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Young Jack Harkaway in Armenia; or, A fight with the Turks / by Bracebridge Hemyng, [Incomplete, copy 2].
Author
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Journal
Language
English
Publish Date
1897-04-09
Publisher
New York : Frank Tousey
Series
Wide Awake Library > v. II, no. 1314
Source
Dime Novels and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Wide Awake Library, v. II, no. 1314, April 9, 1897. Fight with the Turks
Topic
Dime novels > Specimens. Armenia > Fiction. Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character). Turks > Fiction.
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YOUNG JACK IIARKAWAY IN ARMENIA. .5
" Young iiiaii,” Sllltl the ltussiaii, "let uie qiiesiiiiiii you."
“ Well, What do you want to kiiow?"
"Why iliil you come to Erzuoiii ti) stir up ziiiliiiiisity on the part of
the CllI‘lStlLlllS Ill tlllEL the Ttirks, with are the l'lllL‘I'.-i of the piwwiiice.
“ Because," Jack aiisweretl, "I lliltl heuril a let ihiiiit the atroci-
ties in Armenia, aiiil thought that the Christlatis Willlltftl stiiiieuiie to
help theeiii agaitist. their tippressors."
“ Yiiu ziilinit that you are an agitiitiir?
H 1 s)'u1pn.tl1ize with those in iiistre ..”
“ Pshaw! Y(H1l"'ill‘f.(llIIl8IlL is not worth I). gliiss of ‘;oilltii," said the
RLlSSltJ.ll, cuiiteiiiptuiiii. ly.
“I ileiiiiiiiil to l)t‘. tried," prote.:teil Jack. “ Tlllllli nut that Ill)’
frietiils will allow me to laiigtiisli in a iliingeon lotig.’
“ ()nl; eiie piiwer can release yeti."
“ What is that?"
“ lteatli, the ;:riiii (l9SLl‘())eI‘, that levels the kiiig with the peasant,
the rich with the piihr."
“ Yiin will >iitler tiir this as Pure as iny iiaine is Jack llzirliawiiyl"
“ I ietittire tii iiitler with ytiti," replietl lrriistc.
lle Illtttlitlitfll tlieiiiilers, Kali auil Stiuza, out et‘tlie cell, and elite re-
tireii hiiiiself.
The ilotir was liickeil.
Ytilllic; Jack was left in as uticoiiiltiitiihle a Citlltlllloll as he hail ever
been [)li’lCPtl.
What tliit it :ill iiieaii?
How would it enil?
The, gl>V(‘lllttl‘ unit ins exectitive were more iiiteiligeiit aiiil active than
he hail ‘.1l‘v'8ll theiii ttreilit fer hi-iiiL;.
Slitirtly :ilte.rw:ii'iia ll‘l'()>'lv( was riitveit over the lakti liy Kali.
When he I't3‘ilCllL3(l the lanil he sturtetl to walk in the iiiimiiligiit to
EK‘7.t)t)[ll.
Jack ll1U‘l(tl“'fl)' was (‘(l1:t‘,<l with very sleiiiler lH't):lpl‘(‘,l. of iele:i.=e.
Tlie ile:-ipiciililie ltti. ' iii spy hail iliiiie his (titty to his (‘,lll[tll[H‘l"‘.
A woril iii e.xphiiiatioti may he I‘P,t1lllI'(‘,4l here as to the part lt‘rii.<.lt
waa playiiig.
As we li:tt‘e saint, he w:i.< :1 ltii.-'.<iiiii spy.
It WZH the, pnliry til‘ lill‘.“l1l.'t) alway.-i etilitrge hei‘ territiwy in .hi.'i
when "l . hail U. liivimihle ti[ipitI‘llllllt), ziiiil l’hter, the, L'I'i‘:tl i-inheiiir.
hail lziiil it tliiwn that ltiisria iiiitst in titiie he the llll>'lt'k3H>‘i (ll t,‘i>ii.<t:iii-
tinople.
This city is t‘ie key to the Nleiiiterriiiienii Sea, uni! all l‘illl'it[tt":l t’)t‘.i
are Ctintii.it:ill)' tiwii ll[lUlI the tiliilileii llorn.
Tliere, the .<iiltan is i'e;;:irili-il as the heail ()l the l’iiiit.liciite as the
Pope is in ltitiiiv.
lie is Vll‘lll:tll) the .=iiceessi>i' l)l Miilioiiii-t, Itlltl the mantle of the lat-
ter has fallen iittoii l‘lllI.
Ttlllhlllrall(llll'l34tl1lll 1!? part ml’ the ’l‘tit'l<’< creeil.
“ Kill the N 'l,:ireiie.<!" tlihy aaiil, aititt it was ineiiiit.
