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tbt Kisf§ of Wdiz. London News. ; ■■ I. . . : Oolverley had lived so long In East trn climes that he was continually being mistaken for a Turk. I told him so one evening as I sat smoking in tin rooms in Constantinople. "That so? I woa At the selamllk yes terday," Calverley said presently; '"and the sultan came along with a wild glare In his eye. They say he's going mad. You should 'have seen how he wobb'ed about all over that grey Arab of his—the old one who always dances to the muse, you. know." " ' " ' . "You have Just the same look In your eyes," I said, refilling my pipe. "Hope to goodness you won't go mad, Oalver ley, before you get that mining conces sion we're after. You're suspiciously liko tli© 6ultan aireudy— the same cut, though your beard's a little too long, and you're In a trifle better condition." Calverley walked to the glass and made a rapid snip at each side of his beard with a pair of scissors. Then he •tuck on ■ a fez, flung himself upon a divan, crossed his legs, and waved his hand to me in a manner that Implied I was an infidel dog to whom audience must be granted. . • I was startled. "Turn up the collar of your dress coat, and p'n It ovtr, and no one could possibly tell you from the sul tan himself!" I cr:ed. "Do you think he has ever noticed it? You had an audience •with him about that concession. Was he polKe yesterday?" Calverley uncurled his legs. "I'm con vinced that the sultan's as mad as a hatter, and that 'his mln'sters know it!" he said excitedly. "You remembf-r old Klslar Agha, the chief of the Eunuchs?" I nodded. "Well, old Kis'.ar is very chummy with me because I did him a good turn once. Yesterday he kept looking from tl".» BuKun to me and from me to the sultan In absolute bewilderment, as If he didn't know t'other from which. He always swears how much he intes me, but that doesn't prevent his asking me for tco much backsheesh over this concession for copper mines In Asia Minor, and so tie's blocking the way. I could have talked the sultan over, had he been sane enough to understand what I was saying. Now, I must have that conce&s'on. If I get It I make a hundred thousand pounds di rectly the flrmaum Is in my possession. Old Kislar's too wily, however. He get me in a corner today and said that he wanted to see me this evening. When lie comts, you get behind the curtain and hear all that passes. There's m'schki afoot somewhere—someth shady is going on, but, for the life of me, I can't put my finger on it. I can hear him coming down the street now." Calverley flung open the winrlow and we both looked out. An Abyssinian slave-ran in front with a torch. Behind him was a muffled-up man. although the evening was warm,' mounted on a su perb bay Arab. Behind the Arab was a 6edan chair, and behind the sedan char ran two more attendants, armed to the teeth. The bay , Arab stepped dalntl'.y over a dog lying In the middle of the road, and began to slip about on the rough co>i>ble stones. ~-"• "Get your heaid In quick," sail Cal verley. "Don't you »cc he's looking r.,und to find out whether he'.s being follow ed!" We »hut the window noiselessly enough, and I dived beh the cur a ns jus-t- as a ring at the door announced that the Kislar Agha had reached his dest'nafon. In accordance with Oriental etiquette, Calverley wr-nt down to meet him, put his hand under the Agha's armpit, and laboriously hoisted him—he was a heavy .man— up the stars. Fortunately tfce embrasure in whicth I was hidden wts draped Just like the other hang'.nga which coverci the walls, and no recess was visible. Tho A.g'Via dropped a short sentence to his servants, who f're>w a co'jple 'of suggestively Sharp yataghans, and stationed themselves ' outside Ihe door, ' Now," ho paid, Losing Calverley full in the face, "no ons can overhear us?' 1 • • "Except the One who hears all," sad Calverlry gravely, as the Agha seated himself on a divan and waited for h's slaves to hrin? in coffee and nararh.lahs. The Agha wa.i a wi'.y man, an i m vor truste.l other people's coffee—wh'ch was wise-; for n cup or coffee can often ba turned, to dangerous uses in the East. . For tome time, both _ men sm >k< d In passively and drank the fragrant cof fee hasde.l t» them In little filigree cups. When they hal finished bhelr coffee the Ag'.ia mafle a sign that the jeweled cups j Wf-re Calverley's, and rrfpared to talk I bueiness. Calverley put the cups away In a cupboard (they were worth a-t least a hundred pounds) without betraying any surprise at the costliness of such a pres ent. He knew well enough that the Ag-hn, as a rule, found it more blessed to receive than to give. The Agha looked at Calve-rley search- Ingly, and ma3e a s'gn to a man just in- Eide the doorway. "He is a mute," ho sakl to Calver'.ey; "that is why I bought him." The mute handed the Agha a straight cut black coat, with a stand-up collar. "I have brought you a Turkish coat," I raid the Agha. handing it to him. Calverley began to see.what was com-' ■ ing, and his face lit up with satisfaction. : "Jnsfhallab, it la a beautiful coat, but a I trifle tight in the armp'ts," he said, as he tr!