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At sight of the martial figure, the Indian, in admiration, arose to a sitting posture. Such, he thought, were the warriors who followed Saladin! And when the stranger, reaching the summit of the eminence, turned out of the road coming apparently to the door of the tent, he involuntarily sprang to his feet ready to do him honor.
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“Who is the warrior yonder?–He in the golden armor?”
“The Emir El Hajj, [Footnote: Chief officer of the Pilgrimage. The appointment was considered the highest favor in the Sultan’s gift.] O Prince.”
“He the Emir El Hajj!–And so young?–Oh! a hero of the Serail. The Kislar Aga extolled him one day.”
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The Shaykh saluted gravely, and hurried away, leaving his patron with eyes fixed on the Emir, and muttering:
“So young!–and in such favor with the old Amurath! I will know him. If I fail, he may be useful to me. Who knows? Who knows?”
He looked upward as if speaking to some one there.
Meantime the Emir was questioning the ensign.
“This pilgrim,” he said, “appears well provided.”
And the ensign answered:
“He is the Indian Prince of whom I have been hearing since we left Medina.”
“What hast thou heard?”
“That being rich, he is open-handed, making free with his aspers as sowers with their seed.”
“What more?”
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“Bismillah!”
“They say also that in the journey from El Katif to Medina he travelled behind the caravan when he might have been first.”
“I see not the virtue in that. The hill-men love best to attack the van.”
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“The hill-man,” said the other decidedly.
“And thou knowest when those in front abandon a man struck with the disease?”
“Yes.”
“And then?”
“The vultures and the jackals have their rights.”
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“If he thou describest be not a Prince of India as he claims, he is a”–
“A Mashaikh.” [Footnote: Holier than a Dervish.]
“Ay, by the Most Merciful! But how did he save the castaways?”
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