The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-06


Frightening, 81 have neighbor who is
a sportsman. When he aims at the
game he shuts one eye. Why, great
Judge, his two eyes are an embagrass-
ment for him. Had he but one, II
would save him the trouble ofshutting
the other. Moreover, what difference
does it make to this robber? All he
wants is an eye pulled out. Whether
it be mine or that of the sportsmans,
what matter? 1t is all one to him.
The argument sounds plausible. The
Judge considers q moment, and then
sends for the sportsman. In spite of
protests he DEGREES the loss of the
sportsman's supertluous eye. The
verdict is carried into execution and
judicial logic is vindicatedl
After this recital coffee and Cigarets
were brought into the court and plac-
ed before us on the bench, and we
resumed our good.natured cOnfabula
ton. We were joined by one of the
associates of the court, Sabit Effendi,
who with less gravity than Turks are
accustomed to, listened to this recital
of an Egyptian case with much gusto.
Finding my listeners interested, |
entreated them to listen to one more
Of my Egyptian stories, illustrative of
Arab Justice. | had heard it from q
story-teller in Cairo in my rambles
last month in the old town. / had
been trudging about with our cavass,
Hassan-Hapan, when InOted q crowd
in front of an Arab coffee-house, listen
ing to an Arab story-teller. Hassan
is good in Arabic, and seeing me much
interested, he translated the story
faithfully. 1t interested me the more
as it had some incidents quite familiar
to the readers OF Shakespeare. Itwas
all about a poor Arab soldier who
had young and pretty wife, whom
he loved passing well. An old and
wealthy Jew became unduly enamored
OF her. The soldier, being out of en-
ployment, was in great need and dis
tress, and his wife almost starving.
She proposed plan for work. He was
to buy hatchet and ropes, and re-
pair to the forest, and cut wood
and sell it, while she would take
to needlework. He went to the
Jew for a loan to set up in business
The Jew saw his opportunity, and,
after the usual haggling, loaned the
money on a 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
jndge The half was rendered.
produce all the cash or prepare to
die!" cried the Jew.
A scuffie-not set down in Shakes
peare-ensued. The soldier vanished,
and the Jew and the officers started
in pursuit. Here Shakespeare fails
again, and the Orient comes again to
the fore. In running away the
soldier tumbled over a woman in
the street. She was In all interest
ing situation. Trouble unmention-
able ensued. Her husband joined in
the pursuit. A little further the SOL
dier ran against horseman and a
horse. He struck the horse to clear
the way. 1t was valuable horse,
and the blow put out one of it's eyes.
The horseman then pursued the fugi-
tive. The soldier escaped out of the
city, and, seeing a stone quarry, pre-
pared to leap into it to hide. Bis
millahl' he cried, and tumbled in. He
fell on 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 an old man stag
gering and drunk. Again, he OBJ
served q shrieking man tied
OH O. bier en- route to the
tomb, to be buried alive. These OBJ
servations terrified the soldier. When
he reached the judicial presence he
treinbied and sweat. The witnesses
for the state were called--Jew, hus-
band, horse owner, and the son. The
reporters took down the evidence, and
the lawyers argued; and thus per curl
am:
To the Jew: sBring outyour scales,
sirrahl Sharpen your knife! Cut of
the pound of flesh! It's foolish bond,
but the soldier must pay the forfeit.
But, mind you, no bone, no skin shall
be touched. One cut only. No addi-
tlOHdi tOItuLc ny thoIc tHdh Ouc Cub.
Neither r"-and here comes in our own
own Shakespeare'neither exceed
nor come short of the exact
poundl If you do, the Koran hath
retribution in its law'' The Jew
gave up his claim, and was fined FIVE
silver pieces for unreasonable prose
|cution.
To the relative of the disabled wo-
an: "Let the woman be made over to
the defendant and restored to her
health and her previous condition, and
then to her injured husband" The
relative was shocked and especially so
VII, The 40 milk =. "a finad Ton t1iSrax.