«d it on. "Now, Agha, what do you ■want?" "Insrhnllah, it is a beautiful coat." said the Agha slowly. "My lord and master, | the sultan of all Islam, wore it himself et yesterday's selalik." ' "W—what!" •''S—sh!" said the Agha slowly. "I havo a little plan, E;Yendi. A little plan." "Ah," said Calverley, reseating himself on the divan. "Yes, I thought that you Wonl'l have a little plan." "It is for you to wear this coat an<s sit on tha throne of the sultan for twenty, four hours," said the Agha. "And what becomes of the sultan in the meantime?" . The Agha impressively put his hand on Cnlverley's arm, and drew him to the window. "See!" he said imperturbably,^ "it is full moon tonight." - _-:;;;v i-j Calverley looked at the silver moon It Bailed over the housetops, and. was mournfully greeted by a fanatical muez- Eln from the minaret 1 of the neighboring xnosque. "So!" he said. "I understand now. Is he always mad at the full BioonT" "Always, Effendl." "And?" "He has to receive the great English ICltchl (the English ambassador) in full audience tomorrow. The Eltchi declines to be put off any longer." "I see. I am to receive the ambassador for you?" 'Evet.(yes), EfTendl; you must recelvw the groat Eltcht." "And how am I to come safely out of It?" z The chief of the Eunuchs laid his hand on "his breast. "I swear it," he said solemnly. ;^.; .■ "Anything for a little fun. I'm growing father tired of this place," Calverley yawned. "It's risky, but I'll do it.'' "Not a hair of your head shall be larmed." said the chief of the Eunuchs, looking Calverley straight in the eyes. *I am all alone. We have been brothers."' "Very well, I'll do the best I can for I'ou. Now, to be perfactly straight -with J-ou, I may say that my friend is conceal •d in that corner, and has haard all that lias passed." "1 knew that he wa-s there." If you had Twit put him thero I should have known IbaJt yoi.; declined to help me. I would not have said anything." "I wonder." asked Calverley, full cf admiration, "if I Hhall ever got ahead of you in any way? When I remember all of the ir.f'7i<>y you've got out of me over this concession business I have my ' doubts. Do you. think, honestly now, that I ever shall pat ahead of you?" "I think not."-said the Agha, patting fcls arm. "My life depends on the success of this little scheme. My imperial master By 0. B. Burgin. would flay me alive If he ever realized what I am doing. He is drugged. When he comes to his senses, he will know nothing of what has happened. Hia phy sician tells me that If he gets over this attack he will soon be well again. You see what I have at stake." "I ought to make some terms about that concession." "The concession! Ah! yes, we shall see about that later," said the Agha hastily, his business instincts reasserting them selves. "I'm too much of a sportsman," said Calverley, "to take advantage of the sit. uation, or I'd nail you down to something definite. However, we shall see what -ye shall see." "If Allah wills, you will get the con cession," sententiously remarked the Agha. 'And If he doesn't will?" "Someone else will get it." ■•Well, we'll see about that. I tell you frankly that I mean to have It some how." Ait a sign from the Agha, the mute brought a woman's dress »f light silk, and put it on Calverley. A yashmak of muslin concealed the lower part of his face. His dark brown eyes were bigger than ever In this becoming frame. "The guards will think that I am tak ing you to the harem" sad the Aghn. "There was a g;rl brought ,ny eat ere ay. She was—" He checked h:mseif hastily. "Once you are in YJd z Kiosk, you can put the drfss aside and prepare to be king of Yildiz for twenty-four hours. I shall leave you in a certain small room which has a doer communicating with a passage leading: to tba harem. Ti.e harem is guarded by another mute, wiso has orders not to admit even the su.t n himsflf tonight." "Of course, of coursr," said Calver cy hastily. "You needn't have taken such precautions as all that. You forgot I am an Englishman." The Agha salaamed magn;rtcently. "A mere matter of form. Your ro. m will i. "Ah! here is the stagnant pool that Is the breeding place o« the mosquitoes wnich infest our church and parsonage. I shall exterminate them, one and all, by application of t'ne new kerosene oil idea." 3. Thou fool, cast not fnat lighted match upon the waters lest it return to you after—" M^ifSsy^^^^^^^^^^ i. "Remember the spouse of Lot and look not backward!" be midway between the harem and the guard room, in wh'eh are four Albanians armed to the teeth. After the audience with the ambassador, I will come at du&k and, clad in this costume, you can return here. When the sulla'n wakes, he will be in his own room, and not know that he has slept for two days. You speak Turkish so well that you are perfectly safe. The sultan's voice Is low and weak, remember. Are you ready?" "I am ready," ea'd Calverley. "i'ou can show up now, Winton, and.tell the A#hii how good-natured I am to put my fingers into the f.re to pull out his chestnuts." I came out, feeling somewhat confused at the ironical light in the Agha's eye. "You have taken to Turkish methids very readily, Winton Effend!," he said, as he rose to depart. "And look here, Winton," said Ca'ver ley, preparing to foUow the Agha. "If I don't come 'back, you can have the cof fee cups." ''Jn any case, it will be healthier to get away from Constantinople as sson as pos sible," I suggested. "The Mesragerles steamer leaves on Sunday. I will bO'.