The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-06

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all the virtues. An uproar of admiration fol-
lowed the speech; and the whole circle cried
out hatneither Stamboul nor Smyrna cou1dpro-
duce his equal. He next proposed that every
matnpsSshould tpss come forward, and pledge himself
to general harmony A tall Turk INSTANTLY ad-
vanccd :-"Illustrious Sonnite," he began his
dcclaration-"Ill "Illustrious Sonnitc p exclaimed
d dwartish, but richly clothed Persian sswhy,
son of blind father and deaf mother, who
told you that he was Sonnitc? All tllo
genius and virtue Of mankind arc with the
children of Ali" A blow with the slipper Of
a disciple of Omar told the Persian that his
opinion might not be universal. Mustapha saw
his project broken upSat once, and caine for
ward to restore peace. But the tide had
turned; and he himself was assaicd by enjaui-
rics into his faith. "Do you believe in tic
holy waters Of the Zemzcm % cried one eff
you do not worship the foot Of Fo," cried
another, ''wc only insult our cars n'listcning to
you p "Do you twist thrco hairs of the holy
cows tail Of the Hcdjaz, round your turllan ~
screamed another. "Do you believe in Boodh?"
was the outcry of fourth. The clamor grew
horrible. "By the print of Adams slippcrw
yelled a gigantic Ccyloncsc, thc fellow is
nothing better than a SPY and he deserves to
be impalcd on the spot. :" '"By the krecs of
my fathers he is a hereto" howlcd q ferocious
Malay; II would rather drinlsllis,bood than
4 bowl of arrack !" All now became clamor
and confusion; daggcrs, knives, scymctars and
ataghans flashed round the throat of the un-
lucky Mustapha But he was bold was mas
ter Of his weapon, and the sight of the naked
poniarl in one hand and his scymctar wheeling
round his head in the other, partially rspcllc,l
the furious crowd. '.Ilcar he. madlnen" he
exclaimed s'Can | believe all your cvceils to-
getlcr 2" "Iou believe none ~ was the hoar
and they pressed closer on him. 81 believe
all that reason tells nc to believe" was the
daring reply; ''but this too, believe, thatall
opinions have something in them .:gh1" FThc
.casiment was partially appla,olcl t3And
a?so," added he, something in them '7r4w."
This WAS oil OH fame tho Whole crowd burst
into ragc; they rushed npon h;,n ina'i.o;asy
lie struggled desperately, but u blow tro:n be-
hind struck the scyimctar from his hand. lie
glanced round, and saw the MALAY at his back,
with lis krccs upiiitcl TO strike n mortal blow.
IN the next instant lie Saw the counicnaMcc Of
the savage convulscd, heard him Shrek. and
felt him falling ut his feet tn the place OF the
Malay stood the young Scribe, witt, the dag
ger in his hand, which he had siatchcd from
iic ruian i'll the moment Of fate; and had
dyed i'll his hearts blood. lIus;lpha cast
lock Of thanks at his prcscIvcr; and side by
side they rctrcatcd to the poop, where the pill
srlms dared not approach them Ent the fire
arms in the cabin were soon in the hands Of
his assalants and certain death seemed 10
await him and his young companion In this
emergency, Mustapha prepared to die but the
Scribe, repeating the famous lines OF Amrou,
at the battle Of Tcrnara--
"Thc eagle takes eagles flight,
The hero must not die in night
sprang the deck before him; ana making
sign of parlcy, proposed at once that they
should leave the slip to the pilgrims, and be
set on the first shore they saw. NIustapha's
blood boiled at the idea of compromise But
his rrescrycr was already i'll tie midst Of the
nluratcd crowd, and he felt that hesitation
might cost that prcscrvcr his life He com
piled, with bitterness Of soul. The boat was
hoistcd out, and the two excs were rowcd in
the direction of the coast. They soon saw The
hills above Bcyrout; and trod the famous soil
of Palestine. "And this comes Of preaching
peace to pilgrims said Mustapha Indignantly,
as he looked on the parchcd and ruined face of
the country roand him. this is my last cx-
pertinent; may the Arab pluck out their
boards But we run The greatest possible
chance Of being starved
MY lord, may you be happy said the
Scribe; '.but if VIC had remained On board we
should only have added to the possibility Of
being starved the probability Of being drowned,
Or something net very far from the certainty of
being shot.
"lsat to be thrown into this place Of dcsola-
ton for the mere attempt to prevent Il parcel
of hothcadcd bigots from cutting each others
heads off, angrly murmurcd the Bcy.
"Thc man who attempts TO drive back the