East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-22

give out until the next morning for fear
of eredt,nd a adistUrba,ce. / asked the man
why he had not borne witness to these
facts. He said his opinion was, that q
Bcdawce had murdered the man for the
money he was known to possess at that
time, and perhaps the same Bedawee
might murder me, who knows? and with
n pious shake Of the head he began a
new topic.
'Cutting the interview short, we rode
to our room to consult, and heard on our
way thither at one Of the Khans, that
the Pasha's secretary had offered a re-
ward for the discovery of the murderer.
'On our arrival at Sheppard's, we re-
tired to my room and discussed the case
at large. Thompson said he would like
to bring matters to better close, but
had determined to go with a party OF his
friends on to Suck that night. On de-
liberation, we determined to send the
secretary notice to call l summoned
the waiter, and quickly wrote the note.
TO our minds the evidence was complete;
it showed that the secretary had bought
lands of Ibrabim, paid for tsem, and then
had gone at night and murdered the VIC
tim to get the money hack. All we
wanted was his own confession. We
then arranged that Thompson was to
pronounce the sentence. He told me
that the facts must be made public, aud
that as he was to leave Egypt that night,
never to return, might take all the
honor in the morning. For, said he,
'by that time my sentence will be exc
cuted.' lie refused to cnlighten me fur
ther.
In about an hour the secretary walked
in, rubbing his hands and looking, flush
ed, (pcrhaps from rapid riding.) Every
thing said to him was at Thompson's
dictation. Requesting him, therefore, to
dismiss his attendants, with which wish
he Immediately complied, we bid him be
seated. Through me Thompson said;
'You have offered reward for the dis
covery of Ibrahim's murderer:am / right?
'You arc H.a .a.u
IfIknow who he is, and draw up a con-
tract, will You sign aud seal it" .iIH
Il will sign it. sfl OIL
And seal it, toog
ImpossibleY ua p.Eail. "
'Why SOP u niH
"The mans tact did not fail him; he
replied, that his seal was worn out, and
was now being re-cut'
'Very well: / know who the murderer
was; and if you will sign it with this
Here Thompson produced the seal
The secretary, wretchcd man, paled
and blushed alternately: he was speech
less. ] interpreted for Thompson here
as quickly a. l could (For / dreaded
to hear the guilty man speak, } as follows:
'You were paying him his Just due; you
went to his house; you robbed and muir
dcred him; you placed his body in sacks,
and drove them by night into the desert;
you thought you were not discovered;
you offered reward; do you see the blood
on that Signct, blood will not be silent;
that betrayed YOU
Il ceased He was dumb: he did not
raise his eyes, nor did he endeavor to re-
cover his ring. We sat in silence some
time. At last he raised his head, and
said: i did not wish to kill him
Il believe you, responded Thompson;
'and now listen to your sentence. AS
yet, we three arc all who know of the
deed Here the poor fellows eyes
frightened, quickly to he dimmed.--
Send for the money you took, and have
il here, in this room, in one short half
hour; if you are here one instant later,
all Cairo shall know the author of the
dead .Ga tl.
lie gazed vacantlyat us for an instant,
and then ran down stairs: we heard his
horses hoofs dash rapidly across the road.
| asked not any further explanations from
Thompson: he sat in silence; aud knew
that a few minutes more would bring the
last act Of the tragedy on the stage
Punctually, and painting; Ali lIbn Daoud
was back with the blood stained treasure.
But Instead of haitian hour, an age seem
ed to have left its withering blight upon
his features, as he stood to hear the rest.
'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 re-
turn. As the morning gun is fired at
the citadel, all Cairo must know the au.
thor of this horried deed. Coz
'He gave us one look look that will
haunt me forever, and then left us, with
tho mark of Cain on his forehead; a ruin
cd man. What became Of him know
not Thompson aud parted, perhaps
forever, that night; he to GO to India bv
way of Sucz; to 20 up the Nile in few
days.
The mkt day, by Thompson's instruc
tons, i fcrreted out the next Of kin, and
restored To him that to which he was heir
and gave him all the particulars Of the
sentence OF the cnlprit. Great was the
excitement when the secretary was fou;,d
missing the next day, and greater the
feeling manifested when the author Of
the deed was discovered.
MY fame was uncomfortably great,
when il was known that | had been In
some degree the means of discovering
and banishing the otfender SO greatly
was Inconvenience, that FASTENED my