Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1854-02-09


No. no, sire. Iknow you have no fear :;
but there may be consequences you wot
not Of
Get thee to thy rest, Ben Abbas.-
There-say no more, but go. Tarik shall
have his work to do full SOON
Ben Abbas obeyed his monarch without
further remark.
BY Allah = exclaimed Mohammed, as
soon as he was alone. do they think I will
fear to take the life of those whom please !
No. I'll see them dead, and then l shall
rest the easier. What ho! Slaves p
Half a dozen attendants sprang into the
kings presence.
Go set the guard, and tell them the
king has retired. In faith, feel strange
ly sleepy
The slaves bowed in token of obedience,
and shortly after wards Mobammed sought
his sleeping room.
While the king is preparing for his
couch. let us look after the neglected Emil
na. She was in her own apartment, and
she sat upon low ottoman engaged in
reading some curious Arabic characters
that were traced upon piece of parchment
She seemed to have studied long upon
them, and at length she folded up the scroll
and placed it in her bosom
Tomorrow she murmured, as she arose
to her feet and placed her hand upon her
brow, he takes Zebra TO the palace. O,
why should he do this thing2 But / have
warned him and he needed it not Cour-
age, Emina-courage The fault is his
own. and not yours. Yet, yet, 0 Mo-
hammed, | could almost forgive the blow
you gave me, would you but turn to me
once more. They tell me the Prophet has
made woman to be the servant Of man
That may be true-for even now | would
serve Mohammed most faithfully; but
when they tell me that Allah made woman
to be mere slave l know they lie If a
wise God had SO intended. be would not
have made woman with such heart as
mine. If it had been intended by God
that woman should be a mere bauble of
fancy, to be worn and cast off at pleasure,
why were we not made with souls fitted
for such sphere 0 they lie to me
when they tell me that woman's sphere is
eternal seryitude, and I'll prove it to them
oo.-Mohamnled, you have cast me off.
and you have struck me You shall not
gain your end, though.
Tomorrow Zebra comes and then they
think poor Emma will live on the favors
of the past, and rest quietly beneath the
injuries of the present They do no:
know Lie truly who say or think So
For some moments after Emma had
done speaking she stood in thoughtful
mood A variety of expressions passed
over her countenance, but at length her
features settled into that marble look
which we have seen there before, and the
eyes beamed with that deep, intense fire
which speaks of feelings that the eyes alone
can tell The thin lips sometimes moved,
but no sound came forth.
When Emma arose from her meditative
posture, she wen. to a small case that
stood upon her dressing stand, and took
therefrom small phial and number Of
metallic boxes Then she sat herself
down upon her carpeted floor, and draw
ing the lamp near to her side. she arrang-
ed her boxes. From one which was lar
ger than the others, she took small, bra
zen, cup-like spoon, and into this she pour
ed the liquid that was in the phial Then
she held the vessel over the blaze of the
lamp, and as soon as the liquid began to
heat, the operator commenced putting in
to 1t very small quantities of the powders
contained in the boxes.
Soon the mixture began to simmer and
send forth little streams of vapor Emi
ma watched the mess with a careful eye,
and ever and anon she would drop into
her tiny dish a minute particle from one
of the boxes. The vapor had been first of
whitish color-then it turned nearly
black, but with quick movement: and an
exclamation of disappointment, another
drop of powder was added and the color
was changed to bright yellow
If 1T fail me now she uttered, as she
watched the vapor with straining eyes, /
shall trust my skill no more White,
black. yellow--And yellow still.
Another mite of powder was carefully
dropped into the spoon-like dish, and the
woman's eyes beamed with hope as the va
por began to darken. In a moment the
little vapory column was of green color,
and with a murmur of satisfaction Emma
quickly moved the dish away from the
larlp. The mixture thus prepared was
poured into the phial, and then the re-
nalnder of the things were put back from
whence they were taken.
Now If Mohammed drank the beverage
[ prepared for him be will sleep soundly
to night Emma murmured to herself as
she closed the case after she had returned
the boxes. Perhaps be missed it. All.
had [ been sure of his getting it, [ might
have made that more powerful bat it is
better as it is Now aid me, kind Proph-
ct, and [ shall not fall
As Emma spoke she placed the phial
in her bosom. and took her lamp. She
slipped the light shoes from her feet, and
then opening a small slide door, she pass
ed through into narrow passage. 1t was
a passage the king had often traversed in
his visits to the apartment of his once fa-
vorite wife, aud that wife knew it we'll
She moved carefully along several doors
she opened aud passed, and at length she
came to one at which she stopped She
bent her ear to the key-hole and listened
A deep, heavy snoring fell upon he- ear,
and ef -faetiau ItaSSPI oyer Ter