Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-11

in fact, were so pleased wita me that !
they even invited me to accompany
them to their own land.
81 determined at last to visit Eng
land, but resolved TO wait till l could |
find a master of sufficient Importance.
80 that might bring no degradation
suite. AT length l succeeded. A
great lord of the country visited |
Egypt, and accompanied him up the
Nile as far as Thebes. There he was
taken ill, aud [ nurscd him through
his sickness with so much assId"lty
that he made me an offer to return
with him to England, and at such "A
liberal salary, that l accepted with
out hesitation. With the events OF
my journey to the capital by land, l
will not trouble you and although
there were many circumstances wor-
thy ofsremark i'll it, it would occupy
too much of the limited ulue am 10
be i'll Bagdau were to relate them TO
you. Suffice it To say, we reached his
iordship's palace i'll safety. For few
days evelythiugin thepalace appear
ed strange to me, but afterwards the
novelty wore of, and fell into their
way Of living. For week after my
arrival did not leave the house: the
weather was bad ,and felt ill aud de-
pressed. "A t length one afternoon my
master hOnored me with little con
versation, and among other th1nSs,hc
spoke of the number of blind children
he had seen in Cairo, and how much
it was to be regretted that something
was not done for them.
MAY your lordship's shadow neE-
er grow lcss,' l said ; 'but-it would
be difficult to do anything for their
benefit. Their eyes are irretrievably
lost, and all the enchanters and ha-
kems in the world could not recover
them.' "t.E.
That their eyes could not be
made to see, | admit said his lord
ship; but why do not your magI-
clans, if you have any in Egypt, put
eyes in their tingers?:'
e0's.Your,lordship jests with his poor
slave l said, trying to smile, though
to say the truth, | fell somewhat Of
Tended that lie should imagine me so
dull as to believe statement OF that
kind. ftLs4a r. 51ug a1,a.y ... t. 81
-" 'Hassan,my good friend,' said his
judge for yourself, ii you please. j
| great power and skill, as well as q
very benevolent man. lie has iii bis
4 house more than fifty children whp
/ were formerly blind, but i'll whose
fingers he has placed eyes
4 IL Ii, /
be joking but as L looked at him Ia
appeared perfectly serious. and l re
4 mail.eu silent not knowing what IL
say. % 'ifti'''' ''
,s"H'If you have any doubt as to II
truth of what [ state he said; -
tonight and visit the enchanter.
will give you Il letter TO my friend
requesting him to snow the wonders
OF his house TO you. And then per
haps you might induce him, ii yot
make yourself agreeable TO him, l.
4 visit Cairo, aud put eyes in the finger
i of some of the many poor blind chill
dren he would tind there ~ifss
4 81 bowed 10 his iordship, and nut
tered something about my gratitude
to him, though at the time L could no
divest myself of the idea that lie wa
/. jestipg with me. found, however
N ne was Ill sober earnest, Tor he short
i ly afterwards said to me: -
L shall leave home To-day after
4 sunset, as [ have to visit Il friend.
will then send my carriage back II
u you with orders to take you TO th
4 magician's house, and to visit for yol
Til you wish t. relurm home. Civ
me the paper and ink you see there
aud l will write Il letter to him. u
j II obeyed his lordship, who wrot
!, few lines on the paper, anu ihC
!, presenting it to me SAID,
"'ThaL7 will be your authority
Hold yourself in readiness to lcav
i. the house when the time arrives
,l During the rest OF the day l re
> NAMED i'll state of complete beW i
, derment, not knowing whether m
master was in earnest or not. III,
, Idea of finding children with eyes i
their fingers appeared to me SO al
surd that | thought he must be jes;
3 ing. At the same time he was geDci
/ ally serious in what he stated, an
joked but seldom. If anything, b
4 seemed more in earnest than usu,
resolved, however, to obey his OF
'ders, and remained till an hour aft,
sunset, when servant informed IN
tnat the carriage was waiting II
me. .
1 We drove rapidly for some mile
e through the streets OF London, an
e much did wonder at the appearanc
e they presented. Although 1T was
: dark night, yet by the great numbe
8 of torches and lamps we could st
our way as easily as in broad day
D light. Houses and palaces innumel
t able we passed, and crossei. a brid4
G of such size and beauty, that it mu,
l haye been built by the Geuii. w
. then continued our road till We pas!
), ed OH dry ground under anolhe
: bridge, while over our heads a Ion
a string OF carriages, drawn apparen
!, ly by flaming dragon rushed by
: yet, SO accustomed to wonders of til
e kind was the driver, that he took nc
the slightest notice, but continued o
: his way till we arrived at the hou:
of the euchanter.
Y "When introduced into the ehcha,
: ter's presence. [ was so surprised
e was some moments before | coul
y collect my thoughts. Fortunately /
o | was dG Ilc lllollitlib OCCup pitu III lGtt
l ing the letter hal placed in his hant
: SO that he did nol notice my emba
5 rassment. | had expected to fad
S man with long robes reaching to II
l feet, white, venerable beard, gr-
s hair, and necromanlic signs arnuu
s his room bui, instead, he was "A ma
T. of scarcely middle age, with no mos
a hair on his chin than OH the palm
Ii my liaud. lie was clad in the ord
z nary dress of the inhabitants, anu "a.
ii peared i'll no way whatever ditlere.
e from many of the visitors who la
: called upon his iordship. After ha'
G ing finished reading the letter, /
= folded it up and placing it on the Il
It BILE, said to me,
: 'And SO YOU scarcely believe i
a my necromantc skill, and doubt III
= capability to put eyes in the iingnl
h of children under my care . Con
Q with me and l will show you ini
: You are wrong
: "We now crossed yard, and cntc
y ing under the porch of Il building, Il
called to one of the attendants, wa
e accompanied Us within. It. was
j large room, capable of holding frol
!, two to three hundred people. III
l furniture, principally wooden divai
: and tables, vas placed against Ut
0 walls, on one side. In the centre q
!, the room were about thirty youu
girls, playing with one another wi.
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