East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-10-04
Tnn BROTHER THIEVES.

treasure chamber of Psammenitis, the
itch and learned King Of Egypt, this
asst exploit being left on record by
Heredotus, the most delightful Of his
torians. -er,fTr,
The wise and rich monarch got
strong room built for the preservation
of his immense riches, but he scarcely
Showed his wisdom in allowing its
outward wall to be accessible to all
corners, for it formed a portion of the
boundary Of the royal fortress. The
cunning architect contrived that one
large stone, extending the entire
breadth Of the wall. might be easily
removed without leaving any percep
tible interstiee, and on his death bed
he bequeathed the secret to his two
sons. These youths, soon after pay
ing the last respects to their fathers
mummy, repaired by night to the out
er wall, removed the stone 1--WE are
unable to explain the modus), and
Igetting into the chamber, conveyed
away some Of its precious contents.-
This was OILY the first visit, and the
king, on his inspections, found his gilt
tering treasures diminishing without
the slightest clue as TO the nefarious
means employed. The inner surface
of the wall showed not the slightest
flaw, and TO the strokes of the ham
mer every portion answered with a
uniform solidity. The seals placed on
the door at his going out were found
untampered with on every succeeding
visit, and the poor kings perplexity
advanced to an alarming point. How
ever, something should be done, and
the wise king did the wisest thing UNI
der the circumstances. He laid in the
neighborhood of the choicest article a
trap from which no escape was posi-
bic, and on the next visit of the broth
ers the one who ventnred inside was
offectually secured body and limbs,
The other entering with all due pre-,
cautions, they examined the machine
and found no possible mode Of escape.
The captured man then proposed to
his brother TO behead him, and thus
save the reputation Of the other mem
bers Of the family. On the free man
expressing his repugnance to the deed,
he answered, my life is forfeit wheth-
or you take il or not. If you refuse,
you needlessly sacrifice our mothers
life and your own. This view of the
case decided the brother to the abhor-
red deed. The head was carried away
and the stone replaced
The bafIled king, on finding the
headless corse, had still to endure the
annoyance of knowing that one tor
mentor at least still remained at large
| His next proceeding was to have the
dead body suspended from a gibbet
and closely watched, the Waterman be-
ing privately instructed to take into
custody all who seemed affected by
sorrow at the sight.
The news, coming to tho ears of
mother and brother, council was held
TO save their dear relative from ami
hilation.
Next evening the guards remarked
n clown driving along an ass laden
with wine-skins; and Just as he pass
ed, and they were looking with much
concupiscence on the comedy bags, the
cord that tied the neck of one of them
come loose, and out began to run the
odorous red stream. On rushed the
men in a courageous fashion t. pre-
vent the precious liquid from merely
soaking the dust. Some made its way
down their throats, and the neck of
another skin being loosed by chance,
a farther distribution took place, the
owner lamenting his mishap aloud
However, as there was no cure for
spilled liquor but to drink it, he soon
joined his helpers, and getting exalted
lin appearance, he said he did not
mind opening skin and drowning
sorrow The festival came to an end
later in the night, every guard lying
supine and Indifferent to the result
The clown, in other words the brother
of the victim, then shaved half the
hair off every mans head, and freeing
the poor remains from the gibbet, had
them conveyed home, embalmed, and
united to the head.
The king was at first highly enrag-
ed, but he soon turned his thoughts
TO the apprehension of the very tall
cnted criminal BY proclamation he
made known that his daughter was
about selecting husband, and that
persons of any rank were at liberty
10 pay their addresses, the mode be-
ing thus arranged; The sutton was ad-
mitted to certain daTkened room in
the palace; and the princess sat at a
easement communicating with this
room. She asked him certain ques-
tons, and if the answers were not sat
isfactory, he was allowed to depart
unframed and unnoticed. The indi
vidual whose answers pleased the lady
would be her future spouse.
After several had undergone the
trial, the expected man presented him
self. Being laid under awful obliga-
tons to speak the truth, he was told
in the sweet but stately tones of the
royal lady, TO reveal the most painful
and the most joyful incident of his
past life. Dreading the dire conse-
quence of an untruth, he acknowl-
edged that the beheading of his broth
er wBs the most sorrowful, and the re-
covery of his body the most joyful of
oil the events of his life.
"You are the man." said she, firm
ly grasping his covered wrist, which
its owner did not attempt to with
draw. Lights here !" Domestics
crowded into the darkened rooms with
fambeaux, but there was no man in
the outer apartment, aud the lady
found herself in possession of the arm
Of man lately dead. The wooer,
fearing bad faith, had come prepared.
Psammenitis being now at his wits