Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-02-28


Ashraff, mourn not. Xelia forriyes thee
forgives thee freely aud when thy soiourr
on earth Is ended, may thy spirits fiigh
ne peaceful one yet there is still ano
ther boon that l would crave, and yo.
will not refuse me-
Nay, ZelIa all that you wish shall bs
granted. and o, would that could dis
instead Of thee
Mourn not, for soon my spirit will b.
free from all the cares of life Yet.weult
that L could but see thee, loved Ghur. and
thou, fair Ella. that l might bless thee
ere we part forever on earth
Yet the boon-name IT, gasped The
king
Ashraf, you have a captive, an aged
man
Hafed p
Az, that is his name thou hast moi
mlscalled II. And his sentence is
That he shall die on the morrow
Yet, Ashraf, he has an only child. q
i fair haired girl, and to night she came to
me and on her knees she prayed that |
would intercede with you, that you might
mitigate the sentence and now you viii
grant me this last boom
/ | viii ere dawn Hafed shall lie free.
/ 1t is we'll yet Ella, | would see her.
ere | die, ere [ breathe my last gasped
the dying one in a faint whisper.
Mother, oh, mother, speak to your
| child oh Will YOU not cried the young
/ girl, springing into the room and throwing
| herself by the side of her dying parent
/ Ella.aloved one may Allah bless thee.
murmured the dying mother, and the next
moment that form was cold in death
! Tie spirit of Zelia Irem. the shepherd s
/ daughter. had taken its flight from earth.
As morning again broke over Ispahan.
/ Hafed the captive was freed, yet the young
girl never again bebeld her who had prov
ed friend in the time of need, and who
} had restored her aged father to his child.
1 hood home to gladden. her hours of soh-
tude. for none save Ella and Persias shah
/ saw her from that hour, and they alone
knew of her fate
I At the silent hour of midnight two
forms ushered from the palace, bearing in
! their arms dark object covered with sack
/ cloth
Slowly they wended their way along
/ the deserted avenues to the banks of the
I ZuDderood and there. beneath the shade
of the cypress trees: they deposited their
burden.
The Wild flower blooms upon the grave
| of the outcast and the winds sigh pensive-
! iy through the dropping boughs of the tall
cypress. as if chanting the requiem Of the
fair Zelia-the kings victim.
I Chapter xyEE.-raae nrisa,lsl Eover.
/ The first golden beams of the kingof dan
were gliding the lofty spires and domes
of IsPahan, as the fair Ella bent over her
mothers grave
( She had come alone to that hallowed
/ spot, to once again gaze upon the last rest.
! ing place Of her loved parent
! She had arrived safe at the home Of
Ali, and the fair Sara had received the
/ fugitives with open arms, while Ali had
offered to them his protection
! The light fall of footsteps fell upon her
ear, and the next moment the brigand Of
the Zagriau was BY her side
1 Noureldin z
Ella z exclaimed both on confronting
each other.
Is this some wild dream, SOME pban
tasy Of the mind or do | again behold
Noureldin in Aleppo, cried the young
girl, while her countenance beamed with
! T, IS no dream. dear Ella, replied the
youth, gazing fondly on the lovely eoun-
t tepaace of the fair girl
am none other than Noureldin. thy
wild wayward lover L have left my
mountain home that | might once again
be at Thy side
1NCureldin -
Nay, cbide me not. Ella, interrupted
the youth. taking the small white hand il
his aud pressing it to his lips.
The maiden did not withdraw her hand
but gazed fondly into the noble features
of the youth, while bewitching smile
played around her ruby lips.
Yet, Noureldin, why place thyself II
danger she added in half ehiding tone
1t was to see thee, sweet one yet pray
tell me what has brought you here al
this early hour, and what means this loN
mound p
Ah. Noureldin, thissIow mound cover:
the loved form of my mother
Your mother 2
Az. Aleppo, she who plead so earnest
ly for your freedom is no more, ana hel
only child is an outeast
Ella +
/ Nay. start not. Noureldin. I am now
safe The venerable Ali has kindly offer
ed to me the hospitality of his home, and
at midnight [ am TO fy with them to the
mountains
All. time has indeed wrought changes
Ella: vet mourn not, for the departed
tbv mother Is now at rest and woulc
vou wish her back again on earth Nay
fair one. | know you would not. for 81.
was loved By thee; and although it wert
hard to part with her. and see the colc
earth cover that loved form. yet [ know
too we'll you would not wiSb her back TO
she has now passed through that fearful
ordeal through which we all must pass
Ella.-the vale of death Yet tell me
fair one, was it grief that caused th.
mothers death "
Nay. Noureldin. it was not grief sigh
ed the fair girl while Shade of dee
mental agony shot across her features
- She was murdered, Aleppo