Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20

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with which it had pleased her to lash tn
) sand about neither did it escape me tha
one of her feet pressed less heavily on tn
sand than the other three, from which
concluded that (if such word may be per
mitted) the dog of my most gracious En-
press lmped.
With respect to your highness' horse
know that, as | wandered along a path o
the grove, L observed the track of hors,
of which the noble hoof the fine, vet strong
frog, convinced me that he was of the Te
henne breed, the noblest of all. 1t is hard
ly four months since-n,y lord, the Empe
ror, purchased two Of this same breed from
European prince, and my brother Reuber
was present at the conclusion of the bar.
gain by which my precious master gained
so much. When observed how far apart
and how exactly. alike, the tracks of his
steps were, | thought to myself, This ami
NAL gallops quickly and is thoroughbred
he is only fit for my lord, the Emperor
The war-horse of which Job speaks then
came into my mind, He paweth in the val
ley with his might, and rejoiceth in his
strength: he goeth on to meet the armed
men: he mockcth at fear, and is not alright
ed: neither turneth he his back from the
sword. The culver rattleth against him,
and the glittering spear and shield See
ing something shining on the ground, !
bent down as L always do on such occasi ions
and picked up q piece of marble, on which
the shoe of the impatient steed had left a
mark, from which / concluded that it must
be of silver, for well l knew the different
marks that metals leave, and can Judge of
its genuinencss. The pathway was trav-
ersing was seven feet wide, and perceived
that here and there the dust of the palm
trees was driven aside by something that
had passed. I'm fact, the animal had famed
it aside with his tail; and therefore, thinks
/, the tail must be three feet and hall
long. Under the trees, the foliage Of which
now began to grow about five feet from the
ground, fresh leaves were strewed; this
must have been done by his hastincss' 5
back, said [, and this proves him to Ec
fifteen hands high; and some small tufts OF
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a yellow dun. On emerging from the bush
es, my eye was struck by line of gold on
the rock before me. 1t appeared that the
rock contained a touchstone, and the line
of gold was finer than that of the little man
with the little bundle of arrows on the gold
coin of the seven united provinces. This
stroke must have been made BY the bit OF
the flying steed as he rubbed by this rock.
As every one who knows your splendid
taste, oh King of kings! and that the mean
est horse in your stable bears golden bit,
l.
Now, by Mecca and Medina, cried Mu-
ley Ismacl, that is what call having eyes.
Such eyes as those would do you no harm,
master of the hounds; they would save YOU
couple of blood hounds; and you, minis
ter of police, would see further with them
than all your scouts and bailffs Now, Jew.
in consideration of your uncommon acute
ness, the fifty lashcs which you received
are worth fifty sequins, which they have
saved you, for now we demand but fifty
draw out your purse, and abstain for the
for the future from any jest concerning us
or our possessions; and continue still to en-
JOY our favor
The whole court were of course n great
admiration at Abner's sagacity, for his
majesty had declared him to be clever
fellow, but all this did not repay him for
his suflerings or console him on the loss of
his beloved sequins. 1t was with sighs and
Sroans that he counted them out, one after
another, weighing them as they passed
through his spindle fingers. Meanwhile,
Schunri, the Emperor's jester, continued
to laugh at him, and to ask him whether
all his scquins had been tried by the same
toueh-stone at which the dun horse of the
Prince Abdalah had tried his bit
And thus ended the adventure Of Abner
the Jew, who saw nothing.