The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-07-21

81 see and comprehend. TIE store
keepers trade is light and his profits small;
he is working hard in his store, while
Zobeide is leaving the house, clad in pur-
pie aud fine linen. see the point Of the
allegory."
F'Look again"
slatternly woman banging her children
about like old boots. Outside, lying in
The sun, and overcome with the strong
waters of the Glaiour, see man, and
Enough" said the genius, 81 have
| shown you yard or two of futurity.-
| Wilt thou cast thyself from the precipice
for Zobeide now p
RESPECTED sir,'' said All Hassan,
''whoever you are, tell me, oh tell me, is
this which have gazed CO chapters in
the biography Of Zobeide 2''
''AIy ,son it is. She whom you call
Zobeide has head on her shoulders, and
will of her own and money. He who
can manage her can take a city or rule
an empire. She was in earnest in her
intention to marry you because (pardon
me if l fatter you) you are fool. She
knew she would be able to boss you with
less wear and tear Of temper Than a man
less fool. Following that strategy, she
determined, to use the words of another,
to fight it out on that line she discarded
you and took up with new storekeeper,
because she deemed him more of fool
| than you. | think she was mistaken, but
let that pass. We will not here argue
| that point-either would have done. She
furnishes the capital and she will control
it, and whenever such woman under
takes to manage the money which she
brings into firm, she is, my son, very
apt to go on reducing it to the very end
of the chapter. This will happen with
the storekeeper-had you married her,
it would have happened with you.
''There must be, my son, in all matters
matrimonial, something like equality-if
there is any difference between the parties
it should be in favor of the male, for the
reason that having the credit of being the
stronger vessel, it hurts his feelings more
to 60 TO the wall. Had you married this
high tempered female, possessed of money,
the advantages would have been hers
She has intellect, which you have not
she has money, which you lack. You
both have beauty that is only valuable to
her. The men run after a handsome
woman, but women despise pretty man,
because he is apt to be as near like them
selves as it is possible for two beings got
ten up on diffrent models to be; and every
well regulated female desires an opposite
l do not disapprove of your marrying for
money-the good of the Taxpayers of
your township demands it; but see to it
that she has no intellect, that in that par
ticular at least you may be on an equality
with her and also to the end of her not
having force enough TO make a reputation
on account of her money. Such mar
riages are proper. 1t is bad for the next
generation, but il is good for this, and this
is the generation for which we are more
Immediately concerned. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that the next will take care of itself
without any of our interference. The
young man who marries for money must
necessarily be an idiot or could make his
pile easier-let the woman he marries be
likewise, that too many families may not
and old, as we'll as stupid, that while she
makes a sacrifice in marrying penEiless
man, the penniless man also makes sac>
rifice in marrying such bundle of hide
business. Then you have a hook in the
Jaws of the leviathan. IF she throws her
money in your face, you retort with her
appearance, and that evens it up.
Therefore, my son, go TO her wedding
TO- morrow. Hide your disappointment,
be the gayest of the gay, and the liveiest
of the lively. Farewell. May the Allah
of imbeciles protect you.'
And enveloping himself in a mist he
disappeared as quickly as he came.
Ali Hassan pondered. He changed
his mind. He neglected to suicide. He
went home, he parted his hair behind, he
rushed his teeth, blacked his boots and
arraying himself in his most stunning pair
of pants, his most gorgeous vest, and the
most crushing necktie, he went to the we'd
ding and danced an Irish jig with tho
bride. He was SO gay, so jolly, and
wasn't pale and wan, that the bride nearly
choked with vexation. His manliness
was rewarded. That night he was intro>
duced to widow with no children, only
fourteen years his senior; she hadn't any
will at all, but whose husband had been
kind enough to accumulate pile of spell
ter before departing this life. Her he
married, and for many years lived in the
full enjoyment of everything he was capa-
BILE ofenjoying.
THE END OF THE TAIL.
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS.
1. He who marries in haste repents at