The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-24

pad blinded with q feu-nOl Iron. AiLu
of the terrible Old Man Of the Sea who
sat upon Sinhad's shoulders and could
not be shaken off until he was int0Xl-
Gated with wine and Sinhad slew him.
The Story of the Forty Thieves.
OF Ali Bahia and his discovery Of the
stone that swung wide when voice
cried "Open, Sesamew In the cave
was the booty of forty thieves and All
Bahia took home sacks bulging 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 conceallng the
thieves. Ill 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 q new disguise and again
did Morgiana save her master by stab
bling his enemy. So All Bahia married
her to his son and he lived joyously
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 great palace in a metropolis
grit 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
brass bottle. He cut open the top
and there streamed forth cloud of
smoke. 1t collected and behold! it
was a genie, 80 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
squeezed himself inside, whereupon
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 were men and women. And the
fisherman was so rewarded that he
was the wealthiest man of his time.
OF Prince CamaraIZaman and the
Princess Badoura, beautiful beyond
compare, and of how each saw the
other in sleep and was 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-
|
were insane from sorrow. Then mes
senger from Badoura journeyed far
over land and sea until he fOun
| CamaralZaman and returned with M
| to China where the lovers were w
ded. But while they were travelling
| Camaralzaman's land he wand,u
away. BadOura dressed herself i-i'
raiment and passed herself for a.
1t befell that she found favor 'ne
eyes Of king and was marrito
princess. And Camaralzaman t" ,,
to this land and knew not ~. ,
who heaped honors upon him, w .
she revealed herself and W A
as a woman and Camaralz a., .ooA
also to wife the princess 49,
ra had married and they A'ep'
together.
OF q merchant who, az ns ,
at the hands of cru ,.,, :
joined by three old men, 80 :
gazelle. another two biz o -. $500 :
the third a mule. NJ L, haoa =
! that the gazelle and 1000
wicked wives tranS 49,, Ill
and likewise had thu ao +o,a
brothers. When t. - ,,os =
these stories of e,a,, 49, n /,
so diverted that ;
chants life. ;
About S
JaleS concerning the d
anu ~ in tashid and his going +
oaiip,i Ia lanes and bazaars of h
uiSs u'o.u he CHANGED upon s
strsuaa neJ who told him strange n
strange PFC Once he supped with t
a.oi 'e' VI iof dazzling beauty and {
'n,eo iafe porter dazed with the S
WIN my he saw and three mendi- e
iiasn'i Of kings. all blind in the
ea,'s, Not knowing the Caliph they /.
iei. ieir fantastic adventures and n
'oiu and he rewarded them. And !:
sun encountered beggar who i'm a
asqhim to strike him, youth who W
pifd cruelty a mare upon which he "
Nhnd a rope-maker who had risen n
1enly from poverty to affiuence. a
kr tales too did he hear and them G.
did he reward. Nor should Abu-
assam, the wag, be forgotten, whose n
ckery in pretending that he and his q