Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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affection withwhich Moulai el Tayib greeted this group madeclear to Ted why he had been summoned to thekasbah; it was not mere curiosity which had ledthe proud, stern old sherif to send for him, butthis young man —a son of the sherif he was, andclosely resembling his father—was seriously ill;his face was even now convulsed with pain; andhe, Ted Leslie, a mere novice in the art of Aes-culapius, must match his skill against some un-known disease. Ted and Achmed both were alive to the criticalnature of their situation. The young man, Moulai Idris ben Tayib (MoulaiIdris, son of Tayib) was so ill that he gave littleheed to his surroundings; there was a flushedlook about the face, and a dullness of the eyes,which indicated fever; and the strained and anx-ious expression of his features indicated pain. Ted Leslie advanced toward his patient, andlaid his hand quietly on the young mans fore-head. Upon that act the father sprang forward—nowopenly showing that he was greatly wrought up—
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WITH NATIVE GRACE HE PRONOUNCED THE SALUTATION, 807 SALAAM ALEIKOUM! THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO (July, and grasped, as in a vise, the young thabibsshoulder. He is my son, he exclaimed, in ahoarse whisper, my first-born and well-beloved;it is at the peril of your life, learned youth, thatyou attempt your wonders of healing; if you dothe young man harm—yea, even if you do notbring good to him — Here he whirled his armin the air and snapped his fingers, which symbolicact was understood by our young doctor to meanthat the life of Ted Leslie of Lexington, Massa-chusetts, would be snapped short in a secondstime. Then Achmed saw his opportunity; Ted said,afterward, that the same idea was in his ownmind, only he was restricted by his imperfectArabic. May the honored sherif of Wezzan andhis son live long! began the shrewd young Bed-ouin. But this threat held over the head of theskilful young thabib is not just. It carries asting, but no honey; it implies a penalty, but offersno reward; it

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