Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-20

ouor was al unprecedented ap0slasy.
Blu Muley Sidi defended himself 1T
i true BE- said. that the wine in
The bottle j. Intoxicating. Bat when
/ pour Il into my glass ID becomes
81, harmless a. water" And this ex.
phnari1m was generally believed.
Why uott Ii water was once turned
into wine, why not wine INFO water
And had not aIl The grand sBrecrS
II Wazan been workers ef miracles
- in regard = an tEe>a things I'd
faithful TaibiaHs presently concluded
that the descendant Of the prophet
Ec1uld do 20 wrong
2 These eccyHtricirie~. however. wore
tCEIy the beginning Of the trouble.
down al Tan=ier tAn holy man mad"
the Acquaintance of q comelr yoms
English woman named Emily keene,
/ Who was Il coyerucss in the family II
the British minister. and began max
ling love 70 her Well. be was O mulat-
/ -. but prince. and very rich, aud
lshn was ambitious 50 she accepted
/ him and after be- had divorced all his
Ioihcr wives. was married ~ him. in
good English fashion And she made
/ him sign q solemn bond 10 take ne
Iother wife and 20 keep no harcm. but
| 10 conduct his domestic affairs Oh the
English plan: and if he broke this
bond be was 20 give her her children
/ and $1,000 cash down and 5000 a
year for life And anally she was
10 be able TO sign herself princess of
/ Wazau" To au this the loye-sick
sherecf eagerly agreed and for a num-
/ her Of years he kept his pledges faith
fully. Two soLs We're born 20 them
and their home al Tansicr was an
ideally happy one
After many years however, he broke
| the bond He married a Moorish girl
at Wazan and tried 10 divorce the
| English woman. But the English wo-
man had a mind of her own, and it
was a more clever mind than his
She defeated his attempt TO divorce
her. retained her title of princess of
Wazan' kept her two sons, made
him settle the succession upon one Of
Them and forced him to pay her the
full indemnity and annuity Then Of
course. she refused 10 share his
household with the new wife, and 80
went away ana lived in q house of her
own, where she maintained a princclv
court She did not actually quarrel
with him however. bur let him visit
her occasionally for a friendly chat,
and her two boys kept on the best of
terms with him 4 year or two ago
NIuley Sid died But true 10 his
word. he named rs his successor thu
eldest son of his English wife, NIuley
Ali. who thus became grand shereef
Of Wazan. This is a clever and promis-
ing youth who inherits much Of his
mothers English spirit, and indeed is
still much under her influence. for, rs
dowager shcreef. she is now most
important parsonage. She educated
him i'm European style so far as
sciences were concerned. but in Oricn-
tal style so far as religion and Gus
toms went II don't want him" she
said, ito be too much Europeanized
He is a Mohammedan ] don't want
him 10 get out Of harmony with his
religion and his people" He was, even
before his fathers death. greatly he
loved and reyercnced, and often con
suited as q prophet or miracle worker.
II is curious" said his mother not
long ago, but it is a fact that his
prophetic sayings usually come true.
How he does It, I don't know, neither
does he He Just says what comes into
his rind ut the moment, Your broth
er win Get ont of prison next week.
You win fee better tonight You win
find what you have lost the day after
tomorrow And It all comes true"