The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-16


little habiration. When the night was come,
without rcfeciing on it, he placed light in
the candcstick. Immediately they saw a
dcrvise appear, who turned about for an
hour, and disappeared after having thrown
them an asper. This candlestck had Twelve
branches. Aodallah, who was medtating
all the day upon what he had seen the night
before, was willing TO know what would
happen the next night, if he put a candle
in each of them; he did so, and twelve der
vises appeared that instant; they also turned
round for an hour, and each of them threw
an asper as they disappeared. lie repeated
every day ihc same ceremony, which had
always the same success, but lie nevercouId
make it succeed more than once in twenty.
four hours. This trihing sum was enough
to make his mother and himself subsst loler.
ably; there was time when Aey would
have made them happy; but it was not con.
siderable enough TO change their forlune.-
1t is always dangerous for the Imagination
to be fixed on riches. The sight Of what he
believed he should possess, The projects he
had formed for the employment OF it; all
these things had left such profound traces
in the mind Of AbdaIIah that nothing could
efface them. Therefore, seeking the small
advantage he drew from the candIestck.
he resolved to carry it back to the dcrvise,
hopes that he might obtain from him the
treasure he had seen, or at least might find
again the riches which had vanished from
their sight, by restoringIo him a thing for
which he testified so earnest desire. He
was so fortunate rs to remember his name
and that of the city which he inhabited.-
He started therefore Immediately for Maere.
bi. carving with him his candestick that he
lighted every night, and by that means. fur.
nIshed himself with what was necessary on
the road without being compelled to implore
the compassion of The faithful. When he
arrived at the city Of Magrebi, his first care
was To ask in what house or convent Aboun-
adar lodged. He was so we'll known that
every body told him his habilaiion. He re-.
paired thilhcr directly, and found fifty por.
ters, who kept the gate Of his house. having
each staff with head of gold, in their
hands; The court Of this palace was filled
with slaves and domcstics; in fine, the resi-.
dence or 2 nr,nce could M, oxnnso - Wow
greater maoni6ccnce AbdaII.b s,ruck with
as,onishmcnt and admiration, feared to pro.
coed Certa,nIv ,houob, be 7 e;ber ex.
nIaincd myself wrong or those 70 whom
addressed mvsclC dcsioneJ to m.L. ;os, of
me because was a STRANGER. this ;s MOT tbc
hab,a,ion oC dorriso il is that oc q Linn
lie was in This embarrassment whom a man
,nnro,choJ him and s,;d ~ b;,n aahJaI
I.h vnu ,ro welcome. ,nv n,s,o. ~ .hnmna
49, i,. L,n, av,,o,,a,i ,.,,n II. 49, "s.
Jn,"I | him :, ap .nrao,Ll, ,,,, s ,aeoo", ..rH so
and nav,I;on where tho ,Ierv;ss @ was @ s"a,cd
AbdaIah, struck with the riches he bcheld
on all sides, wouId have nros,ratcd himself
=, h;s feet bu, Adouno,Iar nroven,cd him and
;r,crrrn,od him ,vbon bo vn,IJ Lovo rn,ds
q meri, orthe canLIes,;ck which ho nrcson,od
r. him "You ,ro hut ~ unor,,oGDI Of + ,vre,cb v
said he ,o him "Jo vou ;m,n;ne vor con
;,nrosn mon ma ~, ro, ;na,r,n, ron,
ona or vnur ,bnnoh,s and IF rr,, haJ Lno,"r
,ho vajue nC This c,ndIcs,;ct you world nov.
pr have brouoht !, r. mo- i will moLo vo,
sensible oCi,snsc" Inmed,o,eIv he nloccd
Iuht in in each ofi,s branches and when
the ,wcIvc dcrv;ses had ,nrned r,u,d Cor
snnc,;uo Ahonn,d,r ,,re oocL nc ,ho,, =,
IJnw with = cono .nJ i, ,no,,an, ,,,ov
we're converted into Twelve b,ons of scouins
diamonds and other nrec;ons stones
,,.rI,:. Ill L. A..