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

therefore, the more necessary for
those to whom nature and the prin
ciples of a virtuous education have
given the blessings of an open heart,
to guard against the inroads of that
passion if there is no probability of
an uninterrupted enjoyment of it's oh
ject, they should look upon its ad-
vances, as of an evil that will de
stroy their peace, The pleasures of
real love are,- perhaps, the most Re
fined, the most delicate and sensi-
BILE of any that we are capable of en-
joying; but, believe me, those are
fortunate lovers, who are indemni
fed, by these, for the many uneasy
hours, the restless anxieties. and the
painful apprehensions they undergo.
In these general terms did Arda-
van deliver his instructions to his
son, who received them with a ST.
lent conviction of their truth and
propriety; and Immediately after
this conversation, retired to offerup
the following prayer to the Sun for
Almena.
''Incomparable and everlasting!
whose universal eye sees nothing
fairer, nothing more virtuous than
Almena; 0 let that eye look upon
her with the vigilance Of a parent
She most resembles thee in the con
tinual exercise of beneficence cher
ish therefore, those virtues, that are
congenial with thy own: and let the
dear possessor, through thy benig
nant influence, enjoy the constant
blessings of health and cheerfulness ).
but if some portion of sorrow be the
birthright of every human being, i'm
mortal Mirtha! may Almena only
sigh for the absence of her friend"
In such exercises did Solyman
employ his retired hours, till the
time approached for his return to
Ormus. AS he was determined, if
possible, to avoid going to Europe,
he made no mention of that circum
stance to his father: his engage
ments to the Exile was a sufficient
reason for his departure and, in a
short time, he arrived at the gulf,
and waited upon the English cap
tain, who was preparing for his voy-
age. Solyman informed him that
upon some interesting occasion he
was obliged to relinquish his design
Of visiting Europe, but that he would
recommend Persian lady to his
care, who was bound for England;
and he begged that she might enjoy
all the retirement her situation could
afford. AS no objection was made
to this proposal, he privately pur-
chased the habit of a Persian lady,
which he concealed some days on
the coast of Ormus and, under IA
vor Of the night, he found no diff
Guilty to procure a boat to the Eng
lish vessel. In few hours they got
under sail; and having received re
peated assurances of the captains
care, and engaged the good offices
Of his crew by handsome gratuity.
he procured a passage by sea to the
coast of India.
The state of his heart WAS now
very different from what it had been
a few days before he had discharg-
ed his engagements to the exile,
with all the success that he could
wish, and his face was now set to-
ward Delhi. On he travelled with
the eager pace Of a lover, and in a
few days he reached the capital Of
the moguIs empire.
The evening he arrived, he few
to the house Of Almena, who re-
ceived him with emotions of tender
ness which she was scarcely able to
conceal. When the first salutations
were passed, she asked him how he
had disposed Of the exile, and why
he did not accompany him to Eu-
rope as lie had promised. He in
formed her by what means he had
procured the exile's escape; add
ing that from the letters he had writ
ten, if she had received them, she
might at once see the reason both of
his rejecting the European voyage,
and his retnrn TO Delhi.
"What would it have availed me-"
said he, ''to have visited the distant
regions of the universe? What
pleasure or amusement could have
expected to find In Europe, when
all my heart holds dear was still in
Asia? Believe me, this place is now
more than the whole world to me :;
and the love of Almena is the only
pleasure / can enjoy .
81 have received your letters -
said she, "and if they speak the Ian
guage of your heart, / am no stran-
ger to it's feelings. To deal ingen-
ously with you, L am sensible ofyour
merit, and admire your virtues and,
were l not more happy in my pres
ent condition than / could hope to
be in any other, know not the man
with whom | would rather divide the
enjoyments of life, than with Soly-
man. rai 5E
lis it possible, them" said Soly-
man, that you can think the condi-
| ton of celibacy happier than that OF
marriage? Undoubtedly, the prin-
ciple happines of mankind depends
on the Intercourse of society, and
the connexions of friendship: mar
rfage is nothing else hut a state OF
friendship, in which the friends, by
uniting their interests, have a con
slant and uninterrupted enjoyment
of each other. Nature aids this
union, and reason approves it: can
any condition bid fairer for happi-
ness, than that, in which the mutual
delights of friendship can only be
torn from.us by the hand of death p
"There may be some truth, an
swered she, Gin what you observe
but there is an linconstancy in hu-
man nature, that makes it dangerous
even for two friends, to enter into
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