The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-10-03


dsy very much OCT Of temper. All The
eaurGisrs kept aloof - snoa - they saw
e.oads - lie rissge Of lke Brother Of The
San. hni ore careless atieadant came near
him abruptly. snd committed some slight
ofencs. H's highress broke out into .
t,nerl Of rare, ani ordered The offender
10 receise The bss'inado forthwith. and
Then 70 he inpaisd in front Of The great
gee NJ The palaee.
" Tssrd 81 the laishfal.'' said his honest
Fiaisr. /" LEI the fal6lmsni Of Thy CON-
oanis as DELAYED. whae | Eelals lhee .
sorry" The Sultan gave = mule. surly
syn Of assent. uhefeupon the FiZler
began 10 rsiate the following tale. for
ahlrh. be il remarked. he drew on his
invention. not On memeEy:
- wealthy snd benevolent massnlman
had = slave. whom he wished 10 make
happy. 60 he gave lin his freedom. and
presented him. moreover. win good
ship. loaded w.ah cssilV merchandise.
The boa5maa. nos Tree from his fsilers,
set sasl ioyfallg far his native country;
but sa'denlv > storm arose. and flung
him Oh - shore of sn uninhshiied island.
Ills ssssel went to pieces. ard he Was
left n temoaa his sad fate on the desert
beacs. il aFst. he saw no traces oil
human a5a5e. but a. he lefE the shore
and j5a'neyed further on, he saw The
walls and towers of large city in The
ais.anee. Ioylully he bent bis steps
towards II, and hardly had he reached
the gates, when he was net AMI welcomed
9ili shonss oijay. Countless mu.U.ades
Of the inhabitants surrounded him. bowed
laeiE fares 10 tie dust. and cried, a. with
me voice. " long live our Sultan" The
poor sh'awFecked freedman besougla
thea nos 10 make sport OF his misery:
bot he wss assured BY The rejoicing
multitude. thai these honors were paid
lin in sober earnest. Spite of his
struggles, he was lif,ed by force into =
splendid chariot. and conducted tn palace
fliusring viii gold and jewels. Here he
was dressed BY oiiieious attendants in
royal rabes, while q crowd OF grave.
figniied lookingIold men. WIN declared
themselves 10 be the great officers OF state.
did hin hOmage - their sovereign, and
vowed eternal fidelity. So. whether he
liked il or not, rule lie must. lie was
issle used, - your highness may imagine,
- managing the sffairs OF grsa. people,
and would have cut but . sorry fgure
had il not been for wise and aged Eizier,
Who always gave him prudent eoansels 10
aid his inrxperienee. /
Tell me, vizier." so the monarch
not long afterwards addressed his sage
adviser, =" tell me how is il that |, a poor
fFlendless stranger. have been made a
great king. and let me knos when Ibis
mnmnery is 10 end!"
= Mighty sultan" said the rizier. " all !
tie inhabitan,s OF lie island. whom thou
takest for men. are only spirits" The
ling shadjsred under his royal robes, bur |
SAD aothiag. and The yizier proceeded. |
" We are, hoEsFsr always under the |
government of : mortal. who is sen. u |
iron lime 10 time, by the grsa, Lord Of
eli, to rule over us. As soon a. he lands |
among Us, he IL pointed on, IS our future
ruler, anl we are told, at the same time.
how long he is 10 wear the crown. This.
hswerer, is neFrr told our Sultan until
the appointed time comes. uAen he is to
lay down bis dignity. When lhs. time
comes, he is suddenly deihroned, dressed .
N coarse and unsighdy garment. and /
rafned away 10 barren desert island"
lie Sultan uenbsd once more from
he! to foot. and asked if his predecessors
La- been told Ike hin, what . sad fate
Az !. ] them.
" Trey were all to,I Of IT," said the !
wise s'..er. L" bat they make no good !
use o. Ihetr knnwledge.-'rhey enlayeA
lie pleasure 81 the moment, without
THU L. IF The future. So tie lime for
i4e:F reinforcement came upon them before
they I'D made the slightest preparation !
fof Fen3 ring their fuiare life 10 The deser. |
,'ls1 an agreeable ONE
" y y, can .ha, be done p asked the
s'ioaished Soltsn.
:. Surely 1t cam" was the answer.
=" W one hia4ers thee from nov, at lAis
very moment. beginning tn plan, a |.
eolooy on the barren ls!snl, which il 10 |
be thy future habila,ion. If thou doest
t's, It's barrenness will be changed To
oean'v, thou VII. be joyfuIly received |
~hea thou goest 10 dwell upon il. and |
hese' 'egrel The spisadar tho has. lef,
ben he. But hasten, hasten, if such |
!" u nteatioa! Feeble man is master
o. The ''sea; moment only, the coming |
"nf e@.e7gs to destiny" /
IT, ru'cai sultan, did not. Ike his
pieds' ~s:~s. 'ara deaf ear TO The
~srn'n@ roiec Of his good vizier; wi,hcnl
loss OIL Line he seat large number Of bis |
oss' an INST valuable subjects to The |
desert "Ia.!. aai commanded them 10 |
prepare q pIessent retreat for bin against
bis coming. Therefore. when no vas
ds'hFonsd' and frced, as others had been. |
20 s'.a 'ae abode Ct baroness, he found |
II iert''s and p5esssr, to look upon, and |