The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-29
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faoifties Was - nhdfard6 TO dhein ffisndship
iIs bn. gave o. fine variety to.thsir, shogghts;
and Mustaphee, e,newsto M the world, and newer
still tohimselfs often turned away from MI The I
splhndors Of earth and heaven, 70 fix his eyes
On thsaeoantspsncsf beside him, asits e&pressioh
was touched eby athe4' moment. glowing with
solemn enthusiasm. and alternately pale .and
erifnsop y With the high dqYosioa, oss worship
per9l patHtes ,s,-,a, ei7,,... 4.,.,..t. -.,.,,,
fE us1tkey WERE NOW to- lose she enchanted
shoresiapd the vessel, leayiug :scQpdsroon, ran
down the 4 4csast;ef Syrieq.. No change could be
more complete J; all was The barren wildernessi
esen The Eoa seemed 70 share the melancholy
honotony Of the land. p AN around was intole- |
fable glare; the horizon]of the waters had the
look ofanast' .huckler Of brass. The airl VAS
stagnant; human life. soured in the universal
scorchingg and as pilgrimage was the freight,
Bigotry broke out like q. pestilence on. board.
Mnstapha listened, first with astoihishmeht, ,sto
the bitterness. Of nen'for opinions, and. then,
with laughter at the absurdity of tha opinions.
lie saw the Persian ready to take tho Turk by
the heard and the Turk ready to return the
insult by the poniard, for ,thesqpestion,. which
Of two menwho had, died a. thousand years.
ago was the true descendant of the, prophet.
SHAY the prophet spurn them both out Of para-
Disc" was his laughing exclamation; for the.
Shiitc and the Sonhitc would quarrel abont the
number. of pearls in its pavement" ,; Even,
while he was speaking, a furious battle arose
il the fore part Of the ship. He was rushing
towards it; but the. Scribe pulled his robe, and
he turned. ..:They," said the youth, "are two
doctors Of the mosque fighting; = Mustapha
stopped ut once. He had no.possble desire TO-
interfere between such slippery. personages as
I doctors of the mosque, and he returned his
halfdrawn scymetar into its sheath But he
had not far to follow the con,batants, for one Of
them, a huge Arab of Medina, came running
to.the stern, dragging the other along by the
nook TO throw him overheard. Mustapha,s
humanity instinctively made him grasp.the de-
feated party as lie was on the point Of being
ID the sAsi.css sGne hand sha
held up the unluoky combatant, and with the
other kept his .vanqaisher at bay, he asked,
what could have been the cause of this mortal
hatred? "Ask the william whom you have
barely kept from my murder" exclaimed the
defeated Mollah. tDocs the, ,miscreant dare to
repeat his impious words" roared the man of
Medina; II call every true Moslcm to witness
as call heaven and earth to avengc the crime
that he dared to doubt that the sacred camel
which carried the prophet in the Hegira was
,chae." He could utter no more; he stood
choking with fury "Darcd to doubt it," ex-
claimed his rescued antagonist; II never doubt
cd for an instant on the subject. said and
say, that the sacred camel was black And if
that misbclicving slaves dagger were at my
throat, 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,
This foot slipped and ho fell under the very
heels Of his enemy. The, Arab instantly
rushed upon him, End before an, arm could be
raised for his protection, naa. hung him over
the ships side Even Mustapha now shrank
from advancing, for the Arab swore by the
holy stone Of Mecca, that at his first step he
should see the hcrctic tossed into the sea.
"Put to show that / understand justice" nc
exclaimed; II shall give the wretch one chance
more: .Achmet Ben Saddai, son of an evil
mother, do you acknowledge that the camel
was white ?" 'Black," was the outcry
in answer; Gay, black as midnight" Then,
down to Satanai!' shouted the Arab, at
. tempting to fling him into the waves; but the
Mollnh would not be shaken off; he clung to
him with the nerve of death and tho 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 Nlollah had contrivcd to gave him, at
tho close of tho struggle, as final specimen. OF
his skill i'll the art Of controversy. A boat
was ordered to be let down to recover their re-
MAINS but tho sailorship Of the Mediterranean
is tardy, and in the mean time the disputants
were taken possession of by more interested
activity. ~ couple Of sharks had continued
eyeing the struggle at the ships side, in fail