Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-06-06
Who is Conteuted 7


= wisest Of all the followers of the proph-
ct, and the oracle Of the Chief Mufu o
stambouI, was sitting in shady grow.
BY the side of a bubbling fountain, OF
the shores of tbs Bosphorus, trying tc
, find out the true road to happiness, in
order that he might benefit his fellow
creatures BY communicating this discov.
cry, his specu!a.ions were interrupted by
a man richly clothed, who, approaching
sat down and sighed heavily, crying out
at the same time:
"Oh Allah. beseech thee 10 relieve
NE Of life OF the burdens with which it
is laden
A:noran, who vas sort Of amateur
Of misery, because it afforded him the
pleasure of administering consolation,
approached the man Of sorrow and kind
Iv inquired the cause Of his grief.
Art thou in Want of food, Of friends,
of health, OF any OF those comforts of life
that are necessary to human happiness
| Speak, tor it is the business o. INV ife
TO bestow them on my fellow creatures"
Alas = said tl1s stranger, Il require
none Of these. | have all and more
shan [ want Of everything. I have all
The means of happiness but one, and the
want OF that renders every other blessing
II no value
sAnd what IS that - asked the Der
wish.
u adore the beautiful Zuleman: bu:
she ioses another, and aii ny riches aud
honoFs are as nothing. / ain the most
miserable Of men : NV iis is q busdsn,
and my death would be the greatest of
ef blessings
Before Alinoran coaid reply there ap-l
preached a poor creature clothed in rags
aud leaning on his .,stf, bowed down to
earth with load Of misery.
lie sat down moaning. as if in great |
dam. and casting his eyes upwards. ex-
claimed |.
Allah be my star, for have none |
other
The D~vish went to him and kindly !
sald-"A bat alIetll thee, poor man p
PERHAPS 1t may be in my power TO re |
Iese tny distress, Wha, wantest thou e.
"Eseryti,'ag.' replied the beggar
heath, food, kindred, friends, home
everything. am an outcasl aud a wan
derer, destitute OF every comfort OF life.
| am the mos. miserable of man kind
for. in addition to nv own saffsrings, / |.
see others around me rxveling in these
luxuries for lack Of small portion OF
which | an pershing."
At this moment third man ap-
preached, with weary steps and Ian.
guid look, and casting himself down by
the side of the fountain, stretched out
his limbs at free length, and yawaing
desperately, cried out
Allah what shall do? What viii
become of me! I am tired Of lie,
which is nothing but purga.ory of
wants, which, when supplied, only pro-
duees disappointment or disgust Ii
Almoran approached and asked,
"wfat is the cause Of thy misery p
Il want = want answered the other,
Il am cursed with the misery Of fraiton.
| have wasted my lite in acquiring rich>
es that have brought me nothing but
disappointment and honors that no lon.
ger crafty my pride Or repay me for the
abor of sustaining them. | have been
,hea,ed into the pursuit of pleasure that
.urned 10 pain in the enjoyment, and my .
,nIy want is that have nothing to de- {
,;re. / have everything I wish and ye. {
ENJOY nothing" II
aImoran paused few moments, ut I
erly at loss to find remedy for this {
trauge malady, then said to himself c
Allah ! preserve NE | see it is all d
he same whether men want one thing, f
very thing, or nothing. |: is impossi :
lie 70 TO make such beings happy. and !
nav l eat dirt il trouble myself any {
nore in so vain a pursuit"
Then. taking up his staff, he went on
lis way.'-Literary World. f