The huntsman's echo. [volume] (Wood River, Buffalo County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1860-1861, 1860-09-27


my h md fun Of money. which I placed
upon the Gill or my shop, from which
he snatched II, and was going off with
mylbuterj and my money, when
iseizod him byothe owristsaand cried
tthieiiH sbutin spite oflmyI cries, he
frefuseilsto retuinamy property TO me,
and have brought him hither, in or
der that yor may Judge between us.
And. now. by Mohammed, our Grea,
Prophet, l swear that this man lies in
SAYING ,bataI have stolen his money,
jfer at money is truly mine" sw
The Nagib caused the complainants
to repeat ihefr charges twice, but nei.
ther Of them varied from his first state
ment. Then he. said, after a mo-
ments rejection, "Leaye this money
here. and return in half an hour, on
which the 'fruiterer, who had all along
| kept his hold Of the money, deposited
it in a woodan bowl, brought by one
Of the gnard--and both compliments,
having made their salutations, retired.
When they were gone, the Nagib
quItt ed his seat at The door of the
vestibulea aand went upsinto the fourth
story of the tower, taking with him
the woman and the money in dispute.
AT the appointed moment ne returned
with them, and went back calmly 10
his seat. The parties Interested were
all present, and the katib and fellah
We're called up. 'oa e q 5seEl ."
~ Here" said the Nagib, addressing
the katib, stake tlfy wife, and lead her
away. for she is thine druly.9' vrsii
Then, turning to his guard and
pointing 10 the fellah sher said, ,sag
Give this man fifty blows of a
courbash on the soies Of his feet"
1.-The kaiib walked off with his wife.
and the guards gave The ieIlahr fifty
blows Ola eourbash on The sOles Of
hls S'eeeBiis'sm. 4, h.o.s ..tgs aei3a, 1ss
Next came the frniterer and the
butter-mcrchanf, in their turn.
"Here,, said the Nagib to the fruit.
erer, .'here is thy money; verify didst
tho.i take it fronia thine own purse,
and never did it, belongqao him by
iwhonlKou srluacsnsed t'EE sgzi sll'
Then turning ts bis gsards and,
pointing g The Matef: merchant, he
aGive This man city blows of .
courbash on the soles of'his feet. .''ius
The hfruitersr walked off with his
money, and the guards gave The but
ter merchant bis portion. ;es M
,s When the court bad risen, ! asked
the Nagib how he had ascer,ained that
the woman was the wife Of the katib,
and The money the properly Of the
fruite.er. - .'' ''s" % s''o
4 Nothing more simple" replied he.
"You saw how Iwent up in to the
fourtl, story with the woman and the
money. Well, when we arrived there
i ordcre aher, suddenly, to clean my
inkhorn, when, like one accustomed TO
that work, she at once took it, drew
out,the cotton from It, washed il prop
erly, replaced il on the stand, and filled
il with fresh ink. Then said 10 my
self, IL you were the wife Of Che fel-
lab, you never could have cleaned tt,
inkhorn like that; you must be the
wife Of the, kaiib.'a, fat'--- s.'ASs9a !
= ..Good y said 1, bowiing in toksI, Of
assent $50 'inlch for The woman.
And how about the money ?" ~ 'ei J
~ a"The money was quite another
busidess. repliessthe Nagib, smiling
with .self'satisfied expression, as he
leered at me with look full of arlfui-
ness and craft. "You must have 10 /
marked how butiery the batter -rler.
chant, was, and how greasy, his hands
were in particular, Well, i put the
money into q vessel Of hot water, and
upon examining The. water carefully ]
could not find that a single particle Of
Grease had come 10 the Surfaces
Then said I 10 myself, seThis money.
belongs 10 the frnltefef ana not eRse
buttermerchantsafor had it-belonged
TO the, latter, il must have been greasy
and grease would have shown on-the
snrface OF the water, F'N't '7sas'i
AL this I bowed very low indeed
'si III good faitHl + doubt whether the
great King Solomon himself could
have rendered decision with more
sagacit, and wisdom, -
:, Until then I had always looked up
onfhe tales related TO nsin the aAra-
lbjan Nights ,ges mere fctions, but on
witnessing these two jndgemspts,I i
felt seonyihcedl thai some ofe,bem nat
Hast, nwsreL founded ,on, ofaets. .sf0f
course lhey a fe worked up into ar6-
fnaKees ibutathey'baye asbasis Of Sreai-
III Ale]D,t Gotltef's Prdttels. iviH q
staL A-A1ll- : = --s-ss Ssa1- --As- <sl-S-@fls
eaI.ARpt DlrLEsA-lAa tNewtssZesland
CHIEF inaintsined that ne haa bigood
title to his land, beca use he had eaten
the former owner. t