Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-01
not given all to othe girl Saba, for ood
as sle is there are others in the world

not given all to the girl Saba, for ood
as she is there are others in the world
who are her equal in that respect
"'My friend. Hassan,' said his lord
ship, in sharper tone than he had
ever hitherto made use of to me,
your question is somewhat free and
disrespectful, and not such as should
be made use Of from servant to his
master. However, as you are igDo-
rant of our manners and customs in
England, l will excuse you in the
present instance. and to prove to you
that bear yuum anger, l will admit
that have many other copper coins
of the same description, whichI keep
for particular occ .sious.' , = ID ~
81 remained for some moments
dumb, wishing to speak and yet afraid
to do SO lest might Offend his lord
ship. He evidently understood my
meaning, and, smiling, said to me-
"tHassan, my friend, see you wish
to make a remark, but are afraid l
might not like 1t. Come now, say
what you wish, and l promise you l
will not be offended.' ia T.re It.
Encouraged by your lordship,' !
said. i will humbly remark that If
you have many of these copper coins,
capable of performing feats as won-
derful as that accomplished by Saba's
six, you must have more power in
your hands than the greatest magician
in the land. You could perform
wonders second only to those of the
Prophet Mahomst, on whose name be
all honor, who rOde up to Heaven OH
the back of the peacock with q mil
lion eyes!' ' ~ -.-aag 1,H- -
My friend, Hassan, yeu overrate
my Abilities said his lordship. AL
though certainly I could perform
very wonderful feats with my cop
equal your veraciOus statements about
the peacock-s;ill, as | said before, /
can accomplish many wonderful
things with these coins, and shall do
SO when / fud it necessary" .at,
"'But surely, my lord,'siI said,
there are works enough in this " orld
to be performed, from which great
| benefits would accrue to mankind in
general. For example, the destruc-
ton of the demon .kordicus, who
does such awful mischief in this
country ........... 54u'
"His lordship for some moments
renamed silent, wearing at the time
. very grave expression of coun-
tenance. ..y -..-..-
"'Your remark, o Hassan, fs very
natural one.' he at length said, aud
certainly it would appear atfirst sight
that the power of these magic coins
might be sufficient to destroy al the
demons in the world, but the conclu-
sion would be a very erroneous
one. Although it is true these
copper coins have such wonder
full power when used for good, they
have, L may tell you in confidence, an
almost equal power when used i'll the
cause of Eblis, the prince of darkness ;
and regret to say that for one. coin
used for the purpose of neutraliZing
or destroying the power of Kordicus,
thousand are used for supporting it..
Still, wonderful effects, anu purely
innocent and beneficial ones, are OBJ
tanned by means of these enchanted
coins. will give specimen, If you
please. wish tomorrow morning
at my breakfast to receive news from
the principal Kingdoms of the world,
what is done in each what is done
i'll my own what policy towards US
the ekings,potentites and governments
of tue different Kingdoms and nations
are using; what are the movement ts
ent branches of the government of
the Sovereign OF these islands, aud
what each legislator said in the coun-
other things which l will not at pres
RI ti,n r<, II
leave home. Suffice it to say that 10.
morrow morning l shall apply one of
these coins to obtain the Intelligence
Irequire. and if you wal t on me u this
room after my breakfast, will give
you q short description of the means
used, all through the magic power of
one copper COIN .i'
II gratefully thanked his lordship
for his kind off,r, aud promised the
next morning L would wait OH him.
1.-The following day l was punctual
to my appointment, aud was received
by his lordship in his usual amiable
manner. noticed, however, on his
countenauce y serious expression
which somewhat alarmed me, max
ing me fear 1 had perhaps inadver-
tently been guilty of some action
which had displeased him. After q
few moments silence, he said
We'll. Hassan, you have come, /
suppose, to learn what are the won.
derful results have obtained by the
use of my copper coin. l first wished
to know whether any of my acquain-
tances had married or were dead,
without the intelligence having be.
fore reached me. A list of those per-
sons known has been sent me this
morning, land lam happy TO say among
the deaths not one has occurred of
any either dear or known to me.
then received intelligence from dif-
ferent parts of the kingdom Inform
ing me what wicked people had been
arrested OH charges OF theft or mur-
der, those who had been brought be-
fore the cadis or judges, aud sentence
passed on them, as we'll as different
subjects connected with the law, all
more OF less sslnterestiuS TO me, though
but OF little interest to you were to
describe them
But your lordship does not mean
to say remarked, d,interruptIng him,
that the news respecting these Grim
inals aud their trials have arrived
from separate parts ct the kingdom?'
Certainly. Hassan, from several
towns; many very widely apart, in
fact, from all where anything OF iln-
portance connected with the law has
taken place. l then wished, as L told
YOU he continued, 'to hear hat had
occurred during the night among the
rulers OF the nation in the two differ
ent council chambers; aud 10 supply
me with this Information, several men
OF great learning, anu skiiiul penmeu,
listened to the speeches which were
made, and taking notes of them, gave
them to Others who sat up all night
transcrlbing and printing them, SO
that might have them ready TO nv
hand when l SAT downt 10 breakfasl.
All of this they accomplished in u
most So satisfactory manner. Not a de-
tail Of auy Importance Was wanting
in any OF the speeches or decisions ar
rived at
But your lordship surely meaus,' )
l reinarked, that you received thi.
information at the expenditure Of
another copper coin, and not the same
which brought the intelligence re-
spectlnS the law courts?'
GU are III error. Hassan,' he re-
piled. Not only was it the same
coin, but also 1t obtained fifty other
different results more wonderful than
the two l have mentioned put togeth.