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

,er,s statement that the cotton when 81 81
had been saved from the wreck nau nj
been used for the explosion. iaHlns -, =,
up handful returned to my roo.h ii
aud, having produced n hgnt, l 'o" d n,
haIdinp il with u pair of tongs as
far disIant from my person as possi- l.,
hle held IL to the candle, expecting
to be startled by q smart explosion :,
None, however, took place. Inc cpt =
ION burnt az quietly aud dinotienslveiy y
"a in common lamp. now TOOK
greater quantity, but the came result =
followed. then increased the guam
tity. this time taking the whole OF
what | had brought from the stable.
Int nothing extraordinary occurred :
1T burnt aud smouidered away With
out producing the least interestlng g !
or surprising effect. - ~
81 was now fairly puzzled the
thing was altogether above my com,
prehension, so at last determined 10
defer all further consideration TIL =
returned to London, when woua
make inquiries OF his lordshiP, Whosf
kindness and patience L Knew 20 Nc
Iinexhaustible.
s.The,assxt morning bis lordship
l a.
the vessel. AS the, water was now
getting clearer, the boatIhen descend
cd. and recovered from the wreck
sone portion Of the Luggage and uli-
terent articles they had tonha.
Among the latter were some Parch.
meuts in the French language, ana
evideutly relating to legal subjects,
, but they were not sufficiently ex-
.. plicit to allow his, )ordshipl 10 arrive
At any decided conclusion Whethef1
, thew belonged to his brether-in-lsW
E or not.
"We now left the shore in company
I with the Enchanter, aud shortly al
forwards arrived at the spot where
q the servants were at work. They had
@ recovered several other relics, Out
II mono of any great Importance, noth-
/, ling, in fact, likely to clear up tne
II doubt which existed in his lordships
,e mind. 1 questioned the Enchanter
respecting the effects of the expios-
n ion hut he answered my queries in
what 1 believed to be = half joking
e. sort of way which somewhat annoy
Z. ed me. He said the explosion had
N been a very violent one. aud that the
w whole ship had been nearly destroy-
le ed that 1 W as wonderful man to &C.
n- complish such feats with merely NOV
ing nv finger, and several other re-
no. marks of the kind. Judging from
70 NV features that was rather annoy
nd ed at his manner, he said. still joking
he with me in kind MANNER
".Hassan, my dear fellow, | begil
n to suspect YOU are yourself q conJur
,re or ma from what my servants tell M
40 thew have never seen effects 40 terri
er- BILE as those produced yesterday b;
rv 40 slight q cause. Sinbad hlmsel
I'd never did anything to equal it.
lis- YOU doubt what say 1 will lend yo
nat nv magic cap. and you can agarh 0e
ese scepd to the bottom of the sea an
EN- Judge for yourself the wonderful el el
ur. chantsr you really are :,
although somewhat nettied at n
If tone and manner, L accepted his offs
put OIL the cap aud descended to Il
ay- depths ef the sea. Certainly WI
ma greatly surprised at what saw. A
, se earthouake could not have Skaters
re- moro completely the huge hull OF u
his ship than had dOne-for felt CO
vinced l had performed the feat IN
tate self. although I had received pow
mn. from the Enchsnter. There we
and great masses OIL IRON OroAeu :"
urn pieces, great beams of wood and pa
his sengers' luggage crushed to spilnte'
F.. ma the sides Of the ship driven out, a.
With the sand winch nsa coHecseu u., luu !.
yave persed that the remains, of the sf
On seemed to lie almost as if in bas
by looked round for some time to
and if 1 could bring any article away vi
nv me. and at length found piece
the parchment which L took with me II
CON the boat aud presented 1T TO his iol
NV ship, who, before examining it, plat
the it in the sun to dry.
otal- ".And now, friend Hassan,' 81
me. the Euchanter to me; are you
rreat convinced what wonderful man
with are? Why, yOu are as great an
ceeu= ehauter as am, and possibly may
pos come greater when ysu have had
A . bnt ..But I am afraid you cannot
'vseif me YOUR power said. How wo
- .une IL be- possible for poor man like
e,ned to work such wonders as you eau
have form!' 49,. ..-.a.F IL.
, the ".I gave you the power in y
II no, hsnd,' lie replied ssnd you perfo
IL oh cd it with the greatest facility.
, the YOU had to do was merely to to
q me, the piece OF brass, and it was d
.ceed. Could anything be simpler or n
move wonderful
.rnio- ".And was my wish all that
heen required to create such trement
nav, effects p asked. -
have "sAll, with the exception OF to
water, ing the Piece ol olass' no ,in sh
er the be restored whole aud sound n
r. on wac when, she left Frauce,' St
- an and immediately touched the bra
,eif to "The vessel, however, did not
l "a anrfQco nor WAS L0ere
or for slightest disturbance in the wat
MD he ".Have not now proved y0'
10 was testing with your poor slave Z l
hns he you have not given me the p
;mam. YOU stated: but only allowed 4
III the use \ limited portion of your
no the And that even without permittin
cen a to know how it was accomplishe
"sHassan,' said the Enchanter
ued till ously, you are q cleverer fellow
ing up [ took you to be, and not easil
ip and posed upon. l admire you for
entive. shrewd common sense, aud prs
n their turn OF mind. But in return fl
othing, lest have passed on you will
appear YOU some OF my secrets, and tho
fort, my powerful, that the wonders per
,ed the ed by the most eminent GENE
le boat toned by Sinbad, shall appear tt
and contemplate beside them.
he land, remember am not Joklns W..
there to [ say, aud when you return to
reut of you shall be possessed with x
led INV edge of more wonderful descr
in the than any man who has lived
ly con. since the days of the Prophet.
! good you appear incredulous; but
led not serious, aud his lordship will t.
i taking [ am not a man to make q pr
couli aud then fail to keep it.
for the "sYou need be IN no doubt
i'm to be subject, Hassan,' said his lol
deceived The lessons, however, cam
II saying given you at present, for m
exploded Iurn to London tomorrow. MY
,as Moth the En". inter- has promised
as my me q visit, aud then you will
me pro- to profit by his Instructions
With MI 81 thanked his lordship
thougnt, kindness, aud no more was
peceiiai .a the subject.
;,h onH ~" "Amd now" said Hassan to
,an, nn,,.ama @ dience, 81 will defer till toll
~ r,a~ evening the wonderful secrets