Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-08-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE ORIGINAL sHY1OCK.Y
A sLAvoN1o STORY. ~

A sLAvoEIC STORY. ~
Translated from the Scribe Language by Ioui,
Leger and from the French by Professor TX
GendTe.
THE father of Omer upbraided him
every day for his idleness and his love to
run the streets OF Saraieyo, playing on the
tambourica. (2)
"You are young, my son." said he to
him; I'VE are old, we cannot work. Who
will feed us, If you do notY"
Omer paid no attention to his fathers
counsels, and refused TO work. He was
known at Ssraievo as the chief Of all the
idlers, To go from house to house, from
window to window--such was his occu
patton. Everybody saw that Omer vas
not yet ripe for marriage, and marriage
was forbidden to him, both Oh account of
his youth and his empty purse Every.
body was convinced that the devil was
in him. The shame of his conduct re.
fected upon his poor parents. The sor-
row which they experienced abridged
their lives; they died.
Omer remained the chief of a cracked
and empty house with three orphans
For q long time he had been desirous to
live in freedom, without having to incur
his fathers reproaches, and to be able
to satisfy all his caprices; but he soon
felt how hard it was to live without pa
rents, and how heavy was the house upon
his shoulders.
"Who will spin now, who will weave
who will sweep the house? This Is seri-
GUS business"
Heving- thus reflected, Omer said-to
himself:
BY my tambourica, nothing remains
but to maTrV," IL
And he hung his tambourica on his
shoulder and proceeded under the windows
OF the beautiful Meirs. He arrived there
at the hour when the Turks pray. A light
was burning, and voices were heard in the
chamber. Omer Knocked at the window; /;
silence ensued. He sang; the light was
put out, No one paid attention to him
For three evenings in succession he
came under the window, and each time
returned home sad and desolate. Meira
had not even showed herself. He went
back fourth time: =
"Here will sing again TO- night, and
will come back no more under her win
dows." ss
He tuned his tambourica, and with
sad voice sang:
Tambourica. my past-time,
BOW, my sNectj0y;
Long enough has thou fed my hunger
And quencned my thirst, E
Tambounca, my past-time, s.
Bow, my sweet Joy.
Alas I've lost whole year
Singing under Meiras window;
Neira will not even look at me-"
AT those words, the light was ex-
tinguished, the window suddenly opened
Omer was mad with joy, but Meira said
to him:
al think you have become crazy, Omer,
am astoniahed at your whims. What do
you seek under my windowsf All that is
quite useless let me tell you"
Omer's Joy vanished away, and behold
him now more desolate than ever.
Meira, seeing his great agitation, re-
my friend, you wish, perhaps, to
marry me- Is it SO, Omer ?''
"Yes,h he replied. ~ ...rr .... .rI
Take care;" she continued "that
cannot be. You have not a morsel of
bread at home, and you dream of mar
riagel Iknow what you are going to say
Birds of feather flock together My
parents are poor, it is true; but there is
no prettier girl than in SaraieVo can
get rich husband. But listen, Omtr
Neither gold nor slve. can mako one
happy; they do not satisfy the hearts
cravings As for me, / would prefer you
to all Sarsievo but 1 love and respect
my parents, i will only marry one who
is wiling to make them happy and capa-
Bile to maintain them TIL death.
:. Omer having heard that reflected
little. .,,i ,ri...,g
"Ah, if I only knew how much would
be required p' -' i
"Open store" said Meira become
atrader.' shall be satisfied if you can
only procure food and raiment for my pa
rpnta and xyOi1r ftrpbanq
"Adieu, Meira," said Omer; "I COM
prehend all, and if anything can result
from. from al that t0Torrow we shall see each g
Full of joy and sadness, at the same
time, 0mer left MeiTa.
-" AhP said be to. himself, off could
borrow money Somewhere, who would be \
happier than l.. If cannot, who will be
more unhappy" 4
That idea pursued him the whole night
in his dreams, When he awoke he. no
longer knew what he was about, 50 ioSfdl
was he, He had recoflected that his great.
est friend was a very rich Jew. ."
,.fs II that one .doR't lend me money no,
body Will" e..,.rn...ar. .-.i .fif ,,,...
Thus thinking he went to Isaac Ut was
the name of the Jew). He found him at
home and made him an erpoSe of that
which he had at heart. The Jew expressed
his readiness to comply with the wishes Of
Ms dear friend Omer, and 10, lend him
thirtyl purses ~'r .. 2 30 ne, o., $500 'ata.
h,'1t will be my greatest joyyP said me, Hto
see you married to the1 beautiful AieiraH
- Then ne asked him how long it would
take him 70 pay the money back. 1.., Z % !
sSSf sSa sos soa ssHs fsBsS pss 2SSs &c q end
n caUaO ,N5paRa. ~ he oh0n Wa do thaYs9D
e, After Iefe0tiop.,theY caused the follow
ing sgreeme nj. TO iberegiste in presence
cfltheSJ udgef fCadi) ss9dl I! .I7al ~ = iod
hn"H OmeTI in seven years, has not, re-
turned fsaac the thirty purses borrowed,
let Isaac, tn presence of the tribunal, cut
Oft adtacpm Of 0nisr's ton ngue.", ! =. ,5r,1g ,'-
4, Who was happier, than young Omegg
AL that day be could think OF nothing
hut hia WeddinE. WhRtA grand Irepast
he would givelhnWhat beautiful dresses
he would give to his beautiful Meira. Ia
word he never inquired whether lie
could dSfet1f1 hs.ffiep6is money! he only
tbgngat 4t the beet YSy,t6 spend il: t.. -
pfqSStt t5ato asS Z oh1st / SRslaSS Se Eae
least lasted eight whole DAYS. = rEYeryoie
asked whence came to Omer that fortune
which enabled him to display such mag
nifinence. Many supposed that he had
not found it within the ground. There is \
an old proverb which says, Labor nis
better than money" And another still
villages M N .,, ' '.'' ,,.,,, ~, ~
-' our omer, after the wedding, felt no
uneasiness. He said to himself :.'"..L.U r." 20
-iNL haze stU fsseR purses lett. 4 shall
COMMENCE trade with that ....f...1...f, Il
Soon Re filed store with salt tohaona