Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-07
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.sHe will drown. He is a dead 6heah.
"There goes his boat, drifting ht tose
"But how well the dog swims
Eyes, but observe, he knows mining q he
surf. Look, how he keeps in IL holld' OF
the seal'
Such were the remarks addrefed Il one
another by small party of Arabs bn tlI sea
shore near the harbor of Muscd, ajthey
watched the movements of Il swiiher ltrug-
Cling in the surf which rolled in ther feet.
The most complete Indifference 'bs Eident
in their tones and attitudes. ArI were
orouching ON the sand, others oo erect
wrapped in their mantles. Whilghe gazed
upon the unhappy wretch, they 4ehflted on
his probable fate with less interea tIS would
have been shown by Europeans qjbven by
themselves, in the escape of tloF. THE per-
son who was the object of they EIltrls was
evidently in the greatest dahgeg lIis boat
had swamped in the breakerI and bad been
swept from his grasp, leavin3 him 'lpen,ient
for his life on his own eSertiGis, and Ne slight
support of an oar which he blS been fortunate
enough to grasp. Unluckily As wa9eiiarked
by one of the spectators, Though erg good
swimmer, he was ulaccusthled to w SURF,
and by keeping constantly n the I0lllW be-
tween two waves, exposed nimself,to le ire-
quently buried by topping SURF From
every such submersion he rose ltlilestly
more confused, and ,Veokened in N power
of struggling. His fate would haY SION veri-
fed the predictions of the Arabs, lutior the
appearance of another individual, lyll6 joined
the party on the beach. He was 1lereEouth,
of some eighteen or twenty years III garb
and features bespoke him an Arab butNt was
evident that he was of a Different clasi from
the others, who were all AIuscaty7, orinabit-
ants of the neighboring town ofMlscat. The
lighter complexion of the new-coller, hh bold
aquiline features, the sterness, approaching
10 gloom, of his handsome cougenance, not
less than the striped shawl of cgton and silk
which formed his turban, and " long match
lock which he bore on his shouldr. proclaimed
him one ofthe tribe of Johassang the far-tamei
pirates of the Persian Gulf-oI as the Arab
term it, the Sea of Bahren. Ee was wrapped
from head to foot in a long Gantle of black
cloth woven from the hair of te camel; and
beneath this the clash Of armi was heard Us
he walked. He advanced wit the hasty, i'm
perious step of one who hai never known
what 1t was to stand in th presence OF g
superior, his black, deepset ejes flashing from
side to side beneath the sllde of his thick
shawl turban. When his glnce fell on the
swimmer, whose feeble exertjIns betrayed his
exhausted condition, he exciimed, in quick,
sharp tones
'sYe Muscatys, why do yoS not save your
brotheri"
The question excited a general laugh.
sour brotherl, said one .'in the name OF
Allah, when was dog our flther, and the son
OF dog our brother2n
He is Persian, herd5ic Sheah, " said
another; ''let him perish let his fathers
grave be defled.n
s'Let him call on Ali, hh Imaum," added
a third 'sperhaps he will clme from Kerbelah,
and save him."
"He ia pearl merchht," +" exclaimed a
fourth, who was kind 4 wag mo doubt
he is seeking for pearls. ook, he is going to
dive.u
Another laugh followed this witticsm,. for
such 1t was considered The Johasmee alone
did not join in the merri aent. lie stood for
a moment, as if irresolutl, muttering to him
selfAs'It is better to saye life than to destroy.
have disobeyed thee, o my father have
taken life. Shall not save life. Persian
for Mohassanee. Tb.n turning suddenly
to one of the Muscatys, rho was lounging on
the sand, he said
Keep thou for me this matchbox, tins
cloak, this shawl, and this girdle likewise
my sword, my shield, ny knife and my car
touch box" taking the various articles as
he spoke and laying thtm on the SAINT VIII
save the dog of a Shlahp
Il would be impossible to describe the as
tonishment with which this speech was heard
by'all the party. That a Johasmee should ex-
pose his life to save thit of any human being,
not Of his own trile, was sufficiently remark-
able; but that he shonld so exert himself for
Persian and aIlsretic, was utterly unac-
countable. They tared in silent ama2ement
until the young Nj in had completed his prep
arations and advblced to the edge of a rock
which overhung lhe boiling sea, waiting u
favorable momeni to dash in. general cry
burst from them u they saw him plunge head
foremost into tlSswaves, in the train of q re-
treating billow. For minute nothing more
was seen of him until his head reappeared far
to seaward, and Il no great distance from the
Persian. w
Bismillahs d wonderful swimmer" eX-
claimed severl and his proceedings were
now watched Sith,the greatest attention.
The youth APPROACHED the person whom he
had come to save, Ind was instantly seized by
him with the tengsious grasp of drowning
man. Uttering l,rrible imprecation, as he
felt himself drag,IId under the surface, the
Johasmee was abot to strike him oil with his
clenched ist but suddenly restraining him
self he exerted allIhis strength, and compelled
the other, partly by force and partly b,