-k two berths." The Agha looked pleased, and went away taking Calverley wth him. I hastily wrote out an oocount of what was going on, sealed the Utter, and ad dressed it to the English ambassador, marking it, "To be opened if not cla'mrd by Mr. Winton by 12 o'clock the day after tomorrow." Then I put a revolver in my breast pocket, strolled out past the British embassy, and dropped the note in the letter box. If the Agha meant to play Calv&rley false, the whole thing must come to light. The Agha had se cured most of Calverley's money without making any adequate return; he should not have my friend's life also and es cape punishment if I could help It. 11. The sultan's bedroom was simplicity itself. The furniture consisted of a few scrolls on the wall—illuminated texts from the Koran—a divan in a corner, a bed on the floor in another corner, a narghlleh on the floor, and a small inla'.d table of mother-of-pearl and walnut in the center. The room was softly carpet ed, and had its'one small window screen ed by a lattice. At the end of this room, and opposite the entrance was an other door. Calverley lifted the curt&n which hung before It. At the end of a long, low passage lay a man asleep on a mat before a third door. "That is the entrance to the harem," said the Kislar Aghai significantly. "No man save the sultan can enter there and come out alive." "Oh, very well!" said Calverly huffily. "I only wanted to see where I was." "That mute is the strongest man in Turkey," said the Agha apprehensively. "He is renowned for his skill with the bowstring." Calverly took off his feminine costume. "He doesn't frighten me. Now, I'll see the ambassador tomorrow, and you'll come to fetch me away in the ovening?" "Yes." "In the meantime, I warn you that It I THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, JULY 21. 1901. can make mire about that concession 1 shall do so." "You English are a great race!" said the Agha admiringly. "Even when your necks are in danger, you still think of money." "Never mind. I want that mining con cession in Asia Minor, and I mean to have It. At the present price of copper, it's a fortune. Good night. Give or. ders that I am not to be disturbed until sunrise." The Agha backed out of the royal pres ence in his customary submissive man ner, so that the guards might not realise that anything unusual had happened. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and went to his own rooms. If anyone could carry out this imposture successfully, Calverley was the man. And he had pass ed his word to do it. In spite of the enor mous issue at stake, the Agha slumbered peacefully that night, after first carefully inspecting a small room in which the Ruler of the Faithful slept a heavy and unnatural sleep. Left to himself, Calverley turned the key in the door next to the g-uard room. "I don't want cne of those villains to come in and cut my threat," he mur murtd. "I may as well fasten this other door. That fellow on the mat is stuck all over with weapons. Well, I'm " He pause:!, with a low whistle, for the mute was a.so snoring. The K'slar Agha has trusted Calverley, and had drugged ' the mute. Even as Ca-lverley gazed, a curtain was pulkd back, a woman step- j ped softly over the mute, and came along i the passage. She carried a dagger in one hand and a cloak in the other. "P:ea3ant!" raid Calverley. "Seems as if I were to have a rough time of it, after all. What have I done to this lady that she should want to stick that ex ceedingly sharp dagger into me?" He hastily dropped the curtain and stood to one side. As he anticipated, j the next moment the curtain was drawn j back, the woman stepped into the room, j Calvirlty seized the hand holding the i dagger, and the weapon dropped on the j carpet. The girl struggled desperately until her strength gave way. "Stop it," said Calverley. "I don't want to hurt you." He forgot that the girl was probably a Circassian!. To his surprise, the stranger gave a softly muffled shriek. "Sakes!" she crkd. THE REV. 0. SHAW FIDDLE, D. D. "Who'd have thought you knew Ameri can! Who are you, anyway?" "I'm the sultan," said Calverley cheer fully. "Come over to the lattice, and then the guards won't hear you." The girl looked at him distrustfully., "I'm Amanda B. Pratt, I am, and don't you forget it," she said severely. "What do you mean by not going- to sleep when I want to get away from this den of - wickedness. I'll report you to our consul when I get out of this. You'll soon hear what our Massachusetts papers, think of you, you bet." "But how did you get here" asked Calverley, quite forgetting that he was supposed to know all about it. "How can I tell? What's the use of asking foolish Questions like that, sul tan?" said Miss Pratt recovering from her fright. "I left Aunt Samantha; at the hotel and went for a walk in the pipe market, and some of your black villains threw a cloth over my head and brought me here. They took away my own clothes too," she added, indignantly surveying herself. "Nice fitting things these are after getting one's dresses In Paris!" She hastily drew the cloak round her and blushed. Calverley laughed. "To tell you the truth, Miss Pratt, I'm sultan for twenty fcur hours only. Now, my life is in your hands." "Guess you're a pretty good Imitation of the original article I saw at the selamltk yesterday," said Miss Pratt, looking at him searehingly. "If I go a>bout again by myself buying pipes for Uncle Hiram, may I never see Massachusetts any more." "Well, I'm.very much afraid you won't see Massachusetts unless I help you to escape," suggested Calverley. "Once the real sultan sees you, you're too be witchingly pretty for him ever to let you go again." "You're the first Britisher who's ever ■told me that," said Miss Pratt, with a lonely smile. "You say it a good deal prettier than the other men who've told me nice things about myself." "And I mean it," eaid Calverley, with an earnestness whloh surprised him self, for hitherto he had not been much given to flirting. The girl was delight fully