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 THE MUFTI. 
 
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 A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 DETAILING 
 
 SOME OP THE MOST iINTERKSTING OrcURRENCES OP ABOUT TWO YEARS 
 
 OP THE ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATION 
 
 OP A GREAT AND REVEREND 
 
 h*' 
 
 a^ffXTFTI, 
 
 AT AN EMBRIO CITY IN THE T.AND OP MOSLEMISM ; AND, ILLUSTRATIVE 
 OP THE PECULIAR DEXTERITY WITH WHICH A SELP-CONCEITED 
 POPULARITY SEEKER CAN 114 JRATIATE HIMSELF INTO 
 THE GOOD WILL OP THE IGNORANT AND 
 UNWARY- 
 TURN GOOD INTO EVIL, AND EVIL INTO GOOD-IGNORE THE TEACHINGS 
 
 OP HEAVEN, AND 
 MAKE EVIL THE STANDARD FOR GOOD, 
 
 CAREFULLY TKAN«LATEU FHOM THK OKIGINAL. BV A MOSLEM. 
 
 1864 
 
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 1' 
 
 PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR. 
 
 Reader, this legend ftlthough Ioiir sinw writteu, U worthy of your atten- 
 ive i>eni8al. 'Hie n.cideuts therein related are some of the most irtnortant 
 that have ever transpired Hince the reign of JfoRlomiHin eommenced. The heroes 
 of the legend are worthy oMmitation l.y all Hticcceding generations. The 
 thought that a great Mufti inherently possesseK the absolute right to dispense 
 with all law. l)oth human and divine, and simply act as his own subtle intellect 
 and habitudes of thought suggest to him for the glorj- of religion, is overpower- 
 ing, and strikes the mind with reverential awe and wonder ; at the same time 
 It stimulates particular and honored tliseiplcs to emulation. In this legend is 
 found fiucii a character, in the person of one <.f the princi:.al heroes of the tale 
 for that his more than mngical influence over his clerical charge enabled bim to 
 convert a amne into a proUsctor of the estates of the dead and fatherless and 
 metamorphose him into a saint of the fii-st magnitude, without the necessity of 
 repentance, by the mere act of gracefully bestowing on the Mufti a gift of rea- 
 sonable proportions. It is also found, that in order to give full force and effect 
 to such sublime operations in the improvement and advancement of the moral 
 and religious character of society, such grev-headed old men as "Father Stub- 
 born," who have bt)rnc the burden and heat of the day, must be put aside or 
 extinguished. ^ 
 
 The writer presents the various characters and scenes so life-like, that there 
 can be uo doubt but the legend was written at the time, or immediately after 
 the important events mentioned therein occurred. Indeed, the whole legend 
 bears evidence of that, and that the writer wrote under the influence of feelinm 
 which a view of such transactions prompted and inspired. 
 
 It must be a new thing for a religious student to learn, that to make up false 
 accounts, with the intent to rob or plunder the fatherless, ctnstitutes a fitness 
 for membership in a religious community, and that to prevent a robbery or 
 swindle is a crime of suflicient magnitude to authorise the excommunication of 
 the man who dares to stand in the way of such dishonesty. Reader vou will 
 find this illustrated in this legend. ' 
 
 The agriculturist will Ik; astonished to find that a religious fenci must be as 
 much as twenty-seven rails high ; and rather than submit to tho labor and 
 expenses of making such a fence, he will choose to remain uhconmki ; and 
 with that, the great Mufti, Sanctity, and the rest of the holy crew, were en- 
 closed within their pet fence, and obliged to remain there without much hone of 
 escape. 
 
 The exalted character which tho great Mufti has earned for himself, in the 
 important transactions herein recorded, ought not to Ite hid in a corner or under 
 a bushel, Imt ought, out of right and justice to him, to be blazoned throughout 
 the land, that others, by the light and effulgence thereof, may learn more per- 
 fectly the way to honor and distinction. And so of Mr. Sanctity and tho rest of 
 the holy crew. 
 
 The chapter on Crackers is a development of one of the peculiar traits of 
 character with which the great Mufti is endowed. 
 
 ^.!^^ l'**^ °^ '^°"' contained in the last chapter, as a whole, not only 
 exhibits tho peculiar characteristic attributes of tho great Mufti's mind, but it 
 exemplifies to the letter the effect of his sublime teachhig on others: bo much 
 so, that the translator believes that it would much redound to the further ex- 
 altation of the great Mufti, if his ministerial brethren Bhould require an insiffht 
 into the foots of the case. It so happens that Tom is now li^ within two 
 
IV 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 HayH travc' from the Embrio City, and the local Mufti refeiml to lives but a 
 few hotiro travel therefrom. Not only so, but the injurc<l old Stubborn yet 
 livcH 1 he honor of Moelemism issotaewhat at stako In this matter; and it 
 niipht be well if the preat Mufti was compelled to repair to the sctno of hi« 
 oxploits, and face the facts which so exalted him in his own estimation. The 
 making and telling off crackers is not considered by every one to Ije a profitable 
 busmcss in the long run. ■> j r " 
 
 1 * 'A'hc important matters hinted at in the additional remarks of the trans- 
 VAUn at the end of the last chapter, furnish material for another legend equal 
 m interest to this ; and it will appear as soon as the translator can prepare it 
 for the press. AH such grave and important matters should be made historical. 
 .Jiat after ages should profit by the examples they afford society. 
 *i • , question again recurs : Can the Holy One of Israel approve of such 
 
 fu "^ ui"^*"**®"^ " ^^^^^ '" *•»• results as recorded in the yearly returns of 
 the Embrio Ci ,y congregation of the faithful. The diminishing process" seems 
 to have fairly set m, and the ddigUftd concord which exists amongst certain of 
 the membership indicates most unmistakeably what the result will be. When 
 »ie truthful and the injured cease to pray for the workers of iniquity, their 
 <lor<tiny may be considered as near at hand. When the Lord cometh to judg- 
 mcnt, who can stand ? If ndne but the honest, truthful, and righteous cjui 
 stand, where will the untruthful, the imaodly lovers of the estates of the dead 
 and fatherless, and forgers, be ? " Where, where for shelter, shall the guilty 
 «cc, when consternation turns the good man pale ? " 
 
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THE M U F T ■ : . 
 
 A LHfUilND OF THE OLDKN TIME 
 
 CHAPTER I, 
 
 rhe Enthno CUtj—Ls gUmllon—A descendant of JEsc^Uapim—An oldinC'—A Reverend 
 Miifti~Afathtrle»s Girl— Mr. SanetUy— Moral and rdigiow pkUowphy-SapcHtu'it 
 pietij- Teaching qf the Mufti-Father Stubborn— Effects of Sanctify' n lift;/- Ilia latt 
 account— Ejrlract ther^rom— Stubborn: 8 opinion of it— A modelfence—Thelast Wonder 
 of the World— A model Steward. 
 
 Onco on a time, now with the years beyond the flood— so long time ago ns 
 tlic year of Grace 18GG— there was a certain Embrio City, situate on the banks of 
 a serpentine stream, noted for the Orand-cur of its name. In that Embrio City 
 tliero lived a largo, noble looking scion of the healing art— a lineal descendant 
 «)f iEsculapius. Tliere lived also in that same Embrio City, one whoso silvery 
 locks indicated the antiquity of his debut into life. And there also lived in the 
 same Embrio City, a Reverend Mufti, whose pei-ambulatuig habits, and self- 
 important, dandy-like appearance, forced the conviction upon the mind of the 
 Iteholder, that his reverence thought fuU'as much of himself, as it was possible 
 for any of his admirers to think of him. 
 
 There also lived at the same time, but in a country foreign to the Embrio 
 <*ity, a fatherless little girl— the only child of one, who, when living, was tho 
 liclove<l brother of that distinguished descendant of .^Esculapius. In process of 
 time that scion of tho healing art became, under the special tuition of his 
 reverence, the Mufti, exceedingly pious and devout — extraordinarily so— so mucli 
 KO, that ho obtained the name of Mr. Sanctity. The man of silvery locks 
 remained religious in his way, for he had long " borne the burden and heat of 
 the day"— but his moral ethics, taking into their composition that stubborn 
 Ktuflf, which in tho olden time was called truth, ho woidd not yield to some of 
 tho sublime teachings of tlie Mufti— but maintained the principle that truth was 
 an essential element in moral and religious philosophy— that without that element 
 being constantly in exercise, and exerting a continuous controling influence over 
 the mind, tho soul could not grow in grace with a rapidity essential to a shoit- 
 lived peregrination -consequently the old man obt«ined the distinctive and 
 characteristic name of Father Stubborn. 
 
 Mr. Sanctity's piety increased with such amazing velocity, and obtained 
 such extraordinary dimensions, that nothing could escape the grasp of his soul's 
 aspirations. His charity was so unbounded that even the estates of the dciid 
 arose in panoramic splendor before his enrapturctl spiritual vision, until, Ity 
 faith,^ he conceived the sublime idea of appropriating to himself a portion, or 
 modicum, of //« estate of his decetued brother— the inheritor ':e of his fatherless niece. — 
 Tho idea ha^'^ing found iodgmcnt in his pious soul, ho at once put it into piactico 
 —and so many centuries ago as the third day of December, 1856, he o ew up his 
 final accoiint against tho said estate, and, in strict accordance and ^jnformity 
 with his distinguished piety, he devoutly inserted items of charge to the amount 
 of jtfty-nine pounds and twelve shillings currency of that country, which in English 
 l^arlance reads, turn hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty cents ; which charges, 
 according to Father Stubbom's logic and philosophy, ought not to have been 
 foimd in the said account. Mr. Sanctity having delivered his said sublime 
 account to the little girl's step-father, demanding payment, his saintship retked 
 
THE MUPTI, 
 
 faith a«d doub& ; wid Wke Slf iS^ffi'^^'f'^.'" ^{' '^'*»^"ty ^^'"«. '"'^^''e'J m 
 slanted off into actiS , ./fiief aSf ? « "*' ^""V ^•*'*^'^" *° ''""l^^ ''« ^ocm 
 having ,^t„n^^J«;^'^^Mef^ and, acting according to hi8 want „f faith- 
 
 ^A«te, back to the eXS a 77^ni'''^^'*'"'."J''''y ''*'"* ^^^^"•'la^^^^^ 
 
 stubborn for adjngtment-Xnnr;,"?'"^'^^^''''^ '* *" *'•« «'"«' ^athe," 
 
 compelled Mr. SanStrto Iha Jon fc^ A' ^flL''^ V^^S^^^ry before l.i« eyes 
 
 thj money which his iiSsS.^in't^'u''*'*]'"''^*'"^^^ ^»<» l»ay over to bin 
 
 said niece. Cruel oldSbborn .^h ^" ^^"u'' ''«i«"Sing *» the estate of bis 
 
 the happiness of sharing in the esteten??!! 5' !i°* ''^IT ^'^ '^'"^"hip to enjo; 
 
 hwpietvand devotion, he had f«n^£^t k ^^?*^' i'Jj'^^' '" the exuberance of 
 
 «o»nugIy secured to himself that /^ r"-^*^ ^'^ ,*^'« ^«'-»* «f Kupercrogation 
 
 Holy and devout mediSSthiJn *^ '":'"&. <^ould not be made aware of it? 
 
 a-days could come up to sSch a Ln^ *i' Imng man in these <legeneratc now- 
 
 «n.p?th's^Tc;s?;c?ssi*^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 and Jive pcmdt and ten shimtmfJrJ^ >twenty-Mr pounds and two shillings for taxes 
 pim ofirfo,.«-„, J3,32£kE "^ "" "''^ *?'■"• *«eether amounting to the 
 m Plato 4«lfeCSS^?i2S«S^^l*^^^ ^?ry ' '-^ aforesfid^b'u! 
 
 The facts connected S"wh«wu '^f'^;'^*' '*^^'"« «^^ 
 f"«"»h that his 8ainteh%„j:^^eron^5£uSjt^^^^^^ POJimls, show^ plainly 
 
 the distance alone the Lm «Jio+^ i- .^"\°^ *hc hvm^' find ng bim out for 
 standard measureVttarcountt • S»' ?.'^ °"^ ^»"°^^^d and cUvTrod, 
 Stubborn's logic. makTaSSnf fit ^/'? thousand rails would, acconiing to 
 onehundredlnd dJven rSs ion/ w'ST""' '"^^ *«^*' P'^«"el« *« the ?od 
 ;«*%«, «toferfa„rfXj^utSSnonfnf'^^'''"M'^^";'^^ ^'i'/'. "'• '''WS 
 
 for such a magnificent fen^Jt SiJd not i^ stXS ^^ ''Tr^'^ ^^'^ «^ke. 
 
 at ttoenty-tevm rails hiah H«.ftr «f „ii . ^'aked and ndcred, but must stan.} 
 
 the stubborn faJris7l'/?^ft*i^^^^ .Now, in addition toanlSl' 
 
 departed brother miidewheffinTliLwV.^ the fence which his saintships 
 |ng;8othatonthiBa^u„fiirtf;hoZiml^^ «'«'^ «S- 
 
 hi8 pious and comprehensiv^^Sw o? thr^f/f '** 'I due to Mr. Sanctity for 
 calculation about half of theorfS fenc^^li'"'' ^«^'^«.Wing to the alxjve 
 would make this wonderful feu?e to SSd Innf ,7^ f '''^^ ^"^ "^crcd, it 
 stakes and ridere. Surely this m^t Wh„ "* /^''"^y-^""' rails high, without 
 Arithmetical science sinks into tbfJwo- ^"^ "'^'"* «*'"« «f fence-making -1 
 Sf'*^°!y he a model W. a?d t l^iJtTZfr'' ? '^"^'''- " ^^^^ 
 The bmlder must have used stilfaTof n^^^J^ ^ *^^ ^^^ wonder ©f the worid 
 
 ^uld not reach half wa^the top rSrte «*»^«ty himse f 
 
 However, the great Mufti admir^ tv^^;„i- • S*"hbom will reason Btul)l)ornlv 
 
 a.5S^m^a£ti?SKr£l^^^^^^ 
 
 would be in finding ^r^^^^lS:!^^'^'^^:^^''^^^ 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 « 
 
 I " 
 

 A LEGEND OP THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 "I 
 
 improper act for a jieibon of distinguished piety to make ud a Mea a««mif in 
 order to rob tho fatherless. But sinners are nof proSrSJ! Sf IcteS nietv" 
 because they are carnal, and cannot discern spirituaUhiigB^ Stubtom dSJd 
 that, notwithstanding the obliquity of the minds of sinnera asTwS wm"of 
 them would, nevertheless, occasionally call things by their propeT naSw ^i^d 
 .unhrmatory of this sentiment, he contended thtt It'^wag a teS^ aSd ^^lid?; 
 attempt, on the part of Sanctity, thus to endeavor to rob the fotheriSs «*Uf J 
 portion o her uihent^inco ; and the more especially, as she was the onTySdo" 
 his dear dejMirted brother ; that a person who was capable of such an art und^r 
 cover 01 m.ft«i piety, was not a sui^blo person for the s^iety oTtnieM^em^^ 
 and t Imt he ought to be exaUed to a membership amongst thise whose babS of 
 devotioii would l« more befitting his taste and holineu^ qf heart. And in ««Jtd 
 anc^ with his stubborn Ixjlief, he believed it to be his dutyT rev^ the^Ste 
 matter to the great Mu ti ; and, calling him into his own Lctumrhe modesSv 
 and reverently revealed the whole matter to his reverence, at the saSe time 
 Hhowmg hmi the sai( account, and the proof of its dishonesty/NdckeS ^d 
 ow meanness ; and also his saintship's own handwriting in pr^f therSf ' iSd 
 havuig, as he thought, discharged a moral and religioui duty he i^^Lc^b, 
 ventured to exhort tho great Mufti as to Ai. duty ta the mat£ F?SS' 
 for the moment, seemed to feel and understand the fort» of Stubtom^g S' 
 and gravely promised compliance. But on reUringfrom his interSew With 
 btubborn ho found himself alone with himself in pious reflection, 3 Is wa« 
 supposed from the sequel, soliloquized thus : Now; if I attempt to TaitL^S 
 samtehip as suggested by that old /ogy, Father Stubborn, hSwiuS^in 
 ine, and flagellate mo for having, in conjunction with thkt piom fBoTwhC 
 Mnuors call Mr. Crabsnarl, made out a false account, with the iSte^ StoS 
 xeveniH>und»tm thillings from that same old Stubborn, tor the glory of God 3 
 the good of Moslemism, and the funds of the Mosque at that^bftoCityWh^h 
 we were obliged to take back. No, that will not do. Hisla^nteh^ m.«* ^ 
 justfied, and justified he shall b^ ; for I am undS gSJ^t to h^ 
 samtehip for the large presents he has made me, and esjldally tK^ nXn^ 
 be gave me before I was aware of liis intention to becom^3?ZleL3 wS 
 by the very gnKeful and overweaning manner by which it was d^neT sJ^oim' 
 pletely charmed me. and so wrought upon my affections, that I then detemS 
 upon his being made a true Moslem, one that cannot -^o Wong. AVforoSdfitul? 
 i?,M "^^.^''JlS^ philosophy, I care not a whit. H. . x)ns&y hSing a£^t 
 tnuh just as though it was a necessary ingredient fo. e'.l things, Jndff !§ S«S 
 I know as well as ho does what Moses commanded in Deut. 16th. lyth imd S" 
 about receiving presents, and of the danger there is in pe^ns not^fiS 
 established in the Moslem faith as I am, being oornipteTSy "taS 
 enough that Moses said: "Thou shalt not wrert judgmentT ThJu ^idt nn? 
 respect persons, neither shalt thou take a gift, for a£ft doth blind the eveJS 
 ' the wise, and pervert the words of the right^us. That which £ ^tllllf 
 just thou Shalt follow, that thou mayest 5ve an^ inhS rhe Id whWhe 
 ' Lord thy God giveth thee." But that does not apply to me, oTto imvS Sv 
 doings. Moses knew nothing of me, and therefore iything he ^JT/jl^r 
 did say, can have no reference to me or my duty. IndeeJ; if &^ka83?h«d 
 been approached in the same dignified and gleeful mariner tffl^wjj^ 
 Mr. Sanctity made his first gift to me, I very much doubt if he would werh*t« 
 penned that stringent law ; at all events it can have no referenSto me Sid 
 lather Stubborn 18 certainly "in his dotage," or he could not su^thS* 
 gr at Mutti, like me, should be governed by such antiquated preSS Si, 
 I Jl teach h m better than tn PvhJWf hSu «f,,ivi J '.^.Trr Pr**P*^ astoese. 
 
 Ill teach him better than to exhTbithTs-stubiii)™ Tmplide'^^'irS.^^!!^; 
 my uuty in such important mattere is. I'll learn him bet- 
 
 St toX"^^ d"org";;;on^r^;LSes«ngS SS 
 
 J««<«-« erf devotion to tho estate of the dead, and the righte Ke faCl^ 
 No no father Stubborn, you are not a Cato yet. I'll show you a Sick St 
 will put your philosophy to the blush, and utterly confound your cnide notio^ 
 of morah.y and religion. Instead of calling his Saintship to aL SSt <^ 
 humbling him, as you expect, I'll promote him. I ham on m?Sf „^ th^ 
 S^n' ^K^^^' Mr Crabsnarl, who, I underatand, is ^ fo^d of liiS. 
 specially guoh m huTe the faculty of enlarging (he tennof adeinJw l3»^i 
 
THE MUFTI, 
 
 that profound jurist, Judge Simple, and a few otlicrs ot iefwer note. Ik'nidts. 
 and most pot-jut r>f all, there ia my own self-niado jiopularity. lia, lia, old 
 Father Stubborn, I'H pounce u[ion you with all my forccH at my next and last 
 Quadrantal Synod, before your gray hairs know what von arc about, and smaHh 
 you and yotir moral philosophy into n nonentity. 
 
