The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-14
SPANISH COURT SCANDAL.
The Spicy Legend Of the Cal
iph Hafrum-Ben-Muza,
Who May be Mistaken by Many
Readers for Alfonzo. King
of Spain.

| From Ell Globo, of Madrid, paper con-
Quoted y the eloquent and fearless Emilio
CASTELAR,, The Times has transmitted the
following legened of the csliph Of. As
the publication of this ancient legend in
Madrid has occssioned legal process to
issue against the publisher, on the ground
that it is not respectful. for a newspaper to
occupy itself with the affairs of the king,
the inference that the Caliph Hafrum and
the King Alfonzo see each other in the
same looking glass seems to be warranted. ]
THE LEGEND.
After the fall of the caliph Of CordobaIa
multitude Of petty kingdoms were erected
upon the fragments of Spain. AT the head
Of one Of them wasi q sovereign whose ac-
tions. by reason of their insignificance, have
been lost in the obscurity of the past.
! Looking over some ancient chronicles
which had slept under the dust of Gen.
turtles in the gloomy cemeteries oil thoughts,
called archives, We discovered q document
relating to that monarch which merits
special recognition. Frivolous in its
origin, but full of interest, the drama in
question was I'm. olded behind the mysteri-
Gus walls of the castle which was the
abode of that king whom the historians
call m-Ben- Muza.
Hsfrum came to the throne after the pro-
found perturbstions and civil wars which
signalled the fall OF his predecessors. The
abandonment of the latter by his indig-
nant msgnates, on account Of his evil con-
duci, having been the cause of his down.
fall, it appeared that the lesson should have
proited the new king. However, it vas
not so.
Married to the gentle and virtuous
daughter OF . Christian prince, Hafrum-
Ben Mnza was bound to renounce the
harem AID all the sensual CUSTOMS OF his
lineage.
But there are fatalities of blood which
only energy and genius are able to master,
and Hafrum was not genius. Very far was
he from being one.
Neither the peace of his home, in all re-
spects a Christian home, nor the purity OF
the caresses Of his spouse, could satisfy the
thirst tor pleasures which his nature, in
herited from his predecessors, had
awakened in his heart.
Ali Kanic, chief OF the eunuchs, who
saw that his employment was In peril by
the influence Of the Christians, exerted
himself to eniiven the passions of his mas
ter and to procure The means VI gratifying
them, serving with the most vile and Grim
inai complacency all his desires.
20 heir of the emir Of the true faith"
said Ali-Kanic TO his master, caicling him
with tile most agreeable to little kings,
LEND ear to the words OF thy slave Youth
passes quickly as the days Of spring. I'm
fortunate is he that hath not improved
them to inhale the sweet perfume at the
roocs Tho remembrance thereof will not
console him when the SHOWS of winter come
to psrslyz re his members. Thou art in the
midst Of a sumpiuous garden. Wilt thou
content myself with one flower? Wilt thou
oppOs- thysef TO the laws of nature and OF
the prophet? To ihee our law permits
many pleasures Shall the influence of
one nazafina make thee different 10 the
hnen of thy race? Or wilt thou disdain
exigs ncirs that have 10 re ,sOn to be, and
erjoy the one supreme aud true happiness
vi iivingw
But Hafrum had no nec-ssiiv Tor this
Oriental argument 10 pursuatie him to fol-
low the course which it recommended to
his appetites.
Mariana, celebrated performer on the
gala, who also sang like a hOuri, was In
that epoch conquered by the monarch, who
soon passed on To conqnests new. She had
too much avoirdupois, and her ROBUSTNESS
wearied the royal lover.
Sindaraia, a spiritual and high-tem-
pered beauty, succeeded her very promptly,
and BY her grsces, by the LONELINESS of her
imagination, as well as by the sprighili-
ness and freedom of her manners. held
captive during some months, the smorous
Hafrum Brn-Mbzs.
At midnight, Hafrum and Ali-Kanic,
pruden,ly disguised, left the palace and
traversing the tortuous and solitary streets
of the city. directed their steps to the gar
den of Sindaraja. La dana, with q num-
Der of friends, awaited them, seated upon
cOushins of damask and silk around table
furnished with the most exquisite viands
of Spain and the most famous wines Of It.
ally and Greece.
There Was where the king and chief of
the euouchs, not troubling themselves TO
remember the law of MahOmit, went every
night to intOxicxte themselves with the
sweet perfume of the roses. What scandal
would have been that If the pious Mussul-
mans had surprised them at these devO-
tions which are permitts d to royalty by the
laws of nature and OF the prophet
Once launched in this course, Hafrum
proceeded BY steps gigantic. Every woman
whose face pleased him he pursued, with
out regard for any considerations of family
or rank.
He thus succeeded with q dame of the
6rst nobility. She was widow. Her hus-
band had occupied divers and elevated
posts, not 90 much BY reason Of his talent
% his fortune and lineage. The lady was
It the same time in alliance with another
eold.crested little Mussulman, and her
pride was not less than her position and
her grsces.
Young, still beautiful and distinguished,
abe captivated the heart of Hafrum, and
her virtue, not being OF the same altitude as
her other qualities, yielded at last to the
m. sion of the monarch. These amours, in
the beginning, we're developed in profound
mystery; appointments made with the
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