Tbe belgbt of this sta
tue Is nineteen feet six lncbes. Tbe
Government Board appropriated fl5,-
000 for the Interior decoration of the
Government Building. Tbis work
was under tbe Immediate supervision
of Mias Grace Lincoln Temple, whose
plans, however, were subject to the
approval of tbe members of tbe United
States Government Board.
AUTHOR OF THE i
WORLD’S FAIR HYMN
The selection of the veteran poet,
Edmund Clarence Stedman. to write
the World's'Fslr hymn, seems to have
been a popular choice. When the
question was asked who should be in
vited to undertake a work of sneb mo
ment, the name of Mr. Stedman was
suggested from many quarters.
The poem has now been completed
and set to music by Mr. John K.
Paine, of Harvard University. The
title is tbe “Hymh of the West." Per
mission to bear this notable composi
tion is withheld from tbe public until
GUMPSB OF THE WOBLD’S FAIR. SlldwING A BRANCH OF THE WATERWAY, THE EDUCATION PAL
ACE ON THE LEFT AND THE PALACE OF MINES AND METALLURGY IN THE CENTER.
representing Music, Painting, Sculp
ture, Architecture, Agriculture, Manu
factures, Transportation and Com
merce.
On each side of the central portico
and Just above the top of the attic are
groups of four figures each. A seated
female figure, fourteen feet high, rep
resenting America, with a torch In one
hand and an eaglo at her feet, Is sur
rounded by three' young athletea, each
ten feet six Inches high, typifying the
youth and strength of the Republic.
Each has a laurel wreath in his band.
The domo Is surmounted by a quad-
_ rlgn. a Goddess of Liberty fourteen
opposed my desire, but merely auvised I feet high, bearing a torch In one band,
me to adopt tho dress of a Turk, and nnd an eagle In the other, standing In
never to stir abroad unless accompa
nied by at least two stout slaves;
suggestions which I very willingly
adopted, though at first I found the
looee flowing garments of the Otto
mans excessively Inconvenient and
conid not then hhve believed that I
should for twenty-eight yean clothe
myself In no other way.
The health of Sir Thomas Roe was
not robust and It waa always bis cus
tom after a spell of sickness to talk of
his return to England, a change which
he contemplated with pleasure.
list!
He
had no regular assistance in tho du
ties of his office, which at times
pressed heavily upon him, so that
when I volunteered to assist In tho
preparation If bis dispatches to King
James my offer was gratefully ac-
the triumphal chariot drawn by four
colossal horses. The horses are guid
ed by two nude male figures, each
twelve feet high.
The Fisheries Building, which Is con
nected with the United Slates Govern
ment Building by a colonnade, Is se
verely classic In outline. It Is ns slm
pie as the Greek temple of Poseidon,
which still crowns “Sunlum’s Marbled
Steep.” Groups of naiads, mermaids,
mermen, sportive dolphins, sea shells
nnd trldenti adorn every available
place. Tho friezes nnd crests around
the building nil suggest tho sea.
A FEW WORLD’S FAIR FEATURES.
SUPERSTITIONS Or MECHANICS.
Bom* QMtr Belief* That Obtain Among
Crnftemeg.
Cal McSimm», of the Bricklayer*’
ccpted. “And thualhe winter "of 1022 | Union, speaking of superstitions
passed away, the spring of 1828 ad- ] known among his craftsmen, said:
vonccd and still my dally life remained "Should a bricklayer drop a brick
unaltered, but I had meanwhile no | from a wall while nt work and break
qulred the languago of the Turks, and l It lengthwise It Is a sure token of great
that. too. with little trouble, for It pre- j luck, and that the man will get money,
sents but few difficulties to an earnest but If It falls and alights on Its end
student. In June. 1623. Intelligence and stands In that position for a mo-
reached Sir Thomas Roc. In answer to ment. he is sure to die in a
Inquiries which he had Instituted at
my instigation, that 8lgnor Pietro Si
mona was dead, that the good old
Venetian merchant bad died in the
belief that all who tailed from Venice
In tho Orlo Mallpletro had perished.
There remained nothing now to attract
mo to that city, and abandoning my
Intention to revisit It, I continued to
live with Sir Thomas Roe.
To be continued.
came to Constantinople. He had)ton.
Ttiffi Industrious Danes.
The children of Denmark are taught
to knit when but live years old. Even
la tbe public schools tbis is quite an
Institution, although tbe private
schools made It an absolute rule, one
hour each day being given to that in
dustry. The same rule applies in the
home-life, one hour being devoted
daily either to sewing, knitting, .croch
eting, embroidery or lace-maklng. Nor
is this considered sufficient; the young
woman of the family Is supposed never
to be idle, sho must always have somo
thing on band to be taken up. If a
chance visitor comes in, or a friend
arrives for the day, both have tliglx
needlework with them.—Marie Man.
ley, In tbs Woman’s Homs Compan*
month.
The painters have only one real su
perstition, nnd that Is that. If whilo
one of their number Is nt work fitting
a pane of glass he lets it fall, and it Is
broken into thirteen pieces, he will
meet with 111 luck within the next
twenty-four hours.
Many of the waiters in the restau
rants believe If the first order they
take In the morning Is for ham and
eggs they will have good luck all that
day. ~ It Is a common superstition
among tho barbers that if a man
comes Into the shop nnd has a long
beard removed there will be a marriage
among tbe barbers in the place soon.—
Kansas City Journal.
