The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-17

| OF the terrible Old Man OF the Sea Wnt
sat upon Sinbad's shoulders and coult
not be shaken off until he was intoxi
Gated with wine and Sintad slew him
The Story of the Forty Thieves.
Of Ali Baba and his discovery of the
stone that swung wide when Il voice
cried "Open, Sesame" In the cave
was the booty of forty thieves and Al
Bahia took home sacks bullying with
gold and silver. The robbers traced
him and in the guise of merchant the
captain lodged with him. In the yard
were stored great jars, one filled with
oil and the others cOnCealing the
thieves. I'll would it have Jared with
Ali Bahia had not Morgiana, cunning
slave, detected the trick and with boil
ing oil scalded to death the wicked
miscreants. The captain escaped, but
returned in a new disguise and again
did Morgiana save her master by stab
bling his enemy. So Ali Bahia married
her to his son and he lived joyOusly
upon treasures from the cave.
Many Other Fascinating Stories.
Of the Magic Horse of ebony and
ivory, 80 fashioned that its rider, by
pressing divers buttons, could fly
whittier he willed. 1t bore a Persian
prince to great palace in metropolis
girt about with greenery. There he
looked into the eyes Of a princess and
they were enraptured. 1t befell that
they rode away On the Magic Horse,
but before they were wed an evil man
abducted the princess. The disconso-
late prince wandered far and at last
he found her whom he loved and again
they journeyed through the air to his
home, where they were married with
exceeding pOmp and lived happily.
OF a poor fisherman who drew his
net from the sea and found therein but
a brass bottle. He cut open the top
and there Streamed forth a cloud of
smoke. 1t collected and, behold. it
was genie, so huge that his head was
in the clouds. He would have killed
his rescuer had not the willy fisherman
insisted that never could he have come
from the bottle. The silly genie
himself inside, whereupon
the fisherman clapped on the top. nor
would he remove it until the genie
swore to serve him faithfully. This
path it was that led to the finding of
he ensorcelled prince with legs turned
% stone and the lake wherein swan
ish of four colOrs that had once been
men. After marvellous happenings the
prince was made as other men and the
lsh were men and women. And the
fisherman was so rewarded that he
vas the wealthiest man of his time.
OF Prince Camaralzaman and the
Princess Badoura, beautiful beyond
ombare, and of how each saw the
'ther in sleep and was smitten with
,reat love. But when they awakened |
hey saw not one another for they had |
'een brought together by genii who |
lad carried Badoura out of China to |
he confines Of Persia. Grief so af- |
licted both that they sickened and
we're insane from sorrow. Then a mes
enger from Badoura journeyed tar
'ver land and sea until he found
and returned with him
o China. where the lovers were wed
led. But while they were travelling to
land he wandered
way. Badoura dressed herself in his
aiment and passed herself for q man.
befell that she found favor In the
yes Of a king and was married to a
rincess. And Camaralzaman too came
0 this land and knew not his wife,
Tho heaped honors upon him. At last
he revealed herself and was known
8 woman and Camaralzaman took
lso to wife the princess whom Badou-
a had married and they were happy
)gether.
OF merchant who, awaiting death
the hands of a cruel genie, was
lined by three old men, one leading a
azelle, another two black hounds. and
lie third a mule. Now It is related
lat the gazelle and the mule had been
licked wives transformed by magic
nd likewise had the hounds been evil
rothers. When the genie was told
lese stories of enchantment, he was
diverted that he spared the mer-
lant's life.
About Harun-ai-Rashid.
And of MANY tales concerning the
iliph Harun-al-Ras and his going
sguised into the lanes and bazaars of
agdad, where he CHANGED upon $
range people who told him strange |
cries Of magic. Once he supped with t
rec ladies Of dazzling beauty and {
it'll him were a porter dazed with the $
agnificence he saw and three mendi- G
nts, sons Of kings. all blind in the
It eye. Not knowing the Caliph they /
Id Of their fantastic adventures and r
fferings and he rewarded them. And |
ain he encountered beggar who i'm q
pred him to strike him, youth who Y
urred cruelty a mare upon which he Y
de and a rope-maker who had risen +
ddenly from poverty to affiuence. o
eir tales too did he hear and them q
, did he reward. Nor should Abu-
assam, the wag, be forgotten, whose n
ckery in pretending that he and his s
fe were dead won so much gold and n