 And having, as was supiKwed, and as shown by the sequel, arranged matters 
 with and within himself, the hour for actiou was left to t-ome iround accordhi^' 
 to the usual course of time. 
 
 After a certain lapse of time had passed, the time for the great Mufti'.s 
 <juadrant«l Synod arrived ; and although it was as many centuries ago as tlu' 
 month of May, 1858, yet tho Legend records a few of the iini>ortaiit im ideiits 
 of that Synod. It was held in tho business chamber of the Mosque. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 NoUe—Ditblln—Tfitwar danas— Judge Simple's appearance— Jlin (halion— Faith — 
 JuntUlcalion— Condtmnatimi of Slubdarnr-Htubbont prevented HjMakittff— ( rabsnarr.t 
 Oration— Proven the Sanctijlcation qf tSanctUy—V&ndemns eitubboni-tianctitiyii 
 statement— Stvbbom— Breaking upqf the Synod. 
 
 The Synod having convenecl, as mentioned at the close of the last chapter, 
 and a few items of i-outino business disposed of— some of which will be referreil 
 to iu a future chapter— sure enough, tho great Mufti arose from his chair of 
 Keclesiastic-al State, and, la language not to bo misunderstood, charged old 
 Father Stubborn with having grievously shined against his Saintship, Mr. Sanc- 
 tity, and roundly asserted that, inasmuch as he had prevented Sanctity from 
 appropriating to himsellf a very small share, or portion, of the estate of his dear 
 «leparted brother, and had also protectetl his Saintship's fatherless niece Jigaiiist 
 bis pious, philanthropic designs. That although he, tho great Mufti, hud 
 seen the account, and the correspondence, and other documentary evi- 
 dence relative thereto ; that, although, » ccording to Stubbom's crude logic, 
 there was suflScient evidence of dishonesty and meanness to condemn his 
 saintship in a legal tribunal ; yet, what of that, said he, as near as could lie 
 remembered from his rapid eloquence. I am the great Mufti ; all government 
 is in my hands ; I interi)ret civil and religious law ; and those who will not " 
 submit to my profound opinion and judgment, shall \\q made to feel the weight 
 of my popularity ; and, t\& might begets right, I do positively, and inherent in 
 my own consequencial personal self, possess the al)Solute right of dispensation 
 and judgment. I do, therefore, in virtue of my right inherent, and of my 
 unheard-of popularity and high position as Mufti of tJiis congregation of tho 
 faithful, declare and pronounce that Sanctity has done no wrong in aspiring 
 after the protectorate of tho estate of the dead and the fatherless. It was higldy 
 becoming a saint of his magnitude, to make whatever charges he pleased against 
 the inheritance of his fatherless niece. ' ' For, ' ' said he, * ' It is no hai ni to mak(s 
 up%»rong accoimta ; it is done almost daily by business men. The Mufti's often 
 do the same thing. All a person has to do is to give up his wrong charges, it 
 they are disputed. His saintship therefore has done no wrong, for heabandoned 
 the wrong charges in his said account, on their being disputed, and proven to be 
 false, by Stubborn and others." But, on the contrary, he had made a great 
 personal racrifice. For who or what is that snip of a fatherless child, that her 
 hereditary rights should stand in the way of the pioiw yearnings of his saintship's 
 devotional soul, after her inheritance. Old Stubborn "must be compelled to 
 give up his saintship the said account, and all evidence of its untruthfulness and 
 injustice ; so as that no legal evidence may hereafter be brought against him on 
 account thereof; but that, the legal evidence against his saintship's wrong-doing 
 being destroyed, he and all of us who are true and faithful Musslemen may be 
 able to say, and testify with clear consciences, that his saintship never made up 
 any such account ; or else Mr. Stubborn, gray hairs and all, must be banisbeil 
 tromthe society of tho sanctified. "I therefore recommend that this Synod 
 forthwith put Stubborn to the rack, or send him into banishment. " • ' The grey 
 headed old imbecile had the assurance to say he would not take five hundred 
 
A LEOEND OF TlIK OLDKN ILMK. 
 
 r, 
 
 pounds for that account ; for, said he, as lunf^ ns I nin (ommuml f lio ia<.«liictioii 
 of that paper, I can keep your pot, Mr. Sanctity, from furtbcr wront; iUmn, uml 
 ? kJj"* "»y"clf hwTnlcM from any Injury the iihum ini.v'ht prayerlully think til 
 to be done. I therefore the more ciirncHtly urge uimu you tlio j;rcut nect*,itv ul 
 dwnoltahing hhn as soon hs posHiblo ; for, most absuredly, tlio greater vain.- 
 »tabbom set* upon that important pjipcr, ho nuuli tlic more ur,i,'eut iu the mwn- 
 Bity of getting it from him, and punisliing iiini for ihvrinj; to prevent Sah- litv 
 from obtaining the desire of liis Ijeart. ' ' 
 
 o* . J'o **»J» tr^uw^ndant disphiy of knowledge, piety, and MoHJeni charity, ol-l 
 Wtubbom briefly remarket!, "that no one but a logue would maUe a fal.sr 
 account against others, and none Init a rcgne or a fool would jimtify it. 'I hat a . 
 his saintship had wickedly and meanly attempted to rob a fatherUhS child, and 
 that child his own niece, out of a portion of her inlicritance, by his falh.' 
 demands, a place of punishment was a more bctitting place for him. tlnin a 
 stewardship in the house of God. " 
 
 At this stage of the proceedings Mr. C'rabsnarl, the learned .Judge Sinjpi.; 
 and two or three others, of lesser note, raised such a howl, tliat a person iu th.^ 
 adjdning apartment, or even out of dooi-s, would have thought it wils Mr 
 Crabsnarl and his red retinue dancing the Indian War Dance in Dublin for tin- 
 amusement of the Irish. Mr. Stubborn attnmptal to speak again, but he (onid 
 not for the noise and confusion which Ids rigid philosophy Jiad occasioiicd. 
 After a moment's silence had been olitained, that great jurist. Judge Simpli- 
 prepared himself for a great dischargt; of legal lore. The astounding cIo<iuen( .'■ 
 and profound morality of which the great Mufti had .leiivcred iiim.silf, .so 
 inspired his Judgeship with new light, and a new set of idoa.s, that his countc- 
 n«ice gleamed with unnatural effulgence— even his long lieard seemed to par- 
 take of the inspirited inflation, and gave such dignity and animated expression 
 to his unusually handsome countenance, that the uninitiated would have taken 
 him to be either Father Abraham, or Mahommet himself ; and, risinj from his 
 i"^* 1 ^ ?°™ *^*° '^^"*^ dignity and grace, tiie opening ambrasuro of hi.s intrl - 
 lectual and animated soul, poured forth a volume of the most sublime and over- 
 aweing eloquence, which, as near as could be remembered, was as Ibllows : 
 
 " I have been laying up legal knowledge for n)any years, and have on hand 
 several qumtals of it, ready for use whenever my judicial (mutions are in 
 requisition, but never before thisdid 1 understand the sublime doctrine of justi- 
 ncation, as I am now enabled to comprehentl it. Great Mufti ! Wh;it shall 
 we do when he leaves us f Surely this is knowlo<lge deep and high ! Almost 
 too profound for mortals to attain unto ! ! Let us see. Yes, the sublime doctrine 
 of justification by faith, has ever been a favorite tloctrine of all good MussUnan. 
 Justification by faith, according to this enlarged profundity of my judgment, is 
 
 **S^^u J * ■^ P^**"* ^"^ ^^®^ ^'^ ""°^^ "P*'" "• «^ertain object in the distanu , 
 which he determines to obtain, firmly believing that the means employed will 
 enable him to obtain his object. This is simple faith. And iustitication is a 
 conscious conviction of the mind, that the object to be obtaincd'is of that impor- 
 tance, that the attainment of it justifies the means employed to obtain it ; and 
 y^?"'.^ A*l® 1*^.^°^. ^'*^ never know what means are cmployeil to ol)tain the 
 
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 ~ —-■ "— -~~-/, "•*«»« upuit ui» nuiy iiuuuuu Kiiees, unpioruig nis ima 
 Jrathfflr for grace to enable him to comprehend within the pious outgoings of his 
 BOUl, a taste for the estate of the dead ; and Laving faith to believe that he could 
 "f ^2?^*® * modicum of the inheritance of his fatherless nieco to his own 
 7i.Zii a?^' ^*^out the living being made aware of the means he cmploy( d 
 A* S'ir? tf* j""-*^"^ °^ his pious pursuit, ho *vas evidently jusLliieu by iaith.-- 
 Aodif he had charitably comprehended within his pious grasp the entire of his 
 *i J u " ■ estate, and left the widow and the fatherless to do as best tlioy 
 *'°^IzJi-?^* • J °°^^ ***^® ^^^ ^***^ ^^ *'*® aggregate, an<l would, if he had 
 racoeeded, laid up for his sabitship such an abundance of the good things of this 
 me, that he could have «ilarged both the number and (inantum of his gifts to 
 the great Mufti, without encroaching u|)on his own means. Woiiderfal theo1og\'! 
 BnUkne lerelation I I Incomprchensibh! divinity! ! ! Who butthcgreat JUiiiti 
 ««Ua haTO ili^Mtfted «ich knowledge to us? And, as for o!d Stublwru, hi' 
 
6 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 functions^ I adjudge him to be put STheS ^iSit'^nrH *"' "^ ""^ J"^^*! 
 he may be lawfuUy banished from the societ^of rhefSU?i "'*''[ ceremony, that 
 implore forgiveness, and hand over to KitshiDtKH ' ""^^^^t^^e penitently 
 
 to lav aside hia nmrlo i.,^:„„„*:i.i. _^.~'?.'*"'Ptne said account. anH «,«^{„„ 
 
 J u """'.""'? learnings ot the great Mufti Fnr boVJ """;«'J»«^y suomit 
 we ghed him in the balance, and by the iShi of thp ^^, t'J, ^*^« J«diciall>/ 
 h« » fr"pd wanting." Am^n ! responded Mr sWknff *^." " ^ ""^"^ '««'^«''/ 
 
 Srl^SuTd^'^^^^^'^^^^^-*^-^^^^ 
 
 but ^iSpent^^^^^^^^^^^ let off of the great Jurist, 
 
 ;^-^|nfV= rth? J^eSrttSlt^-i l^'n^^of C ^^^^ "« ^ ^« ~ 
 an additional charm to his oration • ^^'^^^ ^^^ of his sonorous voice added 
 
 theg;it"s?;.:^»^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 the argument, profound as it is, hm not Le^carrLd far !''' ''^, "'^ ^'P''^^" *»»»' 
 the full measure of Sanctity's piety-thev have onlvS. °°Il^^. ^ demonstmte 
 whereas, in my opinion, he mitM be ^ncii^Z ^P'^sl^own that he is justified • 
 succeeds justi/ca«on. as /naf^rseJemnce dS fa^r^* 5^.*'"" ^ necessSSy 
 decrees. For instance, suppose a^ious soul hS a S f *^^ ^''"^''^^ ^^ «t«™'i 
 a term of some five or six vears and +w ? f i^*®® ^<*'" « Parcel of land for 
 
 would become defunct j'othTirtLs defied t"L^^^^^^ '''' term expi'iS 
 
 Ifemises described in the leaseVand shoufd for thaf ^ ^'^'^ ^^ "»« l«^d and 
 that g,eat court, which, in some countries is^llSf^«*?P'^'.^"««*"t« * suit in 
 then, suppose that by some disinterested LmI^i the Court of Chance; and 
 some other extraordinary act of pSvotirTet^^T^^ legerdemain? or 
 enlarged to some twenty or twenty-one veaSor'amf^f^ '^ J*^^^"^ lease is found 
 
 fi'L'lT' ?''°'^^ P«'^° for him^, SrCS; coLrivai;^'*'^'^'* *'^^"^' ««dtha? 
 18 real bunkum, and that by mea^s of this extZl!i7 '^^'!^'^ *hat the lease 
 tksthecourt fails to discover trmeansb^^^^^ in religious S^ 
 
 of the lease was produced, by reason wheiLTthP *f ^^^largement of thetenn 
 retains possession of the nreraifies t^f hi l-f ^? P**^"« ^'^^ judicious tenant 
 is real 4mctification. SX^'a^Mrs^!^l^^^'''^,^J ^^e other parTy. Ss 
 been consistent with himself SdTworn St H^ """^f^ '""^^ undoubtedly have 
 been requested to do so in suTa wav a^not L'°"^ ^■'^""* ^«« true, had he 
 dlT ^f ,' r^"^'''« "^ Stubborn * tTKmetri^l';.^L^"«P'^'«" . ^^^ !»« Pious 
 deliberately tell a lie, will, if pious neStv r^ ,.• ?.°''?^' * ^^t who will 
 Bwearto a lie,) he is legit matdyiactS^anr''* '*' J>* ^ deliberately 
 interpretat on of the great Mufti7thtologiS te^hin; ^h*?'?°u« ^ *^« strictest 
 been sustained by the profound reSn^ofl^Sl A-'^^'f^ ^'^ «» elaborately 
 K^«^e;aWe argum^ent, fulV Td p?ol^v sf SrH^^J"' ^^. ^<^^^^ by 
 Rf,^ the distinguished name of Mr Cuv Itf^^' ^""^ J"«tly entitled 
 Stubborn at once give uo the said accotmr/n i;,-= ^^T^t°'^ demand that old 
 for having prevented his saints^p appTpr atin^lS?^'P'.^^ '"^'^^ «°»end8 
 
 dear d;Srt^''Kher toS owS T^P",^""^ « PortToVof tK 
 
 Of any persons' guilt, unless he first confessed h {I » "^t^Sl^e up the evidence 
 gveness ; and even then he would not? fShe^^ould^ *'^'* asked fo^ 
 
 weapons of rightful warfare ; not only so but th« 11 f'^"^ hl°>«elf of the 
 for It was the property of the litflA o-iVi^w '^ recount was not his nronertv 
 ing justification of crfme, and tJat ^ TJ1LT°* ^' ""^ ' ^i^tZ^Vl^l 
 Wd only increase his'desire to ye«nSte^th^«Tr °{ *^« K""ty pS?J 
 opportunitie. predated thein^.lJes'Tht'pil' ^*5^?^ ^/^g. i^^^^ 
 ucniucu wu uuwv..^ *^ "" ™"«- And, After giriog 
 
A LEGEND OF THE' OLDEN TIME. 
 
 utterance to^his insulted and indignant fselings in language appropriate to the 
 occasion, he declared that " a den of thieves would be ashamed and afraid to 
 h*ve the world know that they had been guilty of such impudent wickedness 
 OB was there displayed. What ? " said he, " are we to be taught, by this Mufti, 
 that to devise schemes to rob the fatherless, are acts of piety, and deserving 
 of commendation— and that to prevent a robbeiy is a criminal act, and subjects 
 a person to such infamous abuse as this -to be treated as a criminal, merely be- 
 cause he prevented an act of spoliation, or robbery ? " 
 
 When the noise, usual when Stubborn spoke, had subsided, the great Mufti 
 called Hpon his samtship to contradict what Stubborn had stated relative to the 
 said account, who, finding himself justified in his pious designs upon the esUte 
 of his deceased brother, arose end declared in the most solemn manner, that his 
 said account was true— that he only gave up his pious charges to avoid cnten- 
 tion with old btubhorn— that if the great Mufti would be kind enough to call 
 tip Squire H. and Major W., from their graves, ho would prove by them that 
 his accoiint was true, notwithstanding he had truthfuilv acknowledged the 
 falsity of his account in the amount stated by Stubborn. the receipt he had 
 given Stubborn at the settlement thereof with him. 
 
 Stubborn attempted to speak to the statement made by his saintship, and 
 to ask him some questions, by way of cross-examination, but waa prevented by 
 the noise and tumult which was made to prevent his being heard— i he great 
 Mufti declaring that he would not allow his saintship to be so grossly insulted 
 as to be interrogated by Stubborn, or to hear any more of his impudent remarks, 
 bo gieat was the noise and confusion that old Father %-heart, who had sat 
 wondering with amazement at what was passing, became so alarmed for fear the 
 pious ones would make a Bond fire of Stubborn, that his grey haire, whiskers 
 and all, stood out like so many porcupine quills. Some others were equally 
 fnghtened. But the unyielding Stubborn, finding he could not be heard, moved 
 around to the place -where the pious Sanctity walb sitting, and placing his hand 
 upon his knee, demanded of him to speak the truth, and put to shame those 
 persons who were justifying him in his wicked conduct— reminding him of his 
 having before acknowledged the untruthfulness of that part of his account 
 which was so much admired by the Mufti and his adherents. His saintship dare 
 not agMn say that his account was true, and was so overcome with the near 
 proximity and firey eye of Stubborn, that he could only mumble out. " Have 1 
 not always behaved like a gentleman towards you? " Stubborn replied that 
 guilty as he was, he was more of a gentleman than those wtre who justified his 
 attempt to rob his niece, and lying to save himself from the consequences of 
 such dishonesty. 
 
 „ ,?*"^^''"^*8 proceedmg with his confab with Sanctity, when the great 
 Mufti discovered that he was on the point of yielding to the truthful onslaughts 
 of Stubborn. He broke up the Synod, declaring that if Stubborn was allowed to 
 philosophise with Sanctity, the great game which he was playing would prove a 
 failure, and all the good which had thus far been effected, would be lost, and 
 act as a rebound upon himself and his pious colleagues. So sudden was the 
 breaking up of the Synod, that the usual benediction was not pronounced. It 
 no doubt would have been pronounced, with a long prayer to boot, if the Mufti 
 and his pious adherents could have succeeded in demolishing Stubborn, and 
 getting his samtahip's said account from him. 
 
 So much, thus far, for the justification of crime by those who preach and 
 pray that the kingdom of Satan may have an end. Every movement of the 
 Mufti in the matter, was a libel against the doctrine he preached from the pul pit— 
 
 .% — ,..jj ! „ „. nirj jann-cr — a viuiaiiun ui aii law, uuth numaa ana divme— « 
 
 disgrace to the Moslem character— and an outrage against common sense and 
 decency. But the matter did not stop here, nor end here, as the next chapter 
 very interestingly explains. 
 
TFTK MIFTI, 
 
 C'HAFrER IV. 
 
