Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-25

" acqusinted with. All they knew
was, that they should have q good
two hours walk. before they reached
home. After having proceeded for
about half an hour, they came to
spot where two roads b:anched off in
different directions, and lsaac was
fairly puzzled which to take. 'Pres-
emily he saw ceuntrymaR advancing,
and Of him he inquired the way but In
doing SO he made nse Of the same
slow, distinct manner Of speaking he
had been taught by the enchanter.
"'Why don't you speak faster E
said the man, angrily. DO you mean
to make fun of me by speaking in
that manner? -. - -. VIM.
"'No-I-do-not,' replied Isaac.
"'Then speak faster, as other boys
do,' said the man. 80" 7s'A'1 -.
"sI-can.not. I-havc-al-ways-l
neutrality-suspicious.
manner p 'g- = s9s iaa@i!tr ri FL" ~.
"Wsil, then, find some one to an
swer you who speaks 90 tOo,' said the
man, turning angrily away from him.
CATER haviDRt gone few PAGES,
however, the man turned round, aud
with broad grin on his c0untenance,
pointed to the road he had not taken
himself. -..........
"sThat's your way he said. Keep
straight on, and you'll get home III
time;' and then, grinnfng even more
than before, he continued his way and
left them.
"Now had Isaac been accustomed
to tho ways Of the outer world, and
not alwa ays dwelt among those who
treated him kindly. he would have
suspected, from the mans behavior,
that q trick had been played on him
but being Incapable of deceit himself,
aud indeed hardly knowing the mean
lug of tho term, he took all that the
fellow said in good faith. aud he
trudged on with his sister for more
than half an hour. He now began to
look anxiously about for some land
mark which he could remember; but
as he found none, he became sorely
puzzled what to do. At last he met
Q woman, and inquired of her the
way. .E Yta.. .- '... AH
"sWhy, my dear creature,' she re.
Piled. you're coming quite out of your
way. VINO ever could have told you
to take this road ? You'd better now
go across the country, for to 60 back
again would be too far round, aud
even now you'll have great difficulty
in reaching home before dark. Do
YOU see that tail tree on the top of
the hill? she continued. First go
there, and then at some distance be-
fore you, you'll see the clump of trees
in which your mothers cottage is
situated, tor know it very WE'LL
"They both thanked the woman
and proceeded ON their way as she
had directed. Without much difficult
ty they reached the tree, and Isaac, to
his great Joy now remembered the To-
cality SO we'll that he could easily reach
his father's cottage. EDWARDS they
went, but poor Rachel began to be ex-
ceedlpgly tired and could hardly pro-
ceed but felt as 1fshe would drop. Still
she did not like to complain, for fear
of alarming her brother, and they
continued on their way, while dark
ness began to close around them. Al
last Rachel's fatigue became so great
that she was unable to proceed fur
ther, and sank exhausted aud fainting
Oh the ground. Isaac inquired " wheth'
err she felt ill, or had hurt herself, not
having noticed her tired look. She
told him in reply she felt SO exceed.
ingly exhausted that, unless she could
rest for q short time, she would be
unable to 20 OH. But the sun had set
and, all being dark. poor IsaaSs pow
er of hearing through his eyes was
gone. He now became terribly
alarmed, aud looked around for help
He even attempted to call aloud, bu
in his fright his words became inar
ticulate, and he obtained no response
In this state OF bewilderment he re-
NAMED for some time, until at las
Rachel, rising from the ground, made
some sign to him that she felt sufti
cieutly recovered to go on her way.
"It was about midnight when th'
woodman's wife heard some on
knocking at the door; then waking
one of the younger children, she tolt
her to go aud see who was there
The child opened the door, and tn
brother and sister entered the cot
tase., Their mother had expected
them earlier in the day, but had give'
up all idea of seeing them that eve
Mug. The poor woman was so over
joyed, that at the moment flush o
excitement spread over her face
which was not natural to it in bel
present state of health. This was, o
course, only perceptible to Isaac, ant
} that very indistinctly, as the Onl!
light IN the cottage arose from few
|, red embers of wood OH the hearth
and these soon faded away. Perceiv
ing both her children were tired an
exhausted, their mother begged then
to take some rest, aud promised sh
would relate in the morning all tina
had taken place ; SO after partaking 9
. some bread aud water for their sup
per, they followed her advice, an
were soon asleep.
: 1.-The next day the mother told he
children all that had occurred wit
: respect to their father and herself
how he had un ariiy become the slav
of the demon kordicus, who had il
stigated him to kill her. That he ha
, attempted to do so, aud very nearl
succeeded; but by the skill of celt
brated doctor, or hakim, she was fas
g recovering from the effects of tn
! wound she had received, and hopet
by the blessing Of Allah, to get quit
q we'll. Isaac, whose hearing mad no,
returned to him with the sun-llgh
l asked his mother where his fathe
| WIS uL 'nhL luOuout
+ "'I believe he's now OF his roa
:, home,' she replied. He was seize
Il as prisoner q short time after he q
: tempted to kill me, but he was to /
S released early this morning.''
e Here Hassan was Interrupted
r his narrative by one Of his hearer
o Achmet, cavass or officer of II
o head cadi of Bagdad.
g "'You don't mean to tell us. {
u HAssan," he said, "that in Englau
(; they only punish q man who attemp
= TO murder his wife with few d.,
= imprisonment? If that be the cas-
i it's lucky for him he's not III Persia
L "The English laws are general
r mercituI, o Achmet, to all those wi
J. attempt to murder their wives, whe
[ instigated to the act by the demo
o Kordicus. 1t is true, rs rule, the
; have more than a weeks imprisol
d ment; but in this case the woodms
l. was liberated because his wife woul
d not give evidence against him, al
d no one else saw him strike the blow
J. the younger children being from hon
b ut the moment; and as there were 4
Y witnesses, he was liberated"
It "'Twas we'll indeed for him, then
n said Achmet, "that he wasn't in Ba!
e dad, or the cadi, my master, woul
a have had him bastinadoed OH tt
|, soles of his feet to such an extel
II that he would have been fain to crav
| m hia honHo onH Enooo 60.