Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-01
4 EQQFHVGYER m SPITE OF HIMSELF.

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ne was sovereign much loved, who had only
0uo sole aalt. that Of being passiouately fond of
stty ~ et.lAougn nc no longer possessed teeth
M,llSA Nmeh 70 crunch them. In his gardens of
hn AeFagllO he had q magnificent orchard, which
excited the envy Of all his subjects His exces-
slSe love for this fruit had given him the surname
OF AaIAm- ILadj, which Arab phrase signifed
Good Father Rppin."
IA epite Of striGt surveillance his apples were
Atolep. not 0nly by the magnates of the court but
even by the young people of the town. many of
wAem.t taa the risk Of losing their heads in order
tOeaS e npe ifult. The Grand Vizier himself
was unable % Eepist the temptation, and one even
ing he scaled the wall OF the orchard, like a
common 4et& tnt he might sstisfy his gour-
SA9Rna yEifE goes nowhere without being
0eENedH asa especially VIXEN he climbs over
wallis His enemies, therefore, hatched a plot
against him; and one evening, while he was
tasting epltaR apple, the finest sort in the orch
ard, the assassins threw themselves on him and
fulsd him They then fed, leaving tho corpse
IA oEher thieYes, who were also in the habit
CtO8tlng the Sultan's apples saw the crime COM
mitee Opewas BensDOuda, the Sutan's iester
the OtheI was young man of the town, named
Ali. Ahnghted at what they had seen they also
Aeds aqAaing simultaneously the wall of the sera-
gio and such was their terror that they fell one
on the other, on the outside of the enclosure,
There they seized each other by the collar, each
nlsiAktng the other for an assassin Happily
betag acquainted mutual recognition soon took
TTDidyO seel'F %ked Ben.Douda. Efs
LFAn kreplqd Al u alao recognized among
AssnIfderers the lord Omar, who has long intr!-
tngued 70 occupy the post of Grand Vizierb
I'VE cannot denOunce him to the Sultan" said
ben-DOuds, "WithOut denOuncing ourselves aud
yet, 90 great oVme cannot 60 unpunished."
"WhSt ls TO be doneG" Inquired ALI
"LlSten," replied the jester; Tomorrow you
mIl9t RPot the Sultan on his return from the
mOsqub, and l will present you to him as the
greatest soothaayer in the kingdom. lie will then
take you to the palace, and there you will tell him
all We have seen."
This plan once arranged the aceOmplleos sepa-
At the appointed time Ali met Karam- Bou-
LAdj, and Ben-dOuda presented him to the Sultan,
Vh0 OPdeEeA him y attend him to the palace.
NIAA S1llan ID JAmareand was not slow in re-
turning home, a1d In summOning before him the
famous magician, Ali, OF whom Ben DoudA had
told him wonders.
"Speak; / Ilstsn," said KAram- BOu- -Ladi; "di-
vine what tho0ght occupies my mind at this mo-
"MlGhty Lord, !" said Ali, 'your hlghness is uu.
easy on account Of the absence OF your Grand
VlElah phom JON have not seen since last even
sbS the hard OF the prophet it is so2 And
wAas ,has become Of this excellent Grand vi
VSuitAh, he wa assassinAtsd by apple stsaIers
SsI!s ssyOlsd ~ 2 3USr AieAR'''' he Kept watch
sy66lllsl" exclaimed lhe saltan. in great ex-
ses him" added Ali, in a tone of inspiration.
sm lies eOgorad with blood ct the loot OF the tree
whish bsaEs tho eelsbFAtsd Sultan apple, which
KsTamlBou- -Basi imnediatsly sent several eu-
nuehs ID assure him OF the fact, and these very
eQoA 1ollEnad IN tsaEa to confirm the assertion Oi
the sootAaayaR.
%Ths nan.eaot TIE muEdsreGa ?" erisi the Sui
tan In Ah SD ihdieuatiOa. u e -t@
Ala Ieiguod 10 CONSIDER. One might have heard
the Helseeqa q = aS1 wlas % prOtOeppd
Tie terrible revelation.
SEkis thO Lord Omar and his partisans," said
AL sthey have committed the crime in order 10
tAks the place Ofths Grand Vizier, and so succeed
KsFain- -ROn- -Ladj, pale, iueonsed, could not pro
qaNnee q Vond, He axllnaed Als arms, held oul
~ hand, with an energetic gesture, divided the
cir iron Tight 70 len.
Ths BlaeR-stai undsrstOod. Hs graspsd Omar
b tko naps 0f the neck before the latter had time
tsekog ths sultan- ,1
8 Kalaa ,BOu-Ladi turned to Ali and said
9.ns sAss BAsE Gus.ap. .Aa. is TO say
@aMamoaaht 81 thO aEab elaas,n
1h@ ha0aso oFdsTs 20 = ehambsElain 20 asaigE
him palace. sleh Investments, fine horaes, and Il
al NJ pooksts With gold.
An tAonght he must be dreaming, Ben-Doudl
himself had not expected such favor. When TIL
jester iound himsalf alone with Ali he said b
kims
altAshsa AIlOssR Nov you have the tIsle o
soS.A1aye.. yoa val have every day to Sstisfy 'th
eanG1Cna e tho 8allAnlS a flHtt t. lt
AAlnap said Ali, show shall do thisP"
esWilA andaFltY Ona mag sueeoed in anythlnR
ran9 E1n ehall be there % 0Gsr suggostiOns "a
hia ,llng from me- I Vim alWuYs tal
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