Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1858-12-25

approached him and In 3 SOfC voice
said, 20 astrologer! I confess that u
an hour Of avarice I took the jewel. g:
Restore it without sending me to con- 9
:" Abdallah sternly re- =
piled: tsWoman knew thy guilt
Where is thy jewell" She answered., !.
"Under the fourth cushion from the s.
door in the apartment Of Cashom, my o
lords Georgian slave" Abdallah
hastened to the palace was rewarded {
with a robe Of honor a thousand piecea
of gold and costly ornament.
Urged by his wife Abdellah essayed
once more. The kings treasury had
been broken open, and forty chests of
money had been carried away. Meta
trace of TIE thieves had. been discov- 4
cred. The royal astrologer had tried ]
every sort Of divination and failed, and Z
was therefore in disgrace. But the
fame Of Abdallah, which was now spo-
ken Of in all Shiraz, had reached the
ear Of the king, who sent for him and
gave him audience in the hall of Kali
net Serponchidah. "Abdallah," ho !.
said with severe expression in his
face, cart thou truly able to read the .
stars ?" Put me to the proof!"z
answered the barber, who was now.
prepared for the worst. ''Then dis 9
cover the forty chests Of money which
have been stolen, as we'll as the orlmit
nal. Succeed and thou shalt marry .
princess and become my minister; fail
and will kill thec!'' ssThere must
have been forty thieves! said Ahdal-
lah, making a fortunate and not very
difficult guess, "Grant me forty dhysl''
"Forty days shalt thou have" said
the king, ''and thou shalt die, or live
for riches and honor" p.
So the barber went home and told
his wife ard sal !, s have forty days
to live; ! will sit upon my prayer mat
and mediate upon the b]essedness of
death. Give me l beg thee forty
beans. At the hour Of evening pray
er daily will I give thee one, that by
counting the remainder, may remem-
Der how many days I have to hve."s
She complied; and every day at the
exact hour of sunset, Abdallah gave
her bean, and said with great firm
ness and solemnity, ''there is one Of
them! And on the last day he said in
an excited manner, "There is the
whole forty Of them!" What was
his astonishment when at the instant, =
violent knocking was heard at the
door. A crowd fmen were admitted
and one of them, evidently the Chief
said, o, AbdaIlah, wise astrologer, .
thou shalt receive the forty chests Of
gold untouched, hut spare our lives!"'.
In supreme bewilderment he answered :
"This night ] should have seized thee
and thy wretched companions; tell mo-
on thy head, how knowest thou that f
possess this knowledge?' ssWe heard, M
said the chief of the robbers that &C the
king had sent for thee. Therefore ono
of us came, at the hour of sunset, at
thy door, and heard you say, there is
one Of them We would not believe I
his story, and sent two to ascertain it,
and thou vast heard to say, there arc
two of them!' and this night, @, won
dcrful thou didst excEairn, there are
the whole forty of them,' but restore
the kings money, aud do not deliver
us unto the exccutioaser,'' -;
Abdallah promised to- do what he
could. Being admitted to the palacc,3 {
he declared that, owing to some nys-
terry of the stars, it was given him to
discover either tho thieves or the treas
ure, but not both, The monarch, at
length, consented to take the forty
chests and fulfilled his promise with
Abdallah. -
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