The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-06

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IT was in the Mohamnedan or lima
month of Sha'aban, which that yea
corresponded pretty nearly with oui
| December, and which, as preceding
the thirty day5 yearly fast OF Ramad
han, is in some measure festive time
for the followers of the Prophet, a sor
of carnival before their severe Lent
! Osmand Kaleeb-Zadeh, to give him his
name in full, had set up one night till
rather late in one Of the cOffee-houses-
here the ordinary social resorts-of the
quarter, amusing himself, after the
fashion of the country, by playing
| back CANNON with a friend of his OWL
! age and position and chatting on the
/ ordinary topics of the time. When the
! coffee house had to be closed, n little
/ before midnight, they were the last to
/ leave it; and before parting for the
/ night, they agreed to meet early by the
| first dawn at the public bath close by,
| and afterwards TO go together into town
upon some business which they had
arranged IN common. They then sep
3rated
Osman went home and to bed, in
tending to be up before daybreak and
Join his friend at the bath. But in the
middle of his sleep he was suddenly
awakened by a sharp knocking at the
door. Getting up quickly and open
/ ing il to see what was the matter, he
beheld standing outside what he sup
posed TO be his companion of the even
ing before, with a lantern in his hand.
The night was still, warm and overcast,
with low, misty clouds, as nights often
are here during the winter sOlstice,
cold and storm rarely setting IN before
id-January What has brought you
here so early?" he asked. &c 1t is not
vet near morning" "How so ?" re-
piled the other ; -" the dawn has already
broken, only 'tis cloudy and dark. If
we do not make haste we shall find the
bath crowded with people, and have
ever 80 long to wait for our turn. Be
sidtN, the sooner the better: get your
things on and come" Hearing all this,
Osmau supposed that he must have
oversight himself, and was really be-
hind time. So he slipped quietly back
into the house, dressed himself and
came out. His friend was still waiting
for him, lantern in hand, at the door.
No one else was up and stirring as
they passed along the narrow lanes,
now 6oubly dark with overshadowing
trees, talking familiarly as they went
space close by the coffee house where
Osman had spent the evening, where
stands a noble plane-tree, and opposite,
beyond, is the low, dark entrance Il the
bath they were going TO. But on one
side the view opens out across the Ne
nos ravine to the battlemented walls OF
the castle opposite and beyond these
again rises high in the air the tall stone
minaret or mosque, once byzantine
church, and now the principal place OF
Mohammedan worship within the limits
Of fae old fortified town.
Here they stopped to breathe the
fresh air moment after the close, stl-
fling lanes. It was a murky night.
Osman looked cas-, but there was no
hint of dawn there only the tapering
outline of the minaret was traced faint
Iv white against the blackness of the
skv. "How far off it looks IL the dusk,
and how highr' he exclaimed. Not
so far of or so very high neither, y
said the other, in n strange, altered
voice. that made his companion start.
{" Suppose we jRst light it up-shall
II" And without waiting for an an
swer. he stretched ont his arm, which
suddenly heightened right across the
valley before them, the city walls and
the houses beyond, till it reached the
minaret, and hung the lantern on the
pointed summit. where it remained sus-
pended, glittering like n star in the
gloom. Terrified at the sight, Osman
turned to ask-but his Companion bad
vanished. and be was al alone under
the plane-tree in the silent night. With
out waiting for more~he hurried back as
best he might to his own house, entered
and threw himself, dressed as he was,
upon the bed. His wife woke up, and
inquired what bad happened to him
where he had been. He gave some
evasive answer, and then lay quiet, pre-
tending to get to sleep, and wishing fol
the morning.
Only a few minutes, however, had
/ thus passed, when rap it came to the
/ door again. Osman turned deaf cal
/ at first but when it was repeated his
wife awoke, and, not suspecting whai
1 had occurred before, begged her hus
/ band to get up and see who was outside
/ Ashamed to own either his fears OF
| their cause, Osman reluctantly rose,
| left the room, and opened the house
door. There, sure enough, stood his
/ friend-or the semblance of his friend
lantern in hand, waiting. "Who are
you?" asked Osman. The other stared
s'Why, do you not know me ?" said he
Were we not playing backgammon
! together last evening, and did we moi
agree to go to the bath together thi:
morning? Come along, or we shall be
late the day is breaking" Form
voice, manner-a0 were those of his
friend. Osman felt again ashamed tC
/ h1nt his suspicious so ne determined
to put a bold face on it, and accompa
MED the other into the street.
Before they had gone far he himself
! learnt to despise his own fears so thor
oughly did the easy and straightfor-
ward talk of the one at his side assure
him that at this time it was no tricky
phantom but a real living "man and
brother" beyond doubt. Still, he re-
Trained from mentioning the incident OF
an hour before, lest he should be
laughed at or disbelieved.
They passed the open place, the
plane-tree, and reached the bath. To
their surprise Osman's, at least-its
door stood wide open, and the entrance
hall was fully lighted up: yet no one
appeared to be moving within the
head bath-keepei's accustomed place
was empty nor did any attendants
come forward to meet them. But the
bath-wrappers, towels and other requi-
sites were already put out some hung
up; some folded in their proper places
everything was neatly arranged and
fit for use. "They must have got the
bath in order, and then, finding that
nobody came, have turned in again fol
a nap,' said Osman's companion.
"Well, till some one awakes, we had
best change our dress, and make our