"Whit U th* King?”
The Ilereros, now in rebellion
against Germany, have*a pretty fair
opinion of themselves and of their
chief. One of their songs begins:
“What is the King of England, what
Is tho King of Germany compared with
theo, O, Mahereo, first among all
princes? Have they so many thousand
cattle as thou? No! Who Is so mighty
as thou?” The Hereros despise Euro
peans. The name for a European is
“oUrlrumba”—“White thins.”
In a short article such as this, one
can only refer to such great features
at the Philippine exhibit, corerlng
forty acres and containing more than
1000 natives from those far off Pacific
Islands; the United States Government
Imllan exhibit; covering many acres
and occupying a large building; the ex
hibit of tbe United States Bureau of
Plant Industry, consisting of an out
door map of the United States, cover
ing four acres; the great Athletic
Field, where the Olympian Games of
1001 will be held; the Aerial Concourse
where the airship and balloon contests
having prises aggregating $200,000, wilt
take place; the Anthropology exhibit;
the forty or more State buildings; tbe
outdoor exhibits of the Departments of
Agriculture snd Horticulture, covering
mnny acres; the Palace ot Horticul
ture, 400 by 800 feet, containing the
largest exhibits of horticulture ever
brought together; tbe beautiful Temple
of Fraternity; the magnificent build
ings erected by foreign nations; the
great Inside Inn, where 0000 guests
may find accommodation at rates from
$1.50 to $5.00 per day; the extensive
Live Stock Pavilion; the great land
scape clock, made of flowers.
THE CROWS AND THE BALL.
An IOTlncIbU Ess That Baffled All
Their attack*.
During a piazza game of ping-pong
one of the balls was sent quite a dis
tance out over the lawn, where a crow
seised it and bore It off in trtumpb,
evidently thtnklngit was an egg. After
much pecking, from all of which the
frolicsome little ball hounccd away un
broken, the crow had an excited con
sultation with several of his fellows,
and then deliberately carried tbo. ball
to the top of a high tree and let it drop.
Again the assembly of black feathered
experimenters gathered around In
amazement. Was there ever such a
remarkable egg? It bad fallen from
a height that played havoc with their
eggs and their little ones as well and
yet survived intact! Then one after
another tramped on it, cawing loudly
all the while.
At last, In sheer exhaustion and dis
gust, they all gave it up, flew to the
top of their favorite tree, and, still
cawing loudly, watched one of the
ping-pong players came out from the
house and carry off the invincible egg
that had baffled their boldest attacks.—
Boston Wrtchman.
The Odd Korean Flat.
The Koreans, who have lately re
called their Minister In Washington,
uttract attention for one reason if for
no other. Their peculiar flag adorns
their legation building. The body of
the flag Is white, nnd in the centre Is a
design about tbe size of a football in
red and blue, looking very much like
huge entwined comma marks. On the
top, bottom and sides are short lines of
dots and dashes, reminding one of tbe
Morse cods alphabet
the opening day of the Exposition,
but that an unusual treat is In store
for them Is assured.
Poems by Mr. Stedman have been
used for musical settings of several of
the most distinguished American com
posers, and he Is especially gifted In
lyric composition. The song for the
World’s Fair Is considered Uls best ef
fort .
ME 8tedmnn was born In Hartford,
Conn., in 1833, and was graduated
from Yale in the class of 1853. He be
came editor of the Norwich (Conn.)
Tribune nnd the Wlnsted (Conn.) Hcr-
nld w and In 1850 Joined the staff of the
New York Tribune. He was. war cor
respondent of tbe New York World
from 1801 to 1803. After the war he
purchased a seat ’In the New York
Stock Exchange, and while devoting
his life to literary work, has also car
ried on a successful business. He has
published many volumes of bis own
poems and Is the editor of several col
lections and libraries of poetry and
literature.
Frank Vonderstuken, director of the
Cincinnati Orchestra, has written
“Louisiana," the World’s Fair march,
nnd Henry K. Hadley, of New York,
has written the Exposition waltz,
“Along the Plaza.”
DIGGING UP GREECE
Studying Archaeological Remain* to Find
How th* Ancient* LI red.
They are digging up Greece to find
out how the men of olden times lived*
carried on business and died. Accord
ing to a dispatch from London, a large
number of expeditions under the lead
ership of sclentlflc men are at work
studying archaeological remains.
The American school under the di
rection of T. W. Heermance will con
tinue its excavations at Corinth, whero
the difficulties in connection with the
expropriation of landowners stopped
the work in 1003. These have now been
settled.
The British school will now resume
its excavations at Palaeocastro, East
ern Crete, where a rich series of My
cenaean vases and terra cottas have
been discovered. Trial excavations
will be made at Laconia. The first
Rite will be the Temple of Artemis, at
Kary.
The French school will continue
more completely and more systemati
cally the Delos excavations of 1003,
which have already revealed interest
ing traces of the commercial activity
of Roman republican tiroes.
Onion* For the Nerrou*.
Onions eaten raw, with bread nnd
butter, make a capital complexion
clearer nnd nightcap, especially for
the nervous person, who is generally
Inclined to lay awake o’ nights and to
make up at disheartening early hours
of the morning. Slice the onions thin
nnd sprinkle lightly with salt to take
off the raw, cmd* taste, and have the
bread thin and a good deal of butter.
Talking of nervoqsneas, there Is no
better nerve fqod than good butter.