Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-04-28

wonderful medicines and powerful amuleis
had l,e,n made rs, nl io hrior bark iusnf Ia
courage and strength. he did not tell them .i"r
there is nn value cNccp, IN what Is unsnown
Yusor bclng lold nv his fth'r that they must
depart. AMI search lhrunqh tic wcrll lnr lhi,
Miriam the Shadow y, once. loanl strength
ro leave his he'd. and NJ l"urer considered
himsclfa tciphhnr nr death. The necessary
prrparalions were made, aud father aud san
soon sc, out upon their travels. They went
,o I.1ir. and visited ,he CoPlIc ci'ir' iherr"l.
aud s,,,nurncd IN the desert. THEN retum.
,nr. they ,nyarcd by way "f hlet'ndria I"
syria. and slalioncd in al the cities irou' Da'
m,scn. To- Aleppo. Sull. hnweycr. Miriam
was MT found, and Yusnr, thou h l''crc vas
ro longer any f,ar inr hls life. crtslnci sad
,nd mslanchnly. They r,umcl a'cr years
absence in Calrn. where they innEd the Fer
sian physician again there on his way hack
from lads. III, had cured. be- snld. the sn,-
crrirn of the Moruls oC fever hy means oi
a rockc, handkerchief. hnuclu lur lwo pas
tres in the lazaar, AID bad. in consequence,
brrmnr pus,c,srd 81 50 much wealth, ,ln, hr
was ahou, ~ return To his country, 10 h"lrs
II marrying the youngc't daughter OF 'hc
Shah.
AND this Miriam'" SAID he, Pnching
Yusnr's pale check. The Yong unassigned
and blu.hc,I, f,r he vas now ASHAMED Of hl'
weakness ler,rc strangers
"Ir uill b. rrol. said the rhvs.ciu-Uho
nuv that hr va. a',out io ah,ndon the pac-
lcr uf mrdiclnc. hogan ro recommend hs ~.
ucu,s tn Pru,tdrncc of vhrch be had uor
thought before. possibly drcm,nr II uuucc,s,
,ay-"ir will be- roud." be- sa.d, "io make
q piuus plrrmlrc. Gn ~ the rhurrh ol lhc
Arrauriuu. uu - Grorc"'sday Who know
hur that the SAINTS may be ab'c To- do rha'
vhtcl, the act Of mln c,uno, arrrnpll,h i''
Han lllmm, snllrd, and rhr PERSIAN, Wh,
understood hi, ihouah's. -ud-
"E,cn in tbs case | advice VIA, should
have been rhy drs, care. Pchol~, rruc rr
mcmhcr we'll. vc have ,ll lorrotcu To- ask a
blessing l-um ahuyc NJ the commencement &,
uur most carcr pursuits We rrav Gr rar
and sunshine. which is distributed lor either,
o, nell as ourselves, hul ~ dn uo, nray r
be wise, bcclrso We think nc are 10 a.
ready"
Tie Determined TO follow the Pcrslar's ad
vice, ard ,h., is how II happened that on lh,
eve ol -, Gcorgcs day, hls boa, oru,c,
Vi,h,n hearing or ,hc graz camp vt pr'cr,ur
assembled To see the Arparrion nf ,he Saints
Although the Pcrstau's Uou's had bee,
merely vords of vague ad,,rs, Lorh fihe
and sun we're persuaded that they we're o.,
preaching 'hc Solemn momcnl Vhcn their ill,
vas In b. decided Gur rood or iur evil. The,
passed the greater par, orrhc night iupraycr
and Yusof, every n"N ard then. nl.cj h.'
,urcc and Ocpt aloud over h.s Youth that ha.
v,,hrrcd and iadcj "a pursuI, or s'S.oN.
81 feel ycryold. he said, ,"ullcrif1n thou
n'h,r, nr ihou has, ,'.l hop,, and has,
none. Tins s an c,l ilurr which ] n,,
done. Goj placed me In lhy care, rla,
m,cht .cnc him and he useful ,n uy I-lioN
mcn. Sc, have dr,urrd 40 ,uc strength "
my hear, and mind lo ,hc pur,ul, ul a vain %
lu.ion-an imagination that rs not q crcaiur,
orGud, b-, part Of myself lbs is gr,a
,mp.ciy.
Bm the hour of dc,pondoc passed. au,
when iio sun started up hchrnIa l.rul crn,,
orralm trees, and the blue heavens lrrmblc,
with the l.rhr, aud the s'ork. began 'o cum,
down Co the mar.iu ur the stream, and lh,
doves Guucrrd In crowds from field lo field
aud ground lalhs br",hcd along tie dcNl
rra,. when the fish began TO leap ar ra,
Grr, HAT buzlcd over Dhc water, 7s u rlided
aud ,hnnr, mi cid,rd, and murnurri whcr
the boat again pot into lhr stream, aud tIr
ruNcrs, rising as they pui.r,!, shon'cd ih,
mornlur sou,, and wee answered hy do,
crew, or ,hc other bus,s lnarquruclrheb banS'
where thcy ton h,d pls,cd Ihc night, ano
cruwdrd iuto lect of p.lcrus, when lil On,
ulilll,s uf nature we're thus a,i,r. Nusni lrl
more happy and more hopeful. aud snld r"h''
father. "ltis 3, the day we have waited fnr
Han HANNA kissed him on the temples
aud both standing un the ruf of the cabin
moss bchrldr tie Church of the aprar.r'ons ~
iar Ia the nitstoi the plain. and White tents
sparkrng around, and cruwd. IT people run
ulnr To- and ire. and tie cam,ls ard horses
standing here and there. They rmainrd 10
their huai moor with a hundred ether
acains, lhe bauk until the appointed lour.
/ A cner. standing on Que ol ,l,c piuulelca ("
the clmrc!,, at length announced that il W.,
noon aod that tie people nigh, hcgia t" cu
ter. There was at first 4 r,h-hn prscnl
I rly ORDER returned. and Tie crowd teraa u
pour In AZ unc dunr anil our ~ the either. rar
lur inicuily un the White wall ahu,c the altar
and lruly an uninterrupted Succession "f plran'
tom lorns mn,cd IN stately march from right
ru len. Nuv and ,hen figure on horseback
seemed I, pass rapidly in front Of the others,
ami was salu'ed by Enthusiastic shouts as -,
George. Sometimes the apparliions were
dim, at others they berame rs bright ard clea'
as fresro painting. Iusof and his father ad,
vanced sluNly through the crowd. Just a,
they reached the grea, door a tremendous de.
yutiunal cry was raised, and the name Of MIR.
INN nn,, Nm nrrtv lin The nennle imarined