The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-03
no. 93.

'''''' w ~ " niS Nlac.
Next morning wlrn thev Il 4 =. I'll
their PRAYERS. The slave Showed y.
rrhliu the girdlr SIZE had mnhe, -
hid hun sell it. He actual, T..
twenty dnars for the girdlc. IL
my snal says he. i never knce
better trade than this. lis M .
profitable In make such girdlcs tliaa
Ia be great merchant.
NITradln paid his old friend h.
debt, who wished hin Joy Of tIle
treasure he bad got. aud spoke 10
more ri selling he aud Maria Ill,
nme of the girdle-maker) worked
away every nght. a"d every day
brought in % dnars. AT last slo
Desired hlu IL buy silk Of Nix colours;
and she wofked hin mech handker,
chItl that was The admiration aud
envy of the whole city. 10 slnrlcn
the story, This handkerchief attra /.
cd tIr noliee Of M old sguint-escd
fraok whom Maria particularly
dcIcsted, bul t. whom Nurrddin v ~
induced IN Ii Of inloAlcallon ~
sell her.
Ii IL now time Ia inform The curl
nu4, that Maria was HE daughter
Of 4 great king oi lhr Franks. Sl.
hnd tlr hcst III rddcali u. had learn
rd ever. Mud Of elegant work. aied
MAS. ~ may veil he Supposed.
,uGht ~ marriage by number #
y ilre4, Who rrigned aver islam,
Ban her lalher would nol part viii
her, though he had plenty III suns. ~
lcuglh s,r VIA afflicted b, severe
Illness. aud she made Il Wv II $40
ruco>errd, 10 perform IA pilgrimage
10 convent famous ahoDg lhe
Franhs. Du her votag" ihlthrr, she
was taken by u Mahomrdan orsalr,
" n carried her AID All her rcjlnne
j Was bought by Persian mcrchanI
! ho Nas ennuCh. She attended
i him III Il long and dangerous illness,
and liz prnn,Isrd al iur request ne
yer IL sell her bot IL -uoh IL mahirr
~ SHE should hei self approve or.
The good Persian moreover InSiror
Ted her ~ lslau,,m. aud then sola
her Al Alexandria.
When 1ln, king. her father, heard
OF hfrcapljsils he WIS greatly alice
ed, IL, sent kuisbfs u patr,arcbs n
every dlrecilDu IN search III her. but
all tn 40 purpose. Al Iength he
sent the squlnl-Cyed Frank. who WAS
his minister ot ptliee, aud The de,i
r'Caruatc at The business Of espial ,
Aho found her, as W. lave sreu.aut
ought her home surely agaiast her
viii, NUredd,o. on lis part, Has
equally disconsoiate: every ihlng lac
saw recalled Maria 10 ,iis mind, and
hrw ~ on the verge nl despair. When
.. An old captain Called, Who was going
J with his ship 10 the very city u
/ which Maria had been brought
Nureddin embarked, aud after sail.
+. ing fifty one days, they were iakeI
by Frank cOrsair. and carried q
the residence Of the king of the
FRANKS. where they arrived at tho
same time as the princess Maria.
Her account of her AL, cnturel
was by no means agreeable IL hot
family. II il WAS dccrred by the king
+, TO wash away the stain Of slavery
aud lis consequences from the prin
cess hi. daughter, Al feast "A hundrc'
Mnssnlmans ought TO have thrN
heads cut off. Acrordlngl, il VA
ordered that the Mnssnltuans 81
mounting 10 one hundred, taken By
the eorsair. should be forthwith ~
:. ccuctrd. The captains head VIC
, fist knocked III. and 81 on til
J.. they came III NnreddI.. Who liz,
thr silent barber. had the gaD'
luck to be placed last. The hcid,
man however was approa hing lin
Nhrn an old wrinan calne lnrwh Il
aud reminded the king Of his WV
/ to bast1W five captive ,hioslcms "
the charch II he sh5uld ever gel In
;. princess again. a. the Messiah
mother, (eald tIr king) | had qat'
, forgot lhat thcr, l. bat one lett
:. so take Ia II, ani rrmai you
d,.htnr for four. : took Nured