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Show CLING TO ANCIENT RITE3. Moroccans Still Offer Sacrifices to Propitiate the Powerful. A Rtrnngo ruatom itlll etlBta here, that of sacrificing Uo nnliiuiln to propitiate pro-pitiate those In pouoi. An Instanco of It occurred tho other duy when three ragged women, veiled, dirty nnd poverty stricken, came Btugi'lng up tho hill to tl o llngstaft whlUi stands In tho middle of our cump, half pushing push-ing hnlf carrlng two sheep bound nnd helpless. At tho foot of our banner ban-ner stuff thoy laid tho beasts down anil sticking n kutfo Into their thronts left them thoro to dlo by slow Inches No cries, no wnlllng, they huddled to-"ethor to-"ethor and sat motionless awaiting Allah's will Tho Interpreter inter-vlovuxl inter-vlovuxl them nnd discovered that they wero tho wives of a Moor whom tho now Knld had Imprisoned for tho .filial Bin tho ownership of riches This brlgnd plundered overythlng md turniil tho women out to stnrc. Hearing of tho approach of a Hislia dor, a friend, no doubt, of our loid tho sultan, thoy enmo to orfcr Baorinco that ho might liao pity on them. Alas' not'ilng can bo don, tho Ka!d Is all powerful, oen tho sultan Is helpless Sometimes n bullock Is hamstrung on our road Strnnge to anv tho sacrificed animal cannot ho imi'd for food by the petltloneis, but our cscorta profit nnd drag oft tho carcasses Ith happy grlua National llevlow |