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Sadik, who had been exiled from Constantinople, came to Palestine and bought great tracts of land near my people. ZADIG WHO HAD BEEN EXILED FROM CONSTANTINOPLE CAME TO PALESTINE AND BOUGHT GREAT TRACTS OF LAND NEAR MY PEOPLE
shly. It was estimated that Beirut was getting more than five thousand dollars a week out of them. But the natives were especially impressed by the manliness and quick action of the American boys. Frequently a few sailors were involved in a street fight with scores of Arabs, and they always held their own. In a short time the Americans became feared, which in the Orient is equivalent to saying they were respected. The Beirut people are famous for their fighting spirit, but this spirit was not manifested after a few weeks of intimate acquaintance with the American blue-jackets. My inspection of the devastation caused by the locusts completed, I returned home. The news that greeted me there was alarming. I must narrate with some detail the events which finally decided me to leave the country. About one hour's ride on horseback from our village lives a family of Turkish nobles, the head of which was Sadik Pasha, brother of the famous Kiamil Pasha, several times Grand Vizier of the Empire.  MONEY LAVISHLY IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT BAY ROOT WAS GETTING MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A WEEK OUT OF THEM BUT THE NATIVES WERE ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED BY THE MANLINESS AND QUICK ACTION OF THE AMERICAN BOYS FREQUENTLY A FEW SAILORS WERE INVOLVED IN A STREET FIGHT WITH SCORES OF ARABS AND THEY ALWAYS HELD THEIR OWN IN A SHORT TIME THE AMERICANS BECAME FEARED WHICH IN THE ORIENT IS EQUIVALENT TO SAYING THEY WERE RESPECTED THE BAYROO PEOPLE ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT BUT THIS SPIRIT WAS NOT MANIFESTED AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE AMERICAN BLUE JACKETS MY INSPECTION OF THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE LOCUSTS COMPLETED I RETURNED HOME THE NEWS THAT GREETED ME THERE WAS ALARMING I MUST NARRATE WITH SOME DETAIL THE EVENTS WHICH FINALLY DECIDED ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY ABOUT ONE HOUR'S RIDE ON HORSEBACK FROM OUR VILLAGE LIVES A FAMILY OF TURKISH NOBLES THE HEAD OF WHICH WAS SADIK PASHA THE BROTHER OF THE FAMOUS CAIMIL PASHA SEVERAL TIMES GRAND VIZIER OF THE EMPIRE
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