New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-26

wealth as we'll as fame. None appeared more
.-eoucntly in the many. tailed leopard spo'ls which
;,rrn the garb of victory; and the whlIe Ica'hef
,iways fioated above his raven locks Du' MS
.ther having been treacherously murdered by the
Eesah. blood fcud chung to the old mans sole
descendant: and it formed to hun source OF
clireproach that, although he had Tor years
lopced the footsteps OF the assassin, the nppor-
unity had never yet occurred When he Tn'ght
wash out the STAN A sknlker among his clans
nor, AT = distan, oas sis the cowardv savage had
oroGted OF his deep cunning to bf!le the crcese Of
ne avenger and he still Wanted his trophy Of
,Iood without any account of It's acquisition hay
nv been rcQmfcd
But the day of reckoning and of retribut;on
r.s nov nigh at hand The mother OF Ambcesa
had couRicd out the dowry demanded Of any vino
should esporsc young Aya and had claimed the
girl as her daughter-in-iaw elect. At the sight Of
the beeves and the fat rams, and the trinkcts and
the trumpery cloth. tho sole-remanng eye OF the
old sheikh glstcned with lustre that II had not
known for wears but his naughty soul could u!
brook the thought Of his daughter beng welded
20 one whose fathers death thus rested una
venged g Get thee hence. young man," nc ex-
claimed sternly, shaking his slivered locks, alter
short inward conflict with his ayarice-" get
thee hence, nor show thy face again within my
doors as suitor, until thou hast appeaSed the
spirit of thy murdered sire. The blood OF HIM to
whom thou art indebted for thy existence cncth
| aloud for vcngeace and WAliahi, until the grave
Of Ilassan shall have been soaked by Thy hands,
,bou shalt no. talk to Ali Of his daughler."
| Amboesa sought not his dark mistress. but,
-natching the spear and bnckler which had been
carefully deposited in corner Of the cabin,
! !. p.SStuy
his own hut in .ncn.al abstraction, he took the
road to the brook. and throwing himself upon his
lace, drew deep draug ht 10 allay the fever tina,
consumed hlm Then whe,iing his brass mount
ed crccsc to the kcenest edge upon smooth
;ione hc rnutiertd a dreadful oath betwlxt his
c!rr,rhed ec,h, and strobe rnoodlly across the
sandy plain. -,
Inc great annual fair had already assembled
al the seaport OF BerDcra, and tribes from ali
parts of the cnuntry were fiocklng ,hlthcr with
,hcir motley wares The curious stalls Of the iat
Bnnians from India Were ihrunued from morning
until night with berbarans from the adjacent dis
trictS who brought pci,rics and drugs to hc eX-
changed: and the ciainor OF haggllng and barter
was hourly increased by the arrival OF some new
caravan Of toll. worn pcdders from the more re-
mote depths of The Interior each laden with an
accession Of rich merchandise, 10 be converted
INTO baublcs and blue calico, at clear net profit
To- the specious Hindu of two hundred PEI cent.
Myrrh, ivory, and guin-arabic civlt, franklin
ccnse, and ostrich feathers, were piled IN every
corner Of his booth; and the tearing OF ellis OF
Nile stuff and Surat cloth, and the counting out
of porcelain beads, was incessant so long the
daylight lasted. Wiihered bedames, with cracked
penny trumpet voices, were meanwhile actively
employed in the erection OF new ediccs and
more and more camels were ever pouring toward
the scene of primitive commerce, loaded with the
long elastic ribs, and the coarse date mating,
which form the skeleton and shell Of the nomades
wIgwam.
II was dusk when Ambeesa entered the long
centre street OF this busy scene He had jour
ncycd many days alone and on foot, and his
mantle, and his arms, and his lofty brow, were
alike deeply stained with the Disgusting dust Of
the desert. A gang of Bones, with stalking
ostrich driving before them sundry asses laden
with the spos of the chase, arrived at The same
moment from the opposite direction. Rude
parchment covered qulvers, well stocked with
poisoned shafts, hung ncgiigcAiiy by their side,
suspended by the tuited tail of Ion an d. with
thef classic bows over their wry shoulders, the
gypsy votarics OF Diana advanced, swearing and
Disappearing, toward the Eeslh quarter of the
struggling encampment.
ITO be concluded To