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u p F3 1 s I 15he Scourge qfDaurrauscvts Copyrlfhted 1891 by Robert Bonners Sons 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 STER BAY L I 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 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