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could do nothing for him; that he was a very pitiable object 
to be sure, but he could only blame himself for it; that it 
would be greatly to his advantage in the end, perhaps, to 
spend some time in prison, inasmuch as it would enable him 
to refrain from visiting his nieces, and save him from the 
mortification of being made drunk on arrack ; that confine¬ 
ment has its pleasures as well as its pains ; and should he he 
kept in jail six months it would doubtless he a continual 
source of satisfaction to him to reflect upon the blood of the 
six Bedouins he had slain, and anticipate the pleasure of kill¬ 
ing six more as soon as he was set at liberty; in short, that 
although he would present a most pitiful and heart-rending 
sight behind the bars, to all his pretty nieces who might 
chance to pass that way, and was a fit subject of commiser¬ 
ation for all the muleteers whom he had beaten on the road, 
yet that, considering the thing in its proper light, there was 
every reason to congratulate himself, inasmuch as he would 
be comfortably provided for in the way of bread and water, 
and not suffered to spend his money extravagantly, for it 
would all be taken care of, and properly appropriated to the 
use of the Turkish authorities, and that of the old man whom 
he had beaten on the road. 
Having thus afforded all the consolation in our power to 
the unfortunate Yusef, we bade him a kindly farewell, never 
more, perhaps, to see his familiar face again. The steamer 
for Alexandria, was already getting up steam. 
We returned to Demetrie’s, with a crowd of Arabs after us, 
who still cried out to us, as if they thought the Howadji all- 
powerful, “ 0 save poor Yusef Badra ! 0 Howadji! Howadji! 
take pity upon poor Yusef Badra ! the friend of our heart! 
the joy and pride of Beirut!” 
As we sat down to our last dinner at the hotel, Doctor 
Mendoza and the Madam entered. They had arrived the 
day before us. They were delighted at the happy termina¬ 
tion of the voyage through Syria; Doctor Mendoza said that 
the Madam was a little indispose, in consequence of the horse- 
fight at Tantura, which had disordered his (the Madam’s) 
nerves; but he would be well directly. 