 ■^irrlt/ 
 
 n III sr (he Mufti— rite MuflVa snWi^^, iiu, .7 f'^*^'*—ii*»feartforlhefiUure— 
 
 wHl 1 t.,at the Musskmrn were u ir^rcolinSSd tUrit^^^^^ 
 
 iliiiii?,' movement of tlio Mnffi n..,! ),i- , "';. , '^^.VyPP*^"''?'*' <*»« tnis bold and 
 
 »l..;.l.)r„ i, „ dead p„ll „„ „°tas pm^ui h« WthS SS?„?h*f ° ""H S' 
 wiioii iiie great ilurti's vrMt r,nr..',i„^* -n .. ™^"o- ^"" ^ano wiU ooaie 
 
A LEGEND OP THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 for I 
 
 RtSw, iSfW- It may be that I can make a safe haul the next time- 
 ?h« n™f » ? 1 "u?",^!?"*"!.^' ""*y ^ °"* «f *ho way. Atali events, I am for 
 the preaent safely shielded under the wings of the Mufti's great poputeritT" 
 " hnlv tSnJ?^ blfl^M^ this soliloquy his saintship prostrated himself on his 
 thatir^,2S„?.S**?' """^ devoutly rendered thanksgiving to his Maker for 
 ril^L^^^ ''^ ^^ "l^^^ ^"^ «<> ^" «o*^J«d '»''» to Buppress the stings 
 f««^i^SS?°*^?P^'.?°** ''*^K ^"^ from his -holy bended knees," he 
 
 »^„!r^^ '^V' the exercise of mind which he hKd passed through, he soon 
 teTrSiXll«Sr*'^'?.r''"^'°"«°«««'*"'* while in this state he h^a 
 rS^Ti^follJSS*'' ""^'^^' '«°«'«''» «>"W be gathered from after occur- 
 out ^TJ^^^A^ f"^ ^t.8®?"y S^t^J"^"* *fa'8 ^O'Jd into the next, with- 
 hitoCShS^n,?f *? *^^ 'y"^.' that jiarlng passed the threshold from time 
 ^«^ t^^Il '^°'"' he found himself traveling in a broad but well trodden 
 C«Sr^1fo^A^\1*- ^l^°*',T no*;^here-the scenery around him was not 
 ™„21; ~*^ although well beaten, was very crooked ; screech-owls and 
 SS^*! r'L^**^'"? ***"i ^'<*«°"« "0^*t every turn of the road, and 
 S^ fc^ ' h« hecame alarmed, and wondered where the terminus of the road 
 k^ WMi".*^ ^^.^ ^®*'' ***'i*.*he great Mufti's sublime teaching had ruined 
 K »rri»L5 fwu **^*l?^."P?'' ^> situation with fear and tremblini, he sudden- 
 LnTlwl** ^^^ ^^'^i bank of Jordan. He involuntarily halted to view the 
 Bcrae '^wch was spread out before him. He was completely enraptured with the 
 «£«i»5 tK u?^ experienced such soul thrilling emotions since the time he 
 ^^ «IS t"*?I?® ^^^^^ asBuming the protectorate of his deceased broth- 
 ^-« iST' ^12* heneath his stand-point rolled the beautiful and classic Jor- 
 -nSvJri^"^^® stream was stretched out before him a landscape too beautiful 
 nnSti^nk.^fi''" ^^ described but by a seraph's pen. He stood for a time 
 Ffidnmi ^iS'-^?^i?T?°i wondering at the sight, exclaiming to himself- 
 SliTio^t^^'if' , " 1^® «»8ht is so enrapturing, what ^11 it be to be 
 2 i^.Lo?i5^ *^® P'**? ^h^"^ ^<^ ^*^^ ^ " He saw, in the distance, groups 
 2^ wT 1?®*?*^ oomminglingwith each other in perfect happiness, so itemed 
 *2 him. Having satiated himself with the delightful view, he began to think 
 Of crowing the stream and while looking about for a path which led to the fotd. 
 Ef ,^«i«*""®?/i?u**'.^'*°*:® approaching him, and, fancying he knew them 
 E.«^ ^l^*"*®*i *J**"^ ^r*^*^ ** the opposite bank of the stream in the expec- 
 tetton and buoyant hope that they would show him the ford, or otherwise asdst 
 Mm to get over the stream, for he had no relish for the road he had been travel- 
 ulf ■ lA ®? 1®*'®** *.^® opposite bank of the stream, he recognized them as 
 I^ wil^"?ll**°^' ^°'™, H- **^^ Major W., anil speaking to them (for the 
 rS.J^,f #^1 ?!i"?^?' are here within speaking distance,) ho asked them to 
 point out the ford to him so that he could at once join their company. At the 
 same naoment he suddenly felt a heavy pressure upon his shoulders, but being 
 anxioas to jom his old boon companions on the other side of Jordan, he did not. 
 tor the moment, look up to see what it was that pressed so heavily upon his 
 f J^^l ^^Ti^^PJ^l'l^Jl^* ^ "'"P'y the fiitigue ho had undergone while travel- 
 ing the road which led him there. They replied that •• that wag not the fording 
 place ; not only so, but the water there was very deep, and could not be forded; 
 II ^'\uP®"°°!,.T'® avowed to cross there, as no ferry boat had been 
 allowed there ;— that certain characters were allowed to come as far as he stood 
 and take a view of the happy land ;— that none, who came the road he came, 
 t'^I^I^^tu **° L*^**' ^^^^ allowed a view of the happy place, they 
 
 1 "^i ifmt ^^^* t^'" '" the road they came, and go to theh' appointed 
 place. Mercy on me," says Sanctity, " for pity's sake, help me over ; I am 
 alone here, no one to help me ; for mercy's sake, r^o v me the ford, and I will 
 pan over. But," says the Major, " we have tJvcidy told you that you can- 
 not c»me over here. How, in the name of common sense, can you expect to 
 get over the Jordan with such a load on your shoulders as you have ? No won- 
 der you an fiittiafued. Why, you have there a rail fence twenty-seven rails hiRli 
 piled upon your shoulders ; besides this, you have a label fastened to your gar- 
 !^''or*!5l!? "^* ^^ hehind I What does all that mean f" "0, dear me," 
 mift maaatf, "tho fabela ttfe oopieg of the falw charges I made against the 
 
10 
 
 i^. 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 Rays the Major, " and you had th. «^ ^°' 'f ""-^ *"d account." •< ExStlv • ' 
 !«I Synod, that you coufd prove ?he^iTr *** "^^ ** *^« Mufti's last QuSn- 
 J we were both alivrajar- -Hm.1"'^"^'"^^"^^*^^^ 
 Did von nnt. i,«„^ M _/^ . "• '^ovr do vou know fho* 9 " r, ... "• 
 
 we were both alive again '' ■"'Hm,r''Z'*'''' 7 ^''"'■^**^ ««=<>untto be true 
 Did von n.f ,, «^*l° Major - thyr >°*i^ ^^^^^ ? " ^y^ Sanct Uy! 
 
 •4 TV J "'" "ui/u luive again 
 
 pity on nic 
 
 the stream, „ui 
 
 says the Major, " do yoiTThink , • wanfTh;'-!""" ^®'P y<>» over, indeed " 
 
 are carrying about with you the indnW? J '""'^5^ ^^ " «>"» equip^ aa you 
 
 SIS? A'„B!.t?SHrr^'f^^^^ =r€rH 
 
 . coming along on yom- 
 bquire, " how came you to 
 
 track to take charge of vo„'' .f? ^^'m' — » —.„« «., 
 
 tell the old manXibtrthatZh'adS^^ ''^""•«' "^'^ « 
 
 a ditch on your late brother's estefl fn ^ *. ^""^^ ^""^ ^^ >noney for diecin; 
 
 to have known that sStorn knew vorS'"" ''"^ 
 
 in his office at the time I wantP^ tl/f • ^^^- *° untruth, for he was Dreeent 
 
 remembered that you refusTStinfth^*^^"' in making a diteh, ILd he weH 
 
 coming, but he indi^ Jntly ^Sed Tb^^r^^ ^'*^ "« ""^^^^^ fiSSVou 
 die my only child, which I had loft i^^^' ^'"^ ^^' ' ^« attempted to sS 
 charges against her inheritance to fh«i"' ^^^^ i« a brother ; he made fa Le 
 3"i«°'yfor the old man StubC he „' Srbi^^ ^^^'^^.^ or'$238.ycente! 
 A ■ th V ^'" ""** ""« ^'""^^^^ succeeded in his infamous 
 
 thrust his barbed tail into the folds nf *L * -w L^^' ^>"» » knowing iS 
 taking hold of Ins coat Xeve with hi«A^ *^'^ of Sanctity's outer garment -^d 
 way you can stay here n7lo„ge?''''CS^*",l'^"«^^^^ '^Sm^tWs 
 
 that & ^?^«' ^"d ^^<^i^ZlorX^i:^yTSl r'"'^ «di^ittancTinto 
 that his dignity was insulted- and b,,H,^?^^ x*^'^ ^*'^''"<"^ companions felt 
 companion, exclaimed : •' y^u ^l' S °f ? contemptuous look at his new 
 the impudence to approach me i^S^siZrTff »•?>,'*"■'' ^P"" ^*»« you h^'J^ 
 
 with a tantalizing look, sa^to^S^w^T,!?''*^'"'^ sooty, looking up at him 
 
 and uiulaoeis attached to "Sanrtit'v'wn;;^^""^"''^'"^ tweuty-seven-rail fenro 
 weJI as fatigued. All the wW e^" a k ^fin?"'^^' ^«« dreadfully enraged S^ 
 played over the countenanJJ of liftli^JS"* corruscation, of a blueisTflmS^ 
 Sanctity the terminus of tho^oS iw ^%' *^« «'»*»' of which in£K; 
 overwhelmed him, tU he 8ubStt^'LT:^V!;*^«"»«. and so over^iwe^an^ 
 in the most submiUe t?ne of voS ^K^«*^ ^'T'^'^^^ « he^coSldTrd 
 carrying the twenty-seve.^/f .^ ^^^^^ gg^^^r^^ 
 
that veritable 
 "Exactly," 
 last Quadran- 
 nt to be true, 
 ^ys Sanctity, 
 le permitted 
 Then, again, 
 le, with such 
 lid be a per- 
 larityof that 
 " O, have 
 your side of 
 er, indeed," 
 pped as you 
 Jctionate re- 
 before you 
 I to particu- 
 )ng on your 
 ame you to 
 for digging 
 You ought 
 waa preeent 
 ind he well 
 a your late 
 60, but the 
 I time, in a 
 ■ conversa,- 
 irer to you, 
 •mpany?" 
 8t SAW you 
 id to 8win- 
 nade false 
 i.40 cents, 
 I infamous 
 
 ig urchin, 
 wt woolly 
 kt, a long 
 ing look, 
 lent ; and 
 Come this 
 »nce into 
 ions, felt 
 his new 
 you have 
 stant, or 
 1 the air, 
 his hand 
 sting on 
 • at him 
 t.:i. now 
 thme." 
 1 at tho 
 1 along, 
 »il fence 
 iged, as 
 I fiamc, 
 »ted to 
 red and 
 Id, and, 
 him in 
 ument. 
 
 A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 11 
 
 It was of no use. Sooty refused ; and he had to carry his burden ainna «««* 
 
 i^atT«S.r^ ^'""^ ■•^^^^'^ ^«"°*J' ^'^d evS?n7anon the fenrVrcm?^ 
 fa?f h/Si'J^*^^ entangled in the branches of the trees and b°iun Tt 
 
 aa-fiioM ^"wUhe foot ^S^A^ ^'Zc^^% 
 
 
 " You must „..„ ^^,,^ 
 
 the result of vour own «.*/«'" t.,oV VZ+'u- — """ "-""cjp jruuuuy more, it is 
 
 torn the btaeCeTLCtoyeduSnLLwS^VStf''^''"'''? •»"«''' «'° 
 
 7il^ •" """^'^'' i^i«.cuu Bomeinmg more, tor I have heard S 
 
 directing his piou, thcghts towards the &S,°SS|1^? ^.Ti™'.^,*, 
 thn., or^ m words and thoughts of tho same or simita toSrt ^^' 
 
 =„„!„„ ™i' irtV "" "". ""Weeded in this pious matter aJcordinK to mv »isl.M 
 saving only that I cannot yet compel old Stuhlom to give w to sSitf nfi 
 
 KTsciiirii.nrnrardj^i^o^^^^sZb's.K^^^^ 
 
 religious principle which I haveteuS fVomJhf pu?pit and^usttfv iT^ P°? 
 the exigency of the case made it imjerative on m^e r^enttrote «Ln^^^^ 
 
 Father ^^-heart would not have been so dreadfully fShteneJ «f 'l.« LJ 
 and sure I am. that if he had not been fri-ht?nH h" ~-™m ^ v ® ^^ ' 
 trick, and would have told me-Vhat to ro% Sfe7at^erle"^"1"^^^^^ 
 
 hi''?.'rJ'*f^'??"i\*f^/^*'° crime, was not only uSm ng ?nt steS of 
 the bouse of God, but inconsistent in a Mufti ; for a stewarf nf thJI^^ I 
 God, in vulgar parlance, is expected to have clekn hiiat Sw?^ and a Zn 
 ar revival preaching Mufti is expected to carry out7inSraSl'l5eth«^^" 
 trines he preaches from the pulpit But what of ail this? hK.SU * 
 
 ^r^e^a^i'^ 8V»>^™»-UBt ^cruXl^^'fi^ulK 
 W^W**"*** **?!;!. ^"^ i^°°<* ''"hout my extraordinary poonlaritv iffi 
 _toopghtjDto wqniritioD, and, in thte, i, coMtttnted my^ii^eiSdSmS'l 
 
12 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 ,klk\) 
 
 fo to Jhrt Synod and mX, wanhk.feS.'' " r^> »^ »" S'rtbo 'tl 
 
 te^"^d'"^^^i^"«c^»;ii!'r.?:-i^^ 
 
 him ; not only so, but faSierS^rt^nfSf lu^"^"®* *»>»* *hey ^luSen to 
 
 siomOTtton8^;f'EiT">K,«*>«ipg me to th. i^-:^;;"^;'' 
 
 ao ; BO out he must ao an/ irTilTl ..,"**»* *"»d honestv. No it »?irJri 
 improper words a^inrt ySSKhSn lf7u ^t?*""* *^« of • uC S^ 
 
ling that may 
 jfisivelv yield 
 ft word. Not 
 ^ droumvent 
 , the r^trict 
 Stubbt. 11 
 i Saactii^ .a 
 a very feeble 
 3les8, he may 
 I Bhall have 
 villlifiten to 
 bat time, get 
 bai^e, and I 
 
 > an estopple 
 I, in &ct, he 
 ere, or if he 
 ill ally, Mr. 
 
 before I go 
 >:8:e qfter the 
 
 I can show 
 nie on trial 
 h his feeble 
 yearly con- 
 d will most 
 ^ my quad' 
 ' of Sancti- 
 or even to 
 say, there- 
 
 > to him a 
 to himself 
 municated 
 
 the grey 
 it will not 
 tasdeter- 
 ^gredient 
 >on ezpe- 
 
 ity came 
 ry vision 
 f amends 
 ■ired and 
 I reality, 
 requiring 
 ing hhn 
 lothing; 
 
 > matter 
 'he had 
 ocessful. 
 fin his 
 tslation, 
 May 25, 
 ing the 
 District 
 ance to 
 
 I by my 
 i^elbeen 
 ill and 
 erefora 
 august 
 and a- 
 •boye 
 eril of 
 
 A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 1 ^ 
 
 c";JdS„W"SSe8«' vou TtSo,^2'r "?' • ^f r^ ha'^' I ^i" oncomore 
 ,u*^T^t*t a««re88 you, although a criminal a ready condemned hv mv 
 
 saj , I am, dear «r, yours truly, and affectionately, ' ' Thb MuSi '^ 
 
 of thT-Mufti^^A^' P'^?"e«»*«^ted design, m order to cover the strange conduct 
 District Sv^n^^ ^ colleagues, and to deter him from following theSfuftUo he 
 ofhilfh^^^ii ^* ''?"l''' nevertheless, have gone there, but hisS e Btv o 
 ?ore ^b Wd to ab^Ll*"" "^ ^'' ^^ ? ^'''''' ^^"^«- ^he 'old man was the >- 
 overthrow of 5heS? OnT^ .which must have resulted in the completo 
 
 tS «' firKf '•^*- ^' f'om which the words of the charge are taken enacts 
 
 iuSlfi^liL T' ""^ '*^y* ^^^"^ ^"^ *hat accumulated guilt upon them wlS 
 next Quodrunf^i «l,?^ be further ill-treated, to appeal from their doings to the 
 
 the summrs'°"ln2^*!^f ^l?.^*?.^'" ™f' ^.* *^« «™« ^"^ place appointed in 
 had Sng to dotfhe i..H.^'i{!^ * '"^"ir °^ independent men" who had 
 80 recently fonethrMSftlT^^^^^^ Synod who had 
 
 out nerve forVpnnfl^t 4- s bidding; composed in part of good men, but with- 
 dSplSwe of ?hf^r^„K?^ and afraid to do right for fear of incurring the 
 SK^seotenlilf '^^"'^ '" part of Stubborn's vile persecutoi-srwho 
 
 for a rao3^kTo!^n^^th\TIh^« m *!i^ f °"'P°«i«.«n f t^at august assembly.and 
 felt jirSSnV person wo^^^^^^ ''^^ contrived to manufacture a majority, 
 
 minid to taKL Hr Ir. ini J '- «""«"«dfd by a gang of murderers, deter! 
 of their iSictmentwW? ? '^ ^"',*^'' ^^""d"" "^^^ ^^ '"ade in the v^ordinsi 
 indiS on wo"S haTe^^^^^^^^ f'tTh^" "^^^ t«ke \legal advantage of. his jusit 
 nage%ppropS for the Son ""^ ^^^' ""^ *^'"" ""^^'^ ^*''=''«' '" ''-^"6- 
 
 tha£?onteSU^i°tw?Sr''^.^^" the occasion, began the proceedings v^lth 
 hunteS While Lwi^HnVJ"^'^ ''"^ self-gratulation peculiar to popularity 
 Wn, Sid S £n Sp ivnp^^^ crime charged (against Stub- 
 
 peari^TfShelmmiH ^^'''*'*'''" "'^* *'« ^^'i *™'y repented mid had ap- 
 KmtSfhii?aXn^K.1nr/M^-*H«"'"™^^^ ^'^^ *^« '"t'^ntion Jt 
 prevent a fSSL SlT& Fk^' ?'" "'°'^' *"** Promising to not again 
 ^-ey-headedifd mSdtte a saint of Sanctity's magnitude, the 
 
 idei of right MdwroiTKi*.;",,''^*^*'!'^^* ^"i*« consistent with his 
 This k a a fifrl^^ u/''''^'* ^^^ following is a correct translation: 
 JWriSj bdni f IJ^f t?/v*?l*° V« '"•, I »^^« ««ver wilfully off.nded 
 
 * *-^ ^hat dishonesty was a 
 
14 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 PMfcil iinoniBlv. lid icnri,™ „,wi i„i ?i . A'"' 1^P'» ta holy thinm b « 
 clinrBranre objoctal to IhTJwfnyiL, • .j"*""''**'' '" "<> sin i that It faS 
 
 party, for ,t wns by me tlmt tl.P n!,.,,JV' , ^ c""^' ^ *™ therefore the cuiltv 
 «m now arrn,>nedU tw by fdH SS ^^"t^ ^«« digcovered ' Ind I 
 «'« infam„„s fiaiul, and for s,h •'" ^^1^ ™"" °^^^' f"'^ having i.reven"o.l 
 
 nr,ft,tr£sts»^ 
 
 '''^?S"°"^'-«fyi"g7,;i,&cfl'f'"''''"''''''''»«"Blyrul,,theg„l,,f2 
 "^mm, b..tretaSriSLn"''K "•' "■""'""y "h"' would be calW a 
 
 men. ' How. then 1 5 r\^^r «'>'"^'''« I would the evi(J«nce of anv S^ V „ ' 
 c*?Sr "-' - *^- «-r o- «:^tuT^',\to^^^^^^^ 
 
 than th/pr'o? thS'i,.?- :;;£ „^« has mo. con^mon sense 
 
 •ttemptatswmdJing. They it So ^L^-*''*"'*"^ ""^'"^ «»«»» to coverhij 
 
 .ngJy «. well «w4«Ii;r\;*w%^^^^^ hjs purpo^'w'il! 
 
