The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-08

= uOuS1nu any O00 Nlen len De-
longed, and ~ belong II III the
European COZ u q ~ a Ara
bian ssoriest I viii tell yosvhv; and
in telling yea ~, ] I'll give you
the whsle bisk NJ - rhish all
these vsEi(nS A1sl1l . = sr;;>s, vher-
cvsr - nm Aad the
b.i - steIs - thiD
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CO thG6 lived . wii1ho1 Bultan Of
Persia, whcse name ~ Schahriar;
and he had many wives like the Per-
sian Shah who went journeying into
England this summer past; and he
thought Of his wives as stock owners
think Of their cattle-and I fear the
present PerAian Shah thinks no other
vie. &azsass Akss sslssA asss
Well, when this old Schahriar found
that his wives were faithless and de-
ceitfuHas al wives win be who are
esteemated NO more than cattle-he
vowed that he would cut of all chance
Of their SHINING, BY making an end of
them; 70 ~ happened that whatever
new wife he espoused one day, he
killed upon the next. ~
You will think the brides foolish
TO marry him; but many women keep
on making As foolish matches all over
the world; and she who marries a sot,
is killed slowly, instead Of being kill
cd quickly With bow string, AS the
Sehahriar did his work.
Besides all women Of the East were
slaves. as they are mostly now, and
subject to whatever orders the Sultan
might make. @ e h,-g .
Now, it happened that this old
Schahriar had : vizier, or chief officer
under him (who executed all his muir
derous orders), and who was horri-
fed by the cruelt;es he had to com.
init. And this same visier had I
beautiful and accomplished daughter,
who Was even more Mortified than
her father; and she plotted how she
might stay the bloody actions of the
Schahriar. -. -
She could gain. NO access to him
and could hope to win no influence
over him except by becoming hil
bride; but if she became his bride
she would have but one day to live
So, It least, thought her sister ant
father. She, Of course. found it yer,
hard 70 win the consent Of her father
the visisr to her plan; but at last sh,
succeeded, and 50 arranged matter,
that the Schahriar should commanl
her 70 be his bride. ~ si
The fatal marriage day came, ant
the visier was in an agony Of grie
and alarm. The morning after tn,
espousals, he waited,-in an ecstasy 0
fear-the usual order for the slaugh
ter Of the innocent bride; but to hi
amazement and present relief, tn
order was postponed to the following
day. slai e 2 ,'s93 a.if ~ f'''
The bride, whoes name was Schehera
xade-known now to schooi-boys an,
school girls all over the world-wa
most beguiling Of speech. and mos
charming story-teller. And on tn
day Of her espousals she had com
menced the narration Of . most en-
crossing story to her husband til
Schahriar, and "a artfally timed i
and measured out It's length, ths
when the hour. came for the Sultan
set about his cares Of Office, she shout
be at its most interesting stage. Th
sultan had been so beguiled by tn
wichery Of her narrative, and SO cage
to learn the issue, that he put off Ii
execution of his murderous design,
order to hear the termination Of Il
story on the following night
And 30 rich was the narration an
so great was the art Of the Princes
Scheherazade, that she kept alive Il
curiosity and wenaer of her husban,
the sultan, day after day, and wee
after week, and month after mont
until her fascinating stories had las
j ed for . thousand and one nights.
4 Ifyou ,eount up these yos will fiu
they make a period Of two years al
nine manufacturing which she h.
beguiled the sultan and stayed Il
order for her execution. In the i
tsrval, children had been born to he
and she had won upon her husban
that he abolished his cruel edict fo
ever,-on condition that from time
time she should tell over again tho
enchanting stories. And the stofi
she told on those thousand and o
nights, and which have been recit
since in every language Of Eurol
Thousands and thousands Of times, a
the Arabian Nights tales.
IF this account is not true in
particulars, It is at least as true
the stories are.
II A good woman sacrificed herself
: work . deed Of benevolence, IT
story at any rate is true, and is bel
repeated over and over in lives
around Donald G.. Mitchell in
!, Nicholas for November.
L The obituary notice of q Kentuc
lady includes the fact that her b
! was six feet eight inches long.
r LET us be just to the DEVIL" s;
the Terre Haute Express, which
another way of expressing ''char
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