يتحطيم صورة عناقه بالاتركي بخط الهها سود وريث الامركاني السلاحف مسجلة سجل الهه عادي وكيل فعلانيا دولة الامركات بالخطف فيها انه وبين التلوث المحرم فى المعارفت ٢٠ کی ا وراجينا غير هذا بيد کس ١٢٧ الايميه تعلقنا المسمارية المكاديه واوصافها المرسط القامة حمرة انون راسها مدون بوجه طويل بسيون سيد عمرها لستة عشرينيه تجريها وقد عطية لها هذا الورقة نفر منها شهادة العليا عازر اعتماد سحرها والابكوت عليها بي شخص الكاف في المستقبل وصارة حة تمها ممنونه لهه الله سمانه وتعالي وتوريد يك نسخته صورة بعض خلوق هذا احدهم بيد عليه والثانيه بين وكل الفصلاتي وهذا This is to certify that I have this day purchased the liberty of Barilla, a slave girl, born in Abyssinia. Barilla has no She is sixteen years of age, round head, Abysfamily name. sinian type of features, small boned, black, clear eyes, and has The authorities of the United a simple childish manner. States are respectfully invited to guarantee her liberty, and to prevent any person or persons from holding her to involuntary servitude. She is free from this date. ALVAN S. SOUTHWORTH, American Citizen. CHAPTER XV. BARILLA, THE ABYSSINIAN SLAVE GIRL. IN my rambles about Khartoum, it came to my knowledge that a most extraordinary case of kidnapping had brought there the person of a young slave girl, stolen from her home in Abyssinia. I succeeded in seeing her, and after many difficulties, had the pleasure of placing in her hand a deed of freedom, under the seal of the United States. For her liberty I paid the sum of $155, Egyptian dollars. So childish, so innocent, so beautiful, and withal so noble-minded and pure-hearted was Barilla, that I determined to obtain her history in full, and, for this purpose, saw much of her, and learned from many artless conversations how she had been stolen from a bright home and sold into bondage. Barilla was one of nine children. She was the only daughter of the Faki or Moslem priest of her native village. She was fond of telling that her father was (abbiat) white, and a Turk one of those few who, either personally or in the blood of his ancestors, penetrated to Abyssinia to carry the Koran of Mahomet. These propagandists were all men of fine talents, finished education, and easy, gentle manners. Fanatical, they yet manifested a devotion to "faith, hope, and charity," that one may not always find among the teachers of Christianity. Barilla's father was a kindly, handsome man, who believed and preached that Mahomet was born in the Garden of Eden and that he existed in a pencil of light until the sixth century, when, by the especial favor of God, the Angel Gabriel was appointed to deliver him his commission as the only prophet. Fervid and sincere in his religion, he taught his children the hourly utterance of that phrase which is constantly repeated in the Ottoman Empire: "There is but one God, and Mahomet is his prophet." His eight sons were all instructed in the Koran, and this is the beginning and end of Moslem education. They were devout, honest, frugal and industrious. Barilla, an only daughter in a large family, was the pet of the household. Her early years were flush with happiness, amid the tender caresses of all who gazed upon her childish, marvelous |