Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-28

oouh"' out consider, Am not support
ing large family-mY old mother. my
gMne, ana my seven young children,
lney all depend ON me, and l
myself depend on my two
eyes! Am | not tailorf II /
lose one, how can pass the thread into
the needles eye? How can do my fine
sewingT Ny reputation will suffer and
al! or US starVe. Now" he resumed,
Frightening, 81 have neighbor who is a
sportsman. When he aims at the game
ne shuts one eye. Why, great Judge, MS
Two eyes are an embarrassment for him.
had ne but one, il would save him the
trouble OF shutting the other? Moreover,
what dlnerenoe does it make to this rob-
neither u be mine or that of the sports
mans, what matter? 1t is all one to
him."
Inc argument sounds plausible. The
Judge considers a moment, and then
SENDS Tor the sportsman. In spite of pro-
tests be DEGREES the loss OF the sports.
mans superfiuous eye. The verdict is
carried into execution and judicial logic
is vindicatedl
After this recital coffee and cigarettes
were brought into the court and placed be-
fore us on the bench, aud we resumed our
good-natured Capitalization. We were
court, Sabit Effendi, who, with less grayi-
ty than Turks are accustomed to, listened
10 this recital OF an Egyptian case with
much gust0.
Finding my listeners interested, I en-
treated them to listen to one more OF my
Egyptian stories, illustrative of Arab JUS
tIce. had heard it from a story-teller in
Cairo IN my rambles last month in the old
town. had been trudging about With our
caVass, Hassan-Hapan, when noted
crowd In front of an Arab coffee house,
listening to an Arab story-teller. Hassan
IS good in Arabic, and seeing me muchin-
terested, he translated the story faithfully.
IL interested me the more as it had some
Incidents quite familiar to the readers OF
shakespeare. 1t WAS all about a poor Arab
soldier who had young and pretty wife,
whom he loved passing well. An old and
wealthy jew became unduly enamOredo Of
her. The soldier. being ont of employ
ment, was in great need and distress, and
his wife almost starving. She proposed q
plan for work. He was to buy a Ratchet
and ropes, and repair to the forest, and cut
wood and sell it, while she would take to
needlewOrk. He went to the jew for
loan to set up in business. The jew saw
his opportunity, and, after the usual bag
Cling, loaned the money on bond. The
penalty OF the bond was the same old
pound OF flesh" 1t was the Shylock
story with some variations. The soldier
risks the penalty, but failed on pay day.
The parties were summoned before the
judge. The half was rendered.
Produce all the cash, or prepare to dep
cried the jew.
A scufie-nOt set down in Shakespeare
-ensued. The soldier vanished. and the
jew and the officers started in pursuit
Here Shakespeare fails again, and the
Orient comes again to the tore. In run
ming away the soldier tumbled over wo-
woman in the street. She was in an in
teresting situation. Trouble unmentIona-
BILE ensued. Her husband joined in the
pursuit, A little further the soldier ran
against a norseman aud horse. He
struck the horse to clear the way. twas
a valuable horse, and the blow put out
one of its eyes. The hsrseman then pur-
sued the fugitive. The soldier escaped
out of the city, and, seeing a stone quar-
ry, prepared to leap into it to hide.
''Bismillah!" he cried, and tumbled in.
He fell on a shed, under which an old
man was lying. The rafters gave way.
The old man was killed, and the old mans
son seized the runaway, tied him, and
brought him unto the Cadi. The soldier
was OF an observing turn of mind, and as
he was dragged along to court he noticed
old man staggering and drunk. Again
be observed a shrieking man tied on bier
en- route to the tomb, to be buried alive.
These observations terrified the soldier.
When he reached the judicial presence he
trembled and sweat. The witnesses for
the State were called-Jew, husband,
horse owner, and the son. The reporters
took down the evidence, and the lawyers
argued; and thus per curium:
To tho law. SRriu0 ont VOHIr aoalna
sirrah! Sharpen your knife! Cut off the
pound OF fleshl 1t is foolish bond, but
the soldier must pay the forfeit. But,
mind YOU, no bone, no skin shall be
touched. One cut only. No additional
torture by more than one cut. Neither"
and here comes in our own Shakespeare
mother exceed nor come short of the
exact poundg If you do, the Koran hath
a retribution in its laww
The Jew gave up his claim, and was
fined five silver pieces for unreasonable
prosecution.
To the relative Of the disabled woman:
ssLet the woman be made over to the de-
PENDANT and rest0redto her health and her
previous condition, and then to her in
iured husband"
The relative was shocked. and especially
so when the family was fined ten pieces
for taking up the time Of the court.
70 the hOrseman: "Send for some saw
yers! Divide the horse lOngitudinally
from the middle part OF his mead to the
end of his tail. You, complainant, take
the sound half. The other part to the de-
fendant VINO must pay 100 pieces for the
loss"
Asthis sum would not be equal to the
loss Of the animal, he was allowed to with
draw on paying 20 pieces.
TO the son OF the OLD man who was
killed: "Let the offender be dragged 70
the stone quarry, placed on the spot where
the old man lay, and let the son jump
down on him"
The young man thereupon modified his
original statement, and said; ION second
thought the affair was an accident"
He was fued forty pieces for bringing
the case before tue learned tribunal.
The story-tOller did not stop here. With
all the marvellous sequences and imita-
tons Of one Of the thousand and one tales
he held his audience. eager TO know the
rest. One Of the excited crowd cried out
in Arabic, while q murmur went through
the CROWD "What of the drunken man?
What Of the bufying Of the live manl
w hat has that 20 do With itI"
"Well.V resumed the stOry-teller. Well,
the soldier prisoner being reluctant %
leave so good Judge. and seeming anX-
ious to cav something, the Judge asked
him 10 talk.
0HOh, learned judge he said, you are
SO wise that wonder at seeing In your
baillwick forbidden liquor and a drunken
old sot.'
II ~ ia that forbidden things are lawful In