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CHAPTER XV Continued
I hone you have rested well
said
the chief approaching the princess
I have Blept sir she replied
trembling as she looked into his dark
face
Then you are ready to resume
your saddle We will ride before the
heat of the noonday sun is upon us
You will not claim us for compan
ions further I trust
Only while our roads lay together
lady Surely you cannot object to
that
But I wish to go to the bank of
the Pharaphar
Just as I expected so I shall not
be disappointed Your horses are
ready I will have them brought this
way
The guard had already been placed
upon a horse and Ulin saw them
binding him to a saddle What did
this mean
Hardly knowing what she did Ulin
suffered herself to be lifted into the
saddle and in a few moments more
Albia was by her side
Why have you bound Shubal to his
seat she asked
That he may ride safaly He is a
bungling fellow and might tumble off
if he were not secured But dont let
that worry you
CHAPTER XVI
The Stranse Horseman
At this moment the guard came
near to the place where his mistress
sat his horse having moved of his own
accord and as she turned towards him
he spoke to her
My dear good lady they lie to you
when they tell you that they mean you
no harm I have heard them talk and
1 know their plans We are all to be
sold into slavery in the kingdom be
yond the Syrian desert
Mercy cried Ulin turning pale as
death and clasping her hands in agony
O mv dream my dream
Easy fair lady said Al Abbas
-This black rascal knows not what
he says I allowed him to speak so
that l might see how his mind
It is false exclaimed Shubal I
heard them lay the plan You my
mistress are to be sold for a
The guards speech was stopped by
two of the robbers who threw him
back upon his horse and stopped his
mouth with their hands
Sir robber cried Ulin stretching
her hands out towards him deceive
me no- more I think my poor slave
has told me the truth
A pest upon the slave lady His
tongue shall come out by the roots if
he speaks again without my leave
Stick to your saddle and keep up
your courage
As the Arab spoke he leaped upon
the back of his horse and ere the prin
cess could ask another question the
party was upon the move the order of
arrangements being the same as be
fore
We are not going towards the
Pharphar said Ulin
No replied Albia We are go
ing the other way
Then Shubal told us the truth
Alas dear mistress I dare not
say
But you think so
I cannot deny it
And you thought so before you
heard Shubal speak
I feared something of the kind
Al Abbas overheard the girls as they
thus conversed and he was presently
bv their side
Lady Ulin he said and he spoke
sternly and sharply you are now on
the move and when you stop again it
will be far away from Damascus I
awe something to the officers of that
city and I will repay a part of the
debt by taking you away from them
You are to go just as far as I please
to take you and the more quietly
you go the better it will be for you
so you had better begin to accommo
date yourself to the circumstances
Herode back to his place and Ulin
grasped the bow of her saddle for sup
port
Courage said Albia riding as near
as she could There may be some
way to escape The good spirits will
not desert us
The princess heard the words and
they had a marked effect upon her
She had naturally a strong resolution
and when she was once resolved to
bear up her strength was not long
In coming to her assistance On the
present occasion she knew that she
had heard the worst In fact she had
reason to believe that her captor
meant for her the most dreadful fate
to which one in her station could be
subject For a while she was com
pletely stunned by the fearful blow
but as she came to reason with her
self she saw that her only hope was
in escape The Arabs were low bru
tal and sordid and would sell her
for gold She could read in their
evil faces that they were not to be
touched iy sympathy What then
could she do She must get away
from them And if this was to be
done she must summon all her ener
gies to the work
But alas the case looked hopeless
enough what could two weak girls
do against such odds Only some in
terposition beyond their 4own efforts
could save them So after all if help
was to come it must come from some
unknown source And could such help
be found If ferveivi prayers could
A Story of
the East
By
SYLVANUS
COBB JR
be answered and If the most holy need
could he met it might be hoped for
At the end of gome two or three
hours the party came to a thick grove
