The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-15
EBENsBURG, Pa, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1879.

That he nearly split with laughter. If he
had, that bird would have been spoken of
by ms SOrrowing friends as 'Ihe roc on
which he split
When the bird alighted Sinbad hurriedly
united the knot and she flew away again,
including i'll her bill large serpent. Sim
bad was terribly alarmed to find himself
ut was bad enough to stay in such place
without being compelled TO Sfind himself0
! III deep valley peopled mainly by SER
pents.
lie thought at first he had been drinking
hard, but Immediately recollecting that it
! was ehe easiest thing in The world for him
3 10 dl.lFS. he knew those snakes were not
/ confined TO his boots. They kept him
awake all night, aud nearly hissed him off
/ me Sage, calamity that never befell Ly-
dia thompson when she played the char
acier When daylight appea red the snakes
reared, Out of Difference to tie roc, who
was still lowering a.ouud. Sinbad dis
covered that the valley was knee deep
with diamonds. He tried to get away with
The biggest of them-,he ace of diamonds,
as ore might say-but he wasn't The trump
to take 1t.
= lie laid down To sleep, but was awakened
by great piece OF meat f. ling close to
h.m. CThis he considered the most re-
markable event in his travels, as meat is
! constantly going up, and never falls.) He
Z
collected the stories he had read about the
valley of diamonds-althouah he knew
very httle about the oaUey of diamonds
himSelG-how merchants, in order to get
these diamonds, threw huge pieces of meat
down into the valley, into which the Gia-
monds became imbedded. Then, when
The eagles convey these pieces of meat to
their nests 10 feed their young, The mer-
chants Tighten away the old bird and the
diamonds become their meat. Sometimes
an eagle $50 is worth $4,000 in Gia-
mOnds. If an edGlet had any sense at all,
after accumulatiug such line nest-egg as
that, we should see Mr. Eag-let it out at
good interest, retiring from business on a
competency.
Sinbad wanted to get away-tbat is, he
wanied TO get away with as IIdny diamonds
as he could-so be filled his pockets W. II a
precious cargo, and, lying down on las
face, an eagle came along, picked him IIp
by the seat of bis trowsers and ed
away 90 her nest, affording him a view of
The ouispeading cOnDIy re could not IL
eIwise oh; ain. The me ch2DtS were on
hard as usual for their dollar iewelry, and
Sinbad was released on his dei,ositmg his
diamonds as cola 'el5l].
Space will not allow us TO follow ST Ibad
IN his adven: ures. He made SIX voyages
i'll all. returning home with more wealth
nd bi"ger stories. He tells about finding
tttS Cstlll !lilOi tltc. WHICH liiitl oliN 10 bc
tapred 10 fill every ''c@mii c'' bottle i'll
c, ea,ion. We have been 20 va aud heard
nany big yarns told about inc camp fire,
but he yarns Sinbad ;cIis about that
cam fire. beats all we ever heard.
He fell into the hands of a giant one day,
a tremendous black fellow as high as tail
palm tree. He had one eye III he centre
OF his head, teeth like those in twO-horSe
d ag, ard ter-penny nails on his fingers.
He desired to have Sinbad cooked for din
ner, but considering him too lean turned
him out to pasture awhile, which gave Sin
baa an opportunity 20 l6Hn for home.
Most people are familiar with Sinbads
adventure with ''The Old Mau of the Sea-
lie las been referred to occasionally by
writer's and speakers. He wasn't a very
good figure, but he has been used a good
many times figure of speech. Sinbad
met him in one of his waUderings among
unknown lands, and the old gentleman,
who appeal ed feeble, asked 70 lide on his
shoulders. Sinbad complied, and then,
like good many others who have taken
load upon themselves that didn't really
belong to them, found it impossible to
''shake'' the old man. He accomplished
it at length, however, by getting the old
bled on, when he fell OF
Sinbad saved enough from hss voyages
(he was very saving of everything, espe-
cially The truth to pass his old age in ease
and affluence, amusing himself by telling
The biggest kind of stories to his neighbors
and gTaIdchiIdren.