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Their occupation was gone; they had not dragged a prize ashore for years; they must rebel or starve. At this juncture Ferdinand opportunely died , and the Algerine Moors seized their chance. They stopped the tribute, and called in the aid of Salim, the neighbouring Arab sheykh, whose clansmen would make the city safe on the land side.
'But the Sheykh Ali told me that this terrace was his property. 'That is so, as to the land. The trees are different. 'To whom, then, do these trees belong? 'To different people. 'How can I know which trees are ours, which theirs? 'Your Honour need not trouble. They are able to distinguish. 'But they must walk upon our land to reach their trees! 'Without a doubt. 'But it is unheard of!
Who is he? he asked at the conclusion of the tale. I explained that the Sheykh Yûsuf was a landowner, whose acquaintance we had made through my desire to buy some property. 'Your Honour thinks of settling here among us? cried his Excellency, with sudden zest, appearing quite enraptured with the notion.
There is, moreover, a Sheykh el Islam, also elected, who decides religious questions of general importance, and a Grand Mufti appointed by the Government who gives fetwas on matters of law. The latter is Hanefite, the former at the present moment Shafite, as are the bulk of the students. These number about fifteen hundred.
It took us a long while to see the whole of it. The chief, fatigued, alighted and sat down beneath some walnut trees. He ordered Sheykh Huseyn to cause refreshments to appear. The latter shouted, and a dozen villagers went tearing off. In a very little time a meal of honeyed cakes and fruit was set before us, and the ceremony of making coffee was in progress on a brazier near us in the shade.
I had tried the feeling of it once at a friend's wedding, and had been far from happy, though my horse enjoyed the romp and often tried to start it afterwards when there was no occasion. Remembering Abdul Hamid and his desire for praise that day, I said: 'There is only one good horseman here Abdul Hamid, the son of the Sheykh Mustafa. All the rest of us, compared with him, are mere pedestrians.
He bade me tell the sheykh he was a liar, and that the country was as bare of tigers as his soul of truth. Some of our fellâh adherents seconded my speech. The sheykh appeared amazed and greatly horrified. 'There are tigers, he assured us, 'naturally! All that you desire. 'Then go and find them for us! said our friend, vindictively.
With an ironical glance at the interpreter, the Englishman mustered all his Arabic and, turning to a sheykh who was his neighbour, asked: "Is there a wady named Wady 'l Mulûk?" "Wady 'l Mulûk!" cried all the elders in surprise; and then, in the twinkling of an eye, their foreheads cleared from all bewilderment. Wady 'l Mulûk! Ah to be sure!
We proffered it upon the morrow, when the Sheykh Yûsuf received it with a scarce veiled sneer, seeming extremely mortified. Directly after we had left him, we heard later, he went down to the tavern by the village spring and cursed the elders who had turned my mind against him in unmeasured terms; annoying people so that they determined there and then to make an end of him.
Some owners journeyed forty miles to come and see me, and explain the great advantage of their property. But, knowing something of the Land Code, I inquired about the tenure. At last a sheykh came who declared his land was 'mulk, and certain of our neighbours, men of worth, testified of their certain knowledge that he spoke the truth.
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