of palms near which was a spring
and here they stopped just long
enough to water the horses They
had started on again and were at
some little distance from the grove
when one of the Arabs who rode in the
rear came forward and informed his
leader that a horseman was following
them Al Abbas looked back and saw
that the stranger was a black and
that he rode a swift and powerful
horse
He wishes to overtake us said
the fellow who had come from the
rear
Then he must ride for it returned
the chief I cannot stop I wonder
where he came from
When I first saw him he seemed
to have just emerged from the grove
In a short time the strange horse
man had come so near that the light
of his eyes could be seen and Al Ab
bas saw that he must soon overtake
them so he concluded to drop behind
and find out what was wanted evi
dently desiring that the men should
not see what manner of prizes he had
in charge at least until his character
was known The robbers were directed
to slacken their speed a -little but to
keep on their course and having given
this order the chief turned his horses
head and rode back and ere long he
was within speaking distance of the
stranger who proved to be a stout
well made man with a face as black
as night
Hallo cried Al Abbas reining in
his horse Who are you
I am king of this plain replied
the African at the same time reining
in his own horse and I have come
out to see who thus trespasses upon
my domain Who are you
The Arab hesitated in his answer
as he supposed the black must be
crazy
Who are you and what sort of
company do you lead cried the Af
rican
I lead my own company and if
you want anything come and get it
answered the Arab
I want nothing but to know who
you are and the next time you come
this way be sure and stop again at
the grove of the date palms I will
have a banquet prepared for you
Thus speaking the stranger wheeled
his horse in a broad circle and started
back towards the place whence he had
come
Al Abbas rode back to his party
and when they asked him what man
ner of man he had met he replied
that it was only a poor crazy fool who
imagined that he owned the broad
plain upon which they were traveling
He is worth capturing suggested
one of the robbers
We could not capture him if we
would said the chief He rides a
better horse than we own
While the Arabs were gazing back
after the retiring horseman Albia drew
close to the side of her mistress and
spoke quickly and excitedly
Did you recognize him
Whom
The crazy man who followed us
No
It was Osmir
Osmir
Hush Not a word As sure as I
live it was Osmir and be assured we
have help at hand
But he has gone
Aye for he only came out to see
who we were Be sure he has recog
nized us
Ulin felt her heart bound up with
springing hope and her next prayer
was uttered with returning faith in
heavens protecting power
CHAPTER XVIL
By the Banks of the Pharphar
Half an hour after Al Abbas had
resumed his place at the head of his
troop the same robber who had be
fore come from the rear again rode
to the front this time bringing intelli
gence that a number of horsemen were
pursuing them The chief drew his
horse aside and looked back and saw
four men coming They were well
mounted and seemed to be in hot pur
suit
There is something more than ac
cident in this said Al Abbas The
fellow is with them who followed us
before
Two of those men are white re
marked the robber who had ridden
up from the rear What can they
want of us
Never mind returned the chief
If they want us let them catch us
And if beyond that they want more
let them make their wants known
Thus speaking the Arab leader re
sumed his place and urged his horses
forward with increasing speed Ever
and anon he cast his eyes behind him
and it was ere long evident that the
strangers were rapidly gaining upon
him
We may as well stop now as at any
time said Al Abbas addressing the
man who rode by his side I will
halt and ascertain what these fellows
want It is about time our horses
had a breathing spell
At a simple order from their chief
the Arabs wheeled their horses in a
circle bringing up in line facing their
pursuers with their prisoners in the
rear
Who are you that thus pursues and
stops me demanded Al Abbas
I am Julian the Scourge of Ea
mascus replied the foremost of the
opposite party
At the sound of that name the Arab
trembled for he knew that no kings
officer had been more persistent in
driving petty robbers from the plains
of Damascus than had Julian But
presently he recovered himself seem
