Evening star., 1921-11-06

Wife" he said. "one has arrived
There are six more
They didn't see q man who was
listening outside in the darkness, his
ear at a. chinli in the wall, and who,
when he heard these last words
threw up his arms and fled away into
the city. He rejoined there, in a few
minutes, his companions, six in num-
ber, all employed in the sultans
kitchens.
Brethren" he told them. Il had
hardly got my ear to the wall when
the Master Talib said: "One Of them
has arrived. There are six more"
The sultan's servitors had stolen
the treasure. Suspecting that their
master would appeal again to the
Talib's science. they had sent ono of
their band to spy upon the sayings
and doings in the ruined house out
side the wall. The next night they
sent second investigator along with
the first. And the two thieves heard
these words:
Wife. two have arrived. There are
five more"
The next evening three came to
eavesdrop. And Sid Mouiay. speaking
as usual Of the chickens, said:
Wife, three have arrived. There
are four more
So it went on UP to the seventh
day. Then all the robbers came to-
gether to tho hut. Sid Moulay hadn't
had single idea so far. Half-choked
with despair and anguish, he articu-
lated:
my children, all seven have ar
rived. Tomorrow tho sultan will do
some head cutting
At these words the robbers burst
into the room.
Master, save us! Save us and God
will preserve you! Protect US and
.N1 wi
grant US your pardon, your fortune
will be made
Sid Moulay. at first startled. began
to breathe more freely. Then he
played his comedy as an all-powerful
talib. He declared in voice of
front to his science. How did people
still dare to commit thefts when they
knew that nothing could be hidden
from him? He made made them
promise that they would never do
from him? He made them
swear by Allah. Finally he ordered
them to go and bury the treasure well
outside the ramparts at a certain
distance from well known marabout
and to mark the spot with u clean,
blue-colored stone.
ut will be done as You command,
master"
Tremblingly they laid at his feet a
uaS oI seQulHS-tHe savings OF q ire
ttme-and withdrew with additional
The next day the whole oity was
gathered to wonder at the super
human art with which the talib. Sid
Moulay-may God bless him-would
discover the hiding place of the sui
tan's treasure. The countrywide was
black with people. The sorcerer, fol-
lowed by the sultan and his viziers,
walked a certain distance from the
marabout. He halted before the blue
colored stone. which he recognized,
read in the big kitab, offered some
prayers and made some cabalistic
he turned to some men who were
waiting with shovels in their hands.
dig here" he ordered.
About two feet below the surfact
the sultan's treasure was uncovered.
The throng acclaimed Sid Moulay.
him home with an escort and pack.
mule laden with gold.
Sid Moulay again implored his wife
to leave the country.
1.-THE first time 1t was honey" he
said to her. "The second time it was
butter"
But women are superstitious. and
also love money. Bou-Semzem re-
fused to quit a place where they had
had such good fortune.
From that day on, in fact, Sid Mou-
lay lived TRANQUILITY. He was rich
beyond his desires. His reputation az
an infallible sorcerer was established.
No good Mussulman any longer dared
to commit robbery. The guilty would
be discovered Immediately, and any
one in the city who had lost a coin
could be sure Of finding 1t replaced
within g. few days. Sid Moulay, In his
prosperity. kept repeating the pro-
tat nj