Washington sentinel., 1854-01-28

waters, and, when free, will HE immediately 10
! thy brother, who lives and is well, and give him
my enchanted Tyre, which will procure for him
and thee all that which ye need now and here
after" Ozella's heart sprang within her hope,
almost dead, lit up its chained fountains, and
she reached her hands into the waters that
| glistened in the starlight, and, while the genius
| bowed his venerable head, she scattered the
bright drops in baptism of freedom around
him. She thought she had dreamed, for all
was still when she opened her eyes. The rock,
the fountain, the trees, the sky looked quiet
and undisturbed, bright and beautiful; and, with
deep sigh, the poor captive imagined that
from excess Of grief, she had lost her conscious
ness, and been aroused from her cheering
visions by distant howl, which in her dream
had accompanied the disappearance of the
genius and the closing up of the rocky prison.
In mute and sad amazement she rose and left
the spot, and many a sun had risen and set in
beauty ere Ozella could forget what appeared
to her in this distempered vision.
PART III.
About this time the army Of Omar began to
murmur at the inactivity and inglorious sloth
into which their once valiant leader had, by his
strange love of luxury and ease, plunged them.
His faithful vizier, at the risk of losing his
head, soon whispered these premonitory symp-
toms Of revolt; but he could not arouse him
self from the dreamy state into which he had
fallen to take retrospective view OF the impol-
itic course he was pursuing, although he felt
some forebodings of evil at the reported discon-
tent Of his gallant army. His physical ener-
gies began now to share the inertness OF his
mental being, and, while his spirits sank under
the strange disease, his appetite failed him,
and the most skilful physicians essayed their
art in vain Finding his insubordinate fol-
lowers had begun to exhibit evident symptoms
Of general revolt, the grand vizier, who had
at last forced his way to his presence, thinking
some magic, spell had been practised upon him
by the means of sorcery, issued proclamation,
declaring that whoever should effect cure
should receive the richest jewel in the sultan's
| treasury.
Soon after an old man, bent with age, who
carried staff in one hand and q case in the
other, presented himself at the seragio and
declared himself candidate for the reward
offered to cure the sultan. The guards laughed
| and scoffed at him, but they had been ordered
to admit all who came. He was conducted to
the yizier, who stated the case, and asked what
means he used to cast forth evil spirits.
"My counter-charm is music" replied the
Iahoary-headed man.
| "That hath been tried in vain /; his disease
has set at defiance all the musical talent OF the
Turkish empire"
But | possess talisman winch Will Tree
him from all spells" ,
The old man was conducted to Omar, who
| reclined on an ottoman like one spell-bound,
apparently neither seeing nor hearing what was
going on around him..
The stranger drew Tyre from its case, and
played a rich low strain. The sultan raised
his head and listened, tears came into his
| eyes, and he made a motion with his hand Tor
| the performer to continue. Several wild mar
| tial airs were next performed. Never was tai
| isman more complete in producing wonderful
| effects. The physicians stared in mute amaze
| ment the grand yizier looked upon the min
| strel with admiration and wonder, as the color
| returned to the cheek of the sultan, and the
bright fires Of former days again flashed from
his eye. Omar started up, exclaiming: Great
and wonderful musician, thou shalt hereafter
dwell with me, and thy melody shall be my
| only physician. Ask what thou wilt; II my
! treasury contains it, thou shalt have it. -
| "Commander Of the faithful, ask but to
| wander about the gardens of thy mothers pal
| ace, that will content me-"
All present smiled at the simplicity of the
old mans wish, and he was permitted to go
| forth.
From that day to the present the Turks have
known nothing further respecting the old min
| strel. That evening be disappeared from the
| garden, and it was supposed Ozella had accom-
panied him, for she was never seen again.
| Though the sultans mother was incensed be-
yond measure at the unexpected fight OF her
| fascinating slave, the power of the magic Tyre
proved so great, that the charm which bound
him in the tolls Of Incidence were burst asun-
der, and he was again the calculating and po-
litic soldier, loved and feared by his now sub
| missiye followers.
There is a story current in Greece, which
| processes to be true history of the mysterious
| disappearance Of the old musician and the
Greek girl. According to that the pretended
| old man was no other than Alexis, who, hear
| ing of the proclamation of the grand vizier,
and having in his possession an enchanted Tyre,
took advantage of these circumstances to possess
himself Of a treasure which both heaven and
nature seemed to have destined for him. Itwas
added that the young fugitives lived in fairy
spot, ina populous country and that the Tyre
had been the means of obtaining for them i'm
mense wealth.
| Its magic tones cast spell on all listeners,
and even the feathered songsters of the air
/ hocked to hear its charmed melody.
/ After the death of Alexis and OZella, the Tyre
passed into the hand Of their descendants, and
was handed down from generation to genera
ton. Its strings (being magic ones, never wore
out) were changed from one instrument to
another, until they we're found by some lucky
chance on an old violin by Paganini, who for
many years charmed the inhabitants Of Eu.
rope with its witching tones. That renowned
prince of iddlers, at length becoming weary OF
the adulation of the whole world, tranferred 1T
short time before his death to another.
Reader, hast thou ever heard the violin OF Ole
Bull? If 50, thou hast heard the magic tones OF
those same strings which were found within
the deep recesses of the enchanted rock.
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