The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-23

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And bear the heat and burden OF the day.
| Oh! when our sun Is setting. 1nay we glide.
Like summer evening, down tile summer tide;
AND leave behind US rs we pass AWAY
Sweet, starry ght round our aSepiing clay.
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The Origin OF the Story of the ssThrcc
! Wishes.''
The Eastern origin of this tale seems
evident; had it been originally COM
posed in northern land, It is probable
TINT the king would lliIve been repre-
sented us dethroned by, means of bribes
obtained from his own treasury. In an
Eastern country the stOry-teller who
invented such n just termination of his
narrative, would, most likely, have eX-
perienced the fate intended for his hero,
as a5w9rning to others how they suG-
gested such reasonable ideds.1 Herr
Simrock, however, says is German
tale; but it may have Ind its origin in
the East for all that. Nothing is more
difficult, indeed, than to trace popu-
lar tale to its source; Cinderella, for
example, belongs to nearly all nations;
even among. the Chinese, n people so
different to all European nations, there
/ is q popular story which reads almost
exactly like it. Here is the tale of the
I Three Wishes.
There was once n wise emperor who
made Rlaw, that to every stranger who
came to his court n fried fish should be
served. The, servants We're. directed to
take notice, ii, when the stranger had
eaten the fish to the bone on one side,
he turned it oEerl and began on the
other side. If he did, he was to be inn
mediately seized, and on the third Clny
thereafter he, was to be put to death.
But, by great stretch of imperial Glenn
ency, the culPrit was permitted to utter
| one wish each day, which the Emperor
pledged himself to grant, provided il
was not to spare his life. Many had
lnltehdy perished in consequences of this
| edict, when, one day,a count and his
young son presented themselves mt
court. The fish was served as usual,
and when the count had removed ali
the fish from one side, he turned 1t over
and was about to commence on the
Iotller, when he was suddenly seized
and thrown into prison, and was told
| of his approaching doom. Sorrow
stricken, the counts youngsOn besought
the Emperor to allow him to die in the
room of his father; favor which tho
tmonarcli was pleased to accord him,
y The count was accordingly released
from prison, and his son was thrown
into his cell i'll his stead. AS soon MS
this had debeen done, the young man
said to his jailers- =
Z. You know ], have the right to make
three demands before / Idie; go and tell
and a. priest TO marry us.SISr.t, :, e,7Fs
l8 This first demhnd ivns not much 10
the oemperof's itiiste,i neHeftheless he
felt bound to keep his word, and he
therefore complied with the request, to
which the princess had no kind of OBJ
lection. This occurred in tho times when
kings kept their treasures in a cave, or
/ IN tower set apart for the purpose, like
the Emperor of Morocco in these days;
and on the second day of his imprfson-
ment the young man demanded the
kings treasures. IF his first demand
| wns n bold one, the second was no less
4 SO; still, an emperor's word is sacred,
4 and having made the promise, he was
forced to keep iti and the treasures OF
gold and silver Were placed at the pris-
Ioner's disposal. On getting possession
II of them, he distributed them profusely
among the courtiers, and soon he had
made n host of friends by his liberplity.
The emperor began. now to feel ex-
Ieeedingly uncomfortable Unable to
sleep, he rose early on the third morn
ing and went, with fear in his heart, to
/ the prison to hear what the third wish
was to be, 80 e5
i 'sNow,n said he to his prisoner, Htell
4 me what your third demand is, that il
lmay be granted at once, and you may
your demands" Hfiis.t,s, .55ii tilla
!. " Sire,n answered his prisoner,
have but ono more favor to request Of
your Majesty, which, when you have
i granted, shall die content. 1t is mere
lfy that you will cause the eyes of those
who saw my father turn the fish over
to be put out, araf
Every good replied the emperor,
tyour demand is but naturally and
. springs from u good heart. Let the
chamberlain, be seized, he continued
turning to his guards. z = ~
81, sirel. cried the chamberlain; 81
4 didjnot see anything 4 was the stew
ard"
.eLet the stewart be seized, then, . said
the king. 5f 5.,-f
But the steward protested with tears
in his eyes, that he had not witnessed
Il anything of what had been repofted
land said 1t was the butler. The butler
declared that he had seen nothing o.
I the matter, and that 1t must have been
lone OF the Wallets. But they protested
that they were utterly ignorant OF What
: had been charged against the count; in
: short, it turned out that nobody had
seen the count commit the offence, up
on which the princess said: {