Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-02-23

'and you have not triumphed alone. All
that Is good has triumphed. while evil
hides its foul head
AS the king spoke, he stepped down
from his throne, and placed one hand up
on the head Of the knight, and the othe,
upon Zebra
There, he continued. Il can do no more
tor your happiness. What remains mus,
De the work of your own king This is
the hrst act of my rule. and I can only
pray that every future act Of my lif, NAV
De as just as is this. Husam Ben Abbas
shall accompany you home, and other OF
our knights shall 60 with him 0. in af.
ter times, If history speaks of Jusef Ill
1T shall, at least, tell to the world that he
was good and just king wish to speak
no more
The monarch bowed his head as he
spoke. and those who stood near him saw
tears in his eyes
The prayers of the Moslem king were
truly answered. He had been taught by
adversely, and he was generous, noble
sovereign, and Granada was never SO pros
porous. never SO happy, as while Jusef III
ruled her destinies.
Emma lived all alone in the apartments
that were hers in the Alhambra, and few
knew how much she had done towards re.
llevlng Granada of the tyrant king; but
If she sometimes felt sorrow for what she
had done. the increasing peace of those
about her helped soothe the wound. and
IN her heart she felt that she had not done
much wrong.
Ben Hamed found that Granada was
no place for him, and he soon made his
way to Almeira. and from thence across
into Africa
0 what shouts of joy-so wild. so loud.
and so prolonged-rent the air at Valla.
dolid In the royal palace all was ioy
and festivity. Knights and ladies were
shouting. and even the servants and hum
BILE esqulres were joining in the loud cho-
rus. Perched upon marble pedestal. by
the side OF an Italian statue stood Pedro
Bambino. lie was swinging his cap in
mad delight, while big tears of Joy were
coursing down his sun burnt cheek.
An aged bishop had just been perform
ing the ceremony that made Charles of
Leon and Zebra one for life King John
clasped his sister again and again to his
bosom, and he blessed God for the ioy he
had found
You will not be jealous Of brothers
love, sir Charles he said as he at length
resigned the blushing bride to her hus-
band.
No, no, sire,' the knight returned with
beaming look Il would have all love
her; and were she not my bride, your
happiness would repay me for all that 1
have undergone. AS it is, this happiness
is almost too much
Then you must look to it that you make
it last
'Ah. sire,' returned Charles, clasping
Zebra to his bosom, while this gentle be-
ing lives, my happiness cannot grow less
Heaven grant it = uttered a deep voice.
and Husam Ben Abbas took Zebra by
the hand. Fair lady, he continued, I
must leave you now. My stay has been
as long as is proper. When go to Ora
naoa, what shall [ tell your friends 2
The fair being looked at her brother,
and then upon her husband Then she
turned towards Ben Abbas, and with a
voice made tremulous by joyful emotion,
she said
n .1' '"a' He"'a Is hapPy' Du. u.
y, Ben Abbas, you canaot tell them all
the happiness l feel Words cannot ex-
press it all, no more than an earthly min
strel can sing the joys of the seraphim =
The Moslem raised the small white
hand to his lips. tear sparkled in his
dark eye. and then he turned away, to car
ry the message to his own people in the
south
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