The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13
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away, his ears cooked for listening in
every direction.
Scarcely had the dust of his going
settled down, when a beautiful black
morse drew nigh, having a white star like
| new silver upon his forehead; handsome
stately, in splendid glossy condition, and
! neighing loudly. On seeing my friend the
| lion, he stopped respectfully and would
have retired. But the lion-charmed by
his exceeding elegance and strength
cried aloud; Who art thou, beautiful ami
| NAL! and why dost thou galop so furious
| ly through these wilds In seeming terror
Prince Of the Wilderness he answered.
| I am Of the race of horses, and your
most humble servant; and I gallop so
hard to get away from 1bn-Adam'
HORSE WARNS HIM.
Hearing this the lion was at the limit
! of astonishment and observed 1T is
| shameful Of thee to speak thus, D horse.
noble and vigorous as thou art, about
miserable being whom thou could's st sure
| ly dispatch with one kick. Look at mel
| am lot so big as thou, but have prom
ised the goose here to rid the earth for
! ever of this ridiculous tyrant, Ibn-Adam,
| by eating him up entirely To this the
| horse made answer, Far be from thee
such untoward thought, 0 jungle prince!
| Make no mistake about thy strength and
swiftness or mine dealing with Man. In
| his hands my vigor Is as water! He
fastens heel-ropes upon my hoofs, and
ties my muZZle up to a ring upon the
! wall, 50 that l can neither run away nor
| lie down. Then he bitches saddle on
| me with two strong girths, and puts
| twisted metal bit in my mouth with
| bride that makes me go where he WILL
and, being mounted, he forces me hither
and thither with horrid things called
l~c hot hnfi xrrifh
| When l am old and weak he means to
sell me to some miller who will make me
turn the millstones night and day until
drop. Then the knacker will kill me,
and bargain my skin away to the tanners
and my long hair to the weavers, who
make ropes and bags. That is why L
! am away from Ibn-Adam.'
''The young lion was greatly affected
| at this and roared out aloud. 1T is time
| indeed that 1 cleared the earth from such
a scourge! Tell me, friend, where can I
find this thing, man? and the horse
replied, ran away from him at noon.
| He Is coming this way Have a care!
Just as the horse was speaking new
cloud of dust in the desert so alarmed
him that he went off at a sudden bound,
and we saw approaching a huge camel,
| with long legs and swaying neck, utter
ing hoarse grumblngs And he, too. told
| his tale of the terrible Ibn-Adam and fled
| away like the rest.
THE TERRIBLE IBN-ADAM
"Then all of a sudden there came out
of the thicket little old man, with cum
ming eyes and weather-beaten aspect car
| rying over his shoulder q basket of car
penters tools, and on his head eight or
ten large planks Of wood.
! MY Lord Peacock and my Lady Pea
hen! At sight of this 1, the goose. could
not utter word to warn the lion. but
was struck dumb with fear. He mean
| while. vastly amused at the appearance
of this small, withered being, staIked
| nearer to examine him; whereOn the car
penter flung himself fiat and said in a
| humble, deprecating voice: %, mighty
! Prince and most famous who dOst fill
! the highest place of all created things,
wish thee good-day and the blessings Of
Allah myself am a poor creature who
! entreats thy protection from the evils Of
+ the oppressor,' Herewith he began pite-
Ously to sigh and weep.
| Touched by his tears the young lion
/ lowered his proud head and asked. Who,
then, hath oppressed thee, most polite
and best-spollen Of all animals. even
| though thou are certainly the ugliest?'
| THE other answered, Lord Of all wood
| land things! 1 am a poor beast that is
! called carpenter. and my oppressor is
lbn-Adam All, my lord Lion! Allah keep
thee from his tricks. He makes me work
all day long without pay, and now, dy-
ing with hunger, I am gladly running
away from the place where he lives
"On this the lion was more furious than
ever; the foam fell from his mouth, his
eyes flashed lightning and he roared loud
ly, Where is this IbnAdam, this father
of calamities, that I may smash and crush
him and avenge his victims?' The man
answered, Sire! thou wilt soon see him.
He is now after me, furious at having no
h1,f1d I'D 4
% little beast! that goest 80 Ill on thy two
foolish feet, and art called carpenter.
What are houses, and whittier dost thou
wendP The man replied, "A house is for
rich ones to live in, great prince. and 1
am now going with this basket and these
| planks to build house for the wuZeer OF
! my lords father, the leopard, who desires
to have an abode where he may shelter
himself from Ibn-Adam, who is expected
in these parts
Thereon the young lion waxed jealous
of the leopard and said to the carpenter,
by my life! 1t is an extreme presumption
on the part Of thy fathers wuzeer to
build himself a house when we have none.
! Get thee to work at once and construct
me here this abode. AS for the wuzeer,
let him waltz My lord the carpenter
| answered, I promise to come back when
the leopard's order is finished. His anger
| will otherwise be too terrible. And then
| viii L build thee not indeed house. but
| a palace. But the young lion being i'm
patient, did but pat the man on the breast
with his great paw, and down he went on
! the sand with his planks and basket.
! Thereat the lion shook his great flanks
with laughter, seeing the terror of the
miserable little fellow who had picked
! himself up and again began to get to
work. full gloomiy, though this was just
! what he wanted and for which he had in
truth come.
Right carefully did the carpenter take
| the measure of the lion in length and
! breadth and in height, and soon he had
! erected on the sand a solidly built box
with a narrow entrance. He had so driv-
en- the nails that the sharp points all
came through inside, and he had left
few small holes for draught; all which
| being finished he respectfully invited the
! lion to go in. The lion objected that the
door was too low. Quoth the carpenter.
Bend down thy princely back, o Sover-
eign Master! and so enter. Once inside,
my lord will find room enough On this
the lion crouched and wriggled his body
within the construction, leaving his tail
outside; but this the carpenter quickly
cured up and stuffed IN along with the
rest Of him, afterwards hastily closing the
door with plank and mailing it down.
THE CAPTIVE.
''Thereupon the hapless lion tried to
burst fhe walls hIIt the Sharp noiptS of