The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-03-30


for his restoration. There is in the oasis
said the Arab, ''great variety Of fruits; "a
mongst others, melons, oranges and peach
es. You will prefer these to any thing |
can offer you. For myself, have some
bruised barley which shall be my only food
till meet Cora" "Your lady will, hope,
reward you for your abstinence" said the
traveller. slave the kindness to gather
me a melon; am so far overcome with ia
tigue, that cannot well rise to get it my
self" The Arab gathered him some fruit,
then seating himself by his SIDE, he began
his own unpalatable meal. When It was
finished, he procured fire from the friction
Fof two sticks and lit his pipe. His eye be-
came languid and inexpensive, and his fea |
lures motionless. The act Of violence which |
he had lately committed, was thing ofl
course his idea Of right and wrong fully
justified it. 1t had been performed e. was
now forgotten. He was now reyelling In
all the ecstacies Of The Mahomedan para
disc, and hin Cora was a lovely houri whose
eyes were beautiful ana soft a. those Of the
gazelle.
The traveller was as little inclined to con:
verse as his companion, and after casting .
disconsolate look on his two bags of gold, he
laid down and presently fell asleep. The
Arab continued smoking. Sometimes, in a
moment Of recollection, he took one OF the
bags ofgold and poised it, then laid it down,
and began to fan his companion to promote
his slumber. But these interruptions to his
musings were few and short, and he appear
ed to become entirely insensible to every
thing around him. The sun set and the
evening planet soon appeared. His eye
was fixed on It's silver orb, till the increasing
shades of night revealed the glories of the
II Arabian sky. The bright star Aldebaran
. was approaching the meridian. The Arab
rose from the ground, and retired few pa
, ces 20 hiiIock of sand. He scattered part
of it and then traced with his pipe an astro-
logical figure. His satisfaction Increased
t as he proceeded, and when the horoscope
was finished, he exclaimed in rapture, -''the
star of nay destiny is on the meridian, my
t beloved approaches, she cannot be far off. ,
: s'Ah! what is the matter!" cried the tray.
y eller, awaking, ''take the gold, and plague
n go with it, His Thoughts wandered for the
q moment to the recontre Of tho morning, ant
6 the loss he had sustained.
/. 81 have been holding converse with tn,
e stars" said the Arab, sand they tell me tina
' Cora is near"
(, "The stars are very communicative" re
y turned the other, yawning.
" 81 will tell thee Of Cora" resumed tn
g Arab, seating himself beside his companion
h 81 will tell thee Of Cora, the delight Of tn
e desert. lam Benz Saker, the son of Sakel
e. the shiek, and am myself shiek. My "a
IS Their is muster Of thousand spears; he ha
is multitudes of canels and sheep, and hi
- family ls as numerous as the stars A hun
d. dred spears await my bidding. also hav
it camels and sheep, but my chief treasure
" are locked up in Cora Cora is the daugl
e. ter Of Hatim, ne is the commander of fiv
Is hundred horsemen, and he has great tire;
SO sure; yet covet nothing that is his, but Ii
&c fair Cora.
:" "Hatim, the father of Cora, entered in
i'd league with my parent Saker. We joine
e. our strength against the NAVAL, and .
We out together to meet them. We came I
sft with Our enemy, and parleyed with them, b
IN they would not listen 10 the voice of peac
ne We threw n thousand lances into the mid
of their company, and they. dispersed lii
ok the chaft, scattering themselves over Il
all plain. We pursued them, but the night
IS voring their escape, we returned to O
Sc tents to celebrate the feast of victory. TT
- flesh Of a young camel was prepared for U
to and baked rice, and there was goats al
he camels' milk in abundance.
81 Il left my tent early on the morning aft
ois our victory, and walked to the we'll TO wat
ny, the camels. There was female of d
. tribe of Hatm drawing water. Her wa
for was straight and supple as my lance, al
he her steps were light and elegant Her ia
. was yelled, according to the custom of o
he tribes; but in raising the vessels of water
lis her head, she disordered her veil, and G
ou. served her features. Her eyes were Ii
nut those of the gazelle; her looks were langu
by and imprisoned; her beautiful eyebro
be we're arched like two bows of ebony; b
ay eyslashes were blackened with kool, a
no her lips were painted blue; her nails we
to- tinged with gold-colored henna; and h
r,n wsrds, were sweeter than honey. Which
lch the daughters Of Hatim Is it, said |, who
Ike drawing water from Saker's well. I
re- Cora, answered she,) the daughter of Hat
ich thy friend. She left me, and, returnir
e.' withdrew into the inner tent of her father.
cyl "Day after day, pinned for the fair Co
- but she came no more to the well; and
q tribe Of Hatim suddenly struck their ten
hin and deperted from among us. | conceal
dis my passion for some time from my faith
our but my body wasted away till it yielded