The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-29
- RDAY MoRNI

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still TO himself often turned away from NIL the
splehdors Of earth and heaven, 70 fix his eyes !
On the'countenance beside him, as'its expression
WAS touched by 1.-The moment, glowing with
solemn enthusiasm. and alternately pale .apd
crimson with the high devotion Of worship
per Of nature. ..,,,
II But they were. NOW to lose the enchanted
shore; and the vessel, leaving Scopderoon, ran
down tbe coast of Syria. No change could be
more complete; all was the barren wilderness;
even the sea seemed to share the melancholy
monotony of the lands All around was intole-
'5able glare; the horizon Of the waters had the
look OF a vast buckler Of brass. The air wnst
stagnant; human life sourcd in the universal
scorching;; and as pilgrimage was the freight,
bigotry broke out like y. pestlence on board.
NIustapha listened, first with astonishment. to
the bitterness Of MEN for opinions, and. then
with laughter at the absurdity Of the opinions.
He saw the Persian ready to take the Turk by
tie beard, and the Turk ready to return the
insult by the poniard for the question. which
Of two men who had, died a. thousand years
|
.aMay the prophet spurn them both out Of para
dise," was his laughing exclamation; for the
Shiitc and the Sonnitc would quarrel abont tho
number. of pearls in it's pavement" !, Even
while he was speaking, a furious battle arose
in the fore part of the ship. He was rushing
towards it; but the Scribe pulled his robe, and
lie turned. ..'They," said the youth, "arc two
doctors of the mosque fghting;" Mustapha
stopped at once He had no.possible desire to
interfere between such slippery personages as
doctors of the mosque, and he returned his
half fdrawn scymctar into it's sheath But he
them, a huge Arab of Medina, came running
the stern, dragging the other along by the
nook TO throw him overheard. Mustapha's
humanity instinctively made him graspthe de-
fcated party as lie was on the point of being
the fishes. iic with snne hand he
held up the unlucky combatant, and with the
other kept his vanquishcr at bay, he asked,
what could have been the cause of this mcrtal
hatred? I? "Ask the william whom you have
barely kept from my murder" exclaimed the
defeated Mollah. "Docs the miscreant dare to
| repeat his impious words" rourcd the man Of
Medina; II call every true Moslcm to witness
as / call heaven and earth to avengc the crime
that he darcd.to doubt that the sacred camel
which carried the prophet in the Hegira was
,chac!" He could utter no more; he stood
choking with fury dared to doubt it ?" cx-
claimed his rescued antagonist; II never doubt
cd for an instant OH the subject. / said, and
say, that the sacred camel was black. And if
that misbclicving slaves dagger were at my
throat, l should say it still;" the saying was
unlucky, for in the effort to second his demon.
stration by a blow of a knife hid in his sleeve,
his foot slipped and he fell under the very
heels Of his enemy. The Arab instantly
rushed upon him, End before an arm could be
raised for his protection, naI. hung him over
the ships side Even Mustapha now shrank
from advancing, for the Arab sworc by the
holy stone of Mecca, that at his first stop he
should see the hcrctc tossed into the sea.
'.But 10 show that ! understand justice" nc
exclaimed; II shall give the wretch one chance
more: Achmct Ben Saddai, son of an evil
mother, do you acknowledge that the camel
was whitc?" "Black," was the outcry
in answer; "ay, black as nidnight" Then,
down to Satana ]" shouted the Arab, at
tempting to fling him into the waves; but the
Mollah would not be shaken off; he clung to
him with the nerve of death and the struggle
was fierce, until the Arab uttered scream OF
agony, and both plunged out Of sight together
On their rising to the surface, the Mollah was
seen dead, stranglcd by the grasp of his pow.
crful fellow disputant The Arab was dying
his broad chest displayed mortal wound
which the Mollah had contrivcd to give him, at
the close of the struggle, us final specimen o.
his skill in the art Of controversy. a boa
was ordered to be let down to recover their re
MAINS but the sailorship of the Mediterranean
is tardy, and in the mean time the disputant
were taken possession of BY more interested
activity ~ couple Of sharks had continued
cycing the struggle at the ships side, in fai
expectation Of the Consequences They nov
pounced ON both the doctors, swept then
through surges, whose foam they soon turne'
rod and left tho mrrits of tho black and whit.