It was nut a long “:tll( ll) ' ziiiiiii.
When the spy reaelieil the cit) lie lit‘lH‘.el’tl‘.‘tl nt hnce tit the palace.
ltW1l3l.Uli)'t!lllllilli.Lfll[.
lit the siiiiill leiir.-i Aliilzila l’a.<lia likeil te eiitiiv a (‘hat with fllirza,
Sttiolte ii cliiliiitiipii-. aiiil eiijhy well iiiatle tluc (with.-.
lt‘I"lt.<lEW:lS1illIilll(t’ll U) the iiiviiii, ulieiw goveriiiir :tt]vl his ilep-
iity were cliiai-text. tlirectly he setit in lii< lI:lllli'.
’I‘hi.- Nlalitiiiietiiiis possess one 'irtue lllClllL‘1l'i(‘tl into their niiiiils hy
their liihle, the Kll’lI‘:ll!.
'l'i'iey are llltl, alliiwetl to
lt:iZitit’.
n
inilulge ih llltllttl‘R of [H1 iiitnximitiiig
Alltlilltl I‘u.:ti:i Ztllil ‘lll'Zi’l were peiiiictly imher when the spy sen’ in
: miil was 1U1lIllll.A‘tl.
.‘lll :1 hail llll'Il1lUllt3tl what was gating mi, hut tliil not l<niiw the
rti.=iilt.
Thu niitciizne of the i:itri;(iie hail yet to he reve'ile.l.
Anti it was iiiit long helium the iiitiii'iii:.iiitii was Tttlllllll‘t"l‘t‘tl hy
Iri'n:il(.
lle trilil lItHV he Illlil lizili hail wayluiil Yt)llllL( J:i(‘l; aiiil lhiulii, the
I’t‘ale,, at the (‘writer of ii (Earl; .-itreet.
Piiiilti hail her-ii tiiully iiiiiriiereil.
Yiiiiiii.=;.l:it'l; ll:irl<:iwi.y was in the Il1‘tllll-tlI’lillllJ,. qiiiclt llle-PX‘.lll-
guiehiiig, fatal isliiiiit tiiri.
N0l)t)(l)' knew it i-xeept theiii<elveii.
“ lly Allali!" exelziiiiieil .Uiil:il.'i l‘:i9li:i. “we will
niusa lIl(‘t‘llltL( in the l’la7.:i It)-IllI)l'l'0W it)‘ three of xii-ni.<.
“ It will reiiiiire (I tlitiiisuiiil soliliers lrttlll the gairisi-ii," replieil
Irresk.
“ Let lheiii all ceiiie. it rie(‘esN:iry,"arii<l ‘lll‘Zf'l, the ll0‘]1lll)'.
tliere I.’-' a riiit We can plnniler the hank aiiil niake sziime iiiiiii.-3,"
“ Why not? I ti-iili tiirwaril ltl1llllt‘ttl r‘1‘lll't‘tllPtl[ iii t‘iill‘l.:lllllll0[)lt3
or Ailt'i:tii:ipiiii4. with two tll‘ three llltl ('l‘()llli‘:l aiiil ii rllllitll hiireiii."
“ Your &‘X(‘I‘llI‘lll‘)' will ileserve ltl <‘Il‘t'IV it if xiiii .<l.’lllLflllt‘l‘ tliii.-we
wreti-hell .triiieiii:iii<. Wli-it lrlll('liFl$l.l1HlWUl‘lll? Allah! they (IIlj.flll
to he extvi‘iiii:i:iti‘Il."
" Thzit, i< the u--nerzil lnrni at iiniiiiuii riiiiiiiiq the ‘lily!-Illltl<‘ll, tiike
llimii wlieretiiii lllx'1‘lUllllIl tiii-iii."
'l'he thri-e iiieii pei‘fi-ell) at-.'ri-i-il iipiiii the :<iil>p-et, lllltlI'l‘ tlle(‘ll."<li‘ll,
aiiil lttl‘ fully an lit-Iir tliey were eiiga-,(el in arranging their plaiis for
the iliiirriiiv.
rhliliera were in he Rent to the parlc, or l‘i:ii'.:i, as shine iii the pehplia
ternieil ll.
put down this
“It
It the Ai'iiii-iiiniisi helil ii iiieetiii: :iiiil ll.’1S>‘0<l ii l‘o‘FHlllll0ll to r('3llTt tit .
lIl'ltH ll'ltl light, in their ()Wll ilefense they wiiizlil he shut iliiwii.
The ri'.:lit til piihlit‘, iiieetiii: was not respeeteil in Ariiieiita.
All the g0vei'iiiii'x: Ul ’l'urkisii prviriiices thiiuglit of was how to uinke
iiioiiey in a Sll4>I'L space fiir tiieiiiselveis.
