Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-11-16

OF 'Haggi Nfohammed," continue
the zingaro, with an imperious ges
r ture,, "obeyn,''sasi la as
e 1.-THE aga bowed and retired. <Me
er halle added: ss-Let the imaums re
lpair to the temples, and offer up pc
{ titions for The new Sultan! Cadilis
-fquier, have the tomb of Mustaph;
gfopened in Scuta,i, the city of th'
n dead.''"sl sfsk .i.sisfyaoo rss 81.
Z. The Sultan tried to smile @Keep
4 ers of the treasury continued The
b juggler,g distribute among the poor
T, of Stamboul the accumulated hoard
r ing of the late Emperor.
u Enough, buffoon!' exclaimed
h Mustapha, in an agitated voice, on
r seeing how readily his servants
obeyed these strange orders. The
plot became alarming. " @ pes
r ? 81 still command,' replied the
+ zingaro, with calm seif-possession:
, s'The clock has, not yet struck the
hour Of eight. Art thou then SO inn
patient to know the fate that awaits
Ethee?" The /tourtiers we're ut loss
to understand this mysterious scene.
They looked with terror on this bold
young man, invested with the insig-
MIA of power, aud the bostangi was
iastonished to see his sanguinary mas
ter tremble before a strolling Jug
gler. s ',' s, i
"Mustaplla," continued the divi-I
ner, "Thou wouldst know the time
of thy death? am about to tell
thee, for the evening star has risen!
! will tell thee even, in order to be
generous, what death thou shalt die.
Multi, advance. <AsastA .
The president Of the oumela came
forward. The zingaro proceeded
l"You, who read each day the book Of
our prophet,and explain it to the peo-
pie, sovereign judge of the empire,
tell this mau how ayarice and usury
ought to be pushed; what penalty
awaits him who shelters himself in
retirement that he may break the
laws, who intoxicates himself during
the hours of publication, and who,
stained with every crime, has never
used his power but to oppress the
weak, spoil the rich, to ruin inno-
cence, and to sacrifice yirtue?' .
Great excitemastansh prevailed,
and NIustapha pale, and deprived of
all self, f,possession, sought the hilt of
his dagger.
The multi replied in a low and
grave tone: 1.-The least of these
crimes is deserving of death
sTheu b earest, Mustapha; it is the
prophet who condemns thee!" As
he said this, he beckoned to the
mutes; Mustapha tried to rush to the
divan, but was seized by the slaves.
who passed the cord around his
neck.
"Yes, thine hour is come, pur-
sued the diviner; "the lives Of so
many victims must be paid for by thine
own; ] am ut length come to avenge
them. "
AZ, l.,
''And who art thop?
sit needs not | should tell thee,
for thou kno owest me-! On this day
fifteen years, man fell, pierced with
wounds by the hands Of thy soldiers,
on the very spot where within this
hour thou shalt die. Thou dds.
seize on his possessions, thou didst
invest thyself with his turban, but it
wanted then those feathers dyed in
his blood. That man was my father
he was the caliph. Yes! / am the
son Of. Soliman Thou hast con-
founded the son Of thy master with
the child of the slave. ] am the
evening STAR I.am'the Sultan ANU
rathi'''
As he thus spoke, the young !,
prince made step forward. His
lofty brow. his features, his voice, the
almost supernatural majesty of bis
countenance, inspired deep emotion
in the assembly. All the courtiers
p-ostrated themselves upon the mar
BILE floor. They thought they saw
again the young and glorious Soli-
man in one of those audiences when
he made the rebslious pashas quail
before him. Id
After moment of respectful 81
lence, the cry of "Long live ANU
rath!'' shook the sgsalgio, and was
echoed in the distance by the crowd
who we're thronging toward Saint So
phia..s At the same moment the body
of Mastapha fell lifeless to the ground:
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