Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-07-24
EGYPTIAN AMuLETS.


stories About the ''UudIah" and Prince
with the Evil Eye.
About six weeks ago, after having
purchased an Egyptian amulet called
the "oudjah, which was said to bring
good luck. lost golden charm, u
heart shaped locket, which ! stated pub
licly. was dearer to me, from associa-
tion, thaa peck of fetchcs from the
mystic Nile. As this locket was n
family heirloom. and contained the
hair of some of my children, its loss
grieved me more than ! can tell l
promptly advertised rits recovery, but
no response came. felt satisfied that
that il had either been tramplcd out OF
recognition by horses or men hurrNmg
by or that some stranger had found and
appropriated 1t. Finally ! surrendered
all hope Of ever hearing from it, Last
night dreamed that il was returned
to me. so vivid was the dream that.
on awakening from sleep. look at
my watch-chain, hoping To lud II iierc
in some mysterious way. OF course, II
was not there. aud rclapsed into for
getfulness or despair of it, While
writing moment ago, in the reporters
gallery of the House. Mr. Mann, the
messenger. said something about "a
little gold heart that had been found IN
the gallery and never claimed ~ IS
mine" | said NV dream was pro-
phctie Did the child from Heaven
come To me last night and inform me
what was so Unexpectedly to occurF
surely the "oudjah' had nothing to do
with il.
In this connection somewhat ! may
| Ms well relate the strange eNperieiice
OF Il Georgia friend. who had once re-
sided officially IN Egypt. He
saws: ~ never heard Of the 'oudinh,
bnt the Egyptians have many different
kinds of amulets. once possessed
several that were in existence long be-
fore the Christian era. During the races
at Cairo | became acquainted with
Prince Zaglc-El, who was reported TO
have the evil exc. The Nicoroy gave
orders to his coachman always to turn
back when the Prince approached in
his cquipage. on foot or mounted ON his
horse. 'rhls formidable person BAN
ttrpu fne 10 Del WIN num- ~ w ~ y
the first naming of the courser J lost
each time about one hundred dollars.
When the third race was imminent /
stepped aside and asked Nazic-Aga, a
nobleman Of the KhedNe's court, what
manner of horse was his that had been
advertised rs one Cf the compG,ltors.
| He declared that his entry was the
swiftest animal in the land and stood
an excellent chance Of winning With
| this tip | returned TO the Prince,
claimed the naming of the horse
| nitially, and bet him four hundred
dollars. He turned slightly pale as |
named the horse of NazisAga. won
| the wager. lie turned his glittcring
black eyes toward the triumphant steed
Is it was slowly paced back to the
| Judges stand. To the surprise and
horror of everybody the noble creature
| quiyered, sank to the earth and died.
| Did the evil eye vindictiyely kill the
beastp | do not know But when it
| became bruited abroad as it soon was,
that | had vanquished the Prince Eagle
| FL and won his money, many persons
| begged me for some of the gold Tor
rood luck. The most importunatc
bcggar, at any price, was beautiful
| and wicked Oriental Princess, who
never rested until she coaXed from mo
one of the fateful yellow sovereigns.
She had the gold piece magniiicently
mounted and wore it rs an amulet.
1T will give me good luck, she said;
no man ever before won money from
Lagic-El. What became of herl know
not. You see that Egypt is the land OF
superstition as well as mystery -
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