ing to think that were the mans as
sertion true the opposing force was
not strong enough to be feared
If you be Julian he cried you
have come forth with a small retinue
But what seek you
I have come to take from you those
prisoners that you hold Deliver them
up to me and I will trouble you no
more
And suppose that I should refuse
to do any such thing
Then I should be forced to take
them from you As I address yoK I
recognize who you are If I am not
greatly mistaken you are Al Abbas
the Arab a villain who lives by rob
bing women and old men
Now by the blood of Cush ex
claimed Al Abbas drawing his sword
and urging his horse forward Ill
make you feel another thing the Arab
robber can do What ho my men
Down with these rascals
In a moment the Arabs were ready
for action and hurried forward to
strike with their leader
As soon as Shubal found his guard
gone he called to Albia to come and
set him free
Cut these cords he cried and I
may be of some help in this affair
Merciful heaven is not this the work
of a good spirit
The bondmaiden was not long in
setting him free from his saddle and
as soon as he was clear he sprang for
ward to where the ring of clashing
steel had already broke upon the air
With something like a smile of dis
dain upon his handsome features did
Julian behold the approach of thfe
Arabs while Hobaddan who sat close
by his side looked grim and stern
Osmir and Selim to the front as
the token of battle was given and
their cool etermined bearing plainly
showed that they were foemen not to
be despised Al Abbas rode directly
for the youthful chieftain with his
sword ready for the stroke but he
had mistaken his man if he thought
to touch any vulnerable point Julian
knocked his weapon up and quickly
drove him from his horse and then
seeking to make quick work of it and
feeling no great sympathy for woman
stealers he simply rode the Arab
leader down cleaving open his head
as he fell
Shubal was close at hand when Al
Abbas dropped and quickly as pos
sible he possessed himself of the
fallen mans sword and was just in
season to join in the conflict as three
of the Arabs had attacked Julian
The young chieftain struck down one
of them by a winding blQW across the
bare neck but he might have had
severe work with the other two had
not help arrived for the rascals were
strong and the death of their leader
had given them new impulse to con
quer It was not the impulse of re
venge No no The death of Al Ab
bas left more gold for those who sur
vived But the unexpected arrival of
the freed slave upon the scene gave a
new turn to the tide One of the Arabs
he struck down from behind and the
other one alone proved no match for
the stalwart chieftain
In the meantime Hobaddan with
Osmir and Selim had disposed of the
others Two they had slain and twe
had taken to flight
To be continued
BROKE BLAINES BOOM
Ex Governor Xewellr aiedieal Opinion
Turned Jersey Delegates
Friends of the late William A New
ell once Governor of New Jersey have
recalled an old story in which he fig
ures as the rock upon which the Pres
idential hopes of James G Blaine
were wrecked in 187G The ex-Governor
who was a physician as well as a
politician was a delegate to the Re
publican national convention in that
year and he was prominent among
those members of the New Jersey dele
gation who favored Mr Blaines nom
ination While the struggle for the
various aspirants was in progress the
news came that Mr Blaine had been
stricken with what was variously de
scribed as apoplexy and sunstroke
This event was eagerly seized upon
by the two or three Jersey delegates
who favored Mr Conkling and these
hearing that Dr Newell had expressed
a fear that the effects of such a
stroke as Mr Blaine had suffered
might seriously and permanently affect
his mental faculties saw an oppor
tunity as they thought to help their
candidate They secured a conference
of the delegation and when it had
met they called upon the ex Governor
to give his opinion as a medical man
as to whether in the circumstances
it would be prudent to nominate the
Maine statesman The answer given
with extreme reluctance and regret
and of course entirely sincere was in
the negative Mr Blaines hold upon
the New Jersey delegates was imme
diately broken but their votes ulti
mately went not to Mr Conkling but
to Mr Hayes Those who like to as
cribe great effects to small causes saw
at the time in the inaccurate long
distance diagnosis of Dr Newell the
explanation of Mr Blaines failure to
reach the Presidency for they say
that though he was defeated in 1884
