The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-11-03

drive my heard uoWn W Che WdleI W ulihh
and take care that the black one goes in
first, or else she will gore the Others"
Upon this, Matthias took the branch of a
tree and began to cry f'Hoo! hoov' like
herdsman, and to beat the fanks of the
black COW, which scampered away and
led him long chase round the meadow;
so that he did not come back until all the
other animals had taken their morning
drink, and the girl was sitting on the bank
laughing at him, and wreathing crown
of flowers to deck the horns of Naharah.
"Thou dost not know thy new business
said she to Matthias, as he came up out of
breath; where-upon he began to curse
the COW which had led him that dance
and to think that he had made himself
ridiculous in the eyes of the girl, How
ever, they were soon sitting side by side,
in pleasant talk, and the merchant learned
that the name of the bond maiden was
Carinc.
BY this time he had quite made up
his mind to marry her, if she would have
him; but although rejecting upon his
wealth and her poverty, itseemed scarcely
probable that she should refuse, his mod
esty was so great that he dared not ven
ture to talk of love. They parted early,
and Matthias went away, promising to re-
turn on the morrow. He did so; and for
many weeks continued these meetings on
which, for the first time since his youth
he found real happiness. At length, one
day he took courage, and told Carine that
he intended to take her away and marry
her and make her the mistress of his
wealth.
"My lord" said she, with simple sur
prise, "has madness stricken thee? Dost
thou not know that I am bond maiden,
and that there is no power that can free
me?'
"Money can free thee, child" said
Matthias.
Not so,' replied she, ''for it is an an
cient privilege of this monastery that
bondsmen and bondswomen shall forev-
er appertain to it. If any freemen casts
his eyes upon one of us, and desires to
marry her, he must quit his state and be-
come slave, he and his descendants for
ever, to the monastery. This is why |
was not married last year to Skandar, the
porker. who offered twenty pigs for my
freedom, but who refused to give up his
liberty" Matthias internally thanked
Heaven for having given an independent
spirit to the porker, and replied, smiling,
believe me, Carine, that the fathers love
money--they all do-and shall purchase
thee as my wife,
at is nonsense said she: striking her
head, "they refused twenty pigs
II will give twenty sacks of gold, ba-
BY" cried Matthias, enraged at her obsti-
macy. Carine replied, that she was not
worth so much; and that, if she were, it
was of no use talking of the matter, for
the fathers would not sell her. ''By ST.
Maron!" exclaimed Matthias, Il can buy
their whole monastery
He was mistake. The monastery O
Selahka was the richestof all the East, anc
the head of it was the most self-willed O
men. He cut short the propositions of The
merchant-who went straight to him tha
very day-by saying that on no accoun
heould the liberty of Carine be granted
eff thou wouldst marry her, said he
looking, as Matthias thought, more wicked
than demon, 'tthou must give up al
thv wealth to US, and become our bonds
man. With this answer the lover wen
sadly away, and returned to Tarsus, say
ing to himself, cit is impossible to Civ
up, not only the grains of my life, bu
even my liberty, for the sake of this COW
girl. must try to forget her. a
So he went back among his friends, an
began to walk in the bazaars. When th
Jew saw him, he cried out 'tHail, oh wis
man, that will not burthen himself wit
the society of woman" But the mel
chant frowned black upon him, and turne
away; and to the surprise of all the neigh
bors, went and sat down by the side {
the Christian tailor, and, taking his han
whispered to him: "Close thy shop, m
r friend, and lead me, that I may see, a
thou didst promise, thy wife and tn
child"
, (Which child?" said the tailor. 9
Q have now three, Gorges, Lisbet, and Ha1
~ na." .I
= Call of them,' said Matthias; "an
also the ebony black girl, Zarifeh.''
"Ohp' said the tailor, II have set h.
free, and she is married to the pudding
- seller, round the corner
- cit seems,' said Matthias to himsel
:, ''that it is the law of Heaven that ever
v one shall marry
The tailor shut up his shop and too
e the merchant home and showed him h
le domestic wealth-this say his pretty wi
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