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

The third case was called and Bou.
Akas and the cripple came forward.
'Would'st thou recognise thy horse
amongst twenty osher?' said tho
judge to Bou Akas. a9'
'Yes my Lord 'And thou?'
Certainly, my lcrd,' replied the
cripple.
Akas. hh
They entered q largo stable and
Bou-Akas pointed out his horse
amongst twenty which were standing
side by side. H.''
''Tis wcll,' said the Judge. Re.
turn now to the tribunal, and send
thine adversary hither.'
The disguised Schcik obeycd, de.
livcred his message, and the cripple
fastened to the stable, as quickly as
his distorted limbs allowed. He pos.
scsscd quick eyes and good memo.
ry, 50 that he was able, without the
slightest hesitation, to place his hand
on the right animal.
''Iis welI,' said the Cadi; return
to the tribunal
His worship resumed his place,
and when the cripple arrived, judg.
mcnt was pronounced.
The horse is thine;' said the Cadi
to Bou Akas Go to the stable and
take him Then to the chiaauz,
Give this cripple fifty blows
| 1T was done, and the Bou.Akas
went to take his horse.
| When the Cadi after concluding
the business of the day, was retiring
to his house, he found Bou.Akas
waiting for him.
'Art thou discontentcd with my
award Z "SNel The Judge.
'No, quite The contrary replied
the Schcik. But I wane.to ask by
what inspiration thou hast rendered
justice; for I doubt not that the other
two cases were decided as capita!ly
as mine. I am poti d, meschant;I
l..asnl snlRnn:ALass Sabs,s 5;s ~ iiif} lslfIah,
and l wanted tojud s5c,for myself Of
thy reru!ed wisdom
| The Cadi bowed to the ground,
and kissed his masters hand.
Il am anxious, said Bou.Akas, 'to
know the reasons which determined
your three decisions.
Nothing, my lord, can be moro
simple. Your highncss saw that |
detained for night the three things
in disputed i did
'Well, early in the morning / caus.
cd the woman to be called, and said
to her suddenly Put fresh ink in
my inkstand.' Like a person who
had done the same thing hundred
times before, she took tho bottle, re-
moved the cotton, washed them both
out in the cotton again, and poured
in fresh ink. doing it all with the ut.
most neatncss and dcxtcrity. So I
said to myself, A peasants wife
would know nothing about inkstands,
she must belong to the tablet.
Good said BouAkas, nodding
his head. And the money!
did your hi.hncss remark, that
the merchant had his clothes and
hands covered with oil?'
Certainly | did
well, took the money and placed
it in vessel filled with water. This
morning looked at it, and not par
ticlo of oil was to be seen on the sur.
face of the water. So | said to my
self. IF this money belonged to the
oil merchant. it would be greasy from
the touch of his hands; as it is not SO,
the butchers story must be true.
Bou. Akas nodded i'll token of ap-
proval.
Good, said he. and my horse?
'.Ah. that was n different business;
and, until this morning, | was greatly
puzzled.
The cripple, I suppose, did not
recognise the animal"
'On the contrary. he pointed him
out immediately
How then did you discover that
he was not the owncr?'
My object i'll bringing you separ-
atcly to the stable, was not to whcth-
cr you would know the horse, but
whether the horse would acknowledge
you. Now, when you approached
him, the creature turned towards you,
laid back his ears. and ncighcd with
delight; but when the cripple touched
him. he kicked. Then l knew that
you were truly his MASTER
Bou'Akas thought for moment,
and then said:
Allah has given thee great wis
dom. Thou oughtcst to be in my
place, and | in thine. And yet, /
know not; thou art certainly worthy
to be Schcik, but fear that should
but badly fill thy place as Caai
Dickeu'a JEluepbol4 Words.