The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-23

draw water, every man who meets
them shall turn away his head.
| Wishing one day to ascertain
whether his commands were attended
to, he went out in disguise; and,
meeting n beautiful Arab maiden on
her way to the well, approached and
salutcd her.
Tho girl looked at him with
amazemcnt, and said,
"Pass on, stranger; thou knowest
not the risk thou hast rum
And when Bou-Akas persisted in
speaking to her, she added
"Foolish man, and reckless Of thy
life; knowcst thou not that we are in
the country Of Bou-Djenoni, who
causes all women to be held in
rcspect?'
Bou,Akas is very strict in his
religious observanccs; he never omits
his prayers and ablutions, and has
four wives, the number permitted by
the Koran. Having heard that the
Cadi Of one Of his twelve tribes
administered justice in an admirable
manner, and pronounced decisions in
IL style worthy of King Solomon
himself, Bou-Akas, like a second
Haroun-Al.R .Raschid, determined to
Judge for himself rs to the truth Of the
report.
Accordingly, dressed like a private
individual, without arms or attendants,
he set out for the Cadi's town,
mounted on docile Arabian stced.
He arrived there, and was Just
entering the gate, when a cripple
seizlng the border of his burnous,
asked him for aims in the namc of
the prophet. Bou-Akas gave him
'Houou bnt the cripple still maintain
od his hold.
:What dost thou want!' asked the
Schcik--'I have already given thee
aims
'Ycsi' replied the beggar, but the
law says, not only--.Thou shalt give
aims t6.stiy tts,sSJ Ja,s
shall do for thy k'othef whatsoever
tnou caust.'
sWell! and what can l do for thec?'
Thou canst save mc-poor
crawling creature that I am!-from
being troddcn under the feet Of men,
horses. mules and camels, which
would certainly happen to me in
passing through the crowded square.
in which fair going on
And how can save thec?'
by letting mo ride behind you,
and putting me down safely in the
narkct-placc, where l have business
BE it So replied Bou.Akas And
STOPPING down he helped the cripple
to get up behind him; business
which was not romplished without
much difficulty.
The strangely assorted riders
attracted many eyes as they passed
through the crowded streets; and at
length they reached tnc market place
place.
Is this where YOU wish to stop?'
Yes. asked Bou-Akas.
'Thcn get down.
Get down YOURSELF
'What for?'
go leave me the horse
'To leave you my horse! What
mean you by that2'
Il mean that he belongs to me.
Know you not that We are now in the
town Of the inst Cadi, and that if we
bring the case before him, he will
certainly decide in my favour?'
'Why should he do 80, when the
animal belongs to mc?'
Don't you thiuk when he secs us
two, YOU with your strong straight
limbs, which Allah has given you for
the purpose of walking, and l with
my weak legs and distorted feet, - he
will decree that the horse shall belong
to him who has most need of him?'
Should he do so, he would not be
the inst Cadi,' said Bou.Akas.
'Oh! as to that replied the cripple,
laughing, although he is just, he is
not infallibc.'
'So!' thought the Schcik to himself,
this will be capital opportunity of
judging the judge? He said aloud,
i am contcnt-wc will 60 before the
Cadi.'
Arrived at the tribunal, where the
Judge, according to the eastern Gus.
tom, was publicly administering
justice, they found that two trials
were about to 90 on, and would of
course take precedence Of theirs.
The first was between taleb or
learned man, and peasant. The
pinto in dispute was the taleJ's wife.
whom tho peasant had carried of,
and whom he asserted to be his own
better half, in the face Of the philoso.
pher, who demanded her restoration.
The woman, strange circumstance!