"My son is pacha! and my nephews will die of envy!" But her triumph was not to be of long duration.

A few days after his installation, Elmas began to feel strangely languid.

Continual lethargy, convulsive sneezing, feverish eyes, soon betokened a serious illness.

Ali's gift had accomplished its purpose.

The pelisse, carefully impregnated with smallpox germs taken from a young girl suffering from this malady, had conveyed the dreaded disease to the new pacha, who, not having been inoculated, died in a few days.
The grief of Chainitza at her son's death displayed itself in sobs, threats, and curses, but, not knowing whom to blame for her misfortune, she hastened to leave the scene of it, and returned to Janina, to mingle her tears with those of her brother.