The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-08-20
UPPER sANDUsKY, oHIo THURSDAY AUGUST, 20 1851

and the sky of gold, there should m,
grave be made! Behold the fulflment!---
It's mournful thipgl The young cy
press is cut down in the sigor Of it.
strength. in the FIRST fulness ofits beauty
The thread Of life is snapped suddenly
and with thousand prospects vanish, g
thousand hopes are crushed! But let the
will of fate be done! She has long obey.
led my behest! yield myself now to hers
Yet, my notherP'
And the monarch mused in melanchol.
ly silence. At length he turned to his at
tendants, and ordered his tablets to be
brought, and he took them. and wrote,
''Let the customary aims, which my
mother shall distribute at my death, be
given to those who have never felt the
miseries of the world, and have never lost
those who were dear to them;" and sink
ing back upon his iron couch, he yieled up
his BREATH They buried him where he
died. and an army wept over his grave!
When the intelligence of the death of
ISLANDER was brought tohis moshe,as she
sat among her ladies.she was overwhelm-
ed by anguish. "Ah! Why" she exclaim-
led, "was I exalted SO high. only to be
plunged into such depth Of misery? Why
was ] not made of lowlier condition. so,
happily, I had escaped such grief? The
Joy of my youth is plucked up, the COM
fort of my age is withered Who is more
wretched than u" And she Iefused to
be comforted.
The last wish of her son was read to
her, and she resolved to perform that one
remaing duty. and then 10 retire to soil
tude, to indulge her grief for the remain
der of her life. She ordered her serv-
ants to go into the city, and bring to the
palace such as the will of Sikander direct
|ed-selecting those who were the poor.
est. But the messengers ere long return
ed, and said that there were none of that
description to be found among the poor
$50, them" said the queen, "and apply
to all classes, and return not without
bringing some who have never lost any
dear to them.'' And the order was
proclaimed through all the city, and
all heard it, and passed on. The neigh
boring villages gave no better success;
and the search was extended through all
the country; and they went over all Ma
cedonia, and through out Greece, and at
every house they stood,s and cried, eff
there are any here who have never known
misery, and never lost those that wcre
dearto them, let them come out, and re-
ceive the bounty of the queen;" but none
came forth. And they went to the haunts
Of the gay, and into the libraries&of the
philosophers; to the seats of ofpublic Office,
and to the caves of hermits; to the caves
of hermits; they searched among the rich
and among the poor-among the high
and among the low; but not one person
was found who had not tasted misery: and
they reported the result to the queen.
cit is strange!" said she, as if struck
with sudden astonishment. tAre there
none who have not lost their friends?--
And is my condition the condition of all?
1t is not credible. Are ther none here in
this room, in this place who have always
been happy?" but there was reply to the
inquiry. "You, young page, whose
countenance is gay, what sorrow have
you ever known?"
ALAS! madam, my father was killed
in the was of Sikander. and my mother
through grief. has followed himP'
And the question was put to others; but
all had lost brother, father, or a moth
er. :.
"Can it be?" said the queen in perplex-
| ity. "Can it be that all are as am?"
'sAll are as you are, madam" said an
old man who was present, excepting in
these splendors and these consultations
BY poverty and humility. you might
have lost the alterations, but you could
not have escaped the blow. There are
nights without star, but there are no
days without cloud. To suffer, is the
lot of all; to bear the glory of few!''
Il recognize" said the queen, "the
wisdom of Sikanderr' and she bowed in
resignation, and wept no more.
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