Show THE WONDROUS TAIE OF AL110T: “liar thief and slanderer! for for the iunocent youth Baruhim see that lie Receives live hundred Young pilgrim thou art no longer destitute or friendless Follow me to my palace'7 The arched chamber was of great size and beautiful proportion The ceiling Encrusted withgreen fret work and studded with silver stars rested upon clustered columns of white and green marble' In tile Centre pf a variegated pavement of the game material a fountain rose and fell into a green porphyry basin and by the side of the fountain upon a couch of silver reposed Honian He raised his eyet from the illuminated volume on which he had been long intent he clapped his hands and a Nubian slave advanced and folding his arms upon his breast bowed in silence before bis lord “ How fares the Hebrew bby Alnas-char?Abdallah thee ed 7Tis “Master the fever has not return- Jabaster fibres prosper’ A glorious dreamer ! Though our modes are different I ever loved him And thyself ? Thou art not what thou Tell me all Jabaster’s friend seemest can -- be no common mind Thy form has heralded thy fame Trust me7 ‘ I am Alro'y7 What ! the p'ri'nce of our captivity ?7 Even so” The slayer of Alschiroch ‘Ay!7 “ Very well my lord I come to thank iheo for all thy goodness My only tbdnks are words and those too weak ones and yet the orphan’s blessing is a treasure77 “ You are an orphar then ? 77 “ I have no parent but my father’s God77 ‘And Fidelity is strength7 Thy words are truth fnust triumph7 A prophecy and strength ! ‘Many a prophet is little honored till the future proves his inspiration7 You are young and sanguine7 ‘So was my ancestor within the vale But I speak unto a Moslemin Elah of hnd this is foolishness7 I have read something and can take your drift As for my faitbfl believe in truth and wish all men tej do the same might I enquire the name of him who is the inmate of my house ? 7 They call me David’ ‘David you have a ring an emerald fcut with curious charkdters Hebrew 1 believe7 ? 7 if My sympathy was prophetic I loved thebe’ from the first And what dost thou here?- A price is set upon thy head : thou knowest it ? ‘ For the first time but I am neither astonished nor alarmed 1 am upon tho Lord’s business7 ‘ What wouldst thou ? 7 Free his people77 The pupil of Jabaster : I see it all Another victim to his reveries I’ll save this boy pavid for thy name must not be Sounded within this city Let us to‘ the terrace the sun is dying and seek the solace of the twilight it with 77 that God is V The God of Israel’ So I deemed lie is a Deity we all fnust honour if he' be the great Creator whom wo all allow’ ‘ lie is what he is and we are what We are — a fallen people but faithful Still’ ! ’ Even so Iam that parted brother’ Great is the God of Israel ! Take the ring But what is this ? the brother of Jabaster a turbaned chieftain ! — a Moslemin ! Say 0 ! but say that thou hast not assumed their base belief — say 0 ! but say that thou hast not become a traitor to our covenant and I will blesY the fortunes of this hour’ ‘ I am false to no god- Calm thyself These are higher quessweet youth tions than thy faint strength can master now Another time we’ll talk of this and my boy At present of my brother 7 thyself He lives and prospers ? He lives in faith the pious ever We gave him the potiou he slumbered for many hours aud has now wakened weak but well” 44 Let him rise and attend me77 The Nubian disappeared u Inhere is nothing stranger than sympathy” soliloquised the physician of the caliph with a meditative air all resolves itself into this principle and I confess this learned doctor treats it deeply and well An erudite spirit truly and au eloquent pen yet ho refines too much' Tis too scholastic Observation will teach us lifijre than dogma Meditating upon my pasiouate youth I gathered wisdom I have seen so much that I How ever we have censed to wonder doubt there is a mystery beyond oifr penetration And yet tis near our I sometimes deem a step a singrasp gle step would launch us into light Here comes my patient The rose has left his cheek and his deep brow is wan and melancholy Yet ’tis a glorious visage— meditation’s throne and passion lingers in that languid eye I fcirow not why a strong attraction draws me to this lone child “Gentle’ stranger how thee! here’ ‘A fine stone and this inscription means—’ A simple legend— Parted but one1 — the kind memorial of a brother's love’ Your brother ? ’ 1 never had a brother’ 1 have a silly fancy for this ring: and you hesitate Search my palace choose the treasure that you deem its match’ Noble sir the gem is little worth but were it such might deck a caliph’s brow ’twere a floor recompense for all This ring is a trust raththy goodness er thau a possession and strange to say although I cannot offer it to thee who may command as thou hast saved the life of its unhappy wearer somo stranand ger may cross my path almost claim it as his own’ ‘ — And that stranger is The brother of the donor7 The brother of Jabaster ? the bastinado thou destined breeze7 - What is the hour David P Near on midnight I marvel if thy brother may read in the stars' (Air happy meeting7 He Men read that which they Wish is a learned cabalist’ But what we wish Co’mes from above’ We make our fortunes So they say and we call them fate7 Yet the voice sounded — the Daughter of the Voice that summoned Sam- uel’ You have told me strange things I have heard stranger solved7 My faith is a rock7 On' which you’ may split7 “Art thou a Sadducee ? 1 am a man who' knoWs men’ You are learned' but different from Jabaster7 4 (3$ We are the same though different Day and night aro both’ portions cf time7 And thy portion is — 7 Truth’7 That is light7 4l"es so dazzling that it sometime seems dark7 4 Like thy meaning7 Ytfu are young7 4 Is youth a defect ? No" the reverse’ put we cannot eat the fruit while the tre6 :a in blossonL’ What fruit ? 4 Knowledge7 1 have studied7 ' ‘What?7 4 ' All sacred things How know you that they aro sacred ' They come from God7 Is every thing So does every thing sacred ? expressions of his will’ According to Jabaster Ask th& man who prays in yonder mosque and he will tell you that Jabaster’s wrong’ After all thou art a Moslemin ?7 ‘No7 What then? t 1 have told you— a man7 ’ thou But what dost worship ? They are the deep What is worship ? 7 Adoration due from the creature the Creator’ is he?7 Oifr God7 i The Cro’d of Israel v 4 Even so’ A frail minority then burn him Incense7 t 4 We are the chosen peopled 4 scorns scoffs and Chosen for and me to snick Commend contumelies choice7 We forgot him before he chastened V Which 4 us7 Why did we ?7 Thou khowest M the records’ 6 T our holy race’ Yes I know them : like atf records annals of blood’ ‘Annals of victory that will dawn again7 v If redemption be but anpther name for carnage I envy no Messiah7 Art thou Jabaster’s brother?’ So our mother was wont to say : a ' meek and blessed woman7 Lord Honian thou art rich and 4 wise and powerful Thy fellow-me- n speak 6’f thee only vfith praise or fear and both are cheering Thou hast qit ted our antique ark why— h'6‘ matter We’ll not discuss it ’Tis something if a stranger at least thou art not a rene' gade The world goes well with thee But it instead of my lord Honian th'od like tby4 bows and blessings brethren wert greeted 6’nly with the cuff and curse if thou didst rise each morning to feel existence was dishonor and to find thyself marked out among surrounding men as something foul and fatal : if it were thy lot like theirs at best to drag on a mean and dull career hopeless and aimless or with no other hope or aim but that which is degrading and all this too with a keen sense of thy intrinsic worth and deep conviction of superior race why then perchance Honian might even discover ’twere worth a struggle to' be free and honoured7 1 pray your pardon sir I thought you were Jabaster’s pupil a dreaming student' I see you have a deep ambition7 1 am a prince and I fain would be a' prince without my fetters7 Listen to me Alroy7 ?ml Ilonlan ia 4 |