Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-01
of death while the children bore on
their countenances the traces of the

of death while the children bore on
their countenances the traces of the
privations they had suffered. Of
course we could do nothing for them
that night, but the next morning we
purchased clothing and food lin which
we were greatly assisted by the iutel-
ligent little girl, Saba. We then gave
her the purse containing the twelve
magic coins, and told her,a his !ort-
ship had directed, the wonderful pow
er they possessed ,and also his iniunc-
considered objects Of strict necessity.
The child was much pleased with the
present, land told us to thank his lord
ship for his Kindness, and also tell
him that she promised to carry out
his instructions, in carefully dispos-
ing of the coins. ..........
"Our next duty was to find an ap-
propriate cottage for the family near
his iordship's castle. This we. had
but little difficulty in doing. Not only
did we find one perfectly adapted for
the purpose, but every one was we'll
disposed to carry out the wishes of
the lord my master and in three
days time the cottage was not only
we'll furnished, but Oh the fourth the
poor woman aud her family were in
stalled in it. We remained with
them two days longer, and then re-
turned to the city, accompanied by
Isaac. On taking leave of Saba, he
said to her, ..-....
"sNow do not forget to take great
care of the twelve copper coins, and
use them judiciously. If you do, I
am sure his lordship Will be much
pleased with YOU ....t. o.
".I have only SIX said Saba.
"'But gave you twelve replied,
greatly astonished.
"'Aud have already used six
'Iu what way?' l asked, some
what angrily. Remember this, that
those coins may be disposed Of in an
utterly useless manner, but if judi.
ciously applied, the effect will be ma
gicll.' ...s. .a-......
"'And it has been wonderful in-
deed.' said Saba. H 'e''
"'What wonderful feat have they
asked. .f.s t.-
My mother has brother,' said
Saba, living in town called Sydney,
On the other side Of the world, some
sixteen thousand miles from England.
AS sue believes he is rich, she W ished
TO send him notice of the distress W. e
are in, thinking he will perhaps help
US. But she continued, pointing to
q man who was passing at the mo-
ment, in somew hat peculiar. dress,
this man will tell you all about it,
Il now called to the man, aud ask
ed if he could tell me any news of a
letter Saba had written to her uncle
living in a town on the other side of
the world. , ..--.. %. s-
Il can,' was his reply, 'for it was
given to me, and l carried it to a
house in q village some miles from
here, where gave it in charge of an
other man, VINO placed it in bag
with other letters and seut it to the
capital. There it was received in an
immense palace, and search made for
it by many men from perhaps mill
hon other letters. twas then placed
in another bag, and sent to another
city in England, where it was placed
by sailors on Doard a ship bound to q
kingdom called France. Through the
whole of that kidgdom the letter will
be carried by chariots drawn by the
same sort of fiery dragons rs we have
turned 10 use in England. Arrived
at the further extremity of France, it
will be placed by sailors on another
ship, anu earrleu, after several days'
journey, to the land of your birth
Egypt. Here it will be taken on shore,
aud carried through Egypt to anoth-
er snip which will be waiting express
ly to receive it on the Northern part
of the Red Sea. 1t will then be taken
charge of by different officers, and
guarded with the greatest care and
caution till it reaches town on the
will be taken from the ship that
brought it, carried on shore, aud then
placed on board another ship, where
equal care will be takeu of it bv many
valiant sailors, who will carry it for
some weeks, till it reaches, the town
of Sydney on the other side of the
world. The letter will then be taken
from the bag, aud messenger sent
with il some distance up the country
who will not lose sight of it until he
delivers it into the hands Of Saba's
uncle.'
"There was SO much apparent
iui the mans statement
that ought to have given him full
credit, yet the whole story appeared
so wonderful, that in spite of the
genuineness of the mans manner, Ger
tain doubts took possession of me and
l determined to question the lord my
master on the subject. Should the
prove cOrrect,I should con-
slider it the most wonderful adven-
Lure had ever heard in my life GER
tainly not less wonderful than the
the veracious Sinbad himself
"We now took leave of the wood
mans family, and returned to the
capital taking Isaac with US. On our
arrival his lordship's steward took
the boy under his charge, determin-
ing to make him useful in household
matters. We gave a full account of
all we had done to the lord my mas
ter, who, to our great satisfaction,
complimented US highly on the way
in which we had executed our COM
missions. The morning after our
while waiting on his lordship p
i'll his private room, and finding him
disposed 20 be communicative, told
him OF the wonderful narrative had
heard of the extraordinary result;
obtained by the disposal of Saba's
copper coins. His lordship listened
with great gravity to my statement,
aud then said
"'What reason have you, Hassan,
to doubt the truth of the mans mar
rative Do you suspect him to be u
dishonorable character? And even
il SO, what benefit could he expect
from playing a trick on you2 Even
bad men seldom act thus unless for
the hope of gain. Gain is the temp
tation that Eblis, the prince of dark
ness, generally uses to emsnare his
slaves, though, after all, in this re-
spect he does not IN our own country
obtain half the success which crowns
the schemes of the demon Kordicus.' ,
81 have no better reason, q my
for doubling the mans stale
ment, than the extraordinary results
which he said had followed the use
of such very small, sum.
"'Theu let all doubt vanish from
your mind, Hassan,' said my master.
the man told you was
true
"'But did he not exagserate the
facts, O my noble master9 l asked.
$50 far to the contrary. he rather
underrated them than otherwise. lie
might have mentioned many other
changes of hands, and dangers of loss
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