Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-07-24

of the Oolad Ensair, thence some hall
hours distance. The gloomy eve turn
ed to 4 black night, while a sea of th
heaviest rain fell pelting from above.
The disguised courier, for it wa
more other than Alec himself, halteC
as he neared the camp, and finding al
. quiet, except now and then the howl o
a dog, he planned his approach; anc
now on hands and feet advanced eau
tiously towards the pen where The
sheep were kept, in the eye of the
wind, for fear the hungry hound.
should sniff him. Snatching father
OF wool out of the pen, he squeezed
him IN his grasp, and retraced his steps
some fifty yards; then drawing bis
dagger, sacrificed the mutton, and
making prayer for his success, pro.
ceeded to cut up the carcass into some
fifty bits.
Taking these in the skirts of his gee.
lab, be moved on some few yards and
listened all was quiet. Then he imi
tated the barking cry of a jackal; and
the well-knOwn sound was responded
to by several Of the village pack. He
repeated it, and two or three fierce
hounds rushed towards him. He threw
them bone: growing and fighting
enSued, which soon attracted the whole
pack OF ilI-ted dogs. Delicious morsels
sufficient to bribe and satisfy the
hungry maws of all comers-were
thrown to them: and hencetorward the
enemy required no watchword with
which to enter the unguarded camp.
SO, taking a bride he had slowed away
IN his basket for the purpose, and
grasping his dagger, he walked boldly
to the sheikh's abode of felicity.
There stood the prize black as
night, but her eye cleaned like star !
She snorted and reared, but Alec was
quicker than the heels Of a thorough
bred, for planting his vice,lke hand on
her nostrils, he dOnned the bride, cut
the pickets, and now vaulted on her
back
Most generous sheikh,' cried the
six fingered. Nobody answered, 90
possessor of fine horses O Sheikh Ha
mon!
whats the matter, and who is
there" said grutf voice from within
the tent.
God give you a prosperous morn
ing, Sheikh Hamon,' said Alec: Il
have come for your mare; may the All
bountitul send yOu better No soon
er said he these words, than he darted
off full gallop into the darkness.
Shcikh Hamon, with cooked gun,
rushed to the rescue, and caught a
glimpse of black figure making off at
full speed. Devils and demons cried
he in despair, 'she shall die rather
than be another mans He fired, and
down fell his object. a wild laugh
echoed at a distance. The Sheikh
rushed towards the fallen object all
the villagers were up in arms Seize
him, Mohamed-Bind him, Salem
Bring him dead or alive, Mustafa,
cried the frantic sheikh: if | have
killed my mare my loss is irretrieva-
bic; but | have done a service to the
sultan and the world
The forms of fhalfnaked Arabs, with
torches, guns, and daggers, cleaned all
around, and now they rushed towards
the fallen mass, and shout Of surprise
and yet of gIadness was given as they
discovered that the angry passion of.
their chief had been vented on one of,
his finest black bulls, the plague of the
village, for many persons had been
gored of late and as they were igno-
rant of AIee's apparition, they all sup
posed it had met with its we'll deserved
ate for having attacked their chief
when returning from his mathis. They /
ragged the carcass before the sheikhis Z
ent, who on beholding his victim,
,Iucl1ed his beard in fury, then hung t
lis head, and with solemn voice ex- i
War not against the devil b
will be done,' and returned d
nto his tent. I
The loss Of the mare, and the extra T.
rdinary conduct of the sheikh, were Ii
ot known in the village until next v
ay. Alec rode that mare till the day d
# his death. t