Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
CHAPTER XIV.


At some leagues fIom the castle Of Ar
borad he found himself upon the borders
of a little river, still upbralding his destiny
and regarding himself as the model OF
misfortune. He saw fisherman sitting
by the river holding iu his languid hands IA
line which he seemed ready to let fall, and
lifting his eyes TO heaven.
81 am certainly the most unhappy of
men, said the fisherman; 81 have been,
| by the avowsl of the whole world, the
most celebrated merchant of cream cheeses
in Babylon, and l have feen ruined l
had as pretty q wife as any man could
possess aud she has deceived and aban-
doned me, had snug and commodious
mansion, and have seen II pillaged and
destroyed. Taking refuge in cabin,
had no recourse left but fishing, and now
| catch no fish. o, my line l will not
1 throw thee any more into the water, L.
is myself that / will throw there.
In saving these words he rose, an ad-
yauced in the attitude of a man who is
about to precipitate himself and finish his
life.
"whatl" said Zidlg to himself, care
there then other men as unhappy as r.
The impulse to save the life of the tsh-
erman was as prompt as this rejection
He ran to him arrested him, aud question
tu MIN WIFI hAA NAA ~ NAANN hNhhNa 49, 49,
soling. II is pretended that misfortunes
are more easily borne when they ore
shared by others, but according TO Zorro
astIe, this is not caused by the mallgnity
but by the necessities Of the unfortunate.
The Joy of happy man is an insult to
grief, but two unhappy ones are like two
weak trees which support the one the
other, and fortify themselves against the
wind.
0Wherefore do you thus suceumb to
your SORROWS 7" said Zadig to the fisher
man.
at is," answered the other, "becausc
see no resource. have beeu one OF the
most considerable men of the village ol
4 Dcrback, near Baby Ion, and have with the
= help Of my wife, made the best cream
D cheeses In the empire. The princess As
tarte and the famous prime minister "a
d dig loved them passiouately. l nave sen
+, TO their houses alone six hundred cheeses
r One day went TO the city to receive my
4, Vay, and learned on arriving In Babylon
S that the Princess aud Zadig had both dis
S appeared. ran to the house of the print
IT minister, whom / had never seen, an'
i there found the archers of the Gran'
9 Desterham, who, armed with the KING
a sign manual, weie loyalty Filsging th
Il mansion. flew to the Piincess's cocks
one OF those lords of the gnllet told m
= that she was dead ano her said that SD
IS was in prison others pretended that So
l. had taken flight but all assured me tina
d there was nobody to pay for my eheese'
is | went with my wife 10 the house OF Tn
Young lord Orcan, who was one oil ID
- clients. We begged his protection IN ou
m troubles he accorded it TO my wife, bu
le refused il to me. She was White as 10
le cream cheeses that were the beginning
nv trouble, and the purple of Tyre wa
ID not brighter than the carnation when e
n of that fairness. That Is the reason VIII
Orcan kept her and chased me from h
SO house. wrote TO my dear wife despai
nc ing letter. She said to tho man who ca
a r ed II to her, "Ah. yes know who 70
r man is who writes this have heard nil
e. spoken Of; they say he makes excellei
e, cream chetses. Let him send me one an
y, he shall be paid for il"
ig s'In my nfi.fvrtune l addressed myse
cd to Justice, had still remaining six onnc
Al of gold. had to give two ounces TO u
lawyer whom l consulted, two TO the pr
Ter secutor who undertook my affair, two
,s- the secretary of the chief justice. Wh'
ay all vas done my suit was not yet cor
meuced, and ! had already spent mo
i'd money than my cheeees and my WIG we
lis worth ] returned TO my village meanii
to sell my house and raise more none
ed but then came the Prince of Hircanla
ab Babylon, and rAvagcd everything as
-as weat. My house was first sacked al
to then burned.
Igs "Having thus lost my money, my Wi
red my house, l retired to the country wht
TO Won see me, and took for my subsislen
IN. the trade of a fisher, but the fsh mock
OF me as men have done. | catch nothing
wn am ready to die of hunger, and witho
nv YOU nv august consOler, l should ha
ow found my death in the river"
the The fisher was not able 70 make THIS
ade cital thus eonnectedly, for Zadig still