The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-27
sOLYMAN AND ALMENA.
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support me in thy arms
In his arms he took her, and bore
her to pavilion, where he held her
till her reason returned. She turned
her eyes full upon him, and, with a
look Of fear and horror shrunk from
his embrace.
I, "Tell me, madam; beseech you,
tell me-" said the governor, "what is
the cause of this distraction Why
are those dear eyes so full of wild
ness and horror, and why do you
look upon your )protectorlwith such
aversion? Is there then some other
person more happy in your favor
and affection. and must l forever
languish at your feet in vain p
''If thou hast any other affection
for me-" said Almona, ethan that
which is inspired by brutal instinct; !;
if thou hast more feeling than the
walls that surround thee, thou wilt
surely pity me. The dear unhappy
man, whom | fear ere now thy
guards have seized, is the friend, for
whose loss thou hast known me
mourn ever since ] came within thy
power. Yes, thou wilt pity me: for
thou hast wept: when l related to
thee my miseries, the tears Of COM
passion flowed from thine eyes. Let
us throw ourselves at thy feet; let
us owe our happiness to thee, and
thou shaltlhave all the affection
which is not due to Solyman."
The weeping beauty, as she utE
tered these words, threw herself be-
fore him in SUCH an agony of sor=
row, and such a posture of supplica-
ton, as would have moved any
heart in which vice had not eXtin-
guished every spark of humanity
Far from being affected by it, the
governor of Sexasir made her the
following answer; Absurd and
yaint, to supposethatI should tame
ly yield that happiness to another,
which l could never obtain myself.
Know, madam, that Doth you and
jyourlover are now in my power: and
that he has no indulgence to hope
for, but what your kindness to me
may procure him. With these
words he withdrew ;Srather- -.less of
Tended at the thought of having a
rival in Almena's affections, than
pleased with the hope. that he might
terrify her into complianee, by his
,menaces against her lover d |:
Almena remained in the most pit
able distress, sharpened by painful
apprehensions for her own honor,
and the life of,Solyman; and, wan
dering alone into the garden, she
added one night of sorrow more to
the .many.she had suffered. q
Great God what misery may one
villain, armed with power, bring
upon thy creatures Nv ere there not
a state ofexistence, ,.Wh ere vice shall
be punished and virtue rewarded,
how would thy=works seem to re
proach their Almighty Maker! But
fet the sons of men learn, that he
who is infinitely wise, is. also per:
fectly just; and that he can as easily
take@cognizance of the moral con
iducfsof bis creaturesA as he-could at
first Create this immense system OF
the universe, in which the ninutest
creature declares the skill of the
architect. " =
i The impious tyrapt ofSevasir en.
joyed the balm Of sleep and the re:
freshment of rest, while the virtuous
Solyman and Almena suffered The
most grieHous affliction..@
When the morning appeared, Ma
grakut, that was the Wretche's name
went at his usual hour into the gar
den. Almena, who was still there
overcome by the weight of contin
ued sorrow, had sunk into transi
ent slumber on bench in the pavil
ion. Nagrakpt approached and
stood by her as she slumbered.-
There was q sight that mi ight have
excited tenderness in the breast of /;
savage ; but it moved not the hear
of Nagrakut, nor awakened any
other passion in him but that of ;
libidinous. desire. In a dream, sh!
waved her hand, and cried, with +:
voice of mournful tenderness, s'Dc
not murder him, Nagrakut! LIE
my Solyman live !'.then, letting fal
the hand she had raised, she sunl
/ again into silent slumber.
Nagrakut yet felt no pity; but
placing himself near her on tn
bench, enclosed her in his arms
She awoke; and, finding herself i
the embraces of the tyrant, shrieke
out with the most distressful horror
Her cries pierced the cell where So
.yman was confined. With the unit
ed strength Of rage and terror, h
burst the doors OF his prison, ant
running through the apartments {
the castle with a dagger in his han
which he had fortunately snatche
up in the way, he flew to the garde1
Almena was still shrieking an
struggling in the arms of Nagraku
who, endeayoring to sooth her t
his embraces, had not observed th
approach of Solyman. ''Villain
said Solyman, ''remove thy execr:
bic hands from the person Of tn;
lady, and employ them in the d,
fence of thy own!' Nagrakut, VIII
was the most abject coward, Gallo
aloud to his guards. Coward
slave !" said Solyman, 'sDraw this II
stant or my dagger shall pierce tn
heart!n' Nagrakut then fell at h
feet; and, begging for mercy, prom
ised him Almena and liberty. 9Th
/. moment, then,'' said Solyman, ''di
miss us from thy cursed prison.
. No sooner had he uttered thes
words, than the guards appeared
Nagrakut Immediately beckone
them to seize him but Solyman, O
serving his motion, hastily ran l
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