Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6Julian Hawthorne Review of Reviews Company, 1907 |
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abode Ahmad al-Danaf Ahmad Kamakim al-Din Abu al-Shamat Al-Marwazi Al-Razi Ala al-Din Abu Ali Khwajah Allah answered Arabic ascetic asked Aslan bade Baghdad Bahluwan Barmaki behold Bráhman brought cabinet Caliph Chief Commander cried daughter death Devasmitá dinars dirhams Domba door Emir Khalid entered envelopes Eunuch eyes Faithful father fear fell gave girl give Habzalam Bazazah hand Harun al-Rashid hath head heard heart Hsing husband Ja'afar Jessamine Kazi Khwajah king knew lady lemon lord magistrate Malik Shah Marabout medium minister's mother naught night old woman olives Padmávatí palace performance present prince question Quoth Rayy replied returned Roum séance seat sent Shah Khatun Sharper slate slave spectators Sulayman Shah Sultan tell thee thief thine thou art thou hast thou wilt told took trick uncle Wazir whatso whereupon wife words youth
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Page 145 - I stole it not; I know naught of it; I never saw it ; I can give no information about it ! " Said the Caliph, " O traitor, how cometh it that I brought thee near unto me and thou hast cast me out afar, and I trusted in thee and thou betrayest me?" And he commanded to hang him. So the Chief of Police took him and went down with him into the city, whilst the crier preceded them proclaiming aloud and saying, " This is the reward and the least of the reward he shall receive who doth treason against the...
Page 285 - How true these last remarks are is demonstrated by the statement, made in The Revelations of a Spirit Medium, that an old wire mask frequently used at materializing seances had been recognized " by dozens of persons as fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, cousins, sweethearts, wives, husbands, and various other relatives and friends. None but the medium knew that it was only a fifty-cent wire mask, hence none but the medium could enjoy the humor of the occasion.
Page 221 - Chaussee d'Antin, and at the end of a performance which had been as successful as it was loudly applauded, I remembered that, while passing through the next room to the one we were now in, I had begged my son to cast a glance at a library and remember the titles of some of the books, as well as the order they were arranged in. No one had noticed this rapid examination. " To end the second-sight experiment, sir...
Page 41 - His master was extremely put out at this, and gave him a sound beating; subsequently hiring several divers, who tried every means in their power to recover the stone, but were quite unable to find it. He then went away, having first published a notice of reward, and by these means many were tempted to seek for the stone. Soon after, Hsing himself came to the spot, and as he mournfully approached the bank, lo! the water became clear, and he could see the stone lying at the bottom. Taking off his clothes...
Page 285 - ... down, and laid it close to the others. If the juggler had not thus taken the coin, but had allowed the officer himself to place it on the ground, the trick, as actually performed, would have been frustrated.
Page 235 - Houdin hardly knew how to escape; and the marabout smiled malignantly at his triumph. Bou-Allem, who knew that Houdin's tricks were the result of address, was very angry, but Houdin would not be beaten. Turning to the marabout, he...
Page 234 - I willingly acceded to their request, and the douros issued at command. The delight was so great that several Arabs rolled on the ground ; this coarsely expressed joy on the part of Mohammedans was worth frenzied applause to me. I pretended to keep aloof from the Marabout, who, as I expected, remained serious and impassive. When calm was restored, my rival began speaking hurriedly to his neighbors, as if striving to dispel their illusion, and, not succeeding, he addressed me through the interpreter...
Page 212 - Yes, sir, you! for you are a sorcerer, and cannot deny it." At this word sorcerer, I was much inclined to laugh; but I was restrained by the incognita's evident emotion. Still, wishing to put an end to a scene which was growing ridiculous, I said, in a politely ironical tone: "Unfortunately, madam, you give me a title I never possessed." "How, sir!" the young woman exclaimed, in a quick tone, "you will not allow you are - " A sorcerer, madam? Oh, no, I will not." You will not?" No, a thousand times...
Page 48 - Roum; moreover, I saw her burning with anxiety; so I knew that the patient was her husband. As for his strangerhood, I noted that the dress of the woman differed from that of the townsfolk, wherefore I knew that she was a foreigner; and in her hand...
Page 92 - We thought that in him was whatso we wanted ; but, behold, in 92 him is the contrary of that which we wish; and indeed he hath a blemish, for that he is short of back.