Henry C. Rowland

Name: A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI
Author: Henry C. Rowland

A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

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“A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI”, published in 1916, is a work by Henry C. Rowland. It explores elements such as Dallas, Rosenthal and Thalia.

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ A moment later, a gaunt, black-bearded man came hewing his way through with blows of terrific force and quickness, while his fierce face peered constantly this way and that as if in search of some one.
Thalia put her lips close to Dallas' ear. "That is Ishmi Bey," she said.
But the pivotal center of the fight was Rosenthal. Squarely in the middle of the street, the Jew's big bulk loomed through the swirling dust, while his harsh voice, admonishing friend and foe, rose above the din of the fight. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Swinging in his saddle, he shouted a harsh order and pointed toward Rosenthal's Serbs with the blade of his yataghan. The next instant the Shkipetari were hurled in assault.
Dallas had barely time to drag Thalia up the steps and into the han before the Albanians had struck their enemy. The street was narrow, and the powdery dust of the road swept up in such dense swirling clouds that for several moments it was impossible to follow the fortunes of the fight. Horses and men were down, and the combatants were so tightly wedged as to be unable to use rifle or carbine. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Backward down the road they forced the Serbs, while the blinding dust rose thicker and thicker. Rosenthal alone appeared to hold his own; planted in the middle of the street, he fought like a huge, raging Mephistopheles, his clothes in ribbons and the blood streaming down his satanic face. Now and then Dallas caught a glimpse of Sir James; the Englishman had torn the carbine from the hands of a Serb and was fighting like the Jew, his weapon clubbed. Backward the Serbs were forced, struggling over the bodies of men and horses, until presently Rosenthal alone blocked the road. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Forty t'ousand pounds! Bah!" He raised both hands to a long, jagged cut on the side of his head, from which the blood was oozing sluggishly.
"So you're not dead?" said Dallas.
"I don't t'ink so. But I deserf to be! Forty t'ousand pounds! Bah!"
He spat and wiped his mouth with the back of his grimy sleeve, then looked up at Thalia and grinned.
"Sapristi! I do not like to fight! It is not goot business, and bad for the health! Sapristi! But it is very bad for the health. I might easily have been killed, and then of what good would be my forty t'ousand pounds? ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Dallas, but it is so very funny! No! Business is business, but Isidor Rosenthal has not yet turned brigand! No! T'at vould not be business!" And again the raucous laugh burst out, to come reechoing back in hoarse cachinnations from the rocky wall on the other side of the gorge. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ The only actual militia in this country are Turks. You see, it is a Turkish sanjak. But Emilio stands very well with the Porte, and he is permitted to maintain a sort of constabulary to protect himself from the Shkipetari, who hate the Turks almost as much as they do the Serbs. You see, the whole state of affairs is horribly confused; and what the Turks want more than anything else is to keep the peace. As a result, they are friendly with both parties, so far as they can be."
"So we've got to part," said Dallas bitterly.
Thalia looked at him with a sad smile. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Now he is back in Dakabar, gathering the Shkipetari from all ofer the hills. There is going to be troubles, and"—he grinned—"myselluf I am not so sorry, because I see a chance to get back my forty t'ousand pounds. But come, children! Ve must go."
"Go where?" demanded Dallas.
Rosenthal lifted his bushy eyebrows.
"To Rascia, of course," said he.
"Why not to Dakabar?"
The Jew shook his big head. "Ah, my boy, you may go if you like; but Thalia must come vith me. I am fery sorry, but business is business. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Dallas and Thalia exchanged glances of infinite relief.
"And Sir James' servant?" asked the girl.
"He is t'ere, too. Sir Chames got a buckshot in his neck, but he is not hurted bad. This hermit is now making lots of troubles at Dakabar. He is himself Albanian." He turned to Thalia. "It is Ishmi Bey."
"Ishmi Bey?" echoed the girl. "He was my father's dearest friend," she said to Dallas, "and he has a blood feud with Emilio."
Rosenthal nodded. "Yes," said he. "That was a very bad business. A band of Emilio's burned his house and carried away his vife und daughters. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ Rosenthal parried with his gun barrel, but the blade glanced and found the side of his shaggy head. The Jew swayed in his saddle, then lurched sideways and came crashing to the ground.
Sir James and Connors wheeled to plunge again into the fight, which had surged on down the street. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, A Princess of the Balkans — Chapter XI (1916)

“ These proved to be a troupe of Chingéni, or Balkan gypsies. They were a ragged lot of nomads, perhaps twenty in all, with warm, swarthy skins, features of markedly Hindu type, and dark, lustrous eyes. ”

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