The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-08-05

the end claim the whole" said the other rob-
Der, who refused to agree. They presently
set upon each other with their swords, and
after fighting for some time, both of them re-
ceivcd so many wounds that they both fell
dead in the road.
The asses, finding no one was driving them
any longer, took, from habit, the road to the
wood-cuttcrs house where they arrived safe
lv, with the treasure upon their backs
Great was the amaZcmcnt Of their master.
who, at Zubcydch's command, carried the
heavy sacks into the house. But when he
had opened one of them, and the Splendor
ofthc jewels filed the whole room, Zubcvdeh
exclaimed: God is great, Now. indccl. ]
see that my conduct is acceptable TO Him,
and that His hand hurrics nv design more
swiftly toits completion" But as she knew
not what had happened to the robbers, and
supposed that the owner or the treasure would
have his loss proclaimed in the hazaar> she de-
tcrmined TO keep the sacks closed for the space
of moon, after which, according to the law.
they would become her property if they had
not been claimed in the mean time. OF
course, no proclamation of the loss was made
and at the end of the moon she considered
that she lll>t right to the treasure, whirh
upon computation. proved TO he even greater
than that Of the Caliph IIaroun Al-R,schid.
She commanded the woo,!-cu,ter to send
her at once the most renowned architect of
Baohdad whom she directed to build, exact
" opposite the Calph's Palace. another pal
ace which should surpa>s in splcndor any
thing that had ever been bchcld Fer he
purchase of the materials and the hire of
workmcn she cave him hundred thousand
pieces of gold "If men ask" said She for
whom are You building tie palace tell them
Ii Is for the son of foreign king. The
architect employed all the workmcn in Ba.h-
dad. and followed her instructions 80 WEI!
'haI in two months the palace was finished
the Ike OF ii had never been seen. and the
Calirh'> palace faded before its marniiiccncc
as the face of the moon fades when !hc sun
has risen above the horizon. The walls were
OF marble. white as snow the gates of ivory
inlaid with pearl the dcmcS were cil,lcI. 50
that when the sun shonc the eve could not
look upon them: and from Great fountain
of silver. III the courtyard. jet of roSccol-
ored water. which diiu>rd an agreeable olor.
leaVc,' into the air. OF this palace it might
be said, in the words of the poet: "Truly il
resembles PARADISE or Is the lost House Of
lrcnl. built from The treasures of kinr She'd
dad: May kindness dwell upon the lips of
The lord OF this palace. and charity find ref
n"r in his heart that he may be aliu!scl
worthy to ENJOY such >licndor :"
During the binding Of the palace. Zuhcv-
dch employed the best masters in teaching
the wood-cu,ter all the compli,lmcn.>
which his present conI,ion rc,.drcd that he
should possess. In short time he was a very
pattern of elegance in his manner: : his words
were choice, and spoken with dignity anl
proprIctv; and his ,lrmcanor was that of one
born to command rather than obey When
She had succeeded to the fall extent of her
wishes. she commenced teaching him to play
chess, and spent several hours tav in this
manner, until he finally played with a skill
equal to her own. BY this time the palace
was completed, and after having purchased
horses and slaves, and every thing necessary
to the maintenance of a princcly household
Zubcydch and the wool-cuttc took possess
ION OF 1t during the night. in order that they
might not bc observed by the Caliph Zu-
bcydeh babe the wool-cuttcr remember tbc
promise he had made her She still retained
her own apartments, with a number of female
slaves to attend her; and she now presented
TO him, as a llarcm becoming prince. twenty
Circassian girls, each one tairer than the
morning star.
The next morning she called the wool-cut
ter. and addressed him thus: You see. nv
lord, what have done for YOU You rcmcm-
Der in what misery found you. end how, bv
your following my advice, every thing was
hanged. intend to cxalt YOU still higher:
and IN order that my plans NAV not be fr,ls-
lratcd, ask You now to promise that YOU
will obey me in all things for a month from
his time Zubcydh made this demand, for
,he knew how quickly a change OF fortune
nay change mans character, and how he
will soon come to look upon that as a right
which Allah granted him as boon. But
ald: go queen it is for you to command,
md it is for me to obc;. You have taught
ne understanding and wisdom you have Civ
N me the wealth of kings. May Allah tor
get me, if forget to give you, in return, graf
tudc and obedience" Go, then," continued
Iubeydch mount this horse, and, attended
~ twenty slaves on horseback, visit the cof
ee-house in the great bazaar Take with
hee purse ofthrce thousand pieces of gold.
nd as thou goest on thy way, scatter hand
ul occasionally among the beggars. Take
by seat in the cotlce-housc. where thou wilt
ec the Nizier's son, who is skilful PLAYER
f chess. lie will challenge the multitude to {
lay with him, and when no one accepts, do
hou engage him for thousand pieces of l