if he had been nominated in 1876 he
would have been elected New Yorfc
Times
The man who is imprisoned for life
no longer dreads being found out
THE JVEW
By the death of William McKlnley
at the hands of the assassin Czolgosz
Theodore Roosevelt the Vice-President
becomes President of the United
States
Theodore Roosevelt was born in
New York City October 27 1858 of
Dutch and Scotch Irish ancestry By
all laws of heredity he Is a natural
leader as his ancestry on both his
fathers and bis mothers side who
trace back beyond revolutionary days
were conspicuous by reason of their
quality His father was Theodore
T
Theodore HooseVelt Is JVotg
the JSfattons ChieJ
Magistrate
among those who did not regard Mr
Blaine as the most available candi
date of the party but after the latters
nomination Mr Roosevelt gave him
his hearty support and in the face
of the remarkable defection in New
York at that time
In tho tlon l Civil Ser vice
In May 1899 President Harrison ap
pointed him civil service commission
er and he served as president of the
board until May 1896 During his in
cumbency he was untiring in his ef
forts to apply the civil service
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt after Whom he was named
and his mother whose given name
was Martha was the daughter of
James and Martha Bulloch ct Georgia
Kducated at Home
Young Roosevelt was primarily edu
cated at home under private teachers
after which he entered Harvard grad
uating in 18S0 Those qualities of ag
gressiveness which have marked his
more recent years of public life were
present with him in college and he
was a conspicuous figure among his
fellows
It was an interesting period in the
history of the party and the nation
and young Roosevelt entered upon the
political field with eagerness and en
ergy The purification of political and
official life had been for some time an
WjK
MRS THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Ideal with him and with this came
the belief in the efficacy of the appli
cation of civil service rules to execu
tive conduct So strongly did he im
press himself upon his political asso
ciates that in 1882 he was nominated
for the state assembly and elected
In the State Assemhly
He served for three years and soon
came to be recognized as an able and
fearless advocate of the peoples rights
and he succeeded in securing the pas
sage of several measures of great ben
efit The abolition of fees in the of
fice of the county clerk and the aboli
tion of the joint power of the board
of aldermen in the mayors appoint
ments were among those of special
benefit to the city of New York
Another important work done by him
was the investigation of the city gov
ernment and particularly the police
department in the winter of 1SS4 An
other important service was securing
the passage of the civil service reform
law of 1SS4
Kuni for Mayor of New York
In 1886 Mr Roosevelt was nominat
ed as an independent candidate for
mayor of New York but although in
dorsed by the Republicans was de
feated
In 1884 he was chairman of the New
York delegation to the national Re
publican convention He had been
ciples of merit and capacity to all ex
ecutive departments As a result of
this zeal the country was shown the
first practical application of the rules
to civil government
Civil Service Keforiner
He proved that unflinching civil
service reform was not only consist
ent with party loyalty but in the
highest degree was necessary to party
service None doubted the reformers
Republicanism but it was not an easy
task Judgment tact honesty ener
gy and a certain sturdy pugnacity
were necessary to the accomplishment
of his purpose Every detail of the
system was opened to carping criti
cism and to hostile attack The ad
ministration itself was only friendly
to the movement Not only had poli
ticians to be kept out of places but
competent servitors had to be pro
vided
In Hie Toiler Commission
As president of the civil service
commission Mr Roosevelt resigned in
May 1895 to become president of the
New York board of police commission
ers Legislative investigation had
shown the corruption in that body
and to this field he turned with a new
zest An uncompromising enforce
ment of law was his policy It brought
criticism and vituperation upon him
but he persisted Honest methods in
the police department were forced
and civil service principles were em
bodied into the system of appoint
ments and promotions Sunday clos
ing of saloons became a fact and a
seemly observance of tie day was in
