The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-23

Here, then, was another first rate test Of
the judges skill, where everything de.
pended on his own native genius and pene
tration. Haroun thought himself in luck
the Utmost interior of the cadi's brain
could not but be seen.
| The morrow came, and with it, at the
decisive hour of ten, the four men were al
hand. First, the cripple and Haroun were
led by the Judge into the stable, thronged
with horses; and the two, each being
taken in singly and apart, were requested
to identify the mare. This Haroun had
no difficulty in doing; but, as if to leave
the problem in as much dubiety as ever,
our worthy friend the cripple pointed her
out quite as correctly. Hereupon, the
party, and all the numerous lockers on
returned to the seat of juctce, Haroun
wondering what materials for correct
judgment could have been forced from a
visit apparently so fruitless. Yet the Cadi
had fully made up his mind lie gave forth
his decision at once.
The mare belongs to the merchant; let
1t be restored to him. The cripple is an
migrate and an imposter to him let the
bastlnado be Misunderstanding strokes,
with the stick, on his bare soles. And let
the numerous crowd that is here to- day
understand the grounds of my verdict
AS expected beforehand, both the claim
ants were able to point out the mare; the
merchant, because of his being the true
owner, and the cripple, because he is very
sharp fellow, well acquainted with horses.
l TOOK them into the stable, therefore, not
IN order to see which of them knew the
animal, but to see which the animal knew
"a very different matter; and when the
merchant went up to her, and patted her
neck, tile fond whinnying, the beautiful
brightness that flashed in her eye, and her
whole carriage showed her great delight
at seeing her dear master again; whereas,
when the lame villain, in every sense of
the word, came near her, she resented the
intrusion, and decided the entire case by
Indignantly kicking at him. By all means,
then, be the thirty administered with good
interest"
Next came on the problem of the GILMAN
and the butcher, which the judge, Abou
Akkas, determined right speedily.
Give the gold to the butcher; to the
Gilman give thirty blows with the stick,
on the soles of his upturned feet. And
why Listen q moment, and every one
mere will agree with me that the verdict is
just. Last night put the pieces of coin
In jar OF water. l examined the water
this morning. Not speck was on the
surface. If the pieces had belonged to
the GILMAN, and if they had repeatedly
been in his greasy hands, there would have
been oil on them, which must, in the course
OF twenty-tour hours have impaired itself
to the surface Of the water. He is an i'm
poster; let him take the bitter consequence
OF his attempted fraud, and let him learn
that, oily though he is, he cannot slip
through the hands of justice"
The delight and applause of the throng
of spectators when the resources and
genius of their admired cadi were thus
made manifest before them, were unbound
ed, and the excitement became still more
intense when the merchant in disguise, re-
vealing himself in his true character as
the munificent and untainted monarch of
these wide realms, proclaimed his lively
satisfaction at what had occurred; told
the crowd that he was there for the express
purpose of putting to the test the rumored
wisdom of Abou Akkas, and that, though
he was sorry to deprive them of him, he
felt it is duty to name him, as thereby he
did, the principal judge of the metropolis
of the empire.