pretty, with soft dark-brown eyes, a lovely rose-and^white complexion, and slight, willowy figure. The Turkish dress in which she was clothed, gave a strange piquancy to her beauty. There was an air of innocent pertness about her which went straight to Calverley's heart. And yet he could see that belrnd the prettiness were nerves of Iron. Truly, it America produced many young worn, en like Miss Amanda B. Pratt, it was a dangerous country for bachelors to visit. "When you've quite done staring at me," said Miss Pratt, "perhaps you'll tell ■me how to keep these s'.lppf rs on. Thero are no heels to the silly things, and tho rest of the costume seems slipping about to match. I—." She made a hasty clutch at some invisible garment, and asked him if he had any pins. "I *>•* your pardon," eald Calverley hastily. "I wasn't aware of my rudeness. Now, listen to me." Miss Pratt composedly eat down on the divan. "If that arsenal on the doormat wakes up I guess I'm a gone coon," she said composedly. "Oh no, you're not. I'm k'ng of Yild z for the next twenty-four hours. You want to escape?" "I reckon Aunt Samantha's real mad with me by this time. She always said I'd be the death of her." "I'm going to get you out of this some how. Will you do as I te;i you?" "That depends," said Miss Fratt sauc! ly. "You've a sort of. see-the-conquering hero-comes-stand-and-deliver kind of way about you which I don't reckon to ad mire. I'm an American girl, I am. We don't allow young men to talk to us like that in Massachusetts." Calverley became serious. "My dear girl—Miss Pratt—this is no laughing- mat ter. I'll bs as polite as you please when I meet you in Massachusetts." "Well, then, we'll just imagine we're there already, sultan, and you can mo:!- j crate your manners -accordingly. One I would think you're president vt the ] United States, as well as sultan!" "Now, do listen to me a moment. Mrs Pratt. I'm net going to leave you ;n | this confounded harem for— for—" "Aunts sake?" demurely repl'ed Mss ; Pratt, who was a coquette to'"the back- j bone. The Englishman gave her ronil- ! dence and what had threats ned to b- j come a very scr'ous business now seem- j ed only child's play. His next words, [ however, undeceived her. "Now to be serious," said Calve-rlev. "This is a matter of life and death—bow string for me, Bosphorus for you—in a— in a sack." "My!" Miss Pratt shlverc-d. "I stem to | be in a sack now." She looked at her i clothes with profound disgust. "Wish I | wa.s hack again in Massachusetts; and all this fuss is because Uncle Hiram warned ! a real Turkish pip«! You men are always leading poor women into difficulties." "I'll get your Uncle Hiram a barr-1 of pipes if we ever escape from here. Now. Miss Pratt, you must be in earnest. I ieave here tomorrow night, and with \ you." "It's usual in Massachusetts, first to ask a lady whether shell come," murmured ' 2. "This oil poured upon the water 3 where they do congregate, carries destruction to the parents, their offspring—yea, even unto untold generations. AlTare put to death." — , i W - - - - ■ i i v ■ ■ —^^——^——^* Woe Is us! Flee! brother, flee!!" S|p| ftp* ~^\^ c. "Brethren, I wish to announce that tue damage to the church from last even ing's conflagration was but slight. My text this morning will be found in Eo clesiastes, chapter two, fifteenth verse—"Then said I in my heart, as it happeneth to tne fool, so>it happeneth even to me.' " Miss Pratt, lifting her dangerous eye lids. Calvertey took; her pretty little strong hand in his. "You will.obey me.' ha said sternly. "If wo ever do escape, you may then command me. I'll be your slave. Kor the present, you'll do as I tell you." "My! But your real masterful," said MiSs Pratt. "Wait till I get you in Massa chusetts, then it, will be my turn." "We're not there yet. You must jto back, t-o, pie haxe^n." "I'd rather not see any more of those— those girls," Miss Pratt suggested. "They're poking fun at me- all the time, and calling me a Frank. They might have made it a lira at least." Calverley seized Miss Pratt by her pretty shoulders and shook her. Miss Pratt shrieked softly. "Don't do that. I don't know how to manage all these strings and things." "Behave yourself, then. Return to the harem,, and come back here at the same hour tomorrow night. Give me that yash mak and cloak, and get fresh ones for yourself tomorrow night. I'll be aa hum ble as you like the day after tomorrow. Now, you hold your life and mine in your pretty little fingers. I like it; but" you have to do aa I tell you, or Uncle Hiram will never see that pipei." Miss Pratt lifted her beautiful eyes. "You're real masterful. Just the sort of man I Ilk©. Guess I'll do what you want." "And you're just the kind of a girl I like," said Calverley; "only, you've got to understand that when I give an order I expect to be obeyed." To her own great surprise, that outrag eous flirt, Miss Pratt, meekly asquiescad. "Guess you're a real man. The rest aro only dummies," she said, wdth transat lantic frankness. "If we ever do get out of this place, I'll consider that pipe busl, ness, young man." She held up her pretty lips to him with the air of an Innocent child, and Calver ley kissed her with a reverent tender ness which surprised himself. "That's for fear anything goes wrong with our scheme," said Miss Pratt, with another intensely ' becoming blush. "I thought you'd better have your reward before hand, In case " "In case?" "Oh, In case you couldn't claim It after wards. Now, I guess I'll meander back to those painted Jezebels in the next rcom. I don't like that bow string man on the mat there. What he wants in tongue he makes up In bowstring." She gave Calverjey the yashmak and cloak, and glided noiselessly away. The Hall of Audit nee was very sim ply and somowhttt shabbily furnished, with a big arm chair on a dais at one end of the room, the end opposite the do<-;r. Calverley sat in the arm cfaatr. Behind him stood the Interpreter and Klslar Agha. A lutla toelow the daia was another arm ohalr, Behind thla arm chair -were three ordinary chairs with cane bottoms. When the English ambassador entered, Calverley half rose from hia chair and bowed slightly. The ambassador made a diplomatic bow in return and leisure ly sank into the arm chair. 