The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-03-14


you shall be my wife; il cannot he will delay no
longer but part with thee to him who viii pay the high
est price" 30 @ = -'.-ii = (
The voice ofthe youth faltered-h was scarcely able
to continue in two days am to lake all the money
my father could spare and Join the caravan which pro
ceeds to the south fear not said he replying to the
alarm expressed in her varying countenance there is
no danger the caravan is large, and if fortune as
trader, shall return before two years have passed to
claim my plighted bride. Wilt thou be true7-may
trust thee?" were questions the lover asked tho he felt
sure the answers would be such as he could desire and
when the assurance given he for the first time ven
tured to impress kiss those beautiful lips Long
did they thus converse but lengththey parted Nern-
da promising TO come to the same spot on the next
evening to bid him farewelLisi sH frl ..T
They parted, Hassan vanly endeavoring 10 inspire
Nerinda with his own hopes, She almost sank under
the trial g. it was many days before she had strength to
revisit the bank of turf their accustomed resting place
When she did, how changed did all appear the flow
ers were still blooming around the stream flowed on
with its accustomed murmur she carroled sweely as
of old where then was the change? Alas il was in her
own heart; joy and happiness had fed with Hassan
and melancholy had taken their place.
Two years and six months had passed since the de-
INC 5oas'' anu ''ie'e Seeieu l'e P'0DaOiy
~ d,s dn.S deurI esen MS peneraD la.ne[ ouea rud MN m
mountains. One OF them was an old acquaintance
in the valley. He renewed his solicitations to the
father of Nerina that she might he paced under his
CHARGE Offering bc bgbest rice and nro,n;s;no that
her future lot sbould he "a brilliant and degbttpl as
her past one had bsen obscure The shepherd was
greatly dspeased at the nonappearance Of Hassan or
he would have preferred eenino bis dauohter near HIM
if he could have done SO with advantage 10 himself bu,
being poor as well as well as ayaricious and ina
ginning he should be perfectly happy if possessed of 50
much wealth as the trader offered he consented to par.
with her who had ever been his chief delight and the
pride of his heart ; 'S,a 9s'
Language cannot paint the CONSERVATION Of Nerinda
when she learned her fathers determination The DELAY
of Hassan she accounted for by supposng he had not
acquired the full amount necessary TO his purpose, and
hoped that after awhi he would return to call her his
Now all hope was at end Hassan might still come,
but she would be far distant perhaps the wife OF anoth
err Her mother and sister TO- shared her grief for they
thought ii would be impossible to live without Nernda
but all entreaties and lamentations were vain, the shep
herd had made the bargain and would abide by it, and
she was hurried to the caravan in state little short Of
nsensibility ay "'isa 'e f.1 '.'a 1sa' a'5
/ And where was Hussani He had determined in the
first place to proceed with the caravan to Mecca With
er was bound and laying out the money he possessed
in merchandise to trade at the different towns on their
route Before they arrived athe holy city he had con-
seuuently so greatly increased his store that he felt no
doubt he should be able to return before the time APP
pointed but meeting sooA aferward with heavy loss,
he was thrown back when he least expected it and
the end of two years had NOT more than the amount
required To return without It was useless and he set
about repairing his loss with heavy heart Six months
passed in this endeayor at the end of which time he
found himself rich enough to return but il was necessa
nv he should proceed ii Constannope o-settle some
business and ioin the caravan which WIS goin towards
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would be impossible for her to recognize him in his
present dress and determining suppress his emotions
whatever the res he made the request which was in
stantly complied with twas indeed Nerinda, but how
haf,r Ia In rr.th