Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-03-14

| Tue avenue.
Now let us bear down upon them
Aieppo ! cried the youth, urging on his
| steed.
Allah to the rescue 2 shouted the brig
and. as he dashed into the thickest of the
fight.
A moment more and two torches went
down, and the hands that held them held
them no more. Fiercer ard fercer grew
the fight, and swords all clotted with hu-
man gore flashed in the ruddy glare of
| the torches, while the wounds of the groan-
ing and dying rang dismally out upon the
night air.
On to the palace = cried voice that
sounded like death knell upon the ears
of the worn out troops 1t was the Cor.
saIr Chief, who was fighting like lion at
the head of the Afshars.
On to the palace = re-echoed along the
lines; and on they pressed their way,
while the street seemed like q river OF
blood.
Allah be with US, they are nearing the
palace cried an aged man, grasping Gaba
by the arm, as they stood in front of the
gorgeous structure.
Fear rot, Jazeel, I will lead you on to
place of safety
'Where2'
To secret passage way
Then let us haste
'Tarry but moment
A moments delay may prove fatal
The clash of steel and the shout of the
combatants sounded nearer, and soon the
vast mass swept up to the palace.
This NOV or,oI Oh. Al :
aged man by the arm, and hurrying him
from the palace
But at that moment he fell by the
sword of the Afshar, and the aged Jazeel
fell corpse by his side The battle still
ragged on, but now the kings troops wa.
vered, and in one short hour the sounds
of strife ceased, and stiffness again reicned
within the city.
The great gong on the highest turret
OF the city, sounded forth the hour Of
midnight The heavy black masses OF
clouds had cleared away, and the fair
night gem came forth, bathing the broad
bosom of the Zunderood in silvery flood
of moonlight, while its silvery CLEAN rest.
ed on the lofty spires and domes of Ispa-
han.
Here and there in the halls of the pal
ace, leaning against the lofty marble col.
umns. stood groups of the insurgents, gaz-
ing half with wonder and half with awe
at the gorgeous splendor of the giant
structure.
Farther on in his private chamber, on a
| gorgeous couch, lay the dying monarch
Death had placed It's icy hand upon his
brow, and his breathing became short
and heavy, while an expression Of the
most extreme agony rested upon his fea-
lures
Standing beside the couch were the fa-
miliar forms of Haftz, Hooli, Ghur, Hu-
bert-with her who was now his bride
the peerless Zoe and his aged father, and
Iago with the fair Zelia leaning upon his
arm, while near them stood the brigand
chief, Aleppo, and the young plebeian,
Leo, with their brides, the fair Sara and
the confding Ella And still another
form fingered beside the couch it was
| Esther, who had proved to be the mother
of Zelia
A faint smile lighted up the dark fea-
lures of Ghur, and his countenance beam.
ed with JOY as he gazed proudly on the
| fair Ella for his child had again been re-
stored to him, and Ella had at last found
her parent.
Is 1T phantom, or is it indeed Nadir
Husseyn that stands beside my couch p
gasped the dying shah, glancing wildly on
the astrologer.
1t is no phantom, Ashraf, but Persia s
rightful king, who stands before thee
he whom you thought murdered replied
the astrologer, approaching nearer to the
couch. and fixing his dark orbs On the
trembling shah.
Ihen you were not murdered p
Nay, was not yet it was Nc fault of
thine, Ashraff
Has the grave given up her dead p ut
tered the king, while cold shudder ran
through his veins
Nay, it has not for the cold earth
has not yet closed over my FORM
Pray how did you escape2'
On the wild night which you thought
who we're with me escaped with Abas, the
grand vizier, and Iago, my only son. l
was placed in small barge with three of
my captors, and soon We were on the deep
waters of the Caspian Sea. We were
nearly mile from the shore, when one of
them raised javelin and knocked me
over into the sea; but fortunately Cor me
the night was one of inky blackness, and
being only stunned, the water revived me.
and / struck boldly out for the shore =
For nearly an hour l breasted the waves,
and at last reached the shore.
What a sensation of relief I expe.
rienced as [ reached the land once more
for I knew I had escaped from a horrid
death For some time [ lay upon the
sandy beach for l was worn out with my
exertions in trying to reach the shore,
and at length l fell into gentle slum-
| ber
1T must have been some hours ere
awoke, for when 1 again opened my eyes
the first beams of the morning sun were
stream ing into the room In which lay,
and the fresh breathings of a delicious
| morninp cooled nv aching brow Reside