Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-06

4 doubt OH your statement, OUT s'ii
h annears Incredible. And even sup
posing the cotton has power 10 eA ea '
plode and burst the ship to pieces 10
don't see how it is you can 90 IT, y.
must be very difficult thing 10 SET ~ ~
it on fire. =,
> ".The easiest thing in the world .e n
he replied. ANY child might 90 IT, a.
81 shook my head, but said noth- =
".Nay, l mean what / say he COLI u
timed. .and to prove it, Hassan, you
NAV do it Yourself if you like
"I don't see i'll what way l said'
sfor 7 am neither enchanter nor con-
Juror
".Yeu may be in this instance, ne
said. .and will give you proof OF
It. When you wish the powder to
explode. lust touch that little piece
IF brass, Do it either this moment,
or any time within y quarter OF All
bour, so that you may be certain no
one knows when you intend to toucn
if. and at that moment the e1piosioh
will take place.
"Breathless with anxiety, stood
beside the little brass instrument, ana
remained so for about five minutes,
when suddenly touched 1T, and the
next moment violent comhotioh
took place in the water as II rusnipg
up from one common centre, ahd eheh
large masses OF wood and fragments
of boxes and casks were seen nnauhs
about, all proving that territie OK,
plosion had taken place, which haa
been caused solely by my gentiy
pressing with my finger the httlG
piece of brass pointed out to me.
| - I, oil m
the Enchanter. .,
"sWhat did tell you, Hassap Z ne
said. You see the effect you have
produced. I will now send man
down to see the state the ship is lu,
but suspect it is pretty well blown
! to pieces. At least there CANNOT De
, much Of it left
+ ".Will you not send some one TO
q inspect it?' 1 asked. .1
".It would be useless now he re-
I piled, sfor the water will be SO thlcE-
iv mixed with the sand just blown
!. np, that it would be difficulty for any
|, one to see. We must wait q little
7 while before sending any one to In
o spect it," .e...
y Here man in the audience, putting
4 down his pipe, inquired whether there
= were any other enchanter in England
% who could do such great fests as the
n. one Hassan had conversed with.
A. ".Im made inquiry of his lordsh1p,
~ replied Hassan, 'and he told mo there
~ were many, and that the feat was &c
at common among them they consider
m ed it was Dothiug extraordinary
,u Their power was 80 great they couit
a. ignite gun-powder ut miles dls
h. tance, and that the people III tina
n country were SO accustomed to thes
y wonders, that they considered theu
/ as circumstances of everyday occur
no renee
ns "tMashallah that is wonderful !
true,' said the man.
m Mustapha was OH the point of say
ny ing something to support Hassan
;h- statement. but 1t seemed to him
d, improbable hs hardly knew what r.
ne mark to make, aud wisely held h
~ tongue.
Dy sIn consequence of the turbid sta,
20 of the WATER" said Hassan, contin'
3D. ing his narrative, "his ,lordship All
nus the Enchanter determined to retul
ou to land, the latter leaving some Of
ION servants to carry on the operations
lay soon as the sand had settled, and vi
-, orders that should they find any thi'
'g! that seemed to belong to the lusga
of Pierre, they were to send 1t
81 shore. Quitting the barge used
ara- the servants, we entered another a.
returned to the shore. seated m
my self in the PROV, his lordship and
the Enchanter in the stern. For CO
siderable portion Of the way
uh- mind was 80 preoccupied with t
say wonders had seen. that l was tot
g ly obllvious to all passing around
:, How it was possible that such gr'
the effects could hava heen obtained W
t by 90 slight trouble puzzled me exec
iugly. That the Enchsnter was p
hM.er M sessed with magic spelis OF enorn;
gun power, there could be no doubt
you could not help asking hys
be whether he might not be i'll leas
with good and evil genii. 1t seen
resh impossible that Allah would b
ould nlnced such Wondrous power in
I ou hands of q mortal if the power did
come from Him. But how was it
be tanned? Then my own share in
> lie proceedings came vividly before
and troubled my conscience exec
ere? imgly. had by merely slight mt
ment of my finger created all ex
ut L sion as strong as could have
produced by flash of lightning
l III more; for lightning could not
opef- struck as deep down into the wa
and produced such fearful ell,
e. he Could I, in any manner, be under
were influence of an evil genie? If
N the what would be my fate? Then
they the other hand, l asked mysel
sea- what purpose is the power OF
p the Euchanter used Is it for good o.
evil? 1t was for good, there coul
your no doubt. All that he was doing
blow IN hanetit his neiyhbors, and thu
OF all could not be acting under the /
lsider ence of An evil genie, nor could
pur- act had committed i'll causing
soit tremendous eruption have pee
se Col- wicked one.
,offen- This train Of thought continue
Is II we were near land, when liftin
pow er INV aves T noticed his lordship
,urst a tho Enchauter watching me after
thfce ly. and with slight smile on
eplied, however. and l, dreading to al
ridiculous, threw off. by all etfo
sit is fit of abstraction. aud converse'
c name r.msinder ot the way with the
lDlahce men Oh ordinary subjects.
;a "The boat at last reached the
!. it, and anu "e p.o po,s;.. ~ Todroom th
bale enu. 10y .;, tha cnrro,
IN CON | COuJuFc up uSolu ruS W.
~ t,an LOT nf thought which had occupied
.oth;na mind during the time was l
boat. l was now completely
vinced that the Enchanter was t
ne n man, and consequently l nee'
~ ,I pU fear further investigating and
''n my part in his operations. Still.
y, he have deceived me, if only II
IA no tar sake Of jest-(for beiieved hin
NV Wv, a,'h too honorable man to have de
81, nrn. me in any serious manner)Cin
n,f .on that the material which had exI
,um "nu to in SO mysterious manner, wa
~" w ing more than cotton such
>. ,,o, shirt was made of, yet by som
III 49, ,nn cess of mis- own, endowed Wi
.Mncb IOrn 'ns as raculous powers? Possibly, l til
lnt ~ n.ne after all, cotton is Of some p
IL" 'v. s4ste. tas. quality, grown in some part
NC - s'a.e world / am unacqusinted wit
81 . ,i,mn:, n has the power Of igniting spt
e;S;,,, 81 ously, almost at the will
oy .,n,,.;o True, had never heard OF an!
,tn 10. rial of this kind, but since
msthi"S v" Egypt had experienced many
III which taught me how circum
ob.,t.r was my knowledge before
qua e.; menced my travels, and how