Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-10

the jewel. Restore il, without sending
me to condemnation Abdallah stcrnly
replied ,-Womhh, / know thy guilt
Where Is the Jewel She answered, nm.
der the fourth. cushion from the door
IN tho apartment Of Kashom, my Lord i
Georgian slave. Abdallqh hastcncd to
the palace, was rewarded with robe
OF honor, thousand gold pieces and a
costly ornament.
Urged by his wife. Aiplallah cssaved
once more. The Kngh treasure had
been broken open, and li>ffy chests of
money had been carriodawa Not n
trace of the thieves had boon discover.
cd. The royal astrologcssuad tried eve
~ sort of dcyination aru failed, and
was therefore, in disgrat6 But in all
Shiraz, had reached the coz Of the king.
who sent for him, and gan him audi
encc in the Hall of lxma,ot Serpcn-
chideh. "AbdalIah.' he sid. with a go
we're expression in.his faM. eart thdai
truly able to read thc.staTs2k .:l,,rf,.I,1<
to the proof" answered tl 81 'v|so
was now prepared foa the - 'Hrhon
discover the forty chcstsoI<pold. which
have been stolen, as wcl as the crimin-
al. Succeed, and then thon shalt marry
u princess and become my;minister; fail
and will hang thee?' ~
There must have been Forty thicvesl'
said Abdallah, making nfortanatc and
not very difficult quest S'.Grant mo
forty days "Forty dkys thou shalt
have, said the king sad thou shalt
ther die, or live for honbf and riches"
So the barbar went home and told his
wife, and said. "Ihave.forty days TO
live will sit upon my player mat and
mediate upon the eviIsof life, and the
blessings OF death. Give me, heg
thee, forty beans AtMei,our of even :
ing prayer, daily Twill give thee one,
that by counting the fsshajndcr, may
know how many days have To live"
She complied; and every DAY, at the ex-
act hour OF sunset. Ab,tlilah gave her
bean, and said with ertatSfirmness and
solemnity, there is op@sf them"
And on the last day, be said, in an
excited manner, Thoi8 sare forty of
thcm!'' What was his astonishment.
when, at the instant, 4 Talent knocking
was heard at the dobr.f A crowd-of
men were admitted, and oneof them
evidently the chief, sati&O, AbdaIIah,
wise astrologcf, thou shgt receive the
forty chests of. gold kp9touched. but
spare our livcs!7 la sutfdmo bewildor-
ment he answered
This nightI shonlf fhavc seized thee
and thy wrctehed co4pfnicns; tell me.
on thy head. how kn3yfst thoa that |.
possessed observation-disclosures we heardf
said the chief of flietfehhers, that the
king had seut for thce Hhereforc, one
OF US samsststho - sllpsc to.iis-'
ten 20 tIc U1U-rs pc ssrei- t>--s ssl..s,
"thore is one Of t5tsT7 we would not
believe his story. aud sen. two to ascer-
tain it, and thou wast heard to say,
"thcre are two Of them" and this night,
o, wonderful thon didst exclaim. there
are the whole forty bat restore the
kings money, and do not deliver us un-
to the exccutioner.
Abdallnh promised to do what he
coulu. Being admitted to the palace,
lac declared that owing to some mystic
ry Of the stars, it was given to him TO
discover either the thieves or the treas
ure. but not both The monarch at
length consented to take the forty
chests, and fulfilled his promise to Alb
dallah. "a