 — , ,^ — "^**'* ** *^---*^ -" ^^^^^ he will not due to 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 15 
 
 rront ia.?.'^"'^'' ""'^ ''^ '« "'««d t« '^ ^y the determiuat. wicked- 
 
 the important documentXCbsrmrlTfh^ fin *^""/ 'j*^ ''" '^•'ed raiding 
 hig feetVand began to le St h^s S wi2m wT"''\^f h'^'"i«f '"• Rot on 
 
 and he clauned that rijrht At tho Knm„ V;I u , , '>ht to say a word ; 
 
 the correctness of his Sition For f ho ^' ^? TPe«l«^ ^ ''"dge Simple for 
 appealed to rajutotZ th'o ll^^S U^VfoS^ ^' ''-^^-"^ 
 
 if«^ag^e"'SMufS iSdtit^th.t:'f.z^'^"',^'r ^^'^^ ^p^-kS^rwi;;; 
 
 StubboS saw that alK^i^wL gafL^'^^^^ «*";>"'« .pernecutod 
 
 legal Bide of his judgeshiD S the'" ^'^i^^- necessity of keeping on the 
 persecutors that thdrprSdings were'il7cll SXfff*"'^^', "^T'"*' '"s 
 further without his con^nt Xt he S Je^a^^^^ 
 
 tranquil. He was yet on legalTouud\,?d 'thS ^.i/" Judgeship appeared 
 
 find lodgment in the roiom breaste. The coiiSan™ nfT?i' 5 
 »ed that his mind was vet f».len»i ;„ it^.^P™?."""'-?."^ ,""> '?'":'."«1 
 
 could not „„„ ^«u(jmcuu ,1, „,c,r pmus oreiwte. The countenn 
 
 judge showed that his mind yet rested on legality ^^'"^ ^ ''^ the learned 
 
 was characteristic of him ; carefully avoiding the use of ^^word that^«I„i.i^^ 
 met the chaise ; and, being sensible of the merited rebX whichTome of sSh^ 
 
16 
 
 ■4; 
 
 :i! 
 
 \ 
 
 IN 
 
 THK MUFTI, 
 
 hf)nor would rcKcnt tho rohnlcA nnri !«.!.,„ u- . . ~ ' 
 
 but was obliged, afteJhctt ;.„"d" hSi. a ""hilo'to LV't.? ".'*" -"*«-?* '' 
 jiidKo'B opinion, Not bo with tho pio,»an,\\7X ,^n"''^ "*<' '«»'»''ty of the 
 he had failed in his purpose. rniZTll^Lturih^^^^ «« ^^ *h«t 
 
 without ei her excommunication or extermloation L/^^^''' '^*'"'^' «8«»pe 
 that sensibility of mind and heart, whici enab p« .;rna?'^' '"*'."» endowed wi h 
 
 that he had expected tho crey-headed olrl Rf„i^^ h **® ^''^'So, rose and said 
 hisn/eandhuall) would have mSTpet^n^^^^^ ?T' '" ^»^t. he owed 
 
 Hpokcn of his intent to swindle hTs cK!d tSSs'Sl' ^'^'^'^^' ^^'^ ^avi.^ 
 
 Whereupon Stubborn, half risin- from }w«ll? ^**^^ was a wrong act. 
 which could not bo misunderstoo 1 «dd : :\tft ^\*h « tone of voice 
 
 much an to say, you will cet no mr.rn « 7,.'*'*^° '^'<^' I have said " as 
 
 tiUKj) sui,l the c'h,frge was fidly met and thevTou 5'n ?\^f «^ the Mufti^ 
 Hna.1 not havin,^ forethought enough io an ?dnS« 1 ' ^i''/"'" '°«'«- ^'ab- 
 rantal still insisted on a porsonS apoloffv 'l^^^^^ 
 
 necessity of his speaking again, and roTindUd " tha 'h; h^*,''?^'" ««^^ *ho 
 mot the charge, and that he *;ould do no nTore • th!^5 ^k ''*^ ^"1'^ »»^ fairly 
 liked." Judge Simple, still under the impression thaJl^*^.*"?*** ^^ ^ t»'«y 
 apin gave it as his opinion that " StubbZ's Inswlr h„^ ^'^ «<■■«"» the judg/ 
 of the charge." He was very sorry for it afterwS ^ ">?',*''« ""^"^^ ground 
 chapter. Poor, disappointed CrabsViarl w^ in ^Z '" '^ •*''"» '"" » f"*"' 
 and twisted about like a wounded siiK-nf^i^^ ^ ** ^^^^ ' ^ body writhed 
 to submit t.> the legal opinS of t t^i" Ige 'tZ iK?J. "^n' ^"* ^e S 
 an apology for having behaved unb«com ugly to S,!nct?tll ''^. J"^«''« ™'^'^i"« 
 to hun than even the judge's opinion fo? i? tit % ^'^ ^*'' "^o™ painfid 
 besides Stubborn having done wrX 5t IZ 1^^- «y«'«'»ce of somebody else 
 
 '"'SJSSf £^"^^^^^^^^^ muV/t"en&^^ '"^ ^'« '^'^ «' *he 
 Ho - /M^'£^^^^^^^ Of being in a fix. 
 
 rchffims tactics, for he could not at tbiT «i^ *• "*.°*^ ^is profound skill in 
 Stubbom.was provoked to ap^alt the n S qSS1S,\?'^^*"^''"" > *haVif 
 doings might be brought to %ht ; that aUhoSh « i J^^ /^.?°^' ^" *heir pious 
 be sure to be there to do his bidding he won fuf h.s faithful idolisers would 
 Vounff Mufti would preside ; thaUhe^iVKti mTb/ ^ ^f ^'^^J'' *»^' "'« 
 deas, and comprehensive views of tWngsf tSSnoraf ^n^, °°*. ^r^. «»<^h refined 
 that although a Mufti had it in his MwSKti ^^ «P»"tual, as he had ; 
 *57Jf »^t and action, yet, as it was impSle forTh? f""'"* m" ?.1? '""»«"«« *« 
 of tha high standard of intellectualTX Sid LSffn '^"'^u^"J" « "'^d to be 
 acteristic attributes of his own mlndth^L ^^^atness which were the char- 
 a direction as would expSS^ htaT^'AL Zus\"S ^V'^**^'^ ^^'^^ 
 of the vulgar and the minified, and gi v1 oM Sf .fh^'^P^'^.f ^ ^^e criticism 
 tnumph. And, after wriggling and twfstiLiml,^*^™' ^^I **"' « «>Jnplete 
 ha-a-as, he admitted that Stubkira Ld m^^^^^^^ ^'^ he^-ems and 
 
 the usual way, Stubbom's rep 1™ to th? chwl wS *"1', **'''°^ * ^°^ i° 
 Mufti and his accomplices, howe/er had it in th!;r ^"'^'^ally accepted. The 
 strength to refuse Stubborn a renewal of his offiS? ^""a-' ^^ l^«" numerical 
 
 . While Stubborn was takine a v^aw of ihia -^^ ^^ *, succeeding chapter^ 
 Piotcs determination was to dSro? hiT anrl^f'^P' ^^ ^''''^^^ that theh- 
 he Id not but recognize in thlm^V Mc.!^^^ harmless the guilty Sanctity 
 utes and disposition^ff men are LntLllw^^^^ that the^atSrSXb: 
 
 B nkmg similitude, or parallel^ betS TheVoceeSV"/J *«^- *^® «*^ « 
 the domgs of the persecutors of an innocent ?n? fnlT °^ ^'^ Persecutors and 
 p;r>vornor, .-^^ording to tho cnistom of th it a™ ««L 1 1?"''°*'- f^^ ' ^^^ ^^^^ the 
 shou (1 release unto them thrSnijent S'nr . "fi»"ltitude whether ho 
 M"/lics and (M ndim Elder, advfs^uS r" bblo f haf % "''*^ murderer, the Chief 
 doier, and hand over for execuS ?S TnSeSld'Lf ot!* ^^ ''' '''' """'^ 
 
 ^). 
 
A LEOEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 17 
 
 THAITER VI. 
 
 or the cm-llnZTll^^^^^ "' ^'^^'r^-fa// rf the young Mujli ,m StublxmC-Kt,xat 
 rZ,uir^.TJ^, r ,yr ^. '**"'<•'»« refimil to meet SMitxnii—txvcUi-ialion «f Stulhurn— 
 
 anotHIl^^nU nf"?*!^""',^^."'^.' "^ *^!'"'"' ^^^ '"'*• 0"^ hero was appointed to 
 ?rmnl« f ^'?*-'"' ^'"* c'rcmstances made it imperative for him not to 
 
 mS rT ^ '"!,"'T. "''"'■«"• *'"* *" '*^™*'" «t «'« Embrio City for a few 
 This new chaTse"*'"^' ^"""^ " ^''"^'' "°* """»«*l'»*«'y take possession 
 
 rnt!nn^nir!.^'*-T' ''"iflu St"^l>«''" experienced a little relaxation from perse- 
 cution and anxiety. At the «ame time, he was conscious that all he had cained 
 rr«!^fal/il^^-^-'''"*i""l5:the retention of his membership as a Mussulman. 
 SS wTri of 3'^ • ''"' ^r* T^ S"^ ^"'^'^""S« he had pJLd through. wer«, 
 SaLtllh /?!'"■ "P^'^.f.'J^^*? him, when compared with the indellible dJs' 
 LT ,T • K ^IT^ f'^^y" ^«'"'?« had brought upon the congregation of his 
 Lhl^Hf* ^"th>8 faith that a day of reckoning would ulthnately come; 
 rrrorrlirS' J'Jw T ^°"f ^^^^ belongeth, would recompense his persecutor; 
 areording to their deeds, buoyed up his injured spirits, so that he could calmly 
 wait the issue of the next act in the drama. He felt that, although it might ^ 
 \Zk A • u . ** '"'^'''* ^'^^^"^ ^'■O'" " continuance of their abuse of him, yet 
 Thn nnll A!? ?K T*'"' ™u'.* e^^utually prevail against trickery and dishon;58ty. 
 wJthifo. fLAl*^''''%''i?'.?,"y particular annoyance, during this interval, 
 W.18 the fact that the great Mufti was constantly poking his reverend hand int<i 
 tL; nK?J^,orf7''*' '^/i!'lu^ the most poUU, marked and affectionate regard for him. 
 ♦hi M «" *?'*' T}^ ^^^ nuisance as well as he could, knowing that while 
 
 DSmSv'TS ?"'" ^; ^^ '^ ?" ^'^ P«*«'' •" ^'^t"«"f his mushroom 
 popularity, to inflict any further injury upon him that his great knack at 
 scheming might devise, and dictate to his idolizers. 
 
 All this timtt and, indeed, ever since Mr. Sanctity had put honor upon the 
 
 nndl'^f i^" ""^ ^^^ ^?!"i'^"^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ a "member of it, his disti^shSi piety 
 and growth m grace had so enshrined him in the affections of the /a*A/«Z that 
 he was put forward and held up as a pattern for imitation, and a leader iii prayer. 
 It was highly necessary that he should bo exhibited on particular occasions. At 
 all the anniversary meetings peculiar to Moslem and Koran Societies, he must 
 either lie a mover or seconder of some important resolution, in order to display 
 hKpracttcal knowledge m divme things, as well as enrapture (?) the audience with 
 his staitme eloquence; or it must be seen with what dignity and grace he could fill 
 ine cnair. Also, upon sacramental occasions, his saintship must be particularly 
 conspicuous; for no one then dared to advance to the table of the Lord until 
 his huge corporatiou had gracefully moved from near the centre of the Mosque 
 to near the altar. Ihis sublime and majestic movement was quite uniformVand 
 every one seemed to be GO struck with sublime awe, and so to feel their own 
 mtenonty, th&t no one could advance towards the sacred board until about the 
 commencement of his kneeling posture, which seemed to indicate to the 
 congregation that they were at liberty to advance. This interesting state of 
 Tilings lastect lOr a number of months. Stubboru looked on with pity and dis- 
 gust, at seeing a ^rson who had deliberately attempted to swindle a fatherless 
 cniid out ot a portion of her inheritance, metamorphosed into a saint of the first 
 magnitude, not by the influences of religion upon his understanding and con- 
 science, but by the magical influence of the great Mufti, in contravention of the 
 benign purposes of heaven. 
 
 Shortly before the assembling of the next Quadrantal Synod, the yomg 
 Mufti was installed into the divinity chair of the Embiio City, and the creatand 
 unparalleled Mufti took his leava. He had the precaution, however, not to 
 Offer Btubbo m a parting shake of the hand. But his mantle feU upon those of 
 
18 
 
 THE MUFTI. 
 
 l\ 
 
 fil 
 
 ,4 
 
 Bpirit, that they at onccJlZ.^t "!^'^ ' ^''»t« a .loul.lf ,»^.rti.,„ „( his 
 
 circumHtances which mi^ht.~^f «n V *^''^, 'ulvHnta;,^o (.f a»> favombU^ 
 him. This waTcvlden fthi^ w^i iT'^^^Tlu^' •'"' '"' extinguisher „p<,n 
 
 official Btai^dinK. Thr^iLI^Tn^fr Sn/ f n ' "**'''^^' the renewal of Stubbov.rs 
 being the chief oratorf oT /h„ ** • \^^^ CrabKuarl and Judge Simple (Mioy 
 
 were groundlese- for tlTatbn L^ i^ ^ Y '"/"'P^^ *•>"» «'at their coniplainis 
 together about thrSll condUion Tf «.' J " "l^^' ''^'■*'' conversing 
 
 "land its surrender to Sanctity, 'lliev knew v^rv Liw? stubborn and de- 
 
 the comma^id of sSbbom thev m ^d T '"*> ? '""^ ^ ">'^* ««=«>""* was at 
 could they «S»^inSinzS^^^^^ '.i -v' ' \,^f.«nsuishing him, nor 
 
 tion deal&g outto Sm Si meriSS A irt I i ?"««»bihty of a day of retdbu- 
 inexistend, there wJ?<£S«rof^ei;:.; 'f^:.t^'^^ '' ^Y^ «««"'^* ^^^s 
 even^e great M^Sr^^^/^^p:^^;^ '-'^"^ «S^*' -^ 
 in due time the Yntinn Mufti ^ned ..nor rH t^^- > u r * 
 
 the matter ^con??overs?^?anS'eve1 to 't^'l^iV' ^'\' '''^''''' ^^^^' 
 Stubbom's justindigSn Li^ff am,3 of ti^^ *t*''*' I'lfamous account. 
 
 Im., .tot lU. .ptoio„ of hh .ito pemK^to^-w^i^t^^yZg; 
 
A LEGEND OP THE OLDEN TlME, 
 
 19 
 
 instinctive 
 tiim «)f hiti 
 'i? a Hinuln 
 ►_ fiivoiabUi 
 iwlier iipoii 
 i^r it would 
 ity, 118 well 
 
 PilM-tici) of 
 
 ) teach any 
 
 10 tcHchiiij^ 
 conscleiico 
 tin after a 
 
 lie Jlufti's 
 i friend of 
 Stubborn 'k 
 iple (Miey 
 up fury of 
 irgcK wcro 
 ion, quite 
 » liit upon 
 coquetted 
 doings; of 
 ving him- 
 Hiit under 
 roni liini. 
 oin plaints 
 itubboru'K 
 •t neither 
 te Intlinti- 
 Banctlty'B 
 on versing 
 iKirn had 
 ^enty-livo 
 ■or some- 
 moinent. 
 ong time, 
 by their 
 3 renewal 
 oouraged 
 lavlng ill 
 property 
 ould not 
 and de- 
 account 
 iking up 
 the sum 
 it was at 
 lim, nor 
 ^ retiibu- 
 >unt was 
 gbt, and 
 
 paper or 
 orn, had 
 1, and of 
 account, 
 nfamous 
 he fath- 
 bing her 
 tg Mufti 
 ice they 
 
 had taken this Inst step, he should now seek to have matters raotie right by all 
 lawful wave and means. ' 
 
 1 '^>8 'les'gns f'f the pious crew again failed to crush and humble old Stub- 
 born. They could not diniWH-^css him of the evidence of Sanctity's guilt : and 
 this was a great bar to the tMijoyment of that serene state of mind which Godly 
 men enjoy when the ne plus uUm of their wishes is obtained. The vUimatum of 
 banctitys f^ito wcr, yet a cont.ngency. Old Stubborn might, perchance, live 
 a tew years longe/. vnd tiiat was a contingency much to be deplored. 
 
 heveral montli t p-ws-d, during which the old man made several attempts to 
 nave mattm disposed ol in such a way as would render It possible for him to 
 remain a »nei;! her of that conffreyation. He even made overtures, through the 
 Young MnK , „llenng to overlook all the injury he had suffered, as far as Sanc- 
 tity was personally concerned, if ho would meet him in presence of the Young 
 hi • "r^ ,• ''^^ %l|cart, and simply make an apology to him for having laid 
 linn m the lie at the time of the indecent proceedings at the Quadrantal Synod 
 in asserting that the before mentioned account was true, and that he could 
 Pfove It to 1)0 true by I^^squire II. and Major W., if they were alive, and that in 
 an evi hour he had suffered himself to make up an untruthful account agidnst 
 Ills said niece. Stubborn inslHted that such a pnVote acknowledgment by hia 
 Hamtship was the least that any man could he expected to accept of as satisfac- 
 tion for the insults and abuse ho had sufferwl on his saintshlp's account. But 
 hanctity felt hnnself to be so strongly entrenched behind the rampart which the 
 gr(!at Mufti 8 popularity fog had thrown around him, that ho refused to meet 
 htubboin, or make the least apology to him for the injuries he had dono him 
 , *""," r V'?7®. .^ ^''"' '^^ Sanctity to have complied with that reasonable 
 demand of istuW)orn, rather than wait tho hour when hia accumulated guilt 
 would call for the vengeance of Heaven to fall upon him. For no one that 
 worketh abomination, or maketh a lie," can escape the final ordeal of eternal 
 justice and judgment. 
 
