Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-23
EGYPTIAN AMUlETS.
Stories About the "Oudjah" md n
Man with an EVIL Eye.

| stories About the s'Oudjah" md n
Man with an EVIL Eye.
! About six weeks ago. writes Wash
ington correspondent of The augusta
(Ga) Chronicle, after having purchased
an Egyptian amulet called the tout
| jah." which was said to bring good
luck. lost golden charm. heart
shaped lockct, which, l stated publicly,
was dearer TO me, from association.
than peck of fetiches from the mystic
| Nile. AS this lockct was family heir
| loom, and contained some of the hair
of my children, its loss grcved me
more than can tell. promptly adj
vertised for its recovery, but no re-
Spouse came. felt satisfied that it had
either been trampled ont of all recog-
milton by horses or men hurrying by or
that some stranger had found and APP
propriatcd it. Finally l surrendered
MI hope of ever hearing from it. Last
night | dreamed that it was returned
TO me. SO vivid was the dream that, on
| awakening from sleep, looked ut my
watch chain, hoping 10 find it there in
some mysterious way. OF course. it
was not there. and | rclapsed into for
getfulness or despair of it. While writ
! ing moment AFRO in the reporter
gallery OF the house, Mr.. Mann, the
messenger, said something about a lit
tie gold heart that had been found in
the gallery and never claimed. alt is
mine" said. My dream was pro-
phetc. Did the child from heaven
come to me last night and inform me
what was so Unexpectedly to occur?
Surely the ''cadjah" had nothing TO DO
! with it.
In this connection somewhat | may
as well relate the strange experience of
a Georgia friend who had once resided
officially in Egypt. He says Il never
heard of the 'oudjah, but the Egypt
ians have many diilcrcnt kinds of anu
lets once possessed several that
were in existence long before the
| Christian era. During the races at
Cairo became acquainted with Prince
| ZagieEl, who WAS reported 10 have the
evil eye. The viceroy gave orders to
! his coachman always to turn back when
the prince approached in his equipag".
on foot, or mounted on his horse. THIS
/ formidable person bantered me TO bet
with him, he to have the first naming
| of the courser. lost each tim. about
! 500 When the third rae. was imm
nent | stepped aside and ASKED Maize
/ Aga,a noblcman of the khed I've ; court.
what manner Of horse WAS his that had
been advertised rs one of the competl-
tors. He declared that his entry was the
swiftcst animal in the land. and stood
IN excellent chance of winning. With
this Zip | returned to the prince.
claimed the naming of the horse initial
! ", and bet him 500. He turned slightly
pale as named the Lorse of Nazie-Aga.
won the wager. He turned his gilt
tcring black eyes toward the triumph
ant stced. it was slowly paced back 20
the Judge stand. To the surprise and
horror of every body the noble creature
, shiycgc !, sank to the Garth, and died.
Did the evil eye yindict.ycly Nil the
beast? do not know. But when ii
! became bru ted aly ~, as i soon was,
that | hal vanlu she'd the Prince Eagle
FL and won his money, many persons
begged IN for some Of the money for
good luck. The most importunate beg
gar, n any price, was q beautiful and
wicked or.enla, princess, who never
rested until she coaNel from me one of
the fatcfu. yellow severe gns She had
the gold p.cce marniiicently mornied
and wore it as m amulet. III VIII give
me good luck, she said; no man ever
before won money from Zagie-El.
What became Of her know not. You
see that Egypt is the land of supcrsti-
ton as well as ny stcry.'