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

tart of sweetmeats the poor man repre-
sented to her In the finest words possible
that he was not pastry cook, but he was
obliged to make the tart, and then was
turned out Of his office because the crust
was so tough. She gave the place of the
Grand Master to her dwarf, and made her
page Chancellor.
1t was thus she governed Babylon.
Every one regretted me, and wished that
again were chief lady Of the empire.
The King, whom had venerated as my
father aud as an honest man Until the
time when he wished to poison me and to
etrangle you, seemed now 10 have lost all
his virtues In the prodigious infatuation of
his love for the fair caprielous. He came
to the temple on the great day OF the
sacred fire. / hoard him inlplorlng the
gods for Miseouf at tho foot Of the statue
In which / was enclosed. l elevated my
voice and cried to him, "The gods refuse
the vows Of king who has become a
tyrant, ,whe has wished TO kill reasonable
and dutiful daughter, and is ready to sacri-
Ace a whole nation for the cake of an
extravaRant and capriclous wife" Moab.
dar was confounded by these words 30
much that his, wits were touphed. The
oracle which had given and the tyranny
OF Mlssouf completed the disorder of his
mind which his rage against us two had
begun. He was seized with delirium, and
at the end Of a few days my unhappy
father died. | mourned bitterly for the
sake of what he had once been, though l
could not feel that had anything to re-
proach myself with against him.
The death of the king was the signal for
revolt. Pretepders TO the throne sprang TO
arms, and Babylon, so long plunged in
luxury and idleness, became the theatre
of a frlghtful civil war. was brought
from my retreat and put at the head Of
one party. Cador hastened to Memphis
to bring you back to Babylon. The Prince
of Hircanla, taking advantage of this state
of thinga, attacked us again with all his
forces. One party,which had put Misbotf
at their head, was overcome BY him, and
the caprlclous Egyptian was taken pris-
oner. My sad fate was to be captured at
the same time by another party OF
Hircanians, who brought me before the
| Prince precisely at the same time with
Missouf. You will be flattered, no doubt,
to hear that the Prince thought
me prettier than the Egyptian, but sorry
| to learn that he destined me for his serag-
llo. He told me very bluntly that as soon
as he had finished a military expedition
10 me. Judge you of my grief, | answered
him, with all the spirit which my rank
aud my sentiments for the barbarian could
give me. spoke as princess, queen,
but | was treated like a servant-maid.
The Hlrcanian, without deigning to ad-
dress a single word to ms, said to his
black enunch that l. was an impertlncni
creature, but that he found me very good
looking he ordered him to take great care
of me and TO put me upon the stall OF his
fAvorites and give Inc such diet as should
brighten my color against the time wher
Il would suit his convenience to see mt
again. | said to him that ! would xii
myeelf He answered me with laugh
that people did not kill themselves now-a
days, that that fashion had gone by, ant
he left me like man who has put new
paroquet in his aviary. What a state fol
the first princess in the woIld-no, viii
say more-for a heart that belonged Il
Zadig ~
Al these words zadig threw himFel
again on his kness before Astarte an'
bsthed her hands with his kisses and hi
tears. She tenderly mOtioned TO him u
re-seat himself, and continued thus
"I felt that / was Ia the power OF TIT
barbarian, and that was considered as
rival by the foolish woman with whom
was shut up. She recounted to me he
adventure in Egypt; l Judged by the de
scriptiUn the gave, by tne time che mtr
toned, by all the circumstanc es, that
was Zadig who had fought for her.
! doubted not that you were at Memphis
and | took the resolution 10 escap'
" Beautiful Missouf," said to her. "yo
! : arc much more pleasant thai / 80
would divert the Prince Of Hircania il
hnltely better than CO ild do. Help N
: to make my escape then you would reig
alone over his heart, and would be happil
dtsembarassed of rival" Missouri will
, lngly concerted with me the means for III
/, flight, and l succeeded in escaping secret
) with one Egyptian slave.
!, 81 was already near to Arabia when
famous lobber, named Arbogad, capture
, me. and sold me 10 merchant, wi
j.. brought me to the palace where the Lol
. Ogul dwells, who bought nc withol
= knowing who was. He is sensualis
. who cares only for good eating, and
. consequence has become excessively f
: and always ready to suffocate. His phi
= sician, who is of small account with hi
!, when he digests well, governs him despo
= icAlly when he has eaten too much. j
= has persuaded him that he would be cur'
by eating basiiisk cooked in rose waite
:, The Lord Ogul has promised his hand
), that one of his slaves who shall bring hi
a basilisk. You perceive | was not We
: anxious to merit that honor, and ha'
. still less desire to find the bssilisk sin
'' heaven permits me again TO see you"
Then Astarte and Zadig expressed free
70 to each other all those sentiments so lol
N suppressed all that their love aud the
ID misfortunes could inspire In hearts
oi noble and so impassioned and the go'
er spirits that delight in true and virtuo
ID love hovered over them as they spoke.
sc The women having returned TO .
g. palace of Ogul without finding what tn
n sought, zadig presented himself Tor a
y mission to him and spoke TO him iu the
"a words
j. "May immortal health descend fro
TO heaven to bless all your days | am
physician; l have FASTENED hither up
cd hearing OF your malady, and ha
In brought with me a bssllisk cooked in rot
"a water. It is not that / seek TO espou
you Only ask of you the liberty of
. | young Babylonian slave whom you ha
n had but few days and l pledge mys
cd to remain in slavery in her place If ha
Is not the happiness 10 cure the most ms
he niicent Lord Ogul."
The proposition was accepted Asia
)" departed for Babylon with the domestic
of Zadig, promising to write to him
wv courers, to let him know all which shot
III. pass. Their adieux were as tender
cd their meeting had been. Zadig loved
/ princess as much as he swore TO her, a
it Astarte loved him more than she told hi
lat Afterwards, Zadig spoke thus to Ogl
Ln- "My Lord, the basilisk' is not tobe eat
ow all its virtue must enter through the por
to have put il into this little bladder, "
~. Inflated and COVERED with a fiue SIX
GU You must throw this bladder with all "
ply force, and will every time strike it bs
of 10 you. A few days Of this regimen
ed show you what my art can do"
ed Ogul the first day was all oppress
be sweating violently, and believing hat
ial would die of fatigue. The next day
on was less fatigued and slept better.
TO eight days he had regained all his fol
We, the health, the lightness and the galetJ
ng his best years.
ak "You have played ball, and you HI
her been temperate" said Zadig Learn,
ION lord, that there is no such thing o
of basilisk in nature that one can only
her well with sobriety and exercise, and
ith the art of causing in'emperance and hea
ley to subsist together, Is as chimerical as
de- philosophers stone and the theology
Ing the Magis."
iad The chief physician of Ogul, seeing !
1 l dangerous this man was to the scienc'
ere medicine, united with the apothecary
a plan for seuding zadig to hunt basili
not in the other world. Thus, after hay
un- always been punished for well-doingi
the was near perishing for having cure
yal gluttonous lord. He was invited TO an
18th cellent dinner, in which II was intende