It the people uniier their C(>ll[l'tll wuiilti not pay the taxes imposed,
they woulii kill and torture to enforce paynient.
Part, of this tribute or tax iiimiey went to the 'l‘iii'kisli 9.'x'Cll(’it1l8I‘,
hut the lsirger part went into the ]tUCl(L‘L:! of the gginspiiig gcveriiiii-3,
“ It shall he ii iiiassacre to-inhrriiw Wlil(‘ll will uiltllllsll the wnrltll"
extzlaiiiieil Ahtlala, with fziiizitical feriicity; “ we will slay men, women
unit chililieii.”
" Allah! il Allan!" s:ii.l Mirza.
“ Tlierei is but one (lent, unit .‘l.’lll0ll1L’LisllltiDI'ltl>llt’l.l”l"8]llletl Irrosk,
the spy.
" liisniet! The iloga Cllllllult‘SC11tIt"lIl‘ll"lttl4%l 3) lleuveii! I would
like to put shiii.-, of lli(‘lll (ill the writs‘ iiieiled the, w,;iiveriiiii‘, Aliitala.
llilfl-(itWtt)' was renioveil lriitu their path.
They ttiiiiight they hail an easy “'iI.ll'xtH'l‘F, Illltl tiiil tint care :1 straw
hit‘ any tine Ul' 1lll)‘l.liill;I.
it this lilltlsllulls were, cru.-ilieil they wiiiilii liare the-ir riiw:ti'd-iiiit
that the rat‘.e llllll ctw-iii hiitre-I anti lt’t‘,llll:; was so .-triing.
‘ was a mere ihzittt.-r of ]itilILlt‘Bl ii.tii:iie anil iihicliiiie lJU:‘lIl(‘.<-I
ar: t')llL'j the li'1Ul(‘I':l, Witt) wiiiiteil tn Illitlxl‘ iniiney ltlltoi tlJet1ll'(‘I1tly
vrueli) U[l[)l‘(‘.:':!0tl anil (l()Wll-[l'Uttilt'll people of Ariiionia.
(',ll,‘.l' l i Ii‘
nit ii:xi.x tl
lll.
lltil l$l‘:l riii: iii.N'>i i.xri-;.
“'1; must return ll) lit-iii:iiii:ii‘.eis, as he lllil) CdllLllei10llge()r(1L’I19l]l
.‘lll"[tllV.
"here t‘,i)i‘,Btei'itiil.iiiii prevaiieil.
lt.iii ,‘lllF]tlI)', Ilarry (i'ii‘iiiiimii, t,'ript:iin Nliirnliy, Mule anti )li>i.il.ii'
were lt>g"’llit‘l'.
(,'l:ii'.i was still ll]t->l1lll'.<, trying tit t',iiii>i:le Xlr-I. l(:iliI'iii‘, :ii.il iiitl iiwt
eieii >0 niiicli (H ltimiv that her hiisliiiiiil hail giiiie hut.
>hn wii. so iiticiistitiiii-il to Yiiiiii-.1 .l:iel<'< i-ii'.itit' “:lllilI'I‘ll7‘.fF that suit
ti-wli little or iii: he-eii til his gait 2 tiut iii L‘lrllllllL( iii.
ll Flt!) hail iiiiiie sit, it WUt1l‘l lI1IVl‘lllllkll’lltl(llll&‘l'!'li('t’.
lllVW1L3' ll:'t’tl [t)1lClIllLf1li‘llll‘ Cllttrlt‘.
Xi: one Ctllllil Ctllllritl hini.
'l'wii lll)lll'il li4‘ll eliipsetl >itiCe lie liiiil gone nut in lmep [lie gippoiiit.
iiient .‘<ll[iI)itSt‘Al tii liiirii lit‘I'll niiiite liyttie lllv1)i'.h[illlll.
tine ht the ii9i'V:iiit,< Ul llH‘L'(H..‘llll'1lill‘t‘1‘lli4l’lil mittii llt1llxt‘llltl'lll"-
M58 llllll Ill“t':4ilLfltllitll".
ll<‘(‘:llIll‘ Intel.‘ with :1 i’<'tat‘tlwl .'itr Jllltl iepnrieil tiiiittii: the iieail
liittly iii l'iitili>. the l'iile, en the siiti-wiillt.
l-'iiiiii tiiiit ltliitiits iizieil pliit he l.:iil ignite Oil to the llttllrl' et Axiiiili
lt) lettrii tttiire.
'l'liit l’iipe hail :i-'<iii‘eil hint that he hail pitieitiv
or letter In the ('iiii.4tiI:it.-.
