The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-24
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The Three Wishes.

II Ihere was once "a wise emperor who
made a,law, that TO every stranger who
scame4 to his court, a fried fish should be
served. The servants were directed to no
tice,H II, when the stranger had eaten the
fish to the bone on one side, he turned il
over and began on the other side. II he
did, he was to be Immediately seized, and
on the third day thereafter he was to be
put to death. But by O. great stretch ol
imperial clemency, the eulprit was permit
ted to utter one wish each day, which the
Emperor. pledged himselft0 grant, provi
ding it was not tospare:his life. Many had
already persisted in consequence OF this
edict, when, one day, count and his young
son ,pieseRted themselves at court. 4 The
fish, was served as usual, and when the
count had removed the fish from one side
he turned it, over, and was about to. com.
menCe on the other when he was seized
and thrown into prison. and was told oil
his approaching doom.np9ii 9dGm ai5Qd3a
|52 Sorrow-stricken, the counts young son
besought the Emperor to allow him to die
in the room Of his father; favor which
tho monarch was pleased to accord him
The eonnt was accordingly released from
prison, and his son was throwniinto his cell
in his stead. oiAs soOngas this had been
done, the young man idItoo the iailors-
a"Youiknow i have a right to make three
demands before i die g 60 ana tell the en-
peTor to send me his daughter, and q priest
TO marry ps,,i1t' This first demand was not
much to the emperors taste, nevertheless
he felt bound to keep his word, and he
therefore complied with the request, to
which the princess hadnO objection. This
occurred in the times when kings kept their
treasures in aacave, or in a tower set apart
for the purpose, like the Emperor Of Mos
COW in these days and on the second day
Of his imprisonment the young man demand
ed the Emperor's treasures. q a., sagarig0
If his first demand was bold one, the
second was notless 80 ;,still, an Emper-
ors word is sacred, and having made the
promise, he was forced to keep it and the
treasures Of gold and silver were placed at
the disposal of the prisoner. On getting
possession OF them, he distributed them
profusely among the ,conrtiers, and soon he
had made q host offriends by his liberality.
The emperor began now to feel exceed
ingly uncomfortable!L Unable to sleep, he
rose early on thelthird morning and went
with fear in his heart to the prison to hear
what the third wish was to be-. ~
"Now," said he to bis prisoner, "tell me
what your. third demand is, that it may be
granted at once, and that you may be out
of hand, for, i am tired OF your demands"
"Sire," answered the prisoner, 81 have but
one more favor to request Of your majesty,
which when you have granted shall die
content. 1t is merely that you will cause
the eyes of those who saw my father turn
the fish over to be put out" . odi % 10
|siif;Very goodp replied the emperor, "your
demand is but natural and springs from q
good heart. u9 Let the chamberlain be seis-
ed, 7" he continued, turning to his, guards.
= II, sire p cried the chamberlain ;of"I
did not,see anything+-it was the steward .
But the steward protested with tears in
his eyes, that he had not witnessed any
thing Of what had been reported, and said it
was the butler The butler declared that
he had seen nothing of the matter and that
it must have been one of the Wallets. vi
But they protested that theywere utterly
Ignorant of what had been charged against
the count in short it turned out that no.
body could be found who had seen the count
commit the offense, upon which the prin-
cess. said: a.o7i hsisnil3b 81 jonna9 ss9nis1d
u91"I appeal to,you my father, as to another
Solomon. iIfnobody saw the offenss com
mitted, the count cannot be guilty, and
my husband is innocent" o.:t'r...., Az. =,
The, emperor frowned and forthwith the
hcourtiers began to Iuurmnr then, he smiled
nndimhlediately their visages became ra-
dantid 1870 ioIiao9 tse9i or aaa 19hJEi OH
9m "Let 1t be so.n said. his majesty "let
him live, though ! have put many q man to
death for a ligher offense than. his, But
he is not hung, he ia married. Justice Il
DONE" .rp ,,,,,..-,-3. ...s,g,-.9