sisted upon
Xavjs AssitUant Secretary
In April 1897 Mr Roosevelt was
nominated by President McKinley to
be assistant secretary of the navy He
pushed repairs on the ships and worked
with might and main forseeing a con
flict with Spain He left nothing un
done to secure the highest efficiency
in the navy
On May 6 1898 Mr Roosevelt re
signed this place to muster in a cav
alry regiment for the Spanish war
Life in the west had made this a fit
ting ambition As a hunter of big
game used to the saddle and the camp
and an unerring shot with rifle and
ROOSEVELTS COTTAGE AT OY
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revolver the country recognized in
him the making of a dashing cavalry
leader He had experienced military
duty in the New York National Guard
in the 80s Col Wood was put in
command of the Rough Riders Mr
Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel On
ESIVEJVT
Juno 15 the regiment sailed to join
Gen Shafter in Cuba
Willi the itouch Kliior
From the time of landing until the
fall of Santiago the Rough Riders
were giant figures in tho campaign
Their work reached a climax on July
1 when Lieut Col Roosevelt led tho
regiment In the desperate charge up
San Juan hill He had shared all tho
hardships of hia men and wheu ha
broke the red tape of discipline to
complain of Gen Shatters camp and
its dangers from disease the army woh
with him and the war department lis
tened to his judgment On July 11 ha
was commissioned a colonel of volun
teers
Klected Governor of New York
Scarcely two months later tho new
military hero was nominated for gov
ernor of New York In the conven
tion he received 753 votes against tho
218 cast for Gov Frank S Black
Col Roosevelt entered Into the cam
paign with characteristic energy Men
of all parties supported him and he
was elected by a plurality of morn
than 18000 His administration waB
very satisfactory to his state
As reformer official military leader
and state executive he has carried his
earnest dashing personality into it all
As a Writer
As a writer of outing papers his
varied experiences on the trail have
served him well In biography his
life of Thomas H Benton and of
Gouvernour Morris have been praised
Essays and papers dealing with politi
cal life have added to this reputation
Of his latest work The Rough Rid
ers has been pointed to as one of
the most thrilling pieces of -military
history produced in recent years
When his name was first proposed
for the vice presidency Mr Roosevelt
declined the honor preferring to re
main governor He finally consented
after much pressure
31 r Kooscvrltrt Family
Mr Roosevelt has been married
twice His first wife was Miss Alico
Lee of Boston the second Miss Edith
Carow of New York He is the father
of six children ranging from 16 to 3
years of age
His domestic life is ideal Whether
ensconced In winter quarters at Al
bany or New York or at tho famous
Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay on Long
Island he is an indulgent father and
remps with his children with as much
zest as the youngest of them The
youngsters are known as the Roose
velt half dozen and all reflect in some
manner the paternal characteristic
All nrlght Children
The oldest girl is Alice tall dark
and serious looking She rides her
fathers Cuban campaign horse with
fearlessness and grace The next oliva
branch is Theodore Jr or young
Teddy the idQl of his fathers heart
and a genuine chip of the old block
Young Teddy owns a shot gun and
dreams of some day hooting bigger
game than his father ever did He
also rides a pony of his own
Alice the eldest girl is nearly 16
She is the only child by the first Mrs
Roosevelt Young Teddy the
ALICE ROOSEVELT
ent Mrs Roosevelts oldest child is 13
Then there are Kermit 11 Ethel 9
Archibald 6 and Quentin 3
Shallow Lakes for Fish
Prof Marsh of Wisconsin in speak
ing recently of the peculiarities of
Lake Winnebago said that it is re
markable for its shallowness Al
though it is about twenty eight miles
in width it has a depth of only
twenty five feet This is due to the
fact that the lakes outlet is constantly
deepening and that its inlet is gradu
ally filling its bottom with a sandy or
earthy deposit But Winnebagos
shallowness makes it remarkably rich
in fish indeed it is one of the most
productive known Shallow lakes al
ways have more fish than deep ones
chiefly perhaps because there is more
vegetation on the bottom of the shai
low one Vegetation does not flourish
in deep water
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