'Ihen cof fee was brought in, and Calverley, tne ambassador, the first secretary, the em bassy interpreter, and an attache all toy ed with the fliigTee cups and sipped It slowly. When the coffee had been taken away, the ambassador. In the same leis urely manner, unfolded the object of hs visit, and Calverley, prompted by the Kislar Agha, made su.'tab'.e replies. The ambassador was somewhat surprised at the cord'al manner in which his proposals were met. Even his diplomatic tralnng could not wholly conceal his satisfact on as he rose to depart. Calverley motioned to the Kislar Agha and attendants to withdraw out of hear ing. The Agha went SDmewhat unwilling ly. Calverley was perfectly aware that the sultan spoke excellent French, and addressed the English ambassador in that tongue. "Now that diplomacy has had its course, your excellency," he said gravely, "there is a small matter to which I would call your attention." The ambassador bowed, and wondered what was coming. "There is a fellow-countryman of youre now in Stamboul who has been endeav oring to obtain from my ministers a con cession for the working of certain cop per mines in Asia Minor. I am firmly convinced that the opening of these mines would be a great boon to the country. You follow me, excellency?" The ambassador bowed. "ITe:e is the flrmaum for the conces sion. T will ask your excellency not to mention the matter to your government for the space of a month. In order that I may have time to prepare my minis ters for this change in my policy. You will readily understand that between my v/ish to oblige England and not to hurry the downfall of the present min istry", the position is slightly difficult. I grant this concession, however, as an earnest of my desire to convince the British government that I have been misunderstood." 'Your majesty overwhelms me with such gracious condescension," said the nmbns-sartor, taking the flrmaum and put ting it in his pocket. "You may rely on your wishes being respected in their entirety In the meantime, the firmaum shall be deposited in the embassy archives fnr safe keeping until the time has elm-sod for it to be delivered to Mr. Calverley." Calverley beckoned to the Kislar Agha to approach. "Perhaps your excellency •will acquaint this trusted servant of nine with tine terms of the concession. He will bear, witness to my wishes, should any question arise afterwards. I found vthtt firmaum among my papers, already signed by the ministry, and have affixed my official seal to it this morning, so that you will perceive it is perfectly in order. Your people will consider me an en lightened ruler after this instance of my liberality, I am sure." • The ambassador bowed to the ground, while the Kislar Agha writhed lmpo tently, for Calverley nad "done him on the -post" with' regard to the concession. As a matter of diplomatic etiquette It was necessary that Kislar Agha should escort the ambassador back to Tiherapja. It was evening before he returned, for the ambassador had insisted that Agha should "dine with him, in order that he ■might taste a new variety of English sherbert called "Veuve Clicquot." Hence It was that Kislar Agha found the stair cases at Ylldiz somewhat confusing as he made his way to the Sultan's room, and prepared to get rid of the only man who had ever outwitted him. When he reach ed the ante-room, however, his way was barred by the Albanian guards,.. who declined to admit him until midnight. • Thf Kislar Agha went away. When his imperial master recovered he would present to him the pretty girl Kidnaped in the Pipe Market, and thus distract his attention from affairs of state This foreign . girl would be less dangerous to his interests than some Intriguing Cir cassian. He smiled, rubbed his hands, and decided to forgive Calverley. . The Kislar Agha came back to the sul* tan's -room at midnight, and found the light In it dimmer than usual. Calver ley sat In the middle of the room, smok ing a cigarette with imperturbable gTav. ity. One hand was In the breast pocket of his coat, and he did not even smile as he rose to his feet and motioned to the Agha to shut the door. "We will start in ten minutes," • he said. "I am re joiced to have be*n of service to you; but i of course • I had to be paid for my services." - .-.■-..