Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-11-29
who thus dares 10 scorn mel"

at wants some months TO Adar," said
her husband gloomiIy.
"Were | possessed of all thy rank and
power" said Zaresh, 'this insolent jew
should no longer live. | would erect lol.
ty gallows, fifty cubits high, and l would
hanq my enemy thereon aud thy favor with
the king will save thee from his anger, If
he do trouble himself with the fate Of such
wretches."
sit shall be done | thank thee Zaresh,
The man shall die to day, for l cannot
be at pence while he defes nc. Human
shook off the dust from his robes and has
tily withdrew
Thou who art rh1ding these lines, be-
ware how thou bamest Hannah! lfthoH art
soithoM SIN, then cast thy s.one. Look
within the recesses oftby own heart when
surrounded by all the world can give Of
wealth and happiness, hast thou not pined
for more? Hast thou not striven fer some
iancied good, lacking which, all means OF
10y around thee are neglected, and thou re-
4usest to be at peace until it be attained,
That night, the king being restless,
awoke very early, and commanded the rec
ords Of the palace to be brought to HIM, that
he might occupy his leisure hour IN looking
them over. There he beheld the service
rendered him bv Mordecai, when he secured
the conspirators. "Haye the traitors been
examined"
"No, my lord
'.Let it then be done Instantly for see
by these papers Mordecai declared great
lord of the court was their Employer. Surely
| have been very negligent! Hath the
man been rewarded who discovered the
conspiracy"
''He hath not yet, oh, hing"
"There hath just arrived, without hear
one of my mobiles. Let him enter.
The door was opened, and Haman en-
tered His gallows was erected, and he
now came to win from the king permission
to hang his enemy upon it.
'sCome hith er. Hannah, said Araxerx-
es. "What shall be done with the maa
whom the king deligheth to honor;"
The proud Aeart of Haman exulted, for
he thought the king intended to confer
some new favor upon him.
''For the man whom the king delighteth
TO honor" said the willy Hannah, "Let the
kings royal robes be brought, aud the
horse which the king rideth upon, and the
OIoNh 10y iINt tuto dpputci d!iu ms
be delivered into the hands of the kings
most noble princes, tina. he NAV array
with these, the man whom the king de-
lighteth to honor, and bring him on hors
back through the streets of the city, and
proclaim before him, s'Thus it shall be
done to the man whom the king delighteth
10 honor"
Then the king sail to Hannah, ''make
hast and take the robes, and the horse as
thou hast said, and do even thus to Morda-
cal, the Jew who stitch at the kings gate.
The heart of Haman stood still when he
heard these words. Must he exalt the
enemy whom he came 10 destroy! Must
he show himself to the world as groom TO
the dispised Jewi He rushed from the
kings presence almost maniac. Hannah
could not resist the kings mandate The
stimulating ceremony was enacted, and
then with his head covered in anguish, he
find to his own house, where the gall and
bitterness he had SO well ent up in his boz
som, burst forth with a tremendous yio-
lence. "sMy he1rt did misgiye me, after
thy departure" said his wife, ''that had
councelled thee to do aught against theJew,
IT'S said they have powerful God, who
visits with awful judgments those who do
them wrong. Then cease to wrestle with
Mordeca, my husband and my lord or I
fear me the wrath of his God will fall upon
thee
The queens chamberlain now arrived TO
escort Haman to the banquet. Arrayed
in his most costly robes, and smoothing his
brow, Hannah followed him into the queens
presence. With joyous eyes he gaz ed at
the magnifcence around him, and at The
royal feast which was waiting him, and I'M
suspecting the queens knowledge of his arts
against her nation, advanced with a conf
dent smile to the raised seat occupied by
his rayal master and queen Esther That
smile was the last the face Of Hannah ever
wore
"And now that we are assembled at
Thy request" said Artaxerxes, "what is
thy petition Queen Esther? 1t shall be
granted thee. even were it half my kingdom
for have sworn it.
Then Esther, the queen, kneeling before
him, said ''IfI have found favor in tiny
sight, oh, king! and if it please my lord,
let mig life be given to me at my petition,
and that of my people at my request For
we are all sold, | and my people to be de-
stroyed, to be slain and to perishr'
"And who is he" said the king in his
anger, who dost presume in his heart to
devise any thing against thy life! under
stand thee not. Who are thy people?'