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

the dearest of her friends"
A food of tears followed these
words, and Solyman, unable any
longer to behold her sorrow, precip-
itately withdrew.
Deprived of that serenity which
ever waits on conscious virtue when
free from the great calamities of life
the innocent, the once happy Soly-
man was now become the child OF
affection. He re-passed the prov
fences of India in deep melancholy
unaffected by everything that might
excite curiosity or exercise specula-
ton. But, behold the power of vir-
tue! and be convinced, whoever
thou art that readest this story, that
there is nothing equally capable OF
alleviating the affections which are
incident to human life.
When he arrived at Ormus, and
beheld the Joy of, the poor exile at
the sight of his delNerer, he felt a
torrent of pleasure in his breast,
overflowing all the oppositions that
grief had raised against it.
"Oh, that Almena, said he, "were
present, that l could communicate
to her the happiness / feel in rescu-
ing this poor Persian from the OPP
preston of tyranny! how would her
gentle heart rejoice, and indulge it.
self, with Solyman, in the delights
of benevolence! Fate has been Sc
we're in dividing those whose souls
were made for each other but it has
left me this happiness, and | enjoy
it,
Solyman was now about to apply
to his friend the merchant, who was
still upon the coast, TO procure q
passage for the Exile; but he could
not resist the desire Of writing i'm
mediately to Almena: and from Or
mus he sent the following letter -
ITO ALMENA.
"Shall Solyman be pardoned, if
he intrude once more on the quiet
Of Almena Dearest, best Of wo-
men! | come not to wound thy
gentle heart with my complaints
you shall not be told what / have
suffered since my departure no, AL
mena! you shall only know what l
have enjoyed. The poor Exile,
whom | mentioned to you at Delhi,
is still in Ormus. When heperceiv-
ed me from the rocks, on which he
used to wander daily to watch my
coming, he flew towards me in an
ecstacy Of joy, crying out, Liberty
my deliverer Hbertyn Here was q
scene, my friend, that might have
overbalanced every thing, but the
loss of your company. For that,
Aimena-forgive me-for that, ]
must yet shed tear. Adieu
81 E'SoLYMAN."
After the dismission of this letter,
he went Immediately to visit the
merchant, who received him with
the warmest expressions Of friend
ship. HWe Welcome,'' said he, ''my val
liable friend whose uncommon vir-
tues have made you devote the pleas
urable season Of life to the acquisi-
ton of knowledge, and the distribu-
ton Of happiness"
"For the latter Of these purposes, .
said Solyman, Il now wait upon
yon. In the isle OF Ormus is an IN
happy Persian, whom the capricious
cruelty of his prince has condemned
to perpetual exile in that dismal
prison. Were he criminal, justice
should have its course; | might then
have beheld him with pity, but
should not have meditated his de
liverance, but he is innocent, my
friend, he is innocent, and suffers
Cannot you assist me to make his
escape? Cannot he have passage
to Europe, which you obligingly
offered me ?"
''To facilitate the escape Of an ex
ile,' replied the merchant, ''were as
much as my interest and safety are
worth in Persia / must not be con.
cerned in it; but ] will introduce
you to the captain of a ship, and en-
gage him to serve you in every
thing you shall desire; after which
if you can take the exile along will
you in disguise, or by any Other
means, as your friend or attendant
perhaps he may escape without much
difficulty Or danger. I have de
spatched my business on the coast
and am obliged to return to Ispahan
let us now, therefore, if you please
wait upon the captain a
Solyman, as he had been in hope
Of procuring the exile a passag,
without going himself into Europe
from which the friendship Of AL
mena had weaned his inclinations
was somewhat embarrassed by this
/ faecoiintss However, as he was deter
lnined at.alT events to deliver th
poor, Persian, hewent immediatel,
/ to the apartments Of the captain, t,
whom the merchant recommende'
Ehim as particular friend, who want
Ted to make the tourof Europe.
The Captain received them witt
the fra&fom and cheerfulness pecu
4 liar to3fs station, and promised Sol
Eymaf the best accommodations o
4 hisfFship; but told him., that sh
must remain there a few months be
I fore she could get out of the gulf.
Of this delay, though not answer
table to his impatient wishes for tn
deliverence of the Exile, Solyma
resolved to make use, in visiting hi
father and the valley of Irwan. A
soon, therefore, as he had acquaint
ed the Exile with what he had t
hope, and advised him to provid
secretly for his voyage, and his sui
;, sistence in distant country, h
sailed from the gulfup the Euphrate
as far as where the Tigris emptie
j itself into the river, and from theme
proceeded py land to the valley {