The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-20

surely the best institution in the
world; for what could be more like
ly to fix the inconstant than the ha
bitual intercourse of kindness and
good offices; than that gratitude,
which is due to the long exercise of
affectionate tenderness: and those
dear pledges, which must depend for
happiness and support on the una
nimity of their parents ?
"There is, indeed, an insuperable
objection to your being married in
India; l mean that contempt, or the
horrid alternative of torture, which
is entailed on the unhappy woman
who survives her husband But that
objection shall vanish Immediately"
continued the lover, with a look Of
passionate tenderness; s'let US GO,
my friend, let us go to love and hap
piness, in the valley of Irwan. That
place which SO lately afforded re-
treat to the lovers, whose distresses
l have related to you, shall then be-,
come eternally sacred to love and
friendship, that place whose beauti-
full scenes I so lately beheld with in
difference, ] shall then visit with
rapture.
Ecstasy is in the thought! to en-
JOY with Almena, the shades of IT.
wan; with her to walk in my native
fields: with her to sit down on the
banks of my favorite stream for her
to pluck the flower, whose beauty
may have drawn her attention: to
lead her through those romantic
scenes that delighted the innocent
enthusiasm of my childhood; and
to show her the more solitary re-
treats, which 1 sought when her
friendship had first taught me to
sigh r'
Thus Solyman poured out the nat
ural passionate sensations of love !;
and Almena whose heart was far
from being indifferent to him, easily
caught the enthusiasm. eTo your
honor, and your friendship said
she, Il can trust every thing. I am
ready to attend you to these scenes,
Of which you have given me SO live
ly description: whether they may
answer it or not, or whatever they
may be, the friendship of Solyman
will make them agreeable
AT that time there was war between
two petty princes Of the hither pen
insula Of India; and, unfortunately,
the ship in which they embarked be-
longed to one of these powers
They had not proceeded above five
leagues from the coast, when they
were pursued by the foe. After an
obstinate and bloody engagement,
they were boarded, and their enc
mics, when they had stripped the
vessel Of everything valuable, dis
missed it.
They dismissed the vessel, but
they took Almena. What heart
does not bleed, what eye does not
shed tear, for the miserable Soly-
man? They dismissed the vessel,
but they took Almena! Prayers,
and tears, and agony, and anguish,
were vain The lover saw his dear,
trembling, fainting maid, dragged
by the hands of the unfeeling sailors
into their own ship, after they had
bound him to prevent the effects of
his rage.
II ask not for your mercy" cried
the wretched youth, "only take me
into your vessel along with that la
dy, and prepare your tortures, your
racks, and wheels; for me prepare
them, and let me perish before these
eyes lose sight of Almena!'
While Solyman was vainly utter
ing these pitiful ordinations, the
enemy steered away, and was in a
short time out of sight. The men
of the ship in which he was, appre-
hensive Of some bad consequences
from the violence Of his rage, were
prudent enough to let him continue
bound; while he now loaded them
with the reproachful terms of slaves
and towards, and now excited them
, by promises, OF entreated them by
prayers, to pursue the foe. The
ship having lost her freight, did not
! proceed on her intended voyags, but
returned to the coast Of India.
When they arrived, Solyman was
informed that the vessel which had
taken them belonged to the king of
Sundah, who at that time was at wal
! with the king of Kanara. Upon this
information, aa soon as he had re-
ceived intelligence of the situation
Of the kingdom of Sundah, he went
Immediately in quest Of Almena.
Though almost worn to death with
fatigue and sorrow, he travelled
: night and day, till he reached the
, country. -3@
tits easier to conceive than to
, express the JOY which the lover felt
/ upon this declaration. Within few
!, days they set forward from Delhi
on their journey to the valley of Ir-
wan and for the greater expedition
and the less fatigue, they determined
to 90 by sea, and accordingly pro
f ceeded to the coast, where they went
: on board a trading vessel, bound
5. for the Persian gulf. f
| But, alas when he was there what
: could he do Stranger as he was
f to the people, and in a great mea
7 sure to their language, he had as
: much to hope from chance, as from
t application, for the discovery of AL
5 mena.
4 He would now have sunk under
: the weight of his misfortunes, hat
] he not availed himself of the frs
e advice OF Ardavan, and firmly re
> lied on the Eternal Providence
: Immortal Mirtha!'' said the affiict
+; ed youth; s'thou beholdest me op
: pressed with misery beams still
5 shine upon me and while l enjoy
. thy light, I will hope for thy fa
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