 Stubborn, tinding that no honorable adjustment of matters could be obtained 
 (tlie Young Mufti being unwilling to take upon himself the adjustment of diffl- 
 cu ties which the mal-administration of his predecessor had produced), wascom- 
 pelled, from principle, to expatriate himself from Ms long peacefully enioved 
 home in the house of God, and take refuge in a neighboring district. The grey 
 beaded old man is often seen wending his way, with tottering step, a distance of 
 three miles, to a place of worship. The enquiry is often made-How is this? 
 wjiat has he done ? The only answer that can be given to these enquiries, is— 
 He prevented a fatherless child from being robbed, or swindled, out of a large 
 sum of moi oy by hcr>>jaiM uncle, and in the integrity of his heart, spoke of the 
 = ct as beiu ; i jnme ! A feeling of disgust pervades the minds of all who have 
 tieard ot tne traiiKaction, excepting, however, those upon whom the mantle of 
 the great Mufti fell when he took his departure from the Embrio City. Betri- 
 butive justice, though sometimes long delayed, is as sure as the word of him 
 who built the skies. Such questions a.s these arise in contemplative minds :- 
 Wi I God approve of such doings ? Can the smile of His approbation rest upon 
 such a teacher and his accomplices ? How can it be expected that the Most 
 High can approve ? Will He not rather show his disapprobation by suflFering a 
 dearth and a, mildew to be upon them until their cup of iniquity shall be full 
 ready for judgment ? How can a religious influence be continued by their influ- 
 ence, when, by their very acts, they ignore the teachings of Heaven, and uproot 
 tne toundation upon which all religious hopes and triist are stayed, by insulting 
 Uod to his face m justifying crime ? Such teaching is the veriest insult to the 
 Biiiucr who comes to the house of God for instruction, for how can a man feel 
 that he is religiously instructed by those who hold crime at a premium ? The 
 wickedest men know that crime is not religion, and however sinful they may 
 themselves be, they will scoff, with • contempt, at any instruction that is not 
 based upon the words of eternal truth. A day of reckoning must surely come 
 
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 20 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 CHAPTER Vir. 
 MAL-ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 -Stopping, the ^uppli.s-Stubbom^slZTHoM^n^M^f-'^''^^''''''''' Hi'farlunel 
 Scheming of the Mufti to destroy SliZ^m^CraTJn^fy'' "^'n "!^ ""^-Malice prepeme- 
 
 Svnod-Hit attempt tof^ hinZVmUiXt&^?!nK^:t^'~'^'^ Mt^i'slaH 
 
 complaints may te miSr the S«DerStPnSif"M tV Pl'^'^ '^'^•"^t ^^om 
 
 chaises are preferred against any LocRnfH To !5 ' F""",*^!? *''**• "^''^n 
 
 Superintendent shall. With the me^^^^ ^^^ ^"''"'*' ''"'^ *he 
 
 accused Mufti; and tkryshaKra^tLritvffh?^^ so chosen, try the 
 reprove or suspend him. mtheeI^S^n^^nI^!}%^ S^""!,' S"'^*^' *» admonish, 
 shall be deterii^ned " The 0„^nf„ft '^^u^'^^"^;,^^®" *^e whole matted 
 a Court to 4^,7 page 24 qmt?on 3 Siswl^l' "^ * ^"'"^ ""^ Z^^^' ^^^^ "«' 
 business of that tribunal if '?SS^r i' JJ„T. ^' J?'' ** P""^* ^^ the regular 
 And page 69. answer 6 savs «r^h?e.*"P'^"**?'*°d*o receive and try appeals." 
 plainQainrt aS Cft ; *^7a„^S7^^?At^^' ''^ r«^!vin/i; com- 
 J»«rson««t«erf, wUhVunameofa^a^ci^t ^ ^ themnplaint, m writing, lothe 
 ezamineinio the charge, fyc^ -^ <^ac«««-or accmers, beMe he calls a CommitUe to 
 
 in matters affecting bXpuwSrd /div.Vl,^fl ,-n?.*° ?' ^'' °P'"> *»d «J^ic« 
 ;«ot«Mr. CrabsnarfhimMlfSwof him rinli^''^'^^^ '"* ""*'*» «<>' *hat the 
 (but a short time hSSe ^tmi^'t^u^^ expected to die 
 
 &ithfal, by cond^ding to SL^"* -m^' T.?^*?u^ congregation of the 
 be a public calai^'^ ^"""^ ** "'-"'^'^ ^'f **') *hat " his death would 
 
 He'^L'^ii^ite^S^^^^^^^^ Mufties, young or old. 
 
 iStS^ist!Jtt^S^-=^^ 
 
 i"aStei;?»SS5^r^H^^^^ f.rs=7t 
 
 endeavoring to ''stop the suTOHes fn S *^l ^'''ll''^ *^^ Preachers," and 
 He had, in early life m^eSmf?nV.?fi^^^ *u.^?^P *,''® preachers humble." 
 and no one <^nfd Sa hSr^l.fe^^^^^^^ f^'"" ^- ^-f ^""""^^t Musslemen, 
 was no fawning svconhant hi^ VnT r^''S^O"«, privileges than he did. H^ 
 sufficient guaranteeTr^a^vman',S^ T" *'"*^.a«'i uprightness as a 
 dishonestyflow cj^ning, S^i'ngT/^eJn'ness'""*^- ^^ P*'^"™'"''^ ^^P'-' 
 
 entitled to t*h:Sr^?ied'*SSoflf, V^'} '^V'' ^«^ «*«»''-^. «^d 
 AtthesametimrhTSSneSowZj ? T\ P"^''«g«»' "w* aJ^vo shown, 
 had saved a fatherle^ cWld f?om ?J^^' ^'ft^ ""'^ prevented a wrong. He 
 cowardly ad^TthSler aSnl a^«^^^ T *u^ '*^"^'"' *"^ ^"^ «P°'^«» "^ *»»« 
 
 gi^r'rndlhirSls"4^sum^X7^;S; ?L"^«. ^^i^^Winflu^nc^s^^H: 
 lemism could not^hStubb^nL„n^"S.'^!."' 5«?diug ! The law of Mos- 
 againstthelaw; bi'Hhere w^^^^^^^ f"^' }\V^^ "«' transgressed 
 
 law of the great Mufti"rS>mnar tv ^^ f '^^ !T}^ ^''^' «»^ that was the 
 the unoffendinc old nmn W^.L^"~ ''^ .^"i^i .^"'^ this was brought to bear on 
 eous tratSiZXeZZXT^Z'llfni'i '" ^^"^^'H "'' ^^ thatunright 
 righteou. ,aw of Ood S itttT ^ht C" ot ^^r.^-^P^h^oKalt ?o? 
 
icaSta OI 
 
 A LEGEND OP THE OLDEN TIME. 21 
 
 liai-8 shall have their portion in that TJ! Vu^l ^*^ « ^*^ says that, "all 
 stone,'' &c. ButthisSfslys! "nifso trt •^"'*°'? ^'*^ ^'^ and'brim- 
 accounts." It is, therefore, SrdiJf tS \£ J' u- °° H'" *° ""^^^ «P f'^'se 
 account is ?n itself a lie, and Euthor of f ^'"^'m''^ ^^F'" *« ««• A false 
 consistent with this Mufti's teSi Vila ".«^fa"ly « 1 ar; but perfectly 
 18 blighted and humbled in shle teforelch *i5*t^"' law is ignored, rellgioS 
 
 the assurance to teach such dorrLeSor«hl^^J"^-* ."^^'^ *^'« ^""' ^^^ 
 above quoted. Now all this was dfnK! ** Q"adrantal Synod in the words 
 
 the effect of the heat of debaKnt tlS ?• °? *i® P"' *>f *^^« ^ufti, and not 
 
 r««/»ce^r9^e, which will nowbe ^en '^ '^''* °^ premeditated design - 
 
 members? ^the^'^^^e^^royC^ltrh J f'T ^''^ "™« ^^"•'"ty became a 
 systematic in his ^r^Sn of^j S SS^rn*''^ ^^?* *^""' ^"^^ ^'"^ very 
 thought, which will be revealed in th« SaJ^™' ^P"^ ^"^ '^^^'"^s- ^s Stubborn 
 
 In pursuit of his »«»« nJrS^ InH il*^*? **'' Crackers, 
 sublime knack of schSJg^ffScke^v^^ t T^" '"T- ^^"^"^ ^^ '*' *h« M»f«'« 
 understood for some timfl ♦v.owuiJ^ ,?!***' ^« ^'^ active exercise. It whk 
 
 National Synod TL^rto^b^^fliKh'^^^^^^^ ^'« ^^^''^'^ *« ««k Z 
 hnn back to the Embrio City thefourth v^r ^^^^""^"^ community, by sending 
 not favour such schemmg. It w^ S/fnt * ^«i^.'»e«' *»»»* Stubborn would 
 should be neutralized. It m^^hZufcZ' IfP".*^'""*, *'^"' Stubborn's vote 
 upon him so early as in the s^nd vl^f T+u® ^*',*^ '"*''« * ^^^^'^^ onslaught 
 
 giving him time I i^4r hl^eff Cd m eM^h^^ [' '^^'^'' ,^."'»t ^«"'^ l^" 
 great design. There was one nl«n 'i,« might be the means of frustrating the 
 
 be kept a profound S= from a^' but cJnLrn^t^^ ^'^t* ^T^^'^' ^"* '' ""' t 
 the business programme for tho io<.*V? ^j^'^uaential Crabsnarl. So then, when 
 
 Mufti's ecclesttrSScfo^X^^^^ K'lf' f'^ *-«rfy.«r'of the 
 
 and all-important memomndum was S? A ^ ^^ beautiful, pious, 
 engraved on the disinterestprl an^ • T^ °" *^® programme, or snuclO 
 forget to renew thTLSMiSicJS '^T'sf 1^^"!= "««-emKo 
 my city charge, no one else «S be?Sted hi rSw^"!/?*'*' **"^^ °°« "«^«'- 
 generally mind their own busSe^ tSTnion? ^.J^i.^ forgetfuJness, and as peoi)le 
 disinterested manoeuvre will K pfft?,.oV • "^'^ ^''l «<>* Rediscovered. This 
 though he was put down^y a direct v?te;ftLT*":S'''°^^^^^ v«t«. ^ 
 
 for my remaining in chaige^attKnbriontvfhrf^ .^^♦'" *he ^ote 
 
 snarl, being the reconler, will XitSsilf^Q* S!!5*^ ^f.'i" ^ ^"'^^n. Crab- 
 canno vote, for that he is a noU lS MufS '^ ^^^"^ ''"' '^^ *°'^ *•>"' '^« 
 an3.b';i"at?n"^'^t"i;Vy^^^^^^^^^ not discovered by 
 
 which passed between his r JvSSe rnS^ ^1 ''^^^* glances of the eye, 
 license, as a Local Mufti, vH^M^forZ^^^^^' *5** }^% '•«»«wf 1 of his 
 case, and cared nothing for it oX thST!' ^' ^® understood the law in the 
 and hypocrisv in the hS of Qod '"*' ^'««"«t«d «* such prank-playing 
 
 of thtlWe^^'b^S^ Sr -t£ ;^^'« '"«»^« ^«-« inthe«W, 
 the great Mufti was acknowledS ♦« i5^ ^^i^** ^ ^'■^* * 'e^ival preacher aa 
 ness of soul and po8iS3S*°^„T«"Ii«'^ ^o«^W, descend toWh lUtl^ 
 proof positive, that his reverSelid StSlv , '"^^irj^ths before hehad the 
 asahcalMm. For one evenLrat theS T''^^/*^^*' '^ ««*«' *" «'^«»«' 
 
 officials-taff. sSbfe'^-n^rnrUS^rnffe^^^^^^^ ^^^' S^^^^ 
 though surprised ; when, as auick L thn^,^* l^"^' ^^^ P®'^"^ lool'ed upas 
 that ;. Stubborn ^as not a^ 2Sl mefe but^h'if/rr I3T^^ »°d ^«d 
 M"f« on account of his age." S SubS h"i*^i^^*5:^*^ ¥.«» ««"» I^al 
 
 Mufti on account of his age." "u StubS "l!!^^?^!^® *''^*^ ^^"^ «« » I*«al 
 
 LU18 was proof of the far-seetae Dolin» an.! i,.«,.^!„.i„,i 
 
 would have been exposedTr 
 
 of ecclesiastical law.^1 thfa^i;rS|.^f nTtTl'/""*''^ '<"»«<«-e»tei administration 
 cunning of the great Mufti aj wSlKl ^J?* far-seehig policy and low-minded 
 «i«^wVblock8 remov^'oS of "h^w^v of W^eM ^T^'P^t ^" ^^^^"^ «» 
 at the Embrio City. It also orovS thlM w ^~"**° ^ * ***"'!» y«*"' charge 
 Jli;flP!;2!!i!ggiJ^'^'»"> waa correct in the opfatlon L 
 
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 22 
 
 THE MDFTI, 
 
 had of the pietyoi the gre;.t Mufti ; and, also, that hia own destruction was deter- 
 mined upon Bu nevertheless, he was determined to do what was right a^ far 
 as he «n,Ier8too< his duty ; and, ax^cordingly, a short time beforeThe St ofiad- 
 r«nt.i Synod of the third year of the Mufti's charge, Stubborn made it a matter 
 of duty to inform him of Mr. Sanctity's affectionate regard for the estate of H^ 
 dead l«;other, as related in chapter II. This of course, although it wS a matte, 
 of public notoriety, and openly commented on by people at the maSet^W 
 gave great offence to the Mufti, and made him, if ^ssiMe, more than e^f; 
 determined upon neutralizing Stubborn's vote on the important Question of hi- 
 SZm^ ^''"'" '" ^^'^'""'^^ •''"^' ^^^atte'of coursrofdestroying 
 
 The Synod met, and it was moved by Judge Simnlo and nn n triatf„, ^r 
 course seconded by Mr Sanctity, "That^the J^^tSiyZhTre^S^^ to 
 appoint the great Mu ti to remain in his charge the fourth vear.'' Of course 
 his judgeship, in moving the importiint resolution, electrified the Svnwi bvThe 
 delivery of a very classic speech, closing a number of his well^ufned pL^riods 
 with the sublime expression, "What shall we do when he leaves us •' K 
 motion was opposed by Fathers Big-hetxrt and Stubborn, on the ground that t 
 would not be dignified to ask the great Provincial Synot to make Csof them 
 selves by bjeaking with the entire community, merely to gmtify a f^w 
 individuals ; that it was more becoming generous souls to allo^ other communr 
 ties to share m the ministrations of th^ great Mufti. After there h Jbee"^uUe 
 a blow-out ot speaking, pro and <m, and the vote was about to bTtaken sure 
 enough Crabsnarl, the recorder, cried out at the top of his sonorious voS' thit 
 • there were some there who had no right to vote, and ought not to Sve been 
 allowed to speak ;" and, beginning to count heads, the jieLcuted old Stubtom 
 was the hrstpei-fion named as having no right to vote'on the gr«at quSn 
 when the following interesting disputation and cross-firing revealed the « Si 
 
 •'^"* SJ'ii*'""'!^""" °^. *^ Sreat Mufti and his aocompS, £. CraLJ^^ 
 Stubborn—"! have a right to vote." v^rausnari . 
 
 Orabmarl — " You have not." 
 
 Stubborn— ' ' What's the reason 1" . 
 
 Orabmarl—" You are not a meml)er of this Synod." 
 
 Stubborn— " I am." ^ 
 
 Orabmarl — '* You are not." 
 
 Stubborn— "Iloyr do you make out that ?" 
 
 a-abmarl-" You are not a Local Mufti " 
 
 Stubborn—" I am." 
 
 Orabmarl—" I say you are not." 
 
 Stubborn— "yfhy am I not ?" 
 
 Orabmarl—' ' Your license wnsn' t renewed last year ' ' • 
 
 Stubborn-" I understand you ; but why was it not" renewed ?" 
 
 Orabmarl—" It was your own fault." 
 
 Stubborn—" How was it my own fault ?" 
 
 Synod ^i^i^'' ^°" ''"^^' ^ '"''''' ^''^"^''* *^^ ™***«' ^^""'^ ^^^ Quadmntal 
 Stubbom-"Not so. It was the duty of the Mufti to do so. That is a oart 
 of his duty ; and I cannot be made to suffer wrong, because the Mufti negWted 
 or forgot, to bring the matter b«fore the Synod. " neglected, 
 
 Hfi~l Stubborn is not a Local Mufti ; his license was not renewed • but on 
 occount of his age I have treated him as such." c"*-wtsu , out on 
 
 Stubborn-"! understand the law as well as either of you. I undex-stand 
 n- *^-„ J.^l!!?f_^^*?i'^ y«^^^ Your sly manoBuW has tSS mit 
 
 ^^tt^mf&'inthti^yP ' ^"' '^^ ^""^ *"^"'^'« *^ faothonmyside. lam 
 r ^^X^'iIxT'\ ^*"bbo'm is a Local Mufti, according to law. It was the dutv 
 of thekufti to bring the subject before the QuadrantS Synod Stubrornmnnot 
 be made to suiter because the Mufti did not attend to hi proper burineS Such 
 appointments hold good until they are annulled by the aoLTof the S^od ' ' 
 
 Stubborn then made a few tart and appropriate remarks upon the Ser In 
 dUpute, ^Wch called forth no reply, either from the Mufti or^mSnSlThS 
 .ittoiA... «n.n t.k.n -«^ ♦^e mo^qiLneitathrea by a two-ttiltdBUiftforits " 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 23 
 
 »,.•= J^ ^i.^*x^"^ii '°.°'^*'^ daggers at Stubborn, and immediately commenced 
 his premedidated attack upon him for having prevented a robbery, and havinc 
 Bpoken of the vilo attempt of Sanctity upon the inhcritaRce of his fatherleiS 
 mece,^«i unbecommg a saint. The result is before the reader. See chapter 
 
 'There are other instances of the profound Jesuital tactics of this great Mufti 
 which cannot well be mtroiluced into this chapter, as they more pro^rly belong 
 to the chapter on crocfcry-s, on account of their interwoven connection with the 
 manufacture of that staple article or element, in the great Mufti's sublime 
 science of morality and ei-clesiastical administration. It is, however nroner to 
 
 Sr- ^^''' .*^* ^1^' "^''^'"^ '^^f *"*" ^^' P'^S^ 33' '" <lcfi«ing the 7Ss ^( 
 Mufti 8, says they '' are required to execute all our rules fully and strenuouslv 
 Bgainst all frauds o o o o o o suffering none to remain in our Chur^Mn any 
 account who are found guilty of any fraud." But this great Mufti is so faV 
 
 u^y^ /i*'"' ''t^^^'^ *^*l'"® ^^ ^"'"*°' **^** '"^ *^« «^«r"«c of his profound 
 knack at low scheming, ho can prevent a saint being found guilty of crime bv 
 reversing Urn order of both civil and ecclesiastical jurisprudence, and punish Is 
 Macnm;, 0,0 unfortunate wight who happens to prevent a robbery ; and', ex 
 SKS-wfj'S^' ^^ P'^sence of his entire Synod, the guilty man hlm- 
 
 CHAPTER VnL 
 PRBLOilNABT TO A CHAPTER ON CRACKERg, 
 
 /WA.^ff'f ^"i*""^-.''?*''*'''' details of the sublime science of originating and 
 a^^SSe^.^;{iraTyTh:a'^^^ *'^ ^^"^^'"^ «^**«™«"^ -^ ---^« 
 
 piaco!%rtt.rsru=-'^^at^^^^^^ 
 
 tolerably fair Mussleman. At the same time, Mr. SanS hKot put hon^ 
 upon the congregation of the faithful by becoming one of them" bufL 1« 
 
 S'iJ^ ^^^'' TJ°LJ*' ^?' ^' ''^' '"^ th« "mostgra'ceJul and winningLn^^ 
 niado the great Mufti a large present, of which his reverence had fSSuentlv 
 spoken m the most glowing terms, both to Stubborn and others Inffl tip 
 great subject was so much spoken of, that even the school cMldrenchaSt^d it 
 about the streets; one of the Mufti's children was then going to schS An 
 this shadowed forth the great amount of piety with which wVwMsoon^^^^ 
 
 .t.?r^.-i/'ir^*r'^*^T'*"*l ^^^^ tJ^e commencement STl^Tond 
 *f!f ^}f Mufti's charge at the Erabrio City, Father Stubborn had nearlr 
 recovered from the illness before hinted at; and having discovered a Jerv2« 
 
 S^r^?.^%^-'°-^.^li: ^'^^^^y- ^« ^^«to I^i« saintehfp (that wa7t?^ff a 
 
 Sirst l^i?Tr'Si'KS^"^^r 1 ^.^"^^^^ ^ ^«"«' and commeSing npU 
 S «I^;;i?1S 5 °'.'»*l»«r^«Perim«nt«. mpiety, in the true spirit and philosoohv 
 of genume Mosleinism. The wa^to-be Mr. tkmctity felt the rebuke venrkeenlv 
 
 •eeWtho'iillS'.'nf'ii;. ~.1 :" °'''^' 'of PJO'K'M" » Uio urest Mufti, who, 
 teD«?vaSSTt. SS^k^'-'L"!!"*' "Stubborn believed, m«de him » pmb. 
 
