The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-27


as badly cut up as his brother was He
packed the last four sad remains of his
brother in one of The sacks which were gt,
the mule he brought along, and then, to
balance it, make accounts square with his
brother, as it were, thoughifuIly stuffed
the other sack with gold and things, So
that, as he afteswaTd reckoBed il, his
brothers four quarters on one side of the
mule were equal TO thirteen hundred thou
sand six hundred and forty-three dollars
and fifty cents on the other. II is rarely
that a brother can be made so useful.
dead or alive, especially with ouly four
quarters.
The next business, after getting his
quadrilateral brother home, was to bury
him without creating suspicion among the
nelgh5ors. 10 account reasonably for his
death, servant was sent for some drugs
store whisky, under the pretense that Cas-.
sim wanted it fer medical purposes, SO
when it was given out the next dav that
the whisky killed him, no one thought
strange of the circumstance at all
There was an old cobbler, who lived on
corner near by, who opened his stall
very early IN The morning to accommodate
any one who. having been drinking hard
the night before, wanted an early s'co5S
bier" He consented to sew Cassim to-
gether for a consideration, and was ae-
cOrdingly blind>folded and led TO the house.
He asked if they wanted f'yellow fair
stitch and divided" or just a common
'black welt" but Ali, who knew noth-
ing of shoemakers lingo, said he thought
his brother had been welted enough al
ready; ''go ahead and sew him up" The
cobbler performed a very neat job, though
he left a stitch in his side that Cassim
probably never got over. He offered TO
halt-sOle him, too, and set up his heels,
but further services we're declined. ~.
Cassim was buried The next day with
becoming honOrs, and lbe various societies
to which he belonged attended The funer,
al. each OF them holding meetings after
ward and passing resolutions Of respect.
which were published the next day in aIl
the papers. Engrossed copies of these
resolutions were presented to the afflicted
widow, but after kicking around the house
for few day they were sold for old rags.
the widow marrying again. Ii is impos-
sIbie, with the space have, to minutelv
follsw the various siratcgems employed
by the robbers to learn who il WAS that
possessed the secret of the cave. Suffice
1t to says they at length did, and plans
were laIc for his destruction. One dav
the captain of the Forty Thieves came to
Ali Baba's house Che had moved into
Cassim' S brown-stone fronD aud pretended
he was a dealer in petroleum. He 4d a
large guam y of no : xplosive oil in
casks, which he desired TO store with him
few days. 'Certainly," said Ali. who
was the soul of hospitality, .'roll it right
into my parlOr,' which was dsnP. Now.
some OF these casks contained non-expIo-
slve oil, while the others were filled with
something almost as deadly, tho Ish not
quite-murderous robbers. 1t was shrewd-
ly conjectured by the robber that If the oil
did not blow up the whole family, which
was probable, his men would dispatch
them during the night
The plot failed, however. A servant
gill who had been sitting up pretty late in
the kitchen with her young man went to
one OF the casks to replenish ber lamp,
which was getting low. and discovered the
robbers She finished them all by boiling
some oil and pouing it upon them through
the bung> ng>hole-not the only instance by
any means where men have been ruined
| IN OIL This narrow escape Of the Baba
family from destruction should be warn
ing to people not to allow strangers to roll
casks OF petroleum into their front parlors.
The rObber-chief, being thus left alone.
advertised in the papers for forty more
thieves, determined to begin business anew.
and hoping by industry and close attention
to business, to merit fair share of public
patronage. Bot be was SO svcrrun with
ex-cengressmen, absconding bank officers,
dishonest postmasters. Indian commission
ers, ex revenue officers. managers of de-
funct enterprises, New York city council-
men, and others, that he was driven
nearly distracted. Instead of forty, there
was at least forty thousand of them, and
being disguised, he concluded TO 90 out of
the thieving business altogether; it was
getting too io@ r1
He persisted in the house of Ali Babs,
where be had penetrated in disguise for
the purpose Of settling that old account
with Ali. The servant girl, who per-
formed so neat job for his followers,
recognized him, and flashed bim with u
carting knife. The story is supposed TO.
be lie. but it is no mere Ali than Cas-
sim.
Tke career of the Forty Thieves, in-
stead of proving salutary warning, seems
to have inspired emulation, for the number
of thieves is certainly multiplying every
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