>•■ "I've • been thinking It . over," said the Agha. "At first I wanted to have you bastinadoed, but, on the whole, the price to not too. nigh." '• - Calverley continued to smoke. "It must be a little higher, though. I want that American girl thrown In." he said quietly. , The Kislar Agha's suspicions were at once aroused. He sprang to his feet with a cry <of rage. The cold muaile of a revolver brought him to his senses. "You will ruin me," he said feebly, and Bank down on the floor with a groan, oalllng piteously on hi» prophet to save him from the encroachments of thi« gia our guipek - (infidel dog). "How can 1 pass the mute and g^t her away? 1' he urged. ~ "You had no business to know anything about ihor It was quite an ac cident that «he was kidnapped." - ,-" "Now, ray dear - fellow, do be reauona- - Sle," s*ld Calverley perauaaJvely.,-ilWha.t oca ono girl moro or ■ less matter In a country Ilk* Turkey? Sh* aotm matter to mo. Ive fallen in iove with her, and nu» going to marry h«r. Now. &a I dc-nt pro pose to fall in love xnoro than' ono»- In my 'life, you can easily ac« how lnoon venlent It will be if your absurd prejn-. dices' stand In the way of nvv happlnesv Besides, you'll . fret -.yourself Into an : aw ful m^sm kMnapine American oltlser* in this way. There'4t be a frightful row in a day or two, if she 'sn't restored to her friends. Why, I'd rather give up the oon ceaslon ? than-lose th»t girl." Tha Agha again Brp»ne4'feebly, "It I isn't that." he eald. ''It Isn't that. A* ifcin in i ii i'imi 'Tirm ii tf i wiir iiHf^rfti ml" in lit ii ,-_-.' ■... :.,- J --*- -\n U w" a?'-' at te a *rl more or lesaT Allah be thanked, there are plenty at them But she's in the narem, and lam afraid of that mute. I can't get htr out." i ' Oh. no, you're mistaken. She Is hot In I I the harem.," said ' Calverley. with the : : greatest eangfroia. . 'She is in that cor- i ner. Miss Pratt, will you kindly come ! here?" - , - .■ - ; Miss Pratt came forward. "You lovely j old man!" she said vlvaclousl>. "Aren't ! you ashamed to treat me in this way. an<l ' I shut me up with all those nasty people ; ; in there! What have you got to say for ' ; yourself! Just wait until Aunt Samantha : ! gets hold of you! ' j "Oh, these English are all mad,' said I , the bewildered Agha to himself. "MaUl .Mad! Allah is with them. She will pull i : my beard if I.am not ca efu'." " I "You recognize the situation?" asked ! . Caveiley. 'What w- propose to do. mv i ■ dear Agha, is this: Miss Pratt has a dap- i I ger and -I have a revolver. You will : j '.walk between us. anri if you attempt to i i give the alarm. Miss P,att will prod yo:i i | with a dagger and 1 sha.l blow out your ! . brans with the revolver. "We're really t ■ pa neJ to s?tm to bo rude, b.it the ma-tt-'r ' rests entirely in you- hands. We shouM I both of us feel sj sorry if anything un i pleasant happened to you." j The Agha salaarr.e submissively. 'I . should feel sorry for myself also, Effendi. I If ——" He hes'tated. j '■Now he's going to say s^me^hing nic->. ; the old cL-tr," interp Mss Pratt. 'I'm : sure "he'd be a perfectly elegant match i for Aunt Samantha. What was he goinjr ito say about rce?" -- • . - "1 .was- only about to observe," said the exasperated Agha, 'that if your dag ger is as sharp as your tongue, I should I feel doubly sorry for mystlf." AnJ he i glared at Miss Pratt in a very un j Oriental manner. j Calverley threw off his fez, hastily put •on. a cloak and yashmak, and stood by j one side of the disconsolate Agha as i Miss Pratt closed up on the other. "L suppose ■ you have a carriage waiting?' asked Calverley. "Ye—es." ( ; • - "That's 'all %right. You see, my dear Agha, even If you wanted to play us i i false, you haven't a chance. I simply | throw off this yashmak and" proclaim i that I am the sultan, have you arrested, j ; and the mute with the bow-string attends i to the rest with his customary punctual- i ity and dispatch." The Kislar Agha shivered and made a mental \ow never to touch English sher : bet again. "Effendi," he said, "H is Kismet, You are a great man! Fare- Well." • * • "Wai. neow.*' said Uncle Hiram, ad miringly surveying the red clay pipe handed him .by Calverley some two months later, as he sat on the steps of his. Massachusetts home, with a mint Julep at'hlg elbow, and his dog between his feet "Wai. neow, stranger, who told you to bring me this?" "My wife," said Calverley. "Clap on your coat. Uncle Hiram, and come down to the hotel to see her. Aunt Samantha'a waiting for you." Vncle Hiram leisurely got into his coat. "Say, you're a pretty smart man. stran ger, and that's a real elegant pipe. Did Samanthy teJl you as siho allowed to bring home a Britisher for Mandy?" "No, she didn't montion that," said Calverley, with a laugh. "No, Samanthy generally does things first and mentions 'em afterwards." said Uncle Hiram. "Yes. it's a real smart pipe, stranger; almost as smart as Sa manthy." ■ Medical Notes. A placard in a druggist's window. "Gumdrops Made of Gum,' would strike moet people as humorous, for what else should they be made of? That is a ques tion about which the confectioners will tell you nothing, but it suggests pepper made from cocoanut shells, sand and sugar, chicory and coffee, sorghum syrup in honey, and various other methods of sophistication adopted more or Irs3 skillfully by manufacturers who want a little of a good thing to go a long way. It is as absurd as to advertise woollen cloth made of wool, but really that Is not so absurd after all, for all wool goods are sometimes half cotton and sometimes more so. There is a French proverb, "To act honestly Is to make oneself conspicuous," and if things keep on as they aro going this proverb will become a fact substan tiated even by the we eat, if, in deed, It is not alreadY a fact. Gum arable, as everyone knows, is a medicament which is very soothing to the mucous membranes and one of the moat efficacious remedies for soothinß in flamed surfaces. It is considered, in its way, as a specific in inflammation of the organs of respiration, but has In a.Wl tion indisputable nutritive qualities. It la not only the base of the legendary