The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-06
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| Very well; know who the murderer was
and if you will sign the contract, will seal it
with this Here Thompson produced the
| seal.
The secretary, wretched man. paled and
blushed alternately; he was speeches.. in
terpreted for Thompson here as quickly as
could, flor dreaded to hear the guilty
man speak) as follows:
you were paying him his just due; you
went TO his hoase you robbed and murdered
him; you placed his body in sacks and drove
them by night into the desert; you thought
you we're not discovered; you see theblood on
that signet; blood will not be silent; that be-
trayed you:
ceased. He was dumb; he did not en-.
deavor to recover the ring. We sat in silence
some time. At last he raised his head and
said
Il did not wish to kill him
Il believe you responded Thompson, 'and
now listen to your sentence. As yet we three
are all who know of the deed.' Here the
poor fellows eye brigh ened, quickly to be
dmmed Send for the money you took, and
have it here, in this room, in one short half
hour; if you are here one instant later, all
Cairo shall know of the deed
He gazed vacantly at US for a moment and
then ran down stairs. We heard his horses
hoofs dash rapidly across the road. I asked
not any further explanation from Thompson.
he sat in silence; and knew that few
minutes more would bring the last act of the
tragedy on the stage .., r
Punctualy and painting, Ali Ebu Daoud
was back with the blood.s stained treasure
Bnt instead of half an hour, an age seemed to
have left its withering blight upon his features
as he stood to hear the rest. as
You have killed man; one of Allah's
beings said the Judge; you have restored the
treasure; instead of death this is your sentence:
Before the sun this day sets. you must leave
Cairo, never again to return As the morning
gun is fred in the citadel, all Cairo must know
the author of this horrid deed. Go!
He gave US one look, look that will haunt
me forever and then left US, with the mark of
Cain on his forhead, ruined man. What
became of him know not. Thompson and
parted. perhaps forever, that night; he to go
India By the way of Suez, to up the Nile in
in few days.
The next day. by Thompson's instructions.
ferreted out the next of kin, and restored to
him that to which he was heir, and gave him
III AZ -,o,t;o,l,re of tho contopoo IF thn oul.
prit Great was the excitement when the
secretary was found missing the next day, and
great was the grief manifested when the au.
thor of the dark deed was discovered.
NV fame was uncomfortbly great, when it
was known that I had been in some degree
the means of discovering and banishing the
offender So greatly was I Inconvenience,
that hurried my upward Nile voyage. Gar
det was not at all pleased at my not having
said anything to him till it was all over, but a
good natured soul that he was it did not dis.
turb his equanimity long.
And thus ends the mystery of Ibrahim, the
cobbler.
MARsHFIELD-Daniel Websters late resi-
dence lies about IL miles up the coast, next to
Boston from Plymouth. 1t was formerly called
Thomas Farm containing some thousands of
acres. The mansion house is a plain, what
is called gambreled building, and in many of
its details remains as its great master left it.
Here is his fine library, with his books and
pictures as he had them arranged when he
died. Here also in his hunting room, with his
fishing tackle and his sea. clothes, old slouched
hat, and his sailors boots and jackets. 1t is
told how he delighted to go alone on
the great Deep ard hold converse with wind
and wave, and talk with the thunders as if they
were his elder brothers. At Dartmouth Col
lege, failing to obtain some devoted prize, he
> took the ordinary diploma, and tore it tc
pieces saying to the students around him, Ny
industry may make me great man, but thi
miserable parchment cannot This was tex
. of which his whole life was the sermon Cor
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