The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-04-30

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borne away by a vulture. And Of the
giant who roasted men and whom Sim
bad blinded with q red-h0t iron. And
Of the terrible Old Man Of the Sea who
vat upon Sinbad's shoulders and could
ast be shaken of until he vas intoxi-
Gated with wine and Sinbad slew him.
Tho Story Of the Forty Thieves
OF Ali Bahia and his discovery Of the
ytone that swung wide when a voice
cried "Open, Sesame" In the cave
was the booty of forty thieves and All
Baba took home sacks bullying with
gold and silver. The robbers traced
him and in the guise of a merchant the
captain lodged with him. In the yard
were stored great jars, one filled with
oil and the others c%oncealing the
thieves. Ill would it have Jared with
ALI. Bahia had not M%orgiana, a 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 a her master by stab
bling his enemy. So Ali Bahia married
her to his son and ne lived j0yously
upon treasures from the w
Many Other Fascinating Stories.
OF the Magic Horse Of ebony and
ivory, so fashioned that its rider, by
pressing divers buttons, could fly
whittier he willed. 1t bore a Persian
prince to a great palace In a metropolis
GRIT about with greenery. There he
looked into the eyes of a princess and
they were e~nraptured. 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! 1t
was a genie, so huge that his head was
in the clouds. He would have killed
bis rescuer had not the willy fisherman
Insisted that never could he have come
from the bottle. The silly genie
squeezed himself inside, whereup0n
the fisherman clapped on the top, nor
would he remove it until the genie
| swore to serve him faithfully. This
oath it was that led to the finding Of
| the ensorcelled prince with legs turned
to stone and the lake wherein swan
fish of four colOrs that had once been
men. After marvellous happenings the
| prince was made as other men and the
fish we're men and women. And the
fisherman was SO rewarded that he
| was the weaIthiest man Of his time.
OF Prince CamaralZaman and the
Princess Badoura. beautiful beyond
compare. and of how each saw the
other in sleep and vas smitten with
great love. But when they awakened
they saw not one another for they had
been brought together by genii who
had carried Badoura out of China to
the confines Of Persia. Grief SO af-
flicted both that they sickened and
| were insane from sorrow. Then a mes
Senger from Badoura journeyed tar
over land and sea until he found
| Camaralzaman and returned with him
to China. where the overs were we'd
ded. But while they were travelling to
! CamaralZaman's land he wandered
away. BadOura dressed herself in his
raiment and passed herself for n nan
1t befell that she found favor in the
eyes Of a king and was married to q
princess. And Camaralzaman too came
to this land and knew not his wife,
| who heaped honors upon him. At last
she revealed herself and was known
as a wOman and Camaralzaman took
| also to wife the princess whom Badou-
IA had married and they were happy
together.
OF q merchant who, awaiting death
at the hands Of a cruel genie. was
| Joined by three old men. one leading a
| gazelle, another two black hounds. and
| the third a mule. Now it is related
| that the gazelle and the mule had been
| wicked wives transformed by magic
| and likewise had the hounds been evil
| brothers. When the genie was told
| these stories of enchantment, he was
SO diverted that ne spared the mer.
| chants life.
About Harun-aI-R ashid.
And OF many tales concerning the
| Caliph Harun-al-Rashid and his going
disguised into the lanes and bazaars OF
| Bagdad, where he CHANGED upon
strange people who told him strange
| stories Of magic. Once he supped with
three ladies OF dazzling beauty and
with him were a porter dazed with the
magnificence he saw and three mendi.
| cants, IONS of kings, all blind In the
| left eve. Not knowing the Caliph they