Show X k t fb Q ate 1 ehdy area was V ia the splendid palace haa another mystery for ahe vf constantinople holl their sultan I 1 te to A beautiful girl returned from abdul hainds hari hageni to the abode obber of her rightful owner some ten days ago and soon afterward died of poison a certain vegetable cc compound warranted to work at the end of six or beven seven hours no sooner no later the girl breathed her last just fifty minutes after her arrival in the carriage cai of an officer of the imperial court it la Is known that she rode to her old Ina masters home directly from the palace and vilt without hout at stopping opplis on the way she herself said on an her deathbed that she had not eaten or drunk anything since early breakfast in the hat harem which w was as from five aye to six hours before her arrival in the city the theory of suicide not being applicable in the moo case of tux an oriental woman the assumption is that zur zo letka drank in death with her chocolate Is or swallowed owed it in a french ragout 0 ut or sweetmeat whether she was poisoned at the sultan sultanas Sul tanas instigation gation or whether the chief eunuch murdered her on his own hook that of course no do outsider can decide there is little littie likelihood that that put part of the tragedy will ever be cleared up six months ago tevfik IL ft young officer of the sultans guard and IL a son eon of the army contractor who was favored with the silken cord after he hea had acquired riches enough to make his bis disgrace and the consequent confiscation of we his fortune profitable table six months ago Younon ff w was as voted the luckett dog in pera pem fo tor r he had succeeded in buying Zul zuleika elka the pearl of the slave market Zul zuleika elka attended by her businesslike father and brothers had previously been hawked about the barema harems of the great for several days but owing to the presence of emperor william in constantinople who kept the sultan and his officials extremely busy no purchaser had been found then being unable to prolong their stay leikas zuleikah Zu relatives or natural owners as they call themselves in turkey put the girl up for auction and though all peras golden youth bid for her secured her by in a trick for the beggarly sum of francs franca he told his friends that owing to fin financial clatl difficulties he had consented to become an auction tout for this occasion azid and so when he bid others who wanted the girl held back in order not to force the prim price when at last the chappies saw that bouff had fooled them it waw was too late to dispute him his prize but bouff was not content with selling his comrades his hta brides papa was sold by him in the bargain instead of paying him cash he gava him fifteen promissory notes of 1000 francs each payable successively mouth month after mouth month paid his notes promptly on each succeeding lint first for half a yew year and meanwhile tried to improve the property he had bought on the installment s ent plan to the best of his knowledge the best of teachers in singing dancing playing and story 1 telling were engaged to instruct zuleika in those arts which the turk ad mires mostly in women she proved an adaptable creature and the lame of her accomplishments ants soon spread over all pera it even mounted the wang walls of palace and in the course of time fell upon the blase ears cars of the Pad ishalL 1 I should like to have this zuleika of which there is so much taw talk the 41 it at sultan la said to haerb remarked remar kea a little littie t white while am ago the same soy taw taver ais aga his maje calel eunuch called upon Touti and 7 command ed alm to give for foche ae ho zavell they de dr ji WON k LA k I 1 V hin aaa i aa 46 where no W vim zt N 1 1 ON M TO the could brora BB aona dext it lounging Iff ldla ami att au attla U toy shii alto ad i t 0 w itt alii ma of them accepted his brebis but nono lw wm them the desired dolc at baat ip got lutera ibok cok who p prep aroi the i alsor aki tho the sultania Sult aria wista M ee at uel their 1 occasion ial this man had an idea teu teli what li ulette favorita dask and I 1 wm will tell jiow whether aba ho U 1 in the harem where I 1 gerve sold said he nothing easier than that twenty four hours later Tousson ff knew his respecting the sultans complicity in spiriting away his bis had bem been correct then he sat cat down and wrote a letter to the complaining that some high palace official had stolen 14 TEVFIK hla his slave girl on an the very eve of their projected marriage he added the circumstances of zu leakas purchase pointing out ont that she had been bought on the installment plan and that francs were still ow owing ing on her it if your majesty will not restore my intended wife send bend me at least the money f tor or which I 1 became liable through her purchase wrote in conclusion of hla his petition he did not have to watt wait long for an answer next morning at 10 a court carriage drove up at his door and out jumped ZuI zuleika elka more beautiful and more richly dressed than ever the colored gentleman who accompanied her and who was as it afterward turned out one of the minor eunuchs of yildiz palace smilingly stepped up to and counted francs upon the table his majesty has graciously pleased to order the official of whom you complained to pay over the full purchase price of the slave herewith returned he said after getting his receipt he drove rapidly away the negotiations had not lasted more than five minutes zuleika answer any y questions as to where she had been and with who whom she said she had sworn not to reveal anything until after three days had passed well she took the secret with her into the grite grave for as stated she lived only three abree quarters of an hour after her return home while in her death agonies she had only strength enough to say she had partaken partaker par taken of no food or drink since that mornings breakfast in the harem those who saw the slave girl say she was the most beautiful that had been brought to constantinople for years she was only 16 15 yea years of age a little over five feet in height and perfectly proportioned she had beautiful small hands and feet an oval face blond hair and a complexion of lilies and roses rosea her eyes we were dark and big and full fall of Intelli intelligence geum is nearly distracted over her loss but can do nothing all the talk is that no less leas a person than tho the sultan himself played the leading part in the tragedy furthermore there is the evidence of the harem cook and there are the francs the sultan could not afford to have the name rne of robbing a subject of a slave and money too so he reimbursed him and sent mat him back hla his slave but not for long thus no lowly subject embraced the woman whom the sultan himself had coveted |