New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-27
A TALE OF THE PLAINS OF ERRUR.

was buried deep within his polished brow.
A TALE OF THE PLAINS OF ERRUR.
TConcludedl
The light which CLEANED through the black
goat.hair awning Of Gur1gue slave.merchant
fell upon the features of the wild party it pass
ed and Ambeesa's heart beat high with exulta-
ton when, decorated with dirty ostrich plume,
he fancied he could recognize the very foe OF
whom he was in search The archer was, IN
truth, most truculcnt-looking knave-onc who,
if his visage did not strangely belle him. might
have been the perpetrator OF any given atrocIty.
The tail.fat off our Berbera rams incrustcd ms
head in perfect helmet of tallow and the putrid
entrails of the antelope he had last slain, were
sung in noisome coils about his neck, TO the pol.
luton of the atmosphere he breathed His re-
pulsive front displayed through the accumulated
filth Of forty years. perfect maze OF mystic
figures in tattooed relief, on which were Embedded
amulets stitched in greasy leather; and the dis
tended lobes OF his enormous ears were SO loaded
with pewter rings, that not another could have
been squeezed in. A gap, consequent upon the
loss of five front teeth in recent brawl, made
room for quid of no ordinary dimensions. Two
small, sunken, blear eyes, which appeared to
work upon swivel, squinted alternately, as the
inhamed balls were revealed by turns according
and on his meagrc, sunken cheek yawncd scam
five inches in length, which precisely cores
bonded With cash known to have been inflicted
by the Youths father during certain moonless
night at Errur, when stab in the back had
aroused the veteran from deep sleep to his NOR.
tai struggle.
"Stay you here, Moosa," quoth one of the bow
men, addressing this captivating hero. as they
stopped before the doorway OF an unfinished cabin
at no great distance beyond the rovers pail
tarry you here, and Inshdliah, we'll turn out
these lazy wenches to unload the asses"
The name had not been lost upon Ambeesa
who like all OF his bigot creed, placed the iirmes'
reliance in fate. He had sworn never to return
until he should have given the body of Moosa 10
the wild beasts where the vutures might pick
out his eyes The object his weary journey was
by the interference o. destiny in his favor. already
within his clutches. He who murdered his sire
was assurcdly alone with him in dark lane, and
Aylia was without doubt his own.
{" Woger,1 mani, ,ooge'ri mani, ,cogenl
naani," repeated the Woema colby, as he OK.
tended his open hand toward the doomed victim
in token of amity. "W0g6rri, ,cog 6rrs, ,ooger
carelcssy returned the savage thus accosted, at
the same time passing his greasy fingers me-
chemically over the palm presented. The same
turned; and it gradually dwinded away to an
asserting :" UNI hunr," in itself fully as rigid as
the wearisome repeulions OF inquiry had been
deeply trcacherous
Moosa stopped to shake the pebbles from his
dilapidated sandal. His bare back was towards
the Woema, for his garment had fallen from his
brawny shoulder. 1t was enough. Muttering
through his closed teeth an inaudible Invocation
to Allah, Ambeesa suddenly drew his crecse.
plunged the razuredged blade to the very hilt
into the yielding spine of his unsuspecting foe,
tore the vaunhpg white feather from his greasy
locks spurned the PROSTATE carcasc with his foot,
spat upon the unscemly features, now distorted
in the agonics of death, and fed into the will
dcrness.
Months had elapsed, and the festive season
had now returned at which tho Bedouinss annu-
ally celebrate their weddings Many dark
eyed damsel had been led by he. happy swain to
the nuptial wigwam, when a gaycr procession
than usual was TO DC seen passing up the centre
street of the encampment at Gaiel. Eight wrih-
killed. matrons led, hrand!si.ing swords and creeses
with truly Amazonian gestures, while they danced
to wild song In which all joined chorus to the
dissonant humping of a kettle drum. The
charms of the pialden bride who followed, aud
had been long betrothed were screened from vul-
gar gaze beneath canopy of blue calico, borne
BY party of the village bellies, splendid with
porcelain jcwclry and grcase-thelr arms, like
those of the sister graces, cntwining each others
waist; while every idle BLACKBOARD that could
be mustered, swecd the nuptial train. At inter.
walls, the music of the tamboutine gave place to u
shril vocal solo, when the nymphs pi:oucttcd in
a may circle; and the PROCESSION, after thus pa
rading through the hamlet, was preceded on its
return by party of dirty urch,ns, bearing the
dover in ornamented baskets woven of the wiry
leaf of the palm. Massive earrings of brass and
copper were among the treasures, and the mach
prized, though far from becoming colt of blue
calico which forms the badge of the welded wife,
had not been forgotten.
Aylia was still the fairest of all the daughters
other tribe, and Ambeesa ever the foremost when
the spear was thrown over the shoulder OF the
warrior. Happiness and content reigned IN the
rude hut. No harsh word had ruffied the ex-
istence of the young par, and the stranger never
passed the door without the ready draught OF milk
being preferred or the kind word exchanged
But In accordance with the barharouS usage OF
the Adel Bedouin, the wife was TO remain an IN
mate OF her fathers dwelling, until she should
have become the mother Of three children.
IT was midway in the sultry summer months,
and the fiery sun poured his hsrcest rays from his
meridian throne. No human eye was able to
endure the broad glare that pervaded the vast
sandy plain of Errur, which at intervals was
secured BY towering whirl@inds, iinpar,iug the
aspect of manufacturing town with its huge
steam-engines at work. AL! animate nature
shrank under the sccrching heat, which had even
curled the few scanty tufts OF wi,hercd vegeta
ton. The stiffness of death pervaded a dcsolatc
scene over which foa,ed the trcacaerous mlrage
Not creature moved, and no sound was heard
save the roar Of tho angry whirwind tearing
everything before it, it swept IN reckless wrath
across the encampment, efcinng while 1t ragged
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