 And here oommenoed that mal-administration of ecclesiastical law-that 
 malignant detemtfnation to pereecuto Father Stubborn Su?caS-thJt 
 determination to elevate this new-made saint to some d£ti3shed3bn in 
 the «)ciety of the faithful-^ tfa>t gUb skill in mauuSK ,Sd ffng ^ 
 
24 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 f 
 
 ^y::^^^'^^^^^:^ ^^ *^« ^-* ^^""^ ^»-^ *^« 
 
 tlic i"K£,T ^L*'?r2S^n"'? 1«?°^r««". a committee, composed of 
 i'ithobufiE^LaSr^f^^oM '"^"^^^^ Simple, and Father Siff-hmtt, met 
 preceding the first SS^nJ^^^ T^Z'"'' ""^ *^« ^««^ «v<'°inP« immediately 
 
 His rcvefonce £ SZoSL^n***'? of the second year of the Mufti's charge 
 demnatioTof SSiSS^hi"**'"^^^^*^" manoeuvre to secure the c^n- 
 Stubborn, in the^^ t^o7w'„^^^ *^*™ °f *h« ecclesiastical trick-but 
 as this committ^e^^3«n^J™*!tf ' ^^Pl^^^d to go over to the Mosque just 
 
 invited to go into Sfhti^f *^''V*"'* *"'*^''*S *h« *^"f« «* the d3or, ias 
 calloH f.^*h chamber to meet a committee, whom, he said had Wn 
 
 wSibJl IrS butThf loi 7*? *^.« ""«°^ °^ ««S letten ' SSrn 
 plaintiff and deSd-rntsLllL^^^^^^ was not there. The law says that 
 
 charge StSwrn wit'rfho l-^ ^^ brought face to face. The Mufti proceeded to 
 
 telling h m o? thrwono- S« bl?T' ""^ """i^l"^ ** ^^^^' ^ *h« «'«l'"« «aint. 
 recHlhi8l7ff^r«n!i ^^ "^ ^*^ donc, and demanded that Stubborn shouh 
 
 demuiTed to the deSd^. £. ^"^a^?^^^ *"^ '^"'^ee Simple. Stubborn 
 the Mufti lmdnothSrto?Jiwffh^j?°^^^^^^ P"^**« letter, and that 
 
 his «iinteh Tor laid fnvfM^ ' ^**' "'?*' *h** ^^^ ^"^ ^""en nothing to 
 
 could then move to^b^Yrue^^^^^^^ ^^i^l** '^^ *^"*'»' «"d what he 
 
 to denounce himself- that hV.^^.i^^^^ with the unjust demand would be 
 a lie for he ifn^w /hf k* • ?u.^ not comply with thedemand without telling 
 that'tS^co ' i^Tith tt^ ^f *l°"« ""^i ^« ^*d laid to his charged 
 
 that heSd not dishonor bS^rn** «"*^e«r '»»? salvation of his soul, and 
 serious tCghtSeZ^^pt 5^"^ ""*''' ^^^ give their demand even one 
 by the unSding stubtom ^ """" "'^^^^ ""^'^ ^"'^ ^ ^^^'^ ''i^^^ 
 woulfrnKL^lt^'^J ^""^ ^''*''*'*«** that if Stubborn did not comply he 
 
 new made^S .^^^a^'irr^^^^^^^ " I'd stiSn*'?.V'"^' *?/^ 
 
 ?o"betulrrdT«"w^il^7Ht^J£^ 
 
 writing the truth " ' R,S '' ^jh i?*?" *** i"/°, ™^*'"* «* *•»« sanctuary for 
 
 you to^rKhe truth in eVldSco '' ' 'S'?S?/"^f ^T^^'' ^^ "'» °«* *»«^ 
 be nreSnf «f ii! /^^'""li^S^ *^';'? ^ understand that some oilier pereons would 
 
 privi 
 
 «onof%h?faifS?,i'^\,"/'*® P^'^'' '""'t *« ^^''tl^i *o t^e 8>mT)athy and protec- 
 shield ofpr^^tiSi' aiSuff t?^ T'^t^K* *^' S''? ' ''^ '^^^^ "y throwing the 
 -yBclf by^lS^riieT^^etrmTeS^^^^ 
 
 pSs;^ ^SdrtSr^i^h t^« r * -^y"«^d^^^^^ 
 
 suffer death Sforo I tm WiSL^ mvS?^? '^'^'i!?"' *^^"^ * "«' »°d I will 
 is tolerably well puniSed^ofhi« W?Jff:i. ' ^' ^«^«ver, that his saintship 
 your movemen" -fOT hf h^ .^1 *r' «*T*^'y meanness. This is evident from 
 ed to protS Wm in his w«nnoW^2JJh^' ^r,^!*^",'^^ y°" ^^^^ determin- 
 an innooent, injurS mm bJ^iS^^?''^\1^ f^?"^^ «^»* *»»« destruction of 
 (looking all Sr^fTem to the S M^^ ^,«^ y'"'. 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
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 generous towards him. 
 
 *K» m ei.•^'l 'r ".""• ^^' therefore, you will take upon vourseh ("addrpsslnff 
 
 B.Wnr?a^r *« ^is saintship, and bring from him ti me a leTtir Kng h"f 
 
 mvTett^r'rhiri^'''M^ ^^^^ tohischar^ 
 
 my lettertohi.n I will accept of that denial, although it must necessaril v h^ 
 
 him to the sacrament on Sabbath next." And, repeating the sentiment «1fh 
 "Y tSir P'^'^'f' and looking the Mufti fuu'in t^c fac^ btbSnZtinued 
 0/ «i.f,!r '^'^^^P* o/a lie as satisfaction for the injuries done me, that I mai be 
 ^ZZii-"' *»d *hat yoi. may take him to the sacrament on Sabbathnext " 
 th«/&J""Pu' HT ^. ^^ allegiance to the Mufti, immediately proSL 
 that Stubborn should write a note to his saintship. and rcail the letE 
 ^.^^''fTu^t' ^"^ """^'^ ^^' This indecent prWtiSi was of «>u^^ 
 supported by the great Mufti, and 'Squire Crabsnarl.^ Stubborn TSiS toTe 
 
 IK T n''"*^'''""P™™*''°S *1^« *"•"*!'• What do you mean? Do you mean 
 that I shal endanger the salvation of my soul by tilling a lie that vou^Jv 
 
 aYs:hoS;''l!:?h^ harmless, and take hiSi to th^e sa^raiSent undercover S^i 
 talsehood, which you demand of me to make myself guilty of? Must an iniur- 
 edodmanbe trampled under foot by those who ought to protect Wm from 
 
 nsult and injury I have already said to you that I w'ouW rathe? suffe^death 
 than recal an iota of what that letter Contains. I did not write teat letter 
 
 ncon8|derately or hastily, and thus lay myself liable to recal wTat I K wrU- 
 iSonid^^li ^ ""^^ '* deliberately, and with the intent that cverr^ntence 
 Hhou id tell upon his guilty conscience, and I now say that he had better Wn if 
 It^wiVTrf '""^ "over three ov four times a day for the next JwelvemonTh 
 
 If h "self "?t?«Tnn^^ ii^?l^' ^"^^'? ^''^'^^^ ^'"' ^«^ " « a true pSe 
 pi niraself. It is enough that I consent to accept of a lie as satisfaction for an 
 
 njury done me, that I may be at peace taUfi you, and that the Xti m^teke him 
 
 to the sacrament on Sabbath next. You may now do as you pleasT-I bid deT 
 
 ance-I can prove my letter to be true in all its statements. ^ A trial w 11 save 
 
 me harmless, and completely expose the saint in all his meanness and wicKd! 
 
 ness-so do just as you please about it. One thing you may rl^st^ured of 
 
 i? thrfairf,S"S^.^-^?* '^''^^r^' l'^' ^^^-^ ^ ''''''' "Po/the conTregatioa 
 Ixr^t U T tr • "^'^ '^"'^- ^'"i'. *^ y«" ^""^ *™« «'• other when yoS least 
 PrSence. nupermtending Providence, and also in a retributive 
 
 AH this time Father Big-heart said but little. He was, to all anocaranm 
 
 formed the duties of an ecclesiastic. It was, undoubtedly, the first time he 
 had witnessed the necessity of an injured man's bdng refcrcd to tell aTe to 
 save harmless the guilty, or of an injured man's accepting a He S 2t sfaition 
 for injuries done him, that hemight be at peace with a Mufti, a Ln <^Gota7^Z 
 On fiST'"--, Q»f r W, tliought he, to build up the hou^ of ffm 
 On being appealed to for his opinion, as a man of many years exoerienJo L 
 gravely said that " under the circumstances. Stubborn couV n™t Kiected t^ 
 ^i eiect ' ""' ""^^^ *"^ *P"^"^^ whatever," with a few more words to th^ 
 ♦I,- }^ 7i^ *I?u" <=o"cl"«led upon, that, inasmuch as the great Mufti had done all 
 
 same time, most emphatically remarking, that he would not S th; ttter 
 nor in any sense recede from his position. It was also undeSod that Sia 
 U^AVfliTr^^ errand faithfully, should put honor u^ntT c^treg^^^ 
 tion of the faithful by exhibiting his new made saint at the aftcramPntThl« m 
 the approaching Sabbath, as a trophy of the power imdex«.]Wo^ri?,-rri • 
 ostic^te^tics and intrinsic methcS o^fimparSTmomlanS^^^^ 
 «t«?***'®'' ^^^ *ir® statements are substantially correcr*^ And £ it "s 
 agked, was gu ch a thjp g ever before known in the annAl. nf - ^ '® " '" 
 
26 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 prudence, as for nn old man of character and standing: in the community to be 
 constrained, for the sake of being at peace witli hirf religious instructor, to "accept 
 of a lie as satisfaction for injuries done him, thereby creating the right of the 
 wrong-doer to be exhibited at the sacramental table ? We are told that Hngels 
 rejoice whcu sinners repent, and that devils chuckle at the commission of sin. 
 If, therefore, the angels in heaven rejoice at the repentance of sinners, will not 
 the regionsof the lost become vocal by the gratulatory howls of infernal master 
 spirits, rejoicing over the triumphs of such rdigiom instruction and success as this? 
 
 But what about the crackers ? The next chapter will recount the Mufti's 
 various exploits at cracker making, and its accomplishments, 
 
 CHAPITER IX. 
 A CHAPTER ON CRACKERS. 
 
 Mettlnff of Stubborn and the Mufti—the Sabbtith—Stubborn calU at the Divinity SaMlnm— 
 Unpleasant intemiew with the Mufti— the Ecclesiastical Leap and (rrih— Stubborn 
 avoids the GraJj—Contra/Hctions—Stuliborn maintains his position— The Mufti threat- 
 ens fxcamtnitnication—fHufjborn fastens the blame of Sanctity's being at the Sacrament 
 i : on. the Mufti— Crabsnarl, Judge Simplear.d Big-heart— (Stubborn calls on Big-heart- 
 
 ■** The JRes^ilt—The first baich of CracUers—lIistwu of Stubborn' s Bunk in the Mosqite- 
 
 The Trnstei Me^nq— Contrivances of the Mufti and Cradsnarl—a Utile Bird— The 
 •second batch of Crackers- lie-cival correfponde'nce of the Mufti— veru like Crackers— 
 the Young Mufti— The Resplendent Star— £!clipse of a w/iole Constellation. 
 
 Well, the Saturday following the grave occurrences mentioned in the last 
 chapter, as Stubborn was walking in company with another person, they met 
 the great Mufti, who, after the usual salutations, said to Stubborn, " I have seen 
 Mr. Sanctity, and / have got those papers, (meaning Sanctity's denial, and Stub- 
 born's letter to him), and I will hand them to you the first time I again see you. 
 If I had thought of meeting you this evening, I should of had tliem with me ; 
 and now, as all Is settled, I hope you will be friendly with Mr. Sanctity." Stub- 
 born replied. " It's enough that I accept of his denial, that which I know must 
 be an untruth, as satisfaction for the wrongs done me, and forgave hira, without 
 lowering myself to having intercourse with hira. lie must keep himself at a 
 respectable distance from me, for I will have nothing to do with him." Stub- 
 
 , J bora thought he saw signs of irritation in the Mufti's countenance. 
 
 i U The Quadrantal Sabbath passed, with it^ usual solemnities, and the day 
 
 following, the Synod met for the transaction of business, but Stubborn not 
 being able to go out, was not there. 
 
 Some five or six days after the Quadrantal Synod had met, Stubborn having 
 recruited his strength a little, he called upon the Mufti at his ecclesiastical resi- 
 dence, and after apologizing for not sending in to the Synod the quarterly divi- 
 sion of his yearly allowance to him, handed it to him. Stubborn then said to 
 the Mufti : " I will take those papers if you have them by yon." The MufM 
 arose and went into his divinity apartment, and returning with an unsealed 
 letter in his hand, handed it to Stubborn, and then seated himself. Stubborn 
 opened and read the letter. It was Sanctity's denial of what Stubborn had laid 
 to his charge, and worded in the strongest language, amounting to an oath, for 
 the most high God was appealed to in asserting his innocence. As Stubborn 
 was folding up the letter, he gravely remarked to his reverence (who sat about 
 five feet from him), " This is just what I told you it would be— a lie ; the same 
 hand wrote this that wrote that filthy thing that offended me. The hand-writ- 
 ing is precisely the same, excepting two words in the other which are partially 
 disguised ; but, as I have consented to accept of his denial as satisfaction for 
 the injuries done me, and forgive Lhu— J accept it. He as it is." 
 
 As Stubbovn uttered these words, the Mufti, partly raising himself from his 
 chair, sprang like a tiger at his prey, and reaching forth his reverend arm at full 
 length, made a vigorous grab at the letter. But the old man, seeing the motion, 
 eluded the grab and got the letter into his pocket ; and, turning with astonish- 
 ment at the ecclesiastical leap, mildly said : " You must not attempt to rob me 
 of pa] -1 ' ' ' ' •• ' ■ . -_ . _ 
 
 straw 
 robbed ^ 
 
 "Mllgutik^ yi§^190jlM^joalUftala^ it pronounced" an untruth. 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 27 
 
 stubborn replied, "You have delivered it to me as iny property, and I shall 
 keep it." After a little more such like talk, Stubborn asked his reverence if he 
 had the letter which he (Stubborn) had written to his saintship, stating that, as 
 he had faid he would receive it if his saintship had a mind to send it with his 
 denial, he did not recal it by any means ; but, as the Mufti had taken it from 
 Sanctity to deliver to him, his reverence ought to hand it over. He denied 
 having it in his possession, stating that his saintship would not give it up until 
 lie (Stubborn) sent him a written apology for having written the said letter ; 
 asserting that Stubborn had agreed, at tlie Committee Meeting, that he would 
 send Sanctity such apology ; and that it was laid upon him, at the sjvid Committee 
 Meeting, to do so. Stubborn replied that his reverence then had the said letter 
 in his possession. " But," said he, " I do not wimt it ; I only agreed to accept 
 of it on the conditions named ; and you know it as well as I do. I am, however, 
 glad that you have kept it back. You had better hand it back to his saintsliij), 
 and tell him, from me, what I have here said ; and that he had better read it 
 over al)Out three times a day for the next ten years, for it will do him moregoofl 
 than your preaching will. And, as for my making an apology to him, you well 
 know it is not so. You heard me say repeatedly that I would suffer death before 
 I would recant one iota which that letter contains. How can you have the 
 assurance to assert that which you know to be untrue V His reverence repeat- 
 edly asserted that the apology was promised ; threatening, in a very reverend 
 manner, to turn Stubborn out of the congregation of the faithful, if he would 
 not at once comply. And Stubborn as often, but calmly, contradicted him, 
 reminding him of the very Avords of the terms of the adjustment, as liereiu 
 before recorded ; rei>eatedly saying that he would sufler death before he would 
 tell a lie to please his reverence or any one else ; and again repeating the words 
 of the arrangement, that ho was to accept of a lie as satisfaction for the injuries 
 done him, to enable his reverence to exhibit his saintship at the sacramental 
 board on the Sabbath next, after the conversation alluded to. The great Mufti, 
 finding that he could not overawe Stubborn into telling a lie, yielded his pioiis 
 position so far as to give the matter a different turn by saying that " it would not 
 do to have the matter so undtrstood, for that would cast blame upon him for taking his 
 taintahip iothe sacrament on such terms." Stubl)om replied, " You did it, and you 
 remember it as well as I do. Your last words amount to an admission. You 
 must bear the blame or infamy of your own act. I am not going to dishonor 
 myself to please you, or to save you from the sacrilege you have committed. 
 You know that I have but just escaped from death. Neither I, nor you, or any 
 one else, expected I v."-"ld live ; and I can scarcely walk about now, when I am 
 at ease, much less contront such attacks as this upon me ; but the truth I will 
 not yield. But a short time since I expected to die and meet my God, and I am 
 yet at the margin of the grave, not knowing what moment I shall fall into it ; 
 and you, a minister of religion, demanding that I shall tell a lie, in order to 
 screen you from a sacreligious act. You know that if I should comply with 
 your demand, I should sin ag-vinst God and my own soul, and bo in immediate 
 danger of damnation." 
 
 His reverence, finding ho could not f>irce Stubborn to do his bidding, nor 
 face him dovm in the lie, took another ingenuous turn of thought, and asserted 
 in the most positive manner that he had had conversation with the committee 
 since the meeting referred to, and that all of them, Judge Simple, Crabsnarl and 
 Father Bigheart, said as he then stated, that it was laid upon Stubborn by the 
 said committee, and that he had then agreed to make a written apology to his 
 saintship. And, in order to impress Stubborn's mind with the idea that he was 
 t«lling the truth, ho had the assurance to say, M Father Bigheart has been your 
 friend throughout, and cannot be supposed guilty of falsifying what passed at 
 the committee." Stubborn again replied, that no such arrangement was made, 
 and that he, the Mufti, knew it perfectly well. Furthermore, he did not believe 
 that Judge Simple or Crabsnarl would dare to say any such thing, for it was not 
 the truth. Nothing had occurred to make it necessary for that committee to 
 meet again. He should not to.ke the trouble to speak to either Judge Simple or 
 Crabsnarl on the subject. As to Father Bigheart, " I know that he never said 
 any such thing, for lie will not tell an untnith." Alter some further contradic- 
 tioDB between them, Stubborn retired, utterly disgusted with tlie Mufti. 
 
