Show c rrr 0 II 'O r-p- r? r 77 zJ lULJ Hw4 v' ' ? rfrv U r liy UO O tt LA A SALT LAKE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE LITEEATUBE EDITED HARRISON "Vol & I Df TULLIDGE GREAT SALT LAKE CITY L2SHSAE2 ALHOY A TAl!E OF BY B D'ISItAELI M P P C PART I I I f 'The cornets sounded a finkl flourish tis 4bc prince of the captivity dismounted his train shouted (from his white mule :M if they were once more a people and ad it not becii for the contemptuous leer (which played upon the countenances of the Moslemin bystanders it might have been taken for a day of triumph rather 'than of tribute “The glory has not departed!” ex- claimed the venerable Bostenay as he ‘entered the hall of his mansion “It is not as the visit of Sheba unto Solomon neverthefcss the glory has not 'yet deYou have done well faithful parted Caleb” The old man’s courage waxed jnore vigorous as each step within his own walls the more assured him against the recent causes of hisfear— the audi-ble curses and the threatened missils of the unbelieving mob “It shall boa day of rejoicing and thanksgiving” continued tho prince “ aud look my faithful Caleb that the trumpeters be well served That last flourish was bravely done It was not ' as the blast before Jericho nevertheless it told that the Lord of Hosts was for us How the accursed Ishmaclites started! Did you mark Caleb that tall Turk iu green upon my left? By the sceptre of Jacob he turned pale! O! it shall be a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving ! And spare not the wine nor the flesh-po- ts for the people Look you to this my child for the people shouted bravely mid with a stout voice It was not as the great shout in the camp when the ark returned but nevertheless it was boldly done and showed that the glory had not yet departed &o spare not the wine my son and drink to the desolation of Ishmael in the juice Which I10 dare not quail” “It has indeed been a great day for Israel!”' exclaimed Caleb echoing his -- v master’s exultation “Had the procession bteeu ‘forbidden” continued Bostenay “had it been for me of all the iprinces to have dragged the accursed tribute upon foot without trumpets and Without guards by this sceptre my good Caleb 1 really think that sluggishly as this old blood now runR I would —Mut it is needless now to talk— the God cf our fathers hath been our tefilge” “ Verily tty lord we wv as David in U T Lugedi !” “The glory truly has not yet utterly departed” resumed the prince in a more 'subdued tone! yet if — I tell you what Caleb — praise the Lord that you are young” “My prince may yet live to see the 'Of “Nay my child you misinterpret me Your prince has lived to see the evil day ’Twas not of the coining that I thought when I bid you praise the Lord because you were young— the more my sin I was thinking Caleb that if your lmirs were as mine if you could callback like me the days that are gone by— the days when it needed no bribe to prove we 'were princes — tlie glorious days when we led captivity captive— I was thinking I say my son what a gainful heritage it it is to be bom after the joys that have passed away” “My father lived at Babylon” said Caleb “'0! name it not !” exclaimed tlioold “Dark was the day that we chieftain lost the second Sion ! We were then also slaves to the ‘Egyptian but verily we ruled over the realm of Pharoah who all — Caleb know Why Caleb you the days of toil— the nights restless as a love-sic- k boy’s which it has cost your prince to gain permission to grace our tribute day 'with the paltry presence of — you who know all half a dozen-guard- s vho have witnessed all my difficulties ‘ what would you say my mortification to the purse of dirhems surrounded by seven thousand cimeters?” ' “Seven thousand eimete'rs!” “Not one less mv father flourished oncs a great day for Israel!” “ Nay that is nothing When old Alroy was prince — old David Alroy— for thirty years good Caleb— thirty long years we paid no tribute to the caliph” “No tribute! no tribute for thirty years! "NVliat marvel then my prince that the Philistines have of late exacted interest?” “Nay' that is nothing” continued old unmindful of his servant’s Bostenay' “ When Moctador was caejaculations liph he sent to the same prince David to know why the dirhems were not brought up and David immediately called to horse and attended by all the chief people rode to the palace and told the caliph that tribute was an acknowledgment mado from the weak to tho strongto in- sure protection and support and inasmuch as he and hi people had just garrisoned the city for ten years against the Seljuks he held the caliph in arrear” “ Wo shall see an ass mount a ladder” No I I i Jacob!’” “It was day” indeed IN THE exclaimed Caleb with uplifted eyes of wonder “It is true though” continued tho prince “ often have I heard my' father tell the tide He was then a child and his mother held him up to see the pro- cession return and all the people shouted ‘ The sceptre has not gone out of ' stronghold “It was PUBLISHED M TWENTIETH WARD OCTOBER 20 1864 wilderness of Zipe but now weare fe as the Lord’s anointed in the good AM® A - indeed a great day for Israel” ’“Nay that is nothing" I could tell you such things ! But we prattle bur You to the business is not vet done people the widow and the orphan are Give freelyv good Caleb give waiting freely the spoils of the Canaanito are no longer ours nevertheless the Load is still our God and after all even this is a great day for Israel And Caleb Ca:-lebid my nephew David AU'oy know that I would speak with him” “I will do all promptly good master I We wonder that our honored lord your nephew’ went not up with the donation “ this day” “ Who hid you wonder I Begone sir How long are yon to idle here ? — Away I “ They wonder he went not up with y the tribute Ay ! surely — a common talk This hoy will be our ruin : a prudent hand to wield our shattered sceptre I 1 have observed him from his infaucy he should have lived in Babylon The old Alroy blood flows in his d race When I was veins a a youth his graudsire was my friend I had souue fancies then myself Dreams dreauis We have fallen on evil days and yet we prosper I have lived long enough to feel a rich caravan laden with the rich shawls of India aud the stuffs of Sumarcand if not exactly like dancing before the ark is still a goodly sight d rulers with all And our their pride can they subsist without us? Still wo wax rich I have lived to see the haughty caliph sink into a slave vile the victorious and And far than Israel voluptuous Seljuks even now they tremble at the dim mention of the distant’ Yet I Bostenay and name of Arslan the frail remnant of our scattered tribes' still wo exist and still thanks to our But tho ago of powdGod we prosper er has past it is bv prudence now that The jibe tho jest tho we must flourish curse perchance the blow Israel must with and a calm or even mui now hear ling visageT What theu? For every jibe and jest for every curse I’ll have a dirhem and every blow— let him look to it who is my creditor or will to he so But see ho comes my nephew! Ilis graudsire was my frend Methinks I look upon mm now the same Alroy that was the partner of my boyish hours And yet that fragile form and girlish fade but iil cunsort with the dark passion 'i |