Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-11-19
AN EASTERN APoLoeUE,


-Abdallah sat at his morning meal, when
there alighted on tho Tim OF his goblet little
ay. IL slipped an atom Of syrup, and was gene.
bat IL came next morning, and the next, and
the next again, til st hast the scholar noticed
IL Not quite common fly, it seemed TO
know that II wss beautiful, and il soon grew
very hold. And loi great wonder Il be-
came daily larger and yet larger, till there
could be discerned, In the size, as Of a locust
the appearance OF man. From handbreadth
It reached the stature Of cubit and still SO
I winning were Its ways, that it found more and
more favor with this son Of infatuation. II
trtsked like satyr. and it sang like peri, and
like moth of the evening il danced on the
ceiling, and, like the kings gilt, withersoeyer
1t turned, il prospered.
The eyes OF the simple one were blinded, SO
that he could not, in all this, perceive the sub
uny Oh an eyil genius. Therefore the lying
spirit waxed holder and yet holder, and what
soever his soul desired of dainty meats, he
freely took and when the scholar waxed
wroth, and said, ts This is my daily portion
trrm the table of the mufti-there is not enough
Tor thee and me-" the dog-faced deceiyer
played some pleasant trick, and caused the
sliy one 70 smile until, in process of time,
the scholar perceived that, as his guest grow
stronger and stronger, he himself waxed weak
er and weaker.
NOW, also, there arose frequent strife betwixt
tho demon and his dupe, and at |. st the youth
smote the fiend so sore that he departed for
season. And when he was gone, Abdalah re-
lolced, and said,l"I have triumphed over
mine enemy, ard whatsoever time it pleaseth
me, shall smite him SO that he die. Is he
not altogether in mine own power 2'' But af
yer not many days, the tempter came back
again and this time, he was arrayed in good
" garments, and he brought present in his
manu-, ana ne spoke of the days of their first
,snl and he looked so mild and feeble,
.nat nus smooth words wrought upon this dove
Without heart, and saying, &c Is he not a
chamber. $50 $50
On the morrow, when Abdallah came not
INTO the assembly of studious youth, the NUT
Il SAID" Wherefore Earliest the son of Abdul 7
ferehance he sleereth.' Therefore thew re.
paired even to his chamber but to their
knocking he made no answer. Wherefore the
mutt opened the door, and, loi there lay on the
ulVan the dead body of his disciple. His Wis.
age was black and swollen, and on his throat
was tue pressure of finger broader than the
pam OF mighty man. All the stuff, the gold
anu the changes of raiment belonging to the
napiess one, were gone, and in the soft earth
Vi the garden were seen the footsteps of pi-
anu. Ihe multi measured one of tho prinis
ana, behold it was six cubits long.
reader, caHst thou expound the riddle7 Is
IL y! the bottle or hetting-book7 Is it the bill
iiaro.taole or the theatre? Is it smoking Is
~ lazness Is it novel-reading2 But know
mat an evil habit is an elf constantly expand
.nsi II may come in at the key-hole, but it
WIN soon grow to big for the house, Know
also, that no evil habit can take the life Of
your soul, unless you yourself nourish it, and
CHERISH 1t, and, by feeding it with your own
own. 10ui