28 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 ^""'^■^ictitj^"^*'''*^'"^^"^ ^^^"""^ ^" ^^ P«^«««'0'» Stubborn's letter to 
 
 No. 
 No 
 
 above a iriven amnnn* Vi^^i ~^Tf x f*^^'^^ "»« "^cu buiic ; stocKIiolUeia, 
 DrovSM!?r^ ; ^'^.^ "8:ht to become the bomfide owners of bunks • 
 wi iof thei Z«H+V^ P*S "P ^^^ ^^ «<1«*1 *<> *he Value of a bunk 5f it 
 wX°<J&?^"sfuS'1i^^^^^^ '' out in renting some seaJ' 
 
 A certain bunk was assigned to Stubborn for the price of fifty doUiS, that^m 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 29 
 
 l)eing the amount of his subscribed stock althnn^i, u^i. a s j 
 The pious Squire Crabsnarl was the tSder at iS if ^ S*'** something more, 
 that sum was all that must bTpaklEhphnnih'*^^:^*?.'' *•" ^'°« ^s"'^! if 
 ance with this positive undeXd ng he enS th'Z!'* ^J.^^J ^'L'^ '» '«^««'d- 
 n the book of sales, in a fair, legible hkud-wr^A^KV^^ ^^^ 1° ^^"^^'•n 
 the great Mufti and his lady were at^ at %..thf?L?r*^V«, ^^^ passed, 
 reverence informed Stubborn that tCn iTa^ L *""?•; ^tubbom's," when his 
 the bunk to him, for thaUhe pSce ^i^ SX" J^w "^^ T*^'" ^^' «*'««? 
 Stubborn at once replied that Se^mmt rive it un S ♦ 1'**"*^* "it ^^^^ d«"«'«- 
 stock in rent, for he could not think^KkW J^H^hf^S? "/I* *^^ ^*'"« «f his 
 health." " Not at all," says the Mufti "ihf ?rf ?* '" ^"^ ^^'^^ ^««'''e 8t«te (,f 
 sake, that the mistake was made^ Zd kav f h»J ""*^r.*rf J^«'y K'*"!. »or yo,n- 
 their mistake, because you haVe bee^a fSthful JZh '^"a J''^.^"'^ »*«««* of 
 gation of the faithful in all their trials and hav« 2n.*" '**^ ^^ ^^^ «""??«- 
 good cause according to your meSs tC ai^neX ""^Vl 'T?""* °^ «'« 
 Stubborn declared himself much oblJKed for3h h1« • . ®, ??"'' '« y^"™." 
 born did not at that time know that Cmbs^rl b Ji 5?!'''^'''^ ^ l!^"^' («t"l'- 
 JBv-heart at the sale of the bunks.) ^""^"^'^ ^'^ ^'^ "'e same thing to Fathf r 
 
 Shortly after this conversation with the trrmf u»fii .o • ^ 
 meeting " Father Stubborn" in the MomuerfZL*^'' ^.V"/® Cmlwnarl, 
 the presence of the MufU and some otS ^ *^^ ^"^^ *'""«^ ^ ^im in 
 
 It was not long after the bunk raIa th»t- o*..t u 
 tioned letter of chwtisement to the ^^!:tXMr^l?-,'''''%^^f. '^«f'>'-e-men. 
 occurrence is before the reader. ' Sanctity. Wimt followed that 
 
 That affectionate regard which Mipba rr^^t- «„ i. , , . . 
 toward Stubborn, was nfw wi7hdS^n ?rom^[^ «"f J?'*i,^'"*"*« manifested 
 more bejilting object. But, neveXlesg SeirdiSrn jJS ,"P^" ^ ^"•^«' a"^ 
 almost unbounded, they hit upon an exnSnt^SS '^ benevolence being 
 tionably, redound to their own^fo„>LKndi.r^w ^l™^"' ""^''^'s- 
 
 and his family, throughout thei^SSus BL?dlf Tt^i^^f ?' *« St"l>''om 
 the excessive purity of their intentions and thprfS , Tn'*^. '^"*''°«' forth 
 material for the mWacture of SeT All of ffi.h t'" ^" ''^"'"^ out 
 things, would be passed to the credit of the weat Mnft^ ' """ "'^ "**"••« «f 
 
 , So, then, the great Mufti, in the order of thin?« fn„n^ w „ 
 divinity chair, with the pious and disinterested ffin^i-^ himself seated in his 
 same time a little bird h^d got into the ^rtmL^r*'"' i° ^ttendance. At the 
 of the large book-case, with iti heml undT^ win^ iS'fhnf *^1^^" *''«^«™«^ 
 in a profound sleep ; but it was treafiurlne un 1^^! '^ ^''"fu' '' ""'" ""^Po^ing 
 which it heard, with the intent rre"SJlltfoS ?^,'^.i^^ ^ 
 opportunity should ofter itself. And ^^ the Htt^l iS ™ ''''^" * P'''^' 
 understand human language, took an acSunt of thlt 5nl ' -^ "^*J ,~' »' ^'^^d 
 
 " Brother Crabsnafl," s«^ys the revS M«ft? ' '"*^"'«^ ^ ^"ows : 
 aware that I have, in coAsoni'c; wi^hTy rdtt duS ZT't ""doubtedly 
 here, taken a very pious dislike to that ol5 StS^ltZZi^ u ""'!" charge 
 ance to resist my demands upon him Besides th J, ''^T^ l^- ^^ **>« '«"'r. 
 told him so the other day, when hTrefuS t^ tel wh«t%i "* ^" ''^*"»«'' ^^^ I 
 tified call a lie, when I Smmanded Sm to d? io h« 'l! ''"'^'' ''"^ »"««"«- 
 dunce ; but, nevertheless, in our charity?w?must^*roS, fL"K-'"''*'"^^''^'« o*d 
 dignity of our position will allow. Now. Tt is wme^S. «.•? ^T °1 ^'''' «« *h9 
 and, 'being in his dotage,' he must h^e forgoTten w£t 4« J-'jf r'LP^'^^^ts, 
 the sale of his bunk. What think yo^of olr maWnJ ,r»r? ^ ,*"" *''°«' 
 £7 lOs. against him. for a balancA^on the 4SbS-^-'^ • t,*^*!*^ '^''"" of 
 make him pay it, or suffer the cons^uencfl of n„^^i"\"''' ^".^^ ' *«d then 
 remember, thire is none but h^oZf^y X ^ veS -«T ' '^ ^' ^'^""'d 
 him ; and you and I. being dmnteraud Se^ .^n nut StJ^n'*^ l^J^ ^°^ 
 down ; for who would presume to believe the^r^ p?^e?ence to .« ? ^ 5"."^ 
 no one else can remember what passed at tho naiA »i „ , ^ *hat if 
 
 important object I have in view.^strufthaf niitZr n?r" **{ ^''^'"^ "'e 
 benefitted by it, for the money, you know must io fL^ « "^^ ^. P^^onaHy 
 for the especial benefit of oS Jew and ^WaSt^MoL^*^ "*'' i^'** « treasury. 
 jufficlenUy proclaim our disintJSn^, wSiSL to S 'cZi^^"' ^"'^ "^^^ 
 the mo6t profound piety. And if he should fin^^^J^.tL"!!'* "t?^* ^^'^ of 
 
30 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 .1 
 
 ! 
 
 J 
 
 ! 
 
 we (lid it for his good, knowing that he was old and very feeble, and in need of 
 our duiiHeietted protection. So that, let the matter take what turn it may our 
 desijiiis will have the outward appearance of honest benevolence " 
 
 To all this the little bird understood the pious Crabsnarl to give his unquali- 
 fied assent, declaring that the great Mufti was the most profound divine he had 
 met ill consultation since he left " little York," where he was converted. 
 
 Not long after this pious underetanding was come to, to wit, onthemorning 
 of the 7th August, 1867, Stubborn opened an envelope which was addressed to 
 him, and found a deed for his bunk in the Mosque, dated the 15tli July 185G— 
 the same date as the sale— although not issued till tlietimeof the receipt thereof 
 by Stubborn. 'J he deed was duly signed by the great Mufti as chief and bv 
 CJrubsniirl as secretary of the Board of Trustees, and containing a condition for 
 StuV»born to pay £7 lOs. Od. over and above the price his bunk was purchased 
 ft)r. At this moment, the little bird flew into Stubbom's office, and perchins 
 upon bis shoulder, related to him all that it heard from the divinity Sdir on 
 the subject. 
 
 Whereupon, Stubborn wrote a short note to Mr. Crabsnarl, returning the 
 bunk deed "for correction," stating that he could not accept it as it was, for that 
 he was charged £7 lOs. more than he had purchased the bunk for. He then 
 went in searcii of witnesses, and, fortunately, he found that Father Bigheart and 
 some others rememV»ered what was stated by Crabsnarl at the bunk sale. 
 
 In the mean time, a friend of Stul»born's caUe 1 upon the great Mufti in- 
 formed him of what had turned up, and asked him what he meant by carrvine 
 on a systematic persecution of Stubborn. During that conversation the Mufti 
 declared that he did not know what tlie said bunk was sold for, or whether it 
 was sold or not; also that he remembered that old Stubborn had sent word over 
 to the Mosipie at the time of the sale, desiring that particular bunk to be re- 
 servefl for him; all of which was, of course, contradicted. On being asked how 
 he came to sign the bunk deed, subjecting Stubborn to pay the extra £7 10s Od 
 if ho knew nothing about the matter, he replied, that " Crabsnarl being the 
 secretary of the Board of Trustees, had brought the deed to him prepared for his 
 signatme, and having confidence in the integrity of Crabsnarl, he had signed the 
 deed without ever noticing what it contained;" thus laying the blame of the 
 pioua trick altogether upon Crabsnarl. He was told, however, " You cannot 
 make Stubborn believe that, for he says you are as shrewd a business man as 
 has ever been in charge here." 
 
 Well, on the Monday following, to wit, the 10th of August, 1867 a meetine 
 of the trust board was held in the divinity sanctum; and, after full explanations 
 were made by Stubborn and Father Bigheart, their statements were acknow 
 ledged by the Mufti and Crabsnarl to be perfectly correct, and the bunk was 
 acknowledged, by the unanimous voace of all present, to :e the bona fide pronertv 
 of Stubborn, without his being liable to pay anything more than he had paid 
 Stubborn then addressed Crabsnarl, (but his eye wa« fixed upon the face ofthe 
 Mufti, who stood on the floor directly in front of Stubborn), saying " With a 
 perfect] knowledge of all this, which you have* admitted to be correct how 
 came it that you and the Mufti took upon yourselves to put a condition in mv 
 deed subjecting me to pay £7 10s. more than you know I bought the bunk 
 for ? " Crabsnarl replied, "The great Mufti and I talked the matter over be- 
 tween usAund we concluded that it was the only way that we could secute the 
 bunk to Stubborn and his family." " What ! " says Stabbom, with his eye still 
 on the Mufti's eye, " You and the Mufti talked the matter over between vou ? " 
 " Yes " was the reply. For once, the great Mufti blushed slightly. lie saw 
 by the look of Stubbom's eye that he was caught making crackers. A great 
 deal more was said than is hero recorded. 
 
 The meeting broke up, much to the discomfiture ofthe Mufti and Crabsnarl 
 Stubborn having gained his point, thought it unnecessary to tell the Mufti and 
 Crabsnarl how beautifully they laid each other in the lie. Crabsnarl did hot 
 know what the Mufti had said, or his great piay might haVe given the matter 
 another turn. 
 
 Now, kind reader, in this batch of crackers, there is fooftd to the credit of 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 31 
 
 No. 
 
 that bunk was or was not sold, 
 
 V~"f^^J"//**** ^^ ^'^ "°* '^""^ **"** «""» Stublwrn's bunk was sold for 
 tor he am know. • * ■ » 
 
 No. 2.— Saying that he did not know whether 
 
 for he did know. 
 No. 3.--Stating that he remembered of Stu])born's having sent a momyae over 
 
 trt^T^'' ''I bunks desiring that particular one reserved for 1^1 rf for L 
 
 perfectly well knew that no such message wjis sent. 
 
 ■ 5;7» **°^ ^^''K he did not know what the contents of Stubborn's bunk 
 
 deed were when he signed it, for he well knew. ' 
 
 o.— Stating that he signed it on the responsibility of Crabsnarl. haviiiffcon- 
 
 fir^i,'" ^^?. *•*** •* '^'^ "^eht, for he and Crabsnarl cohm, tJd t geJhcr 
 
 V fl -^ *^® matter, as stated by Crabsnarl. ^ 
 
 £7~m "om SiSSi.*'' '"' "'*' *'" ^■'^ ^"*^"* *^ ^•^*-* *•- -- °f 
 
 n.ate?arctt^^^^^^^^^^ - ^'^'^ ^^*^''. •^» "^ *he best 
 
 cj;acSp.=Tatret^^^^^^^ 
 
 chapter III., which, with the first and second Pitches? makeTurteenT^^^ 
 quality of crackers, which stand to the credit of the great Mu'tidurinA^, 
 ecclesiastical administration at the Embrio City in connection wVfhhVu^ • 
 
 tion wi h the first batch of crackers. In addition to the above there are strong 
 md cations of the manufacture of some two or three other ciSkers In a maK 
 quUo nnoonnected w th the My war waged against StubKJnTLefaSsarl 
 these : It was a matter of public notorietfthat the great Mufti had a SS nllr 
 
 f^ii;^IlS?rt^,^"r^P™■«« '" t'^^ Bciencfof revivals In Kews 
 
 i« . Tl^ J^ the Moslem G«i«rdian, Vol. XXIX., No. 33, May 19th, 1858 therl 
 
 t!iofK'J''*™,*iV'! great Mufti to the conductor of that pWr Varine S 
 
 L 5i? ^"^'J^^^; ^^''^'" ^« ««*« ^^'^^' ^»*h circumstaE dS no le B 
 than four batches of converts, which he had brought into Moslem unitv Hnr n,f 
 the three years of his charge in the Embrio City iie first ?8n,?t n»n tV^^ 
 ?«ndred and fifty (250) ; the second at forty (40)^ the th^t thirtv seveS^^^^ 
 the fomth atone hundred and thirty (130) makine a tXl of W wT ^^^^J 
 fifty-seven (457) converts. He is careful so Swo^d tWs siid letLr rto i^^^^^^^ 
 a be. ef that most of them had remained faithful. Kthero^a^^i^^",^ 
 Mufti was known to state, sixty members of the congregation at tK'Chr n 
 CJty when the Mufti began his' ministrations there. S sum ,ulded to tha 
 above^make a total of five hundred and seventeen (617), tL rmbcrof M^em 
 members h3 had under his pastoral care at some time during Ws three ^^^ 
 incumbency. Just look again. The returns to the great NaionaJSvKf 
 Mufties, m June of that year (1858), was 80 on trial and 24^ in f„ii «?1^ 
 ship, making a total of 325. Out bf thL 325?take 60 the old mlw^n^" 
 one haddied and there was several which 'cSSe ??om other cCesa^^Tui? 
 members^ 80 that the number 60 holds good), and there is onlv2fiffnf^.l 
 verts He must, therefore, have had at least 192 Imckslfder? JtL Ln?" 
 show!! But there is another, and prominent feature of hTsSvTvl^buS 
 which must not pass unnoticed, and which, because of its inSc worth ^dJ 
 another laurel to the escutcheon of this great Mufti. ItTtSf- When thS 
 Young Mufti Bucceeded to that charge, the great Mufti of aoii^p b»n!in^ V 
 to Ws Buc^r ;. an exact list of thi iames^of all th^m1mZ5 in S?^^^^^^^ 
 as found at the last Qnadrantal S'nod '^f *hn vA«r " ^/f '^"' '" '^ cnarge, 
 with the officua returns; show^J a total'LSrship^ofth'SJS^^^ 
 twenty-five (825 a goodly number of whom ca-.ne up ?c«Si '«S^i th^ 
 W Mufti could not find but about 290 members to takTchaSHf^ 'fSJ al 
 
82 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 1 
 
 nmria, rAT "■" u^ *^"* ^?"'<''r*' «'-■*'"*« «« ^^^^^^^ «f t^at place where the 
 hisr vlp.^^^^^^ Stubborn, and some ithci-8, thouRht 
 
 vllvrX^^.Z^^^ to have iH^en credited with 8ome two or three more hrst 
 cr ..L; «nH • ^"*«™»^*» a« the published records showed him to Ihj a much 
 Not mlv «« n>ore diHtinguiHhed pcrsonaKe, than his sur^essor was or could Iw. 
 inl' a n.»^!.l i'" «"f «'«»«'•, not understanding the sublime science of mak- 
 
 lii;?! L.bl /^ f crackers was obliged to make an official return which was 
 Sri V . \« /'""sel/. while the return itself was a positive truth-showinr 
 tn\L ^'■*"' " ''*'^*'' *"'l P'^yerful anxiety, a deficit of thirty-flvo (36) rnem era 
 rhar cST^^^^^^ than the great Mufti^ad returned the^ear Sor^ The 
 charactuistic attribute, of the great Mufti's mind are clearly enough evince<l 
 
 n n.. J " """ u"""*?"" *'^** «"">« of ^''s brother Mufties dread to follow hirT- 
 
 ■s SSirin1'L'?'^*^.^^'r"^^^^^ '-y *»>« glorywhlchapSe: 
 
 Hbovo h^ tt t'"'' ^"12' **"?.* *^°''® "*" b« "o prospect of his ever ascending 
 £ y I V dlK oTh^^* °^ '^' ''f^'^- E^y ">»» has a right to try and be some*? 
 « ag„ Li do whl r «f *'<"l«- »»* what can a star of the ^cond or third 
 iXe consJeliauSn ? ^'"'^ ""^ '^ ^''^ '""■ ''' ^ --^^Pl^ndent as to eclipse an 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 SUPPLEMENTARY T^O CHAPTER IX. 
 
 indiscretion— 
 
 Mufti aoainsf7h^'Z'J^f"iV^r^»-^^°P^''^^^ ^.W SiSt 
 
 'r'i„,"J^^"^y'^A9^^^'' ^'W^—Smgidar manmuvrlng of the District Mufti— Tnm't 
 
 &tL/Jouf %fn^"'''''JiJ'^ trial-The Verdia dmwn up ^ Judge Sinp^ 
 
 /W?^iT^^°"/,r^ //*?'• ""*<* '■^- "»<>'■<»' ""^^ religious prlricitaesinvolved-Iniustiee7f 
 
 k>nonC7ZuS- t''''rT^-^?'"^"'**«^ '^'"•*» *y tieTm^iuor-imiPu^. 
 
 crack^'js '^J^'iT'tv.^ disinterestedness of the great Mufti in the manufacture of 
 clawrv in^l If^f «^hibition of his supei-abundant Moslem kindness and 
 o tainc;i«^,rh A**^'' ""^ ^"* ecclesiastical administration at the Embrio City, 
 maK heSnC'°'T "'i*.'^' ^"•^^^Hgh not primarily connected with th^ 
 
 |S:rg^L^es;^^^^^^ 
 
 t^'^ic^ZtT^^H'^^'''' I'^Mherefore. given\err«a s^^pTem^^t!;;^ 
 
 euvimn«^"fi.^^'°^,VS^°''y °^ *^1 ereat Mufti at the Embrio City and its 
 jS^ ?n';. S^ -"^ ^°'"'.* resident of that country, had for some time been 
 
 own Lnnfrv fn^""^ ?^^!^H' ^"* ""^9 ^' '° the meantime, returned to his 
 own ,^ountry and was at this tune residing at the said Embrio City. 
 
 the gmS ffm°J!l';ff ^'k P*^ **^ iH^gs-apd being of the same brotherhood with 
 S^Sion^nH L ^*'^"^!^P'°^^T*^ *^j°y Moslemismin its highest state 
 on>ertection, and would sometimes raise his voice in the exercise of his religions 
 privileges so high as to drown the voice of the great mXm well SSm« 
 
 one?f ih'S&t-'^"* ''°"'*^' ^"^l ^*^« beTbeaS. S^T^^h^rn 
 nnf «f vl ^,5f*/*.^'^** * numerous converts to the Moslem faith— or had been 
 one of the Mufti's sycophantic admirers ; but he was neither. Itms therS 
 highly necessary that Tom should be put to silence aJdXerwkeradeti feel 
 the potency of the great Mufti's science of ecclesUtttical^i^tStion But 
 
 L*r«^"«*^«««^f^<=J««fo^tte onslaught, and it was no^Si^Sfo^^Vn^' 
 inasoCFeaon furuisuea me uesired excuse. Tom was trulv verv zealous"'^,? 
 