What hail liiciiiiie til Yi-uiig Jae]; lliirliztwiiy trite lliltl lieeii ll2l'('tltl1l[
(in it false, pit-ti-ii,<i-’
'l'liiit, was the iiiiiitei'inii:I l[l1i‘>‘lli)ll whittli iiiiiinily ciitilil :i:t<wei.
The l‘i:i.<tii llaliiiiio were p:iti'itlii:;: the >ll'I‘k‘l.‘ iii Slllllil lHli‘lI’>‘ er
pit-liet.<, litit there was no ll'i'it'Ill]tl at ili.<ei‘Ller.
Yer)‘ few people were :tl)Hlll, ullil tiie) set-tiieil lii lie 1lll'8lIl ‘ii >pe:il;
lit Ullt‘1IIl0llIt‘l'1llllIVl‘ll whiapitt‘.
'l‘hn El[Utl'lUll win‘ liecoiiiii‘-' Yt’l‘)' iv riitiit ('<lll'-‘ill lliiipiiy was
:il.iriiieil. lle wax‘ well zieqiiziitiieil with the Britt.-‘ii H3]Il”i’>t'lll:‘.llVt‘
1lll4lI(‘,.4illVI‘tl ll) gii 1lllil.<i't‘llllll.
'1' -,3’ cetilil t:il<ege<-tiii<i-l tegethr r and lll:il(&‘ >tIlllt‘ lxllltl iil
tiiin tit lieep hriler in the ('ll)
llzirr)‘ tiiiwlwimil anti t'apt:iiii Nliirpliy were left thgetiier when the
CUllSill lllttl -‘eparteil.
Mule Xlllll Nliiiiiliiy hail Fiitiuht :1 (‘mil .=e<"iiiiieii spiit where the)‘ t't)iiltl
iiiiitilge iii c1ii'ii:::iiiil elzirei witliriiit any teat‘ (ll ll.li‘l’l'7l]tilt)ll.
“ lhi )iiii llillllk ll:irl:.'itx at i<iieiit1?":i.<i‘e-l llaity.
“ ll)’ the piper that playeil b(‘lt)l't‘ Miises, I hope ]1t)l,"reI)l19il Mm.
pht.
" What ll”tY(‘, lliey ilniie with Lint?"
“ l‘ui him in siiiiie ]‘l'l‘Ettll, I giie.<.. He will turn up liiiezi hail piiiiiiy
l)I‘lttl‘l‘tGl1(‘xllPtft liiin."
“ That 1:4 niii iii)‘ tipllllttll hi‘ :i long way,"
iliiliiinisl . “ I iiiitszi tinil hiiii: lint liiiw?"
lle wii.-2 in II iiileuiiha.
‘- .<h:ilI 1 tell yeti what I weulil do in 11 peiplexiii:eiiiwgeticy of ihis
soi“.."' :i.<keil Miitplir.
" l sliiiiilil he very glail to hear. You are 1IClt‘V(‘K' mun iiiileetl, iiyou
can get its niit, of tiii< tix."
" llltl I Eat leiitilil‘? My llll‘.'l is [0 try."
“ 'l'ii lie-1.11 with 7 '
“ Yiiiir fiiiicy is that ll:ii'kuw:iy is i-aptiireil .'1llll (‘ttiice:iletl, nttt iiitir-
ili‘i”v‘tl."
“ Yes; it taken a ltll to kill him."
“ It an that is tn Hay it your tlieiiry is eerrectiwe cuii fiillmv
hint, li-ut..il," i1.’ll'l Miirpliv.
“ lliiw ‘Ill “'5! no ttiiit? i‘;iii we teleplinim hint? Yen tire lziughiiiq
at me. Nu niiitter; li.ive yiiiir ‘hike. tlimigli it is siiiiimvliat ill-tiiiieil,
ill)‘ liiiy."
“ tleil fiirltiil I Flltltllil triile with yiiii.
“ l :iiii rill atteiitiiin."
“ My relative, llll‘ riiii.-‘til, has one lilim.l'iiniiiiil left. lrrosk. tho
lillx-4l.'lll, slew the ether. It H “I‘llvl-xll1)‘V'lIlli:ll one nit tiii-Re lllDl'(lll‘.1li-
hreil liiiiiiiilri will lltllltw 1lll".‘lt‘l( fur tiiilerl. Hive lllI‘lll a L'j:Il'lllb‘ll[ wort‘.
in a. inaii you want, to i'ir.il, let them aiiiell it, anil they will piirsuii tho
]il‘,l'rH)ll to lilH iii-stiii:itii>ii."
I)‘ St‘: I.
lit) tiit‘.w:i;(e
[it with ITI-
replieil llarry tiiriiwohil,
liisteii to me."