Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-12-05
mltted the crime in order to take the
place of the Grand Vizier, and to sue
ceed him in your favor

ceed him in your favor
karam- -Bou-Ladj, pale, incensed,
could not pronounce word. He ex-
tended his arms, held ont his hand.
and, with an energeticgesture, divided
the air from left to right.
The Back-Staf understood. He
grasped Omar by the nape of the
neck before the latter had time to say
"ouf" and his head instantly rolled
at the teet of the Sultan.
Then Karam-B Bou- Ladj turned to Ali
and said to him:
II name thee Bach Guezan, that is
to say, Grand Southsayer of the Court
with the rank of mamamouchi of the
first Glass;
Then he gave orders to chamber
lain to assign him palace, rich vest
ments, fine horses, and to fill his pock-
cts with gold.
Ali thought he must be dreaming ;
Ben -Douda, himself had not expected
much favor. When the Jester found
himself alone with Ali, he said to
him:
at is not all over. Now you have
the title Of soothsayer, you will have
every day to satisfy the eapriees of
the Sultan"
"Alas!w said Ali, chow shall | do
this ~
'sWith audacity one may succeed in
anything, and then shall be there to
offer suggestions The Sultan hides
nothing from me. I will always tell
YOU beforehand of his desires, and of
the replies you ought to give; but on
one condition"
i" What is that ?"
"That we share all thefavors grant
cd YOU"
Willingly" said Ali.
From that moment Ben-Douda be-
came the auxiiary>of the great Sooth-
sayer of the Court, and there was no
enigma which Ali could not solve at
once.
However, one day he was in di
litnma.
Karam- Bou Ladj, who WAS tribu-
tary Of the Sublime Porte, one morn
ING received a missive from the Grand
Turk which caused hIln much anxiety.
He sent for his grand SoethsayeL
Grand Soothsayer," said he, "of
what is the Grand Turk thinking of
this morningm
"Of what you are thinking of" re-
Piled Ali, without hesitation.
Do you know Of what | thinking"
cried the Sultan in fury, considering
Ais reply as an irony; II think of
having thy head, insolentp
ssYou see that I have OWNED
How 20 cried Karam-Bou-Ladj;
g You believe the Grand Turk harbors
so vile a thoughtw
9 You harbored it yourself"
s.In fact, the tone Of his message
was stern," said the Sultan to himself.
'The case is grave. | must consult
ny Grand Vizier."
Another time, the Treasurer OF State
being carried off, the Sultan required
Ali to discover the robbers.
1sI will give you three days to find
them; If at the end of the third day,
at the hour when the muezzin calls
the faithful to prayer, you have not
discovered the guilty persons, Will
have your head"
The poor Ali was very unhappy,
and the op,lence in which he passed
his existence was no adequate COM
oensation for the continual terrors In
which he lived. He re-entered the
naIace in sadness aud crouched down
IN the seat Of the salam-alek, which
the gateway of every Mus
selnan dwelling. There, smoking his
chibouk, he meditated on the vanity
Of human affairs, when the mlszzln,
with his clear voice, called from the
loft mineret the faithful to evening
prayer.
zone is passed by said Ali, heav-
ing deep sigh.
The next day, submissive to his des-
tiny, we was at the same place, when
the ghorghetti of the muezzin an
to him that the day was
ended.
aNow, two are gone by," sighed
Ali.
Finally, the third day, resigned to
the approaching death which appear
"a 70 him the hour of deiverance and
mercy, he cried, on hearing the muez-
zin:
q Allah be praised! The third flies
away. All is completedm
At the same instant a passer-by,