 ^?^^ M * ""a- ^'•'^ ^ P'^^y* ^"*^°"* '^^^^ th« Muftrs Sve, and^i^^i 
 
 h m fo 'iS'^ror.n ^^ "^^^ *^"« *^** *^« S'^** Mufti'h^ hi eye uX 
 mm lor good, Tom allowed a prayer meeting to be held ono avonini «i^\l 
 
 r^ idence^ without obtaining a charter- from^the Mufti ; ShdSsLce 
 completed that round of disobedience wWch the great Mufti colSderS^SS 
 offence to secure Tom's destruction. For the firstins JmeSSgrJat de^ en 
 the QuadrantaJ mementos of brotherhood were poi^TSSdSS Tom r,! 
 Justondy, in the confident expectation that this^l S^SSt^ dfanW 
 
A LEGEND OP THI OLDEN TIME. 
 
 33 
 
 !|!?u'^»i A.*^' *!?'■ "*>'"'^'o 1"'". or croato tho necessity for a hcuvier Instalment 
 ot the Mufti 8 displeasure. Tom, not underatandinff tho piow design upon him 
 woud ocoisionally raise his voice in prayer and praise. This was too much, and 
 must not be borne with ; somethinp further must l)e done, if possible, Tom, in tho 
 meantime^ would occasionally pray, ticket or no ticket. But even this mipht 
 not |)o suHicicnt to secure Tom's destruction. A turn at intellectual conception 
 might frenerate the method to be pursued. Tlic great Mufti then hod recourse to 
 that iHJcuIiar characteristic of his sublime and inimitable science of government— 
 the creating and letting of crackers. Circumstances were quite favorable to tho 
 consummation of the design, bo much so, that the Mufti, with all his ingenuity and 
 MJhemmg, could not see that there was a possibility of failure. This Quadrantal 
 bynod would soon meet, and then he would commence operations. 
 
 The Synod met in the divinity apirtment of tho ecclesiastical residence. In 
 connection with the regular business of the Synod, his reverence very adroitly 
 introduced the name of Tom, and went on to state several things injurious to 
 his reputiUion. And amongst other things, he stated that, while Tom had been 
 1*i^'"t5 "? foreign country, his conduct had been so bad that he had kept 
 
 the Moslem society there in a continual state of agitation and strife, with many 
 other words of like import; and that he had received this information from a 
 local Mufti who was some months ijcforo in the country, in company with Tom, 
 and who, after calling upon his reverence in company with Tom, had remained 
 at his sanctum for about an hour, much to his annoyance, and told him these 
 things about fom, repeating his ;>««« assertions in connection with other equally 
 />»<»» reniarks, in such manner as he conceived would best injure Tom's reputa- 
 tion; arid which was received by the pious ones of the Synod as something fully 
 equal, it not superior, to the teachings of the Koran. Old Stubborn was pre- 
 sent at the Synod, and knew, from unmistakeable circumstances, that the 
 statement the great Mufti made against Tom in connection with the said local 
 Mufti, could not. by possibility, have a particle of any ingredient in it than an 
 out and out w;lfully-made cracker of the tirst magnitude; but, knowing that his 
 own destruction had been determined upon, made no remarks. Some one of 
 the Synod.who thought that such a time and place was not the right place or time 
 for a preacher of righteousness to libel and slander an innocent and absent man. 
 informed Tom of what had transpired at the Synod. 
 
 Tom was much agitated at the intelligence, and decla-ed that the Mufti 
 had manufactured a whole cracker, and that he could prove his assertion to be 
 true. Tom then wrote to the said local Mufti, who answered him from that 
 foreign country, stating in the most positive manner that he had never spoken 
 to the great Mufti but in the presence of Tom, and that he had not made wse 
 of the language attributed to him, for that ho had never thought of such a thing. 
 Not only so, but that the statement made by the great |Mufti was a iee-total 
 crater; and accompanied his letter with an affidavit to the same effect, which he 
 had solemnly made before a legal squire of that foreign country. 
 T%- ,9l*|??*?P®'P*<'f**^^'' papers, Tom made a formal complaint to the Chief 
 District Mufti, charging the great Mufti with manufacturing and telling oft' 
 crackers, without having a legal right to do so. The chief District Mufti 
 received the charge, and entered into correspondence with Tom, and directed 
 him how to shape his complaint, and promised to attend to it, and put the great 
 Mufti on his trial m the manner laid down in the ecclesiastical statutes. While 
 the District Mufti was thus corresponding with Tom. with every appearance of 
 frankness and fair play, he accepted of a charge against Tom made by the great 
 Mufti for the veiy thing which Tom had complained of.— and before Tom knew 
 any thing of it he was brought up all standing by a notification by the District 
 Mufti, to answer the complaint of the great Mufti for saying he had mado a 
 cracker and let it oft". 
 
 Singular and unlawful as this proceediug was. tho persecuted Tom had no 
 redress. The game was playetl into the hands of the really guilty party, and 
 Tom 8 right of complaint was ignored and trampled upon, and he, in fact, was 
 put iiiion his triia for exercising that right, and by the authority of the very 
 person who had promised Tom to put the oHicr party upon his trial on Tom's 
 
 minn1fl.int,? anil H^Atn maa trtaA «nn<^..<i:.^,.ln 
 
 complaint; and Tom was tried accordingly. 
 ___Thg_trial commenced with due aolemnity— and tho great Mufti, 
 
 in opening 
 
34 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 ^v^r^t^r ^lolXr;^^^^^ t|'o - what. 
 
 with manufacturing aKllfn?^off cSrs and^^^^^^^ k^? V^ ^'^'i'^*' '^'^ 
 
 the Quadrantal Synod against Tom ^' ThaV w^iif^P^"^ what he had said at 
 eiga country, hiB condiT^S such ihat he t JtrdTh'^M ^^"^ ^". **^** ^«'- 
 ia a continual state of agitation and strife for thJi ^^^ Moslem society there 
 raation from a local preSr of MosIemiL wh-? ''^^ ^"^ '■'^'^*'^ *^'« '"^0'- 
 the country of the Embrio rffl in . ' ^^^^^^^ ^°""® months before in 
 
 upon Wm7incommnv^^^^^^ Z ^nf^"^ T*^ Tom, and who had called 
 
 Mufti) all these things about Tom.'' L aCe « Jt^?' ^' ''"^ *"^^ ^"° ^*^« ^^reat 
 
 lom, of courae, contradicted the great Mufti de^larino- +!,„+ v,5„ , x 
 was not true, for that he and the said local MufS S tL« ^* ^'l statement 
 together, and went direct from there to the^ffit if Mr ^tuhWn*^ T '*"™ 
 preparing some writing for him • that hr^nH ♦!,« i^oi m A- ""°'^"' ***^ "^^^ 
 from each other's companv at^ll dnrino- f. ? the local Mufti were not separated 
 
 chdnSn what thSr SSie„to w"m ^i MrLl" Wm S'S'^rt^' '"'""S '" "«' 
 
 statement made bV the creat Mumi^llff ' . ^^ ^°"^<* ^l»«^e the 
 The Mufti reasserts his statement inHi,?f?'''"'^.*° *?.^ '^""^'^ °^ P«"o»«- 
 ner, appeal^oS in conSi^n Sf Xf LT',P^''>i^r'J^ ?°^«"" °»*°- 
 was' the last wordsKad Jo SPhe c^uW ^^^^ ^Ti Z^^ '''f 7°^ **^** '^ »' 
 the presence of God, that what h^. Lh^ Bfaf^J' ^'*'\*^® ^^^^test assurance in 
 
 the sl^dere which the Mufti hS "tte»d .™iL Tn^'™™'',?"'' i?"™'' «»' 
 stubborn then'refe red to the statement ^^rhv^h'^^'^f?^ ' *^'*'"' *'»«'•«• 
 
 tv HIS oiiicc, ana stated, in answer to his onnnir^ tkoTVu t. j '^ "^"octucr 
 direct from the divinity establishmJ;.* nl i , 7^ 7'.*^"** ^^^^ ^^ j»8t came 
 had with the Mufr LTthe S/rS«n °r^-^ ^ some conversation they 
 testimony was against «.oMnfti^di?a^'T' ^'^T^^-^^ *'"^* the weight of 
 and dlspo'^ition^^S hal ;Sk^^^^^^^ ^^"^ f^\<'^^' "»ind, 
 
 SreattrH and he. too.rdJg tatu»LTidtj?.t^£r^-,t£^^ 
 
A LEGEND OF THE OLDEN TIME. 
 
 85 
 
 ^tiTo'Sa^tS"' Kr?^^ «• P"'^ ^ ^> ?*^«' tartly, and the insult 
 waa noi repeated. Ihe great Mufti cross-questioned Stubborn verv cautiouKlv 
 
 Sr^°^tuTbor"n°n*" •«^St"!>^i]? '' ^^ thought he woSS S'J^S'a 
 S fAoS! f— .?"'T?^®^y«^*P*^ ^"'eo^ ^« answers so as to induce the 
 R^,ni a n,f» r^""/^ ^^ ^^51^''* ^« '^^"J'^ °^«J^« a cracker, intending, if S put 
 such a question te remind him of some five or six point blank crackers he had 
 not only manufactured, but vended thera-telling them off. But S MufH was 
 "^''i'flf*!- It was self-evident to all presentfthat Stubb^n wi nerfSv 
 
 tolSuSetm "'stbt'^r ^"^^^^^^ ™^^ a>t.iute c^t'rVth t£e a 
 lo injure lom. Stubborn has repeatedly baen heard to say that he looked unon 
 
 bf^n^-'^""* and assertions of the Mufti on that occasion as mo^t indeSrous S 
 blasphemous, calling upon God to bear witness to a cracker as being tSe Tom 
 W .^r^-Trf * *^" «'^^* "»** ^« ^^n>e dumband almStShS' kno^ 
 w^^^ h /^l? *?«*«rry word the Mufti said in the matter was^otS but a 
 Jw* ^u^ of crackers, and knowing, also, that if the District Mnfti had not 
 deceived him, he would have proved the Mufti's guilt, and put a ston to It 
 progress in cracker making to the injury of innocent men ^ ^ ^ 
 
 of th?^;fH"^-'"1S"^ ^"^y ""^ ^^°' "^influenced by the clap-trap popularity 
 of the Mufti would have pronounced him guilty of making a cracker or at least 
 have given h.m credit for it in the rendering of their verdict fS' Z^t^us 
 mAv'lSn^flSf^ *"1 known principles of jurisprudence, the stateme^^f on? 
 party being flatly contradicted by the other party, leaves the matter in disnute 
 miZl*^^"' "f ^^"^^^^ "?'^'°S ^'^ been ^id by either B^when there^?s^ 
 Slr?^ wT*'. f -^1'.^!°'^ ^ ^«^«"^ «f one «f tl^e l^rties in controversy that 
 party has lawful nght to a verdict in his favour. In this case the great Muftis 
 w'^^1''"' contradicted by Tom, and so far they wenegally Sen ; aSd 
 St7.hn^ was sustained by the independent evidence of StubW. AlthoS 
 btubborn s evidence was only circumstantial, yet it was that kind of circum 
 
 tte"£lrMufti w^^^Lt"""'^ ^^'^ '^'''^''^ ^"^' although tSe Id^Tof 
 Z!^£t aTerdict^n'Slv'^u™ ""' "«^-*»^«'«-' according to usage and 
 
 evident Tt \n?ol vS^fll'^t • •nt«':««H*^*'i ""T ^'^^^^ *««hnical quibbling about 
 mnrfi^"^ It involved the highest interests of society, next to life itself ITie 
 SLnfi-''f''"l'^'^^^*^™of the parties were at stake; one a minuter of 
 ^X^^'!^Z^^T^°'''' and looked upon by fn, party as klmostiZSSlate 1 
 
 The oLeth'KL? Zr^'J'^^^^'^r*'*^.''' ^y^^ ^1^0 l^est knew him 
 fihn.,lTif«™ L "^ have undergone the closest scrutiny ; the said affidavit 
 should have been read, for it was the affidavit of a man of eood Btandinnn ♦!,« 
 
 S a"Z?;at^iL^%l^J^^^^ ^« "?«' '" ''''' a mSer o'f'^liS'Xi'h 
 BhouldTivT^n Li7^'' information being obtained, the entire proceedings 
 ^^n iff y^ ^ ° ^if m suspense until Tom had time given to produce the 
 
 £ "aS^Tf oil an At^t!.' ^•^"y ^^^ ^^^^^^ investigation could be 1 J 
 
 iTp and what tmthhLS ^ ^^^f^ ''Teht to bear on the case were closeS 
 d^jSon Thrtn -To^^ ''®®" ^^''^'' *" evidence was rejected, and an untruthful 
 rSemZLvXl'^.ll-'' '"^"f ""{ *^""«' ^^""^ ^""ty, and required to 
 «on of ?hJS^,i T *!"."»' on pain of excommunication from the ^ngrega- 
 by telling a f^^^ ^'l^^^ " was demanded of him to dishonor hSSlf 
 
 wmSed of ' '"°'^*'*** «*^« '^"'nless the man he had jusUy and truthfully 
 
 ant Son '"!i^H ^Hf^u""^" *^^ °^^^on, and, in drawing up the import- 
 f^twn^^r ^ '^h\ ^" ^^^ *^^e of what is here recorded, and of every other 
 (he committee Tw"~^^ introduced language to this effect, nleJ?.^. tES 
 nJuS^nto thi niS n?^p'°*? ***^ complaint against Tom had t^^ndeniallt, 
 foSndit tobL«H«vW uu^ ^?f^ complaint against the great Mufti, and had 
 TthJ\...t f^J^l^y ^"'jont foundation. ' ' These may not be the eiict words 
 meidnrlni Sflrr*^.' document, but they are identiadly tSrsa,^ in 
 
 ?n(51lSttrinQSirSi„*t^\KM*'«^ «n^' '"«»««* o^ **« »^i»8 
 
 j;;22^>MuyjnqutmAaU>, the Mufti, in stating his case, made T om's complaint 
 
36 
 
 THE MUFTI, 
 
 to understand, only of thi ground of ihl^rifM ^,^,^«y«°d his comprehension 
 bewildered hiii a« to reSr Wm inmrlwAf^ ^"f*i ' P0P"larity-fog having so 
 sure, " What shall we do wherh^lXes L 5 '^^^^^^^ "'""^^* "'^^ ^"*^«"- ^^ ^ 
 
 MuftTKftrs^t"rgi^rand%?^^^^^^ ^^^-^^ ^^^^ t^^^ ^-t 
 
 made by the great MXwS-e altno-lh!? f ^ Stubborn that the statements 
 
 stated iito bf in hi^SiSav t^aX C-d^^H^nf ""T^ ""« ^ ^^ ^ad 
 
 In Stubbom's opinion this tmnt^n«^«- and Stubborn had stated, 
 untruthfulness. mddeSrm^aUoTS^^uZT •''• ^^^ *"r J deliberate acts of 
 pious man, that the histoJJ Sf infal/^rlP"*'^' ^ '^J^^^ *»d destroy an innocent 
 mon sense can be mS the dut^of s.?rh inT^ bowmen possessed of com- 
 incomprehensibles, only on the SnH nf fL- 5'^*''' '/ ^"^^''^ ^"^^^S^t the 
 their senses. Some of ^the men who sf t nn f if^J ^^'^e^^"- t^e time being lost 
 befogged by the Mufti-rS mn,,?«.ff^ ^*''Tr™'"^^.^''''«"°q"e8tionably 
 Cmtenarl, he understood tfrmatKind^^'^n ^'?'^««"'^^"«d twaddle. As for 
 was so congenial withhis feSsmrJZZ,Z^'iU^^''''^t . ?^« ^^"^^ P'^y^d 
 be kept quiet. His ctdtivakdmSdyL^^^^ *^*"?'' *''** ^® «o"Jd hardly 
 a number of times durinrthe^mlrtent i^JsH^anP''^^^^^ *? l'« ^^'^'^ f«^'''»/« 
 tion is in exa<)t accordance witralltlSirrtiS'TVu ^""^ ^^^ ^^""^^ *••«"«««- 
 tic^l doings in the formercCteS of tJii^'Jtnd "' ^'^^ ^'■'*' ^""'''' ^''^^««''«- 
 
 wm LTotaYhef ;l? a jjh j;:i?s: of s^^'^pp'^^^ °^ "- *-"-««- ' 
 
 of His displeasure f The Tnj^?ed ^U "iL^'^'Tf^^^^^^^ ^i"jl «o»ne signal marks 
 
 just and retributive providS-k.rw!n^fi.f«T* f'^"* ^'^*^' Relieving in a 
 His promises. ^ "viaence-knowmg that the Lord is not slack concerning 
 
 CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE TRANSLATOR. 
 
 localV«fTiS;S'fromX"fSnrim^^^^^ 
 
 hood of the Embrio Sty-anTSar « ,^'n=f "^ '^*" 
 
 Providence, he is at this L^a memti nf Zf '■'"''''■'^*^'^ *° *»»« «v«nt« of 
 
 still adheres to his first statS^ent that hp ni«r ^T ^"^drantal Synod. He 
 
 Mufti about Tom-not Sy ?o biit tha5\"'If '"^^*!?y ''T'''^^ ^ "»« great 
 
 that ecclesiastical dignitoiy but in thr. ..r.Lnf''''.*)?'^ ^^^ 'j°"°^ «' ^ PeeP «* 
 
 refered to, be and Tom lefZthe dillifv Z f ''^''^ T?™' ""'^ "»«* '^t the time 
 
 judicious inquiry inrtKtterrnS^ot be h^^^ " ". * P^^ "»»* « 
 
 the result would bo to elevate the ffr«atM,ffHtn \il * '"'^ ^"^ ^« °° ^^o"'^* ^ut 
 religious tactics and extm^Jll'l^^^^iinf det^^^^^^^ ^""'*^'^ «^ ''^' ^"^^'^ ^^ 
 
 whic^r itteTl'^L^Xdi: i^^^^^^^ 
 
 teaching, and Mr. Sanctity's co» T'^'t/'^ *.^" ^'"'-'^t Mufti's 
 
 details of Mr. Crabsnarl'sUrtZfof XsJuTtS; bJ^ol^^e^J^^^'^^ "^^ 
 
 ^J/V3253 ^7J Am /s^^/feser^^