The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-12

of her lover; Falri, in the assumed character Of
Hussein, sang in an under tone a little air, Of
which the following is fear but lame transla-
tom
List, nv love the sun is down,
And forth no stars are pecpIngj
Not e'en to watch is the silent moon,
But all-e'en the heav'ns are sleeping!
Oh, fly, and mount my desert steed,
Who never yet hath failed me;
Who meier hath feared with me to bleed,
Though hundreds have assailed me.
Oh, fly, and be your Hussein's bride,
Nor wed the hated stranger,
NV oft-proved sword is at my side,
So, dearest, fear no danger!
The sorcerer ceased he had scarcely done 20
when he was Joined by the female; and such
was the wretch's dread of mistake, that ere he
lifted the trembling maiden upon his horse, he
took the precaution to draw aside her veil, and
satisfied himself by gazing upon the features OF
her he loved He then caught her in his arms,
placed her on the horse, sprang up behind her,
holding her on before him in his arms, and dash
ing the stirrups6 into the TANKS of his steed gal
persian horseman wear spurs, and instead there
ofuse the sharp of their stirrup irons, which
made accordingly.
Hoped away, swift as the arrow speeds from the
warriors bew; away they few-away; the speed
of their courser seemed to outstrip the very wind
itself; father, rival, and danger left far be-
hind. Long and tedious was the race; tedious to
the willy ma gician, from dread lest he should be-
tray himself to his fair companion ere the proper
time for doing so had arrived; and tedious to
Leila, from the uncomfortable nature of her
position, and other reasons hereafter to be seen.
Night wore away, and the glorious sun made his
appearance ia the heavens, the gloom receding
and disappearing at his approach, as iffying in
terror before the brightness and majesty of the
Lord of day.
About noon the sorcertr drew bride and check
ed his steed. Leila had now time to look about
hcr;-the spot which Falri had chosen for his
hating place certainly appeared strange one
for a lover to convey his mistress to-sand, sand
was on every side-nothing but a vast expansive
desert was around them; the eye could barely
descry, at an amazing distance in front and on
either side, chain of high and rocky mountains,
bounding the horizon they were indeed in the
midst of the desert, for tedious as appeared the
Journey, the horse of the magician had conveyed
them distance during the night, that would
have taken another animal weeks to accomplish;
not blade of grass was any where to be seen,
net shrub, not plant, not a tree, save threa
withered palm trees that marked the site OF
what had formerly been we'll, but had long
since become dry; the withered palms had,
probably, cocval with its existence, sprnng up
with the first appearance of water, hourished
while the spring remained to give noprishment
to their roots, and decayed when the water was
no more. To one of these trees, Falri fastened
his painting, sweating horse, and having lifted
his companion to the ground-for one instant
gazed on her with eyes of gloating sensuality
and rcmorseless lust-tAen grasping her arm
with an iron grippe, his visage slowly and gradual
ly changed, and in a few seconds he stood before
the betrayed Leila in his true form-and in a
I x.,rd r.,
come from the very bottom of his chest, Wills :
grim smile of triumph fitted across his features
relieving for an instant with a flash of de-
moniacal light, the satanic gloom which obscur,
ed his ferocious COMMUNICATIVE girl, now
art thou mine, in spite of thy silly reluctance
where is now thy Hussein, thy boy lover, whose
form wore the better to decoy and gain posses
sion of thee; if my spirits have fulfilled my
orders, he slumbers, long ere this, in hell! or,
as the foolish sons of Islam teach-he has
long since forgotten thee, and all the world
beside, in the arms of one of those dark-eyed
fair ones, which your pretended Prophet says are
in store to receive and comfort the souls of the
faithful dead: be that as it may, however; art
not thou now mine-yes, mine-iend, devil,
though be-and lovely as art thou. Thou art
mine-my own-oh, we powers! thank you
| worship you'll adore you Leila, mine-ha, ha,
ha, hap
For moment the sorcercr inIulgcd In a con-
vulson of diabolical laughter, and then continu-
ed
'sAnd here shall be our wedding-yes, here,
in this spot. The prince of the powers OF
darkness shall be our priest, and the terrible
ones shall witness the ceremony; the tyrant of
the universe himself cannot now separate us.
Leila, body and soul, thou art mine, now and
for overland here the fiendish being was
about to stamp upon the ground, as il to sum-
non to the spot the dark spirits Of which he
spoke, when
But dear reader, will you permit me to leave
him thus few moments, while we revert to our
friend Hussein, and see what bcfel him on leav-
ing Leila, after having obtained her consent to
fly with him at midnight from her fathers
house?
The mysterious vision presented to the eye,
of Falri by the evil genius Adonai, had told
him nothing but the truth. Hussein had settled
with Leila every thing necessary for their flights
and had Just quilted her to make what further
preparations appeared necessary. He was pro-
ceeding homeward towards his quarters, with a
light heart, rendered so by rejecting on the near
APPROACH of the hour which should bring to his
arms his Leila-his chosen one-her whom he
adored.
Just as he reached the outskirts of the city, he
beheld an aged Dervish seated upon stone, be-
meath tree, and holding in his hand wooden
bowl, Tor go,trd as it is in MS.) asking aims
Hussein was always of charitable disposition:
but was never more disposed to bestow aims than
at that very moment-ior an individual isnevel
so well inclined to relieve his suffering fellwc
creatures as he is just after having his own mind
relieved of a load OF care or anxicty-he accord
ingly instantly thrust his hand int his girdie
and drawing from thence gold coin, dropped il
| into the old mans bowl. He was about to past
| on when the Dervish detained him.
"My son." said the aged beggar, "hast thot
not heard these words of the prophet, where h,
saith, Gle that bestoweth aims with cheerful
hand, giveth double, and shall receive double