The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-01-20

In an agony of pain he cried, Dear, gen
tie Yoo-ti hu,-I beseech thee to stopv
Verify quoth Yoo-t-hu, 4 value my
head
4 shall not harm hair groaned Tally
yang-sang.
Words arc cheap said Yoo-ti-hu.
But swear-I solemnIy y swearr pite.
ousIy cried TaIIy-yang- sang.
by what!'
BY the Prophet!
Nay
BY God himselfr
Swear by thy beardp
Never
Then dancep
Another good hourdld Tally-yang- sang
caper about, roar and b!aspheme, till cru.
elly excoriated from head to foot.
DO you swear! asked Yoo-ti-hu.
i do
"Bv that which is sacrcd?"
by my beard
In a truly pitiabIc condition the Grand
Nazir lmpcd towards the palace. You.
THU MISUNDERSTANDING the handy and
sacrificed legs of the great TalIy-yang-
seng, and muttering bencdictions Oh the
genius.
". Yoo-h-hu IN Danger.
The great ralas, moguls, and lords OF
Gazaret, belonging to the court OF Polka
toka had sailed out with the king, to take
a stroll in the royal gardens.
go! cried Ip'ai2rn, high master Of the
festivities, 'wilat fantastic clown comes
hither?'
AN Egyptian dancer quoth the king.
"A selfpunished Musselman,' added a
raja.
True said grand mogul, for behind
him walks his koran bearer
Rather shia with his talisman,' obser-
we'd lord of Gazaret.
Or a soon,' whispered a pious Mahom-
medan.
"A blood stained spirit of Ebris,' re-
marked a famous Astrologer.
'Hushr exclaimed Yptalecn, 'by all that
is terrible!-by monkin and naklr It's Tai
ly-yang-sang, grand nazr Of the harem?
And TalIy-yang-sang it was, whose wn-
ful figure approached the pageant.
Mirror of Pictyp cried the king, what
means this outlandish freak! Methinks it
i'll becomes thee to tramp about. barc-leg-
ged and bloody, after this fashion. Pro-
priety of conduct, and delicacy, should
distinguish master of the harcm; and
much regret that thou hast inlrInged not
only Oh these, but un the laws Of dccen.
cy."
Sure, mighty monarch of Gazaret,' re,
piled Tally-yang-sang, wringing his hands
and shifting his breast, thy page deals
with the devil; for verify, he hath a lutte
of such bewitchng tones, that, when the
same be played, l could not help skipping
and dancing among the bushes till my
bones creaked-my head whirled, and
was hayed and excoriated within an incl
of nv l:fc-as your highness may see"
'Tay-yang-sang.' said the king grave
ly, thy character IS lmreached-thou has
spoken of imposslbilitles; in fact, thou has
lied"
by all that is solemn, I have spoken tn
TRUTH cried the grand nazir.
'And nothing but the TRUTH
AS liver protested Tally-yang sang.
Then Yoo-ti-hu shall lose his head
sNav.-I have sworn on my beard t
save it,
Generous TaIlv-yang-sang! cried Pc
katoka, thou art too lenient of offence
Nevertheless, Yoo-ti-hu shall bcpunlshed
Certainly said TalIy-yang-sang, 1T wa
my design to have him deccntly flayed t
DEATH
(Which shall be done,' quoth the king
if thou provost the offence
Without farther delay the bare-legge'
and excoriated TaIly-yang-sang led tn
way to the palace; and callphs, rajas, me
guls and lords of Gazaret, followed ADM
ringly in the rear.
Y. Thc uiql and its effects.
The grand councll-chambcr of the pa
acc was presently crowded with courtier
Officers orthr rua"d. siraries, mandarin
and pashas,-aL the head of HON, seate
: by his queen, and attended by a magnif
cent suite ofpages sat PoAat0ka, KRg