Bozeman avant courier., 1873-07-11
TIE DYING RED0UaN..
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As the gray dawn began TO course up tn,
eastern sky he was na.aifestly dying. Iii
dark eountenance. tliia and follow-facs
at the best, was naw almost spiritual in ap
rearance. You who remember him will no
think it strange that / apply to a Bedouii
this phrase, which is more frequently applica
BILE to the dying featurosof Christian girls ii
Western homes. gs
His eoalalfenance was llohle always. There
= = iacata " ss.tssss stllc Pitt
Gallery at Florence. Wifiei eilmaYlap YOU hav.
seen. The features are delieately outlined
tile colofing not 'fitlanesqle at all but rathe,
uncertain and undecided. The face o1
Achmed reminded me OF that picture when
met him first, and on this morning it was I'M
earthly in its serene splcr dor
One might hare Thought him fis father
lshmaei, dying on the desert that was his
sole Inheritance. No trappings of royalty
were around him, such as surround the
eouches OF princes of more wealthy lands.
The lands OF this Duke of Edom were the
barren desert, stretching away in its wastes
of rock and sand. His palace was the ruined
palace OF Roman governor, down through
he shattered front OF which the blue sky re-
iected the light of the coming day before the
SUI came up to slime in Vady Mausa. The
poor bHrnoose-the rough calnels hair cloak
lhat llswathed his form-was the substitute
'of the inrple of klngly death-bed; but a
mere MAJESTIC conttenance never shone on
llVng men than was his as the dawn lit its
INN features, and his father bent over him to
say that he wasdying.
l know not what thoughts had possession
OF ms mind, or whether his countenance
We're indeed a fair indication of his soul tor
ais words were simple enough, but sublime
eaoagf Withal toexpress Il consciousness of
I'isnoble origin, and the splendor of Ills exit
/ iioh' tile land OF his fathers OH a Sunny
iiiornAgin the valley of Petra #s,
ne Hakim saith you are MOI to live
ioAgef, -. son Aelmei.'' .s.
~ IS WEI The will OF God aud the
prophets be ol,yed..'
''Wllat shah do for you before Won de-
rarts tor it is wfittn. Let',im order his at-
fairs before lie die, EST his children have
trouble in their tents.' 9
81 have. no cllillren % be troubled. and
nothing to cause then trouble if had. /
give Koussain MY spcaraud kIalifa NV gun.
The mare Il yat,-- &, - nssbarf si.b ..;1,
bear You well unin yok and are i1is z u
again. Howadji, You an going to El-khud-.
Irouid f.a,-e CONC With son 70 the lo'y City
myself, but since I eann,t, here is my shawl:
there is in the folds OF a sum ot money.
aud the stliiwf itself is vortti fen thousand
piastrcs. Take the mony to the priests that
gasrtl the tomb of Isa Bin Marian, and give
tile shawl to Mohan: mesIDhuEnouf, sheik Of
tile Mesjid el-Aksa. Do his for me. oh How
adj, and add to the money yo,t give the
priests so much as you we me for this jour-
ney, making itas largean amount as your
love for me will warran. trust you fully,
for you haTe been Kind
why divide tile nonty and the cashmere,
'sheik -Achmeds Were It not better to give
both to the sheik Of the Dome of the Rockf''
Mot so. We Bedouns have little knowl-
edge Of religion, thougllwe call our faith the
faith of Islam. But know not whether.
after all, there may no. be some error in all
this. and some truth infour faith in Isa, the
son Of Mary. My POSSESSIONS are small.
am of the Beni-Ismahil but or father had
no lands other than the desert, and we ad
nothing from his father brahm. That which
= have is the gift Of G5d. would give it
back to him directly. KNOW no better way
than this. Deny me no, Q Efendli?''
''Nay. nay, Sheik Ahmed; will do as
you wish.n
sit is WELL am eonsnt.
The conversation hat, yearied him. The
eyes which had been fixed with imploring
gaze upon mine closed for few moments.
The older sheik was sihnt, and now several
of the tribe came to the door, and looking in,
asked If he were yet at peace. All their qHes-
tions were put In the poetic language of the
desert. ItWas remarkable that no man asked
in simple words, rs he better p or us he
Worse?" but every one inquired in meta
phoric phrases, the most frequent of which
was that touching inquiry, us it peace p
No shldder or conviision marked the in
stant when Acbmed Ben Houssein passed in
to the presence of Ishmael his ancestor. The
sun came up ever the eastern hill, and the
soft light fell on the front of the ruin in
which he lay, and a single beam of light COM
inc through the doorway at the side OF the
curtain touched his countenance. That mild
touch aWoke him.
He had known the surshine on his coun-
tenance better than we know it III cold west
ern countries. He and the sunshine were old
friends, ard the morning light on his fore
head was like the familiar earess of a mother.
He raised his heavy eyelids and met the
gaze of the old man who stood oyer him.
locking intently on his face, and smile.
verify believe the first smile that had crossed
his coantenance in years, took complete pos
session of it as he murmured. LA ilfah il
Allah il Allah. !: There is no deity but Godl;
and then he lesifated, and the smile became
almost Iauol, Of delight as he added, lisa
Ben Marian rasoul Aliail'' Jesus the son OF
Mary is the messenger OF God
Sieik Honssein did not indicate, by look OF
sign, that he approved or disapproycd the
creed in which his son vas dying, t us an
nounced in his last breaih. Achmed gazed
into his fathers eyes lmgingly and stead
fastly. as If seeking some approval or dis
sent; but finding neltn'r the smile on his
#countenance changed q TOOK OF anxiety.
even of pain. and then ne strelcAed his tall
form OH the floor, alld Eltnout sign or moan
or utter ance of any KING the son OF the desert
was dust like the old dnA around MN.
i largo number Of peEons recently assem-
fled af The Crystal PaIas. near London, to
witness fI,e Iliuminafi0nof q portion of the
hn;idino IN IN air Gas. TIE Pest says that tlle
exnerimerts were entirdy successful. Not
the least merit of air gasis the very moderate
price at which it can beobtalned. The com