gum drop, but enters Into the composition of pectoral pastes, cough syrups, calming lotions, emulcent juleps and potions for the treatment of cough, and as for pllla and lozenges, in which it is used, their rfumber is legion. In commerce there may be found, under the name of artificial gum, or gumlltne. a product resulting from the action of diastase upon starch or of lartic acid upon flour, sago, or~starch, this product b'eine: dextrine which Is evaporated to the con sistency of syrup and dried in an oven. By mechanical processes this may bo made to simulate the appearance of gum arable. It is with such fictitious gum that gum drops are often made today and, for that matter, many of the pastes calling for gum arable, but of oours« this applies only to those made for sale at cut rates, for the apothecaries' gumdrops arc, of course, beyond suspicion. The price cer tainly proves that. It is not the kind of gum called for by Galen, who wrote: "Gum posatswes in a high degrto tho mollificative, emplastlc and dessicatlve virtues.' 1 Perhaps this wiise doctor of Pergamos would have said nothing about this viscous juice which exudes from the Arabian acacia if he had foreseen that some day starch, dextrine, and even flour and chalk, would be mix ed with It or even sold under Its name by merchants without shame. Gum drops without gum are matched by Jujube paste v/ithout Jujube; marsh mallow paste without marsh mallow, and syrup of orgeat without barley . Savants call the thorny tree upon which the Jujube grows, rhamnus zizyphus, but plain people call It plain Jujube tree. It grows In Italy, Egypt, Provence and Al geria, The fruit, which is about the size of an alive with a large stone, has a sweetish, slightly astringent taste, but to appreciate its true flavor it should bo eaten from the tree. When It 1b exported it is wrinkled and dry. When it is fresh it may be considered as a> true ailment, and. If Pliny and Strabo are to be believ ed, it formed: the chief if not the sole food of an ancient African tribe, that of the Lotophagl, of which Tennyson writes so beautifully. —"A land wihere all things seemed the same" from whenco "tho mild-eyed, melancholy Lotus-eaters came." ( Galen was a disbeliever in the nutri tive qualities of the fresh Jujube, but he has recorded his opinion in terms of quaint humor showing how fond his coun* trymen were of the fruit. "I caanot speak," said he, "of the medicinal prop erties of the Jujube because the women and children pick them all and eat them. However, they are of slight nutritive value and not very easily digested." Ortbases speaks in nearly Identical lan guage. He says, "Jujubes are fruits eaten by women and children at play, but they have but little nutritive value and are difficult to digest." The urchins of Provence, like those of Greece, eat hardly ripe Jujubes and aTe troubled with the same indigestion that our own boys get along with green ap ple* or a surfeit of chestnuts. Fresh Jujubes are unknown in this country, but Jujube paste is a souvenir of youth, which has no doubt been re called when the aima mater has called our attention to the beauties of the Iliad In which Homer speaking of the lotus, calls It "a delicious fruit which haa the power of causing strangers who eat it to lcse even the memory of their native country." But let us leave claaslo memories and apeak of jujube as a medicine. In its native country tlsanee, syrups and paste* are made from It which aro used for colds. For example, fifty grammes of Jujubes, without tho etono, when boiled In a liter of water, produoo a drink -which la very useful for people who have colds. Avlcenna recommended jujube, in Sufferers from this horrible malady nearly always inherit it — not necessarily from the parents, but may be from some remote ancestor, for Cancer often runa through several generations. This deadly poison may lay dormant in the blood for years, or until you reach middle life, then the first little sore or ulcer makc3 its ap pearance— or a swollen gland in tno breast, or some other part of the body, gives the first warning. To cure Cancer thoroughly and perma* nently all the poisonous virus must bo eliminated from the —every vestage of it driven out. Thit S. S. S. doc 3, and is the only medicine that can reach deepi seated, obstinate blood troubles like this. When all the poison has been forced out of the 6ystern the Cancer heals, and th« disease never returns. - Cancer begins often in a small way, as th^ following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows j A small pimple came on my jaw about an inctj be'ow the ear on the left side or my face. It gav< me no pai:i or inconven- sz^.« >- - einee. mid I should have tdiit&^&^tt^s. forgotteti about it had it notbegun to inflame and Ms**- '' '^k Itch; it would bleed a eg* **?2 little, then scab ovtr, but EpSyvlftani.-^. *V§j . would not heal. Thit WifiSS 2*B for Eoinet iine, W'3£s»£!? tfk when my jaw began to ;';«CL-J& ■'A swell, becoming very -A£%>£Cl'A ij& paiaful. The Caueer be- -^?-V?fiS£"\ MlHi gan to eat and spread, r^jn.^r'- /v^J until it w:isas large as a jSlL^*.:'.-! /ffvV? halt dollar, I heard'galgSCf'^ >&331» of S. S. S. aad determin- jfjjfgMj^i^ cd to Rive it a fair trial, W&3g§tt&j^m and it was ictnarlcable CMfii^WM? yrhat a wonderful effect SSTSS ***»*»■•• BT* it had from the very beginning; sore began t« heal and after talcing a fevr bottle 9 disappeared entirely. This was t v.o yc.-.rs ago ; tlici c arc still no signs of the Cancer, and my general heatlll continues good.