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CARROLLTON, OHIO--FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1916

my hocks; ] resisted, but in vain; and before my
friends could rally to my assistance, the dcpreda-
tors had accomplished their purpose"
s.lf YOU believe il 10 be the will Of Heaven,
said Shah Abbas, "that you should be robbed
was YOU not doing wrong in resisting those who
were bat the instruments Of that Wilt"
"Not So" reioined the pcasant-''lt IS permit
ted nay, commanded by Allah, that we should
resist injuslce-he who does 50 practice ur-
tue; and if resists in vain, loses not his reward;
for surely he who dies in good cause, gains more
than the unhappy being who survives to possess
the gains and triumph of successful tyranny.
'Yet surely your happiness must be less from
the loss you have sustained" said the Prince.
81 am poorer but not less happy" replied
Mira; "ndustry will soon supply the loss; be-
sides, have not home 10 shelter me from the
storm; and child to bless that home with her
affection and her smes!"
Shah Abbas offered at that time nothing against
the method in which the peasant comiorted HIM
self under his loss, but he returned to his palace
with his opinions liule shaken. He had indeed
begun to act, as though a convert 10 the doctrine
of the peasant on the subject of an internal Prln-
ciple of happiness. He no longer sought for
f pleasure in a merciless exerton Of prerogauye;
and was in more than one instance induced TO ex-
pend his wealth in acts Of secret beneyOlence,
that neither contributed to the beautliylng his old
f palaces, nor TO the building of new ones.
A few nights after the last visit of the king tc
the Peaceful Valley, band of ruflians sci fire tc
Mirza's cottage and carried off by brute force, his
f daughters and the peasant for the first time in hi'
life, quilted the valley, and sought the palace
q Shah Abbas TO beg the assistance of the Prince
in hiS oh
. He presented himself at the gates of the pal
, ace, but instead of obtaining the audience he era
n we'd, he was thrown into gloomy dungeon.
At midnight the disguised Prince visited hin
@ in the prison. "Unhappy, unfortunate man,
o said the Prince, "surely your trust in Heaven ha
q been misplaced"
$ "No So" said the peasant sit is all that's nov
:. eftme;-if thatcould be taken from me, shoul
', be the most unhappy of men,"
"And can a houseless man, childless paren
20 one over whom the anger of merclless Prince
too, impends-be otherwise than unhappy"
10 "That my heart bceds for my lost child,
NJ true indeed; that it throbs with indignation at tn
ID cruel tyranny of the the king, is ikewist rue b.
n. my trust in Heaven is not destroyed; how can
be unhappy, if, through the gloom of this plac
\. a ray of heavenly hope shines on my soul!-lt
vel DGllGNC ldl All WHICH lo'N
I, of one who isall powerful and good! They hay
al burnt my cottage-they have stolen my ohild,-
an but that which is within, they cannot deprive n
Is of. To him who has borne the losses which
d. have borne, the loss of life is gain,-for it r
ho stores to him all that was of value"
he Since the need of consolation was denied, Il
disguised Prince did not attempt to offer any; b
no left the peasant, with assurance that he shou
90 see him onthemonow in the presence Of the kin
bo Themorrow came, and 1.-THE prisoner was broug
he into the presence of Shah Abbas; and at once r
st cognzed the traveller and visitor at his cottage
ch the Peaceful Valley. Mira knclt in the pre-
he ence of the Prince.
"Rise, Mrza," said Shah Abbas, "and beho
m, in me the robber who deprived you of all tn
,e, man could deprive you of, but not of happine'
your focks and your cottage will restore; b
ed the pride of your heart and your home-yo
h. daughter, must hencelorth-if | have her asse
ee. and yours-be the partcipator Of that happine
RIM which a Prince first found in peasants hon
itv Bring forth your precious charge!'
rc At these words door beside the throne W
ed opened, and the peasants daughter was in an
i slant in the arms of her father. The great Sh
Abbas had never again occasion to trouble the
-, ges of his court forthedefntion of happy mt