San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-05

the chamber, ana the-sick| win Immediately
become well again. Be discreet, become rich
and happier than / was" And with this re-
mark he touched FL Heifz's eyes, stepped
across to the desert and vanished.
FL Heifz believed himself for time in q
dream. He returned to town and only grad
ually realized all he had heard and seen. He
tried the strange gift of Mahalech and found
1t percisely as he had described it, In q short
time Fl Heifiz became great doctor, having
the greatest advantage over all other doctors
before him, for he either cured a patient In
stantly or he would pronounce his doom,
which was sure to be fulfilled The doctor
became rich and famous, keeping his secret
strictly. Three years after these events the,
plague broke out In Cairo in a dreadful man
ner, and FL Heiiz performed many miracu-,
lous cures, and at the same time prognosticat-,
ing sure deaths accordingly One day the
pasha's guard came to his house, seizing him
without uttering a word and carrying him to
the palace, into room where the pasha was
lying sorely i'll, stricken with the pest FL
Heifiz looked at the head Of the bed and there
he saw the Angel of Death standing with his
cimeter drawn, which, Of course, told him at
once that the patient was incurable The
lowing terms: IL ain satisfied, o great doc
tori that thou hast specific to cure illness
feel that am dying fast; If therefore thou
wilt cure me | will give thee a thousand
purses, but if die my orders are given to
have thee beheaded, and thou wilt enter
paradise with me together" Poor FL Heifz
felt his head sitting very loose upon his
shoulders The first thing he did was to or
der to turn the bed round, but the Angel Of
Death turned with the bed and could not be
diverted the cold drops stood on FL Heifiz's
forehead; then he went boldly up to the
Angel of Death and said: Friend Mahalech,
would you oblige me to leave the room until
get out of this awful denf' The Angel of
Death shook his head in giving a decided
mo" as answer
Thou must have heard my DOOM" said Ell
Heiflz, IF don't cure him" The Angel Of
Death shrugged his shoulders with the great
est indifference well, then" said FL Hell
fz, when | was called here | knew that
was going into danger, and provided myself
for every contingency Dost thou see yonder
red curtainP The angel glanced at it and
nodded affirmatively well, you see, friend
Mahalech, | brought your wife along with
me and have got her in the palace, in fact,
she Is behind yonder red curtain" The
d she is" said the Angel Of Death, and in
an instant he vanished. In the meantime FL
Heiflx seized goblet from table and pre-
senting it to the sick man, said: For the
love Of Allah, pasha, drink this and rise at
once to be cured of thy complaint" The
pasha did not hesitate to do so, and was soon
well Bring thousand purses for the doc
tor" said the pasha, land besides, thou shalt
be sure Of my favor and patronage" Il
thank thee sincerely, great pasha, for the
present, and | only have one favor to ask-to
be permitted to undertake a pilgrimage to
Mecca this very night, as feel within me a,
holy desire to accomplish it." Certainly" VI
said the prince, land thou shalt have men
and horses for thy journey" FL Helflz left
Cairo the same night but he wended his way
to Damascus to return no more, and never tol
practice as doctor again, for hs truly said:I
There are more unreasonable pashas in the
world, and the Angel of Death may take time
to reflect that divorced wife is the same as
a dead one." He lived for many years in his
new home, rich and contented, and avoided
all sick chambers during the remainder Of
his life Ardensey Curiosibhoy in New York
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