The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-26

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sun light, and the gurgling sound proclaimed
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The Egyptian story or legend ofthe young
Shiek Houssein in one Of those beautiful bits
Of Eastern fiction that IRE well worthy Of
preservation, We give it entire: ..5
There is moment IN every mans exis-
teuce ON which turns his future Destiny
There are many such moments; for ofttimes
life hangs on single thread, and if the
thread lie not cut..it requires but touch
to change the whole direction Of the future
But in every mans life there il at least one
and in that Of young Houssein il occurred
thue. f
1t was not often in those days that travel :
ers crossed the great desert Few Europe
ans came to Egypt, and fewer still went to
Sinai. But there was time when Houssein
was called to Carlo to meet q noble party Of
western travellers, gentleman and two Ia
dies, who were making pilgrimage to Sin
ri and the Holy Land, and who wished his
protection in crossing the desert He saw
but the gentleman, and readily engaged to
perform the desired service.
1t was not until the party had left the Biz
ket.el- Haj that he had met them, where they
were encamped by moonlight on the sand
that. stretches away to Suex. As hc sprang
from his mare, before the tent door, he was
startled BY such a vision a. no had never be.
fore seen, but thought he had dreamed Of in
his waking dreams,
She was slight, fair, and, in the moonlight,
pale as creature Of dreams. Was this one
Of the houris Of his tabled paradisef No, no
rejected the thought il it rose. There wa no
spot in I'LL tho Heaven Of Mahommcd .it for
nm angel like this Away, like the sand on
tho whirlwind, like the clouds before tho sun
like the stars at daybrcak,-- swopt all
his filth in Islam, and in an instant tho
Sheik Housseiu was an idolator. Worship
ping rs thousand greater than him have
done, tho beauty Ola woman, Perhaps Ia
might have quenohcd h thirst for tho un.
known ut some other fountain; but this was
enough now, lilo had found that wherew,h
to all tho void, and no was content
Love was new cmotion--n sensation he
had mover before oxperionccd and Il satis.
tiod him, Did she love him That was
| question which never occurred Il him.
What did no care for that lilo was not seek,
ing to DO loved, lilo was hooking for en-.
ployment for his own SOUL and no had found
it and that was enough,
Tho tradition gocs on 10 describe His long
crossing Of the dcsert--how no fingered ~
mong tho hills Of Sinai, how no lol Thorn
by Akaba aud Petra, and detained them ma.
ny weeks 1T tho city If Rock, how tho fair
English girl faded slowly away, Cor sha was
dying when shc coMe to Egypt, and how
weary, wellnigh dead, he carried har to tho
Holy City, and pitched thoir tent nv tho
mountain Of tho Ascension, And all tbis
time no watched over her with tho scaloas
care VI father ora brother, and the quick
heart Of tho lady saw II and understood II
oil And sometimes no would try In broken
words, to toll her of his old belief, aud his
IDEAS Of Immortality, aud shc would road Ia
hearing, sublime promises and glorious hopes
that were In language no knew nothing nf,
but which he half understood tlom hor Mp.
lifted eye and eountcnancc
How he worshippcd that matehlcss cye--.
lle worshpped nothing else on earth Or
in Heaven,
II WAS noon of night under thu walls or
JerusalcMs and In the white tent close nv
the Hill On which the last Footsteps of tho
ascending Lord lcN their hallowing tnach,
an Englsh girl was waiting his bidding %
follow him.
Outside the tcnt prone on tho ground, lay
q group OF Beaonins, and apart lroM them
a little way, their chief silent mulionless&-.
10 all that was earthly, dead A low voice
within tho tent broke tho stiffness DC tho
night but he did not move Asoiee Was ut.
tering again those words, Of which tho
sound had become more familiar to him al.
ready--the Christians prayer
"Sheik lloasseinr'
lie sprang to his feet II was her voice,
faint, low, but silvery. The tent door was
thrust aside, and as hand motioned to him
10 enter, he oheyed
She lay on the cushions her head lifted
somewhat from the pillow BY the arms Of
her sister; her brother, who spoke the Ian.
gunge of the desert well, stood by her "a the
Young Sheik approached, Ills coolta was
gathered around his head only his dark eye
flashing gloriously, was visible. She looked
up into il and whispered; he half under.
stood her before the words came through her
brothers lips, ~ she tol0 him the story Of
Calvary and Christ, and the cloud that re-
ceived the King and Savior returning to his |
throne.
1t were vain to say he understood all this.
He only knew that she was telling him OF |
her hope ere long 10 DO above him, above
the world, above the sky and his active but
bewildered mind inwrought all this with his
ancient traditions and having long ago re-
jected the creed that did not teach him she
was immortal, an he fell back on the idea
that the immortals had somewhat to do with
the stars; and as he lay down on the
ground, close BY the side OF the tent, listen
ing to every sound from within, he fixed his
eyes on the zenith, and watched the passing
Of the hosts of the night until she died
There was rusting Of garments, voice
Of inexpressible sweetness suddenly sighed
! low, soft Sigh, the expiration Of saint;
md at that instant, far in the depths Of the
meridian blue, clear star flashed on his eve
or the first time, its silver radiance, and he
believed that she was there.
For three store years altar that there was
m the desert near the group Of palm trees,
md the lonely spring, . ANAL turret bnilt Of
tones, brought long distance, stone by
tone, on camels. And in this hut, or on its
ummit, lived good, wise man beloved OF
II the tribes, and especially followed by
lis own immediate tribe, with him, rejected
dohammed, and worshipped IN unknown !
rod, through the medium Of the stars, and
specially one star, which be had taught
hem to reverence above all others. lis
And at length there came = night when !.
no wind was abroad on the desssf, and the
Dice of the desert was 6erce and terrible
ut high over I'll sho sand-hilh, and over !.
- whifiing storms Of ssnd sedate, CABIN,
'Alesfio, the immntable stars were looking 4 o
Dwn on the plain, and he Cd nan o. his /.
lWer behel0 them md want Firth IN ~ I