ROMANTIC LOVE STORY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 7, 8 January 1877, Page 4

ROMANTIC LOVE STORY.

A repg Rt :Fi-eneh =' paper; rotate* the following :— " In the oasis of F ; eriana, in the regency, qjf- Tunis , dwells a wealthy Cadi, who possessed q lovely daughfer/Miriam,br/as iher'AVabs ca^ll it,, M«ryero; by name: Her brave young Arab Sheik, Ahmed-Bou-Marzao, belonging . to one of the best femilies of the Aga-lik of Fez, desperately loved, and asked in marriage. The Cadi consented, and the day was fixed. At the appoiuted hour the ardent bridegroom mude bis appearance aCcompanieiVby-a biilljaat; retinue <o( of friends and followers. To Uia utter astooiahment and; indignatiou, the Cadi cooly.told him^tliat he had changed. his. Iminaadout the marriage^ . What "it be' Cadi's rea^oiia were—whethW he had beiard soqleihiqg to Ahmed's disadyaniage,^<pr< whethea^ as; in the casefjof young Loflhiavar, aaiotherJßuitor had bid higher for the -damsel's band— 4oea not appear, ... At ..aJL- events, .waa no more disposed "than 1 young toch invar to' take no for an answer in such a ' He drew bis frusßy scimitar, called upon his retinue to follow him to the death, I charged upon the people of the Cadi and the defenders of (he •' dauor,' cut (iis. way through the tents of the Borneo, seized the lovely Meryem (nothing. loth perchance), placed, her before him bri his : • faithful ste^d, and went off like a whirlwind to the land |)f.. DjebeiiJiandrß;: leaving... th if ty-t wo dead warriors of Feriaha behind, him. I°. testify tp, his prowess and that of his friends. The whole region is up in iirms, and a -« goum ' of 600 fierce cavaliers, at the last advices, was in hot pursuit of the eloping pair. ..