THE SULTAN OF TURKEY 



Golden Horn, and there promising God and 

 His prophet to maintain the faith. 



Even Abdul Aziz, in whose reign the eternal 

 "Eastern Question" first began to ask emphat- 

 ically for an answer, and who was murdered in 

 1876, did this thing; even Abdul Murad, who 

 was "removed" after two months of nominal 

 rule, did it; and even Abdul Hamid II fol- 

 lowed their example for many years. Then 

 came more troublous times. His Majesty im- 

 mured himself in the Yildiz Kiosk and the visits 

 to St. Sophia became less frequent. Indeed, 

 they ceased altogether. For, remember — the 

 Yildiz palace is on the Bosphorus above Pera ; 

 and Pera is above Galata ; and between Galata 

 and Stamboul there is a long and treacherous 

 bridge of boats, and between the bridge of 

 boats and St. Sophia there are many narrow 

 streets to traverse. From any window of the 

 houses that line these narrow streets, a bullet 

 might be fired or a bomb might be dropped 

 and who the wiser, though the sidewalks be 

 lined with troops? 



Once in a long time Abdul Hamid made the 

 trip from the Yildiz Kiosk to Stamboul down 

 the Bosphorus in a boat. But Bosphorus 

 boats, as many Sultans of Turkey know, are 



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