—Mrs K. Shirer, I,a Plata, Ma S/5^ /££€^ for ue greatest of all 'if^ kl°°<l purifiers, and th< '^^W one guaranteed ' b**3y htiv& P urely vegetable. Send *^gir f or our f ree t, oo t OJ! Cancer, containing valuable and interest inj* information about this disease, and write our physicians about your case. \V< make no charge for medical advice. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. decoction, for diseases of the bowels and bladder; Acturlus said thut It was good to purge the system of bile, but this vir tue seems to be a doubtful one. Be that as it may. jujubes have a mucilaginous, sugary principle, which la very soothing in irritation of the bronchial and other mucous membranes. Syrup of jujube is a mild an "Vrwant remedy for a dry cough and favors ex. pfctomtion. ■ cct>rd n-. t , in* r . pharJ macopoeia of Charis it ought tn contain extract of jujube, barley, Ucorlce, malt low, m. lon, eituje anu whil povpy, ht.t as it is made today we ou«lu t 1 i>« thankful that the jujube even lema'ns. for all the other ingredients have beej cut out. It fa different with Juju»><- paste, for. although It retains the ancient na-.To l> has no jujube in it at all. According U | the French cod< the compost? <>n •>.'<niM be 300 parts of g-um, 200 parts of sugar, 60 parts . t in u*ion O: |uj b- an '(! parts of orange flower water. Accord'.iu to Dorvault. a French authority "the ?S Jube in this paste Is usally omitteil; 'sa that aft.r all it ought to be called trans* parent, gum paste." True, this Is not , ? ew discovery, for Bicret and Lena pub. lished th:s-slmplificHti.n fifty year.; aca, but then it was the excu-fHion. an<l now if has become tho rul When, you buy iv jube paste you will doubtless ask if' M is true jujube, but if you want to kno\i ■ et a, pece of blue litmus paper, moisted it and touch it with the paste, find if It I?w n°t cnane color the chances ar« that It is real 3uube paste, but don't b< disappointed If the litmus paper turn. red. showing the presence of acid «£*^JS*sW aU AT»' the «•" greens as we eat splnacn un.; were thougnt to keep the system wcil oleanlj 2nv.rA pulllcf'°/ marshmallow was a spvere gn remedy for the stings of w«i*ps the Juice was used to counteract th. doW s n °««. spider bites: the see<l w-n sup posed to favor the fl .w of m.. . the roo* was excellent for whttenlng the teeth and the Incomparable sichet of mar hmaiioW* accorcing t0 Zenophon was a love powl der which would Inspire love even intha Sfi£, BflY.? se women - v. t from thla list Thl aelo"a properties '• w remain. rhe leaves make g o -jd poultices, sooth ing and softening; the flowers mqkVa be strained through a tine cloth to got • \ ■ V he cO«On4ike hair which B%£ tached from thhe Plfi nt durlnß boUin«: Je- I SSd inLf ? th^ rOOt act upon the thro-it ! 'A' .'"V 811"615 as soothing lotions. From or t~?h1 are aLl°, made children's rittlS S«*fr r\ nKi necklac«» and ma ■ ?»^ k > larer children, but. as De chamb.o has written, marsbmaUow low n\s[i- P RSte-, Stll1 ,' whll marshmai! stin M »is »not, aiftde any mortl- it I^, cannrt but unfortunately the makers «« nscientlously label the Product lo™" Blimaliow8 limaliow ast(-- made of marshm.il tufi^ o Sr l^n (lr nnk thu? nametl because Which now Jf! any ma<:io from barl«>y pnsltUir^ ow Tn no»on^r enters Into its com ?t a to e3a bonT d , fr°m th" SSikg?bfls tl« a w»f» in clean water, throw away whl.h -h r , ai< pour "n Soln= more In th.th fl e barley is to bo boUed from n I to B ,no" rs- Strain this I'qu d nnd add sufficient white supnr ,„ °™ t wlt J hSr l «bl h tCste ' and after i"iii|i>* plete ' "'Kr;U Ul'' '" '•'•"'" ta^iSf ys#*11 lhis ;s "lmn^'i and orgeat is mado from almond. For examine here is a formula: £00 grammes of,wk ?S°« (rramrn^ of Wtter almonS? i,(>_» grammes of water, 250 srammea or j orange flower water, and l3.oW £rSi^ ?Lm g tar- B« Janche the alm6nda hlnd7u^ them to a fine paste with 125 Kramm.-J of water and 600 pammesof augarihn mix . the paste.with the rest of the Wat«. BtVhlu It under pressure, add th« rest of the sugar, and when it is dissolved ad the orange flower water. w if syrup of bartey without the bar ley was nOt unknown to the ancients, DUt they were conscientious en.,uKh to ; call it syrup of almonds, whil* a French man, Felix Hement ,some years aco ' f, v'V st 1 <id amandine as a true name for not" aS yrUP °f baHey ' but U wa« *MV< hf\ t? r thf name may be, orgeat d luted with wa<er or soda, is an alree^ M*Jj ,di; lnV healthy people and ben- I eflcial in sickness. It is refrwhing and i nutritive, and has a world-wld- reputa | tion. It is good for cough, and Ht i duf-nches thJrst in feverish condition*, I let in this syrup, as In all other-s. It i 13 quite Important that sugar be us«J, ! not glucose. Some unscrupulous mai.u- I racturers do not put an atom of sugar J Into their syrups, ana som© use very little u,iar to a great deal of Blucoso. Still this can b« easily detected if a little potash is added to the syrup and the mixture heated, for if there is glu cose In it it will turn brown under this treatment. Another very Important element in this, as in all syrupe, is that it should »ot be too old, for syrups ferment Very rap- Idly and the sugar makes a very dls« Rgreeablf fermente-1 drink. Whlfe the gourmand's device Is "old wine," he ought to add to It "young syrup." —Leon Noel. BEST FOR THE BOWELS If yon haren't a regular, healthy moTtuic; of th« povrcls eTerr day, you're ill or will tr. Keep yoal bowels open, and Do well. i'uico, la the ih«i,eof »io lent phrslc or pill polßoii.U iUnaer»ui. 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