, 1880-07-04

BOMBAY, July a.-AyooD hhMls advance
guard of cavalry, under command at for
llcr Governor Of lnrkestan, IS long way
ahead of him OIL the Candallar road.
VACATION OF MUSTAPHA.
4 Legend Of Araby {1n.) the Blent-'f1le
One Thousand and Second Night OF
the 1au1grkcyc MAN.
Bunftfft.
Now in the sixth month, in the reign Of the
good CaIiph, it was so that Mnstapha said,
:. am wearied with much work; thoughts.
care, and worry llnye worn me out; need
repose, for the hand Of exhaustion is upon
me, aud death even now lieth ut the door"
AMI he called his physician, who felt OF
his pulse and looked upon his tongue and
said::, .> oo.,, ~,
which ali physicialls sworc.) "Of a verify
thou must have rest. Flee unto the valley OF
quiet, and close thine eyes III drcaniful rtst :;
hold back thy brain from thought, alMl the
hand from labor, or you will be candidate
for the asylum in three weeks wee ,+ ,,+ .,,a
put. the business i'll the hands of tile
clerk aud went away to rest IN the val
ley Of quiet. And he went to his Uncle
Dell's, whom he had not seen for 10! these
fourteen years. Now, his Uncle Ben Was 7 :,
farmer, and abode in the valley OF rest. antt
the mountains Of repose rose round about
iiu. And lie was rich and well favored, and
Strong as all OK, and healthy as an onion
crop. Oftinlrs he boasted unto his neigh
bors that there was not 4: lazy bone III his
Aid MustApla wist not that'it was SO.
but when lie reached Ills Uncle Hcn's they
received linn with great joy and placed be,
fore lin Il supper Of holely via1ldS, well
cooked and piled uD, oil his plate like the
wreck of q boX-clr. And when he could not
eat it all, they laughed him to scorn.
And after supper they sat up with him and
talked with linn about relatives whereof ne
had never, III NIL Ills life, SO much Us heard.
And llc answered their questions ut random,
Ezra and Aunt Bethesda, and once he said
that lie had i. letter from Uncle George last
Now. they all knew that Uncle George was
shot III a licighbor's sheep-pcn three years
ago, but Atustapha wist not that 1t was s SO,
the time and then they talked politics to
him. and lie hated politics. So about 10 o'clock
in tie morning they sent hin! to bed,
Now the spare room wherein he slept was
right under the roof. and there were i e:lrs IS
the rafters, and lie btngcd Ills eye with the
same, and he hooked his chin i'll festoons Of
dried apples, and shook dried herbs and seeds
down lis back as lle walked along, for it was
dark. And when he sat IT, up III oed l.: TIC
And it was so that the four boys slept with
him. for the bed was wide. And they were
restless and slu1nbered crosswisc and klcked, I;
. so that Mr.. Mustapha slope not wink that
night neither gofsd hG fs hoy eyeS n3dnp
his Uncle Ben slmotc him on the back and
snake unto him saying:
Awake, arise, rustic out Of this and wasl!
your face, for the liver AND bacon Is Tried ana
The breakfast waitet o You u Yli fha md tn fe
Take towel with you."
When they had eaten his Uncle Ben spakee
unto him, saying, "Comc, let us stroll
around the farm.o
And they walked about eleven miles. And
his Uncle. ben slt him upon a wagon and
t: tausht him howsto load hay. Then, they
drove into the barn and he taught him to I'LL,
load It, Then they girded up their lo1lls and
walked four miles, even into the forest, and
Ills Uncle Ben taught him how to chop wood,
and they walked back to supper: An And IT. the
and Alustapha wished that be were dead.
And after supper his Uncle Ben spake
once more, and said, "Conlc, let us have Some
fun" And so they hooked up a team and
drove niue ni!ss down. aa to BeehSss ts, brams 'anea
until tile second hour it the morning. :,
When the next day was come, which wasn't
long, for already night was TAR spent, llls
Uncle Ben took him out and taught him
how to make rail fence. And tlat night there
was wedding, and they danced and made
merry, and. drank and atc, and when they
went to bed ut O'Clock Alustapha prayed
that death might come to him before break
fast time.
down to the creek and taught him how to
wash and shear sheep. And when the e'yen-
Ing was come they went to spelling.
school. mud they got home At the first f,
hour after midnight, aud Uncle bei, b
lie M lighted lis pipe and sat up. for an
llo,,r and told Mustapha al! about the forty
he bought last spring. Of old Alosey Stlngel
to finish out the north half, and about the
new colt that was foaled last Spring..
And when Mustaplla Went to bel that
morning lie bethougit himself ct a dose o1
strychnine he had with him, and he said his
prayers wearily. and he took it.
But the youngest boy was restless thai
night and kicked all the poison out of him IL
less than ten seconds.
night, they ate breakfast. And his Uncle
Ben took him out and taught llim how to dig
q ditch.
And when evening was come there ,was; :
| revival meeting ut Ebenezcr Methods
Church, and they all went. And there wert
three regular preachers and two exhorter:
and a Baptist evangelist. And when mid
| night WAS come they went home, and sat NJ
| and talked over the meeting until it was bed
| time.
Now, when Mustapha was at home h
left Ills des! ut the fifth hour: III th'
| afternoon, and lie went to bed at the thirt
| hour after sunset, and he arose not until tn
sun was high in the heavens.
So the next day.. when his Uncle Be1
would take him out into the field and shoy
| him low to make 4 p0st-aMlrail fonces Mus
| tapl,a would swear at him and snlote lin
with an ax-helve, and fled, and got hlnsel
| home.
| And Mustapha sent for his physician AM
cursed him. And lie said he was tired t
death, lie turned Ills face to the wall all
died. So Mustapha was gathered to his ia
| thcrs.
And his physician and friends mour1e
and said, ''Alas he did not rest soon enough
liz tarricd at lis desk too long,
| But his Uncle Ben, who came in to atten
the funeral, and had 10 do all lis weepin
! ont Of one eye, because the other vi!
BACKED half way down to his chin, said
| was pity, but Mustapha was two awful
lazy to live, and he had no get up abou
| him.
!; But Mustaplla wist not what they said, bt
cause he was dead. So they divided hi
| property among them, and said it ho wante
| a tombstone lle might have attended to
himself while he was yet alive, for they la
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