The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-01-20

THE WIDOW.
This story is from the Z,dig Of VoItai>

u This story is from the Z,dig of Voltai
One day Zmig's, wife Azora returned
d from walk, swelling with iage. "What i;
u Tho mater my deal p said Z,dig, "wha
N en- have happened to pa, you so besides
4 yourseIf?"
sn "Alas!' said she, "you would be as in
aaa gnln' as ! AN, If you mad only seen wha
iii have witnessed. Invent to console The
4 Young widow C'sron, who not long since
! erected tomb 10 he. husband near the
brook which il)ws through yonder meadow
and vowed to the gods to remain at the
N TOMB so long as The waers of the stream,
Il should low by it
"There is an estimabe won,n Cor you'll"
Il s,'d Z,iig; "shs sincerely loved her hus>
band!'
As "Ah!' replied Azora; "if you only knew
what she was doing when visited hel!''
! "Well, VIII, sweet Az,ra?'
N She was laboring to turn the stream!'
Az IRA was so vehement in heI condemna.
ito nof the vonn! widow's conduct, and over
whemGd her with so many hard names,
th't ZuifI wa disp!easeG with so great a
parade Of v,rlne
IL. bad frieni named Cador, who was
oae OF those young men whom his vito
s. thought better behaved and more moral
4 tim most o.hers.--ffe nlt,e Trim iIis conf
d,nt, and promised him large sum if his
plan succeeded.
WI n Az ra, ''Nho,has been passing
H., l. ,f, rol,,io,
burned to town, the Servants in tears an
! haunced to her that her husband had died
suddenly III, night before, and had been
bf:ied thai morning IN The tomb OF his an
ceso,s at the bottom, OF The ga den. she
Yaved, tore her hair, and called the gods TO
wi'ness 'ha, she would not survive him.
u lha, evening Cahor asked permission TO
zee her, on they wep 'oge her. The next
dry they shed fewer tears, and dined To
gelher Cador had informed her that his
friend had LET him the greatest part of his
property, and hin'ed that it would be his
greatest happiness to share it with her -
Tne lady wep', grew angry, bat allowed
herself 10 be nppeased. The conversation
became m, IRE C inf Ieniia|. AGRA praised
the fefunc', but confessed that he had many
faults from which Cador was exempt. G
Ia the mids, of thu supper, Cador com
planned of violent pain in his liver. The q
anxious lady rang for herl essences, think a
ing that perhaps one among them might be I
good for the liver complaint She regrets 4
ted deeply that the Hermmes was no lon, n
ger at Babylon, she even deigned to touch e
the side where Color experienced such in e
tense pain. .sArc you subject to this cruel o
complaint ?" said she, compassiona'cly Ii v
sometimes nearly kills me-" replied Cador, ii
sand there is only one remedy which h
isoothes it, and that is to apply on my side Il
che nose Of a man who died the day be. g
fore.'' Il
Il "That is strange remedy! - said Azora u
"Not so strange" he answered as DR.. h
Arnoult's apopcxy.bags." b
This reason, and the grea, merit ofihe
young man, decided Az,ra. "Af,er ALL ri
said she, "when my husband passes from a
ihe worldly esterday to the world of to mor> a
POW over the bridge Tchinavar, the angel Q
Asrae will not refuse to admit him because h
- "os0 10 u i'tic siiuTt 'uuu 'He uist. n
So taking the razor in her hand, she t.
vent 10 the tomb Of her husband, bathed il a
with her tears, and approached to cut off o
ME nose with one hand, and seizing the ra- n
zor with The other, "Madam!' he cried.
'say no more againsttac widow Cosron! g
The idea Of cutting Of my nose is quite 4
equal 10 that Of turning wafer counsel" Il
The most Of us, alas! are always hypo> y