Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-12
SIX DOLLARS PER ANNyJm

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Aboo Nabat and the latter contained more ex
pressions OF regard and compliment than Hal Il
mao ever neard III the course OF his previous lf.
1t also set forth that the slaves name was YIN
sci; that he was by creed Christian, and birth
an Aoysslman; that according to the governors
reckoning his value was above any amount of
plastres, he being prudent noagh to take cbaro
OF the suitans harem, and sufficiently honesg
to be intrusted with the treasures of Ahas
Inc present thus recommended was taken in ami
duly questioned regarding the health, welfare,
| and prosperity of Solyman the Most Mighty after.
being permitted to witness Haiid's prostyationes
before the governors letter, al d its exalatiou
three several times to his crown. Held spert;
that night In sleepleSs consultation as to what be
should do with him. Soyman's present co1ld
not be sent to the. bazaar, which the receiver
sincerely regretted, as, with such certificate his
| price would have been handsome; but at length
1t was determined to end0w Yusef with the Gus.
tody OF the door--a trust beiltting his high ouaj-
ues-that ne might admit the gifts which wonid
doubtless pour in when it became known in what
high esteem Hajid stood with the Nephew of Aboo.
Nabat.
| The triumph over Schami was great and the
scribe had Serious notions of raising Nazirs dow
| ry 500 plastres at least. His neighbors next day
remarked the air of superiority with which he
marched forth, leaving the key behind him. The
asslstant-scIibes had never been ordered about.
| and before night, it was generally believed that
| ne was about to be promoted in the pacha S SER
vice to the office of pipe Or slipper bearer at least
If not that of ct-ef executioner Things come out
slowly in Coptic life and Hajid knew, according,
to his peoples proverb, that etle wind should
have time to rise Jars of butter and honey be-
gan to arrive; and to one of the bearers, who
chanced to be an old woman earnest after places
for her seven sons, the real state of matters was
explained. Within an hour after that declaration
every particular was known throughout Cairo
In the succeeding days, bags of coffee baskets
of salt, and SKINS of camels' milk from rich Mos
lens, came In at the now readily opened door:
but all corners saw, that there was no dimnutoys
OF eloquence within, and that Yusef looked par
tlcuarly anxious to get out. That privilege was
denied him, That cautious Copt, by W ay Of st-
rety against any possible failure in the Judgment
OF Soyman the most mighty, had placed him TN
der the special surveillance of his tried and trus-
ty Nubians, and also engaged lynx-eyed Arab
never to lose sight of the door during ! S absence
Thus far Yusef was safe but two things nug-
zled Hajid amid his greatness. The first was.
that it seemed to have no effect on Scham The
only time they met since Soynan's present ar
rived, the merchant scribe demanded rather i'm
patiently if he had heard or seen anything of his
son; to which Hajid deigned no answer, but that
his affairs were too weighty to allow time for
looking after foolish boys the truth being, thati
llajid had seen the son of Schamil sold in the
slave market, he would not have known him, so
long had been the youths absence, and so much
had the dowry- question estranged the families,
IloWcVci, OCttdIllll Seeiuou cngrOSScO bV some
thing, to the exclusion of his neighbor's gram
deur No present or message came from him.
Perhaps he only affected to be occupied by way
OF cover for his chagrin at not having paid down
the 200 plastres for so distinguished alliance.
That was Hajid's final conclusion. But the Sec
ond subject of his surprise was more difficult. In
Eastern phrase, his head grew white with Won
derng why his sublime employer, Meeysohid
Pacha, had never degned to notice, by word OF
sign, the honours which his nephew had be-
slowed on llajid. Oriental etiquette did not per-
NIT the scribe--to whom Aboo Nabat's smile was
of course life and his trown destruction--to give
the uncle OF governors the slightest intiinaon of
anything happening him, and Had amazed him
self over the pacha's silence till one eventual day
cleared up the mystery.
{ 1t was the seventh from Yusef's arrival. ua-
]d had written an order for despatching the
sheik of one village, and selling another to the
slave merchants, when, about two hours before
his usual time OF departure, two Of the palace
guards walked into the dingy room, and conduct
ed him without word to the hall of Judgment.
There he found his entire family, with Solyman's
present among them, drawn up before the pacha,
who sat in wrathful state-a, bundle of his favor
lite bambooS on the one side, and two execution
ers on the other. So quickly had the household
been marched from home, that the discreet old
Nubians had not yet got their wells satisfactorily
arranged; but the news spread all sides, and
half the Copts in Grand Cairo pressed into the
judgment-hall,
Son of a crocodile = cried the paoha as soon
as he caught sight Of Hajid, how is it that thou
hast dared to publish throughout my city that
Solyman, the governor of Suez, had sent thee
slave and a letter Of honor, while the messenger
whom sent post to inquire of my nephew, has
this hour returned, declaring that he sent thee
nothing, and knows not so much as thy despica
BILE name g
Mirror of justice, and light of wisdomn said
Hajd, prostrating himself, while his hair stood
erect blame not thy Servant-there Is the letter.
and he pulled it from his pouch. There is the
deceiver = and he pointed to Yusef. MAY the /.
day be forgotten in which he reached my dwell
ling = F~s
There was shrek of recognition somewhere
among the Copts, and Schalnil, chief scribe OF
the merchants. was on his face before the pacha,
excaiming: Dispenser of rewards and punish
ments deign to hear This youth, whom [
Hajid Bin has shut up in his house, and by some
enchantment caused to become black as an Abys-
sinan, is my only son Iraf for whom | have
searched sorrowing these seven days. se4-i
Uncle Of the planets, and chief of governors
cried Yusef, as he went down, 'lend an ear to
my story. There is no one in fault but me. This
Schamil, chief scribe of the merchants is indeed
my father. am his only son Iraf and as lstudi-
ed at the school of scribes beyond the Great
Pyramd-to which he sent me, that | might in
due time enter into his calling-my were
filled with the fame of the beauty of Ns2ir, tho
younger daughter of Hajid Din, and besought
my father to ask her for me to wife. This he
did, as all our people know, offering dowry of
nineteen hundred piastres; but Hajid Din would
accept nothing under two thousand; and my faith
er, 0 puissanr pacha being stubborn as camel
in narrow way. would give no more than nne-
teen hundred. Now, companion OF Sages thou
knowest well what the poet saith, that love
ters by the ear as well as the eye; and my heart
being set on fire by the fame of Nazirs beauty,
I luadt o he bU al Ac-