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

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him and ia . soft voice.
said, 30 astrologer! I confess that m
an hour Of avarice I took the jewel.
Restore it without sending me to con-
domination! Abdallah sternly re.
piled: tsWoman knew thy guilt ~.
Where is thy jewel?'' She answered.
''Under the fourth cushion from The
door in the apartment Of Cashom, my 8
lords Georgian slave" Abdalah i
fastened to the palace was rewarded 4
with robe of honor q thousand piecea
of gold and costly ornament.
Urged by his wife Abdellah essayed
once more. The kipk's treasury had
been broken open, and forty chests Of
money had been carried away. Net Z /
trace of the thieves had. been discov-ls
cred. The royal astrologer had tried
every sort of divinationI and failed, and
was therefore in disgrace. But the
fame Of Abdallah, which was now spo-e
ken of in all Shiraz, had reached the:
ear Of the king, who sent for him and
gave him audience in the hall Of Kal-.,
net Serponchidah. tsAbdallah, ho. !,
said with severe expression in his !.
face, :sart thou truly able to read the
stars 20 Put me to the proofi ?.
answered the barber, who was now
prepared for the worst. :" Then dis
cover the forty chests Of money which
have been stolen, as well as the arimi.a
nal. Succeed and thou shalt marry
princess and become my minister; fail
and will kill thee!'' 6 There must
have been forty thieves!" said Ahdal..
lab, making a fortunate and not very
difficult guess, ssGrant me forty daysl',a
"Forty days shalt thou haye, said
the king, ssand thou shalt die, or live
for riches and honor" - g74
So the barber went home and told
his wife ard sal I, II have forty days
to live; I 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, I may remela-
Der how many days I have to live.."a
She complied; and every day st the
exact hour of sunset, Abdallah gave
her bean, and said with great firm
ness and solemnity, tsthere 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, Abdallah, 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 theea
and thy wretched companions; tell moi
on thy head, how knowest thou that II
possess this knowledge?'' "We heard, "a
said the chief of the robbers that g the
king had sent for thee. Therefore ono
of us came, at the hour of sunset, al, !,
thy door, and heard you say, There ia
one Of Them We would not believe
his story, and sent two to ascertain. Il, !
and thou vast heard to say, there afe4
two of them!' and this night, @, won.
derful thou didst exclaiua, there are
the whole forty of them,' but restore
the kings money, aud do not deliver
us unto the exeoutioner,'' -. "a. -
Abdallah promised to do what he
could. Being admitted to the palace;s
he declared that, owing to some mys-
terry of the stars, it was given 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 with
Abdallah. I
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