The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-08-22


revised aud as am more rich and power
fol than you will have my revenge, al
least If you will not repair BY lille sacrl
fee tbs fe.oilug Injustice. The suit lost
by my grandfather cos. four hundred pur
SEES; am wiling 10 pass over it for half
this sum. Give NE only TWO hundred pur
see will give you clear Of the expenses
Of the processes and the interest"
lie said to another. 81 remember We
ry we'll all tina; you tell me. Your tillss
are ioconestable. You must have read
that ono Of my ancestors placed 10 the
hands Of one Of yours sum OF ono hundred
thousand fupinns, so much confidence had
he 10 the integrity of this relation, who pas.
sod for the most homes, man Ia Persia. =
" Yes, signor, recollecl the circumstance
very WE'LL" You see that | have all the
anecdotes Of my family at my fingers end /;
but you are perhaps ignorant Of What has
become Of the hundred thousand tomons
y.3sed 10 the hands Of your ancestor ~
nv dear lhat-" +" You believe that
have never receissaAti | am sure that
post, Which you have don 5tlessS =, .. nus 20
Therefore, pray you TO restore me a sum
which is Iegitmstely my Cue: you viii In
ibis manner repair an injustice which, were
/, known, would certainly injure The repu
tallon Of our family, whose probty has
heretofore never been doubted"
Abb accompanied these discourses with
many fine promises, and swore TO all his
relations that, 10 eight days, he would grant
them all !le places and ranks tina: were
suitable 10 :hem, or lie would lose bis situa
ton Of grand vzier.
10 short tine lie found so manv cous
ins, that he was embarrassed With them
But to oil those whose titles could be ques
toned he said isu are rich, you
aros that our ancestors have always been
rich | must then have experienced on
your part great Injustice, since, without
the magulhcence OF the calIPh liaroun al
Rnschld, Who knows how to distinguish
meri, wherever II IS found. would be fore
ed 10 beg my bread, or to earn /! by he
sweat Of my brow"
There was, perhaps, some reply to make
TO this argument; bu, as money was the
best Of all IN few days Abb saw himself
possessed Of considerable fortune"
He then sent for the father Of tie beau.
uful Agell. that he might order pair Of
slippers. " hen the old shoemaker, Rus
tai, learnt that he had been chosen to have
the hotour of making tia y2ler's slippers,
he was ready TO tie with 10y; so lIltle q
thug IS required 10 cause the death OF o
man lie arrived al the palace of the vi
2 er, after having dressed himself 10 his
hes, clothes, aud pu, on turban entirely
new. He entered magnificent apartment,
where Abb was al that time, surrounded
by O nuudred persons, richly cIoIuru,
CHUNG on ottonaus and smoking aroma'-
les. Rusuf trembled like o leaf shaken by
the wind lie cast himself OF his knees al
the door OF the apartment and advanced IN
that position 10 the feet Of the yizIer, whom
he dared no, look in the face, and who neg
iicen,ly stretched ont his lee TO him with.
out SAVING single word. When Rustai
had measured him Gor a pair Of slippers,
Abb begins 10 speak, and disgusnS his
voice, addressed HIM thus 4" You have o
daughter, Rusiafi' "les, magnificent
sirnor." as she handsome :" Yes,
sinner, OF the service Of your highness. -
4" She loves, II is said, young man named
Abb :" Aas, sienor-" L" Who is
this Abb ~ " A poor wretch, signor m
idle. lazy vagabond, who will all his life be
nothing more than the most miserable OF
sbocmakers n-'l however, had some in
clinauon to take him 10 make my shoes
A" All sguor but your magnl6cence would
have bad sgi-persp "Thts Abb Of whom
YOU speak SO III, has he any other faults !!
q They ore innumerahe, slgnor; but even
we're he without faults | could not give my
daughter to an unknown person, w,Ihou
relations" Without relations Hold
raise your eyes and look around you Ihes'
are all the relations oil Adlb.
1 The old RusIa( looked with am'z'men
around the apartment but when he saw St
many great mobiles, magolicen'iy clothed
he believed tina, the grand vlz'er va
hooking him: he trembllnGly lifted hi
eyes, and recognized Abb. Al thus uneS
pected recognition, poor Rustaf fell to tn
ground, cxclaim,ng: " Allah Allah
am lost !"
This exclamation caused Abb and a
the spectators to burst into peals OF laugh
ter. "No, no, Rus,af, you are not lost,
replied Abb; "you are my tsther,ln Ia"
if YOU find nv circle o! relations hume'
ous enough. Go then Immediately an
bring your daughter ! will order the Gao
10 come and celebrate this marrIne 10 m
palace tomorrow, perhaps IT will be 10
' late for he who has relations to day, ma
have them no more tomorrow
5 | will not pain, the joy and surprise
{ the beautiful Agel; from the daughter
, poor shoemaker, she became at once IN
wife of tho man that she loved, and OF
. rranJ vlzier Her love and her want
a were equally satisfied and those person
. who are no, sufficiently sensible to kno
4 the enioymen, of love, are always sutnc'en
IL so to appreciate those of vanity.
4 The marriage was celebrated with
..,.c,,o,co ,vorthy of the rank OF the e