Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-01-11
CHAPTER. III.
THE DoG AND TEE HORSE

0l his nose, To- break OFT h's marriage with
Azora. He withdrew from r. quietly, con-
soling the lady with princelS g,ns, ant
tb,ncef1r h turning from ihourhs OF love
dr,oted ainself TO he study Of mature.
"iappy' faA he. "i- lie phi iOsCp pher
W, o h'uds his mind to read in ihlt grand
volume which God has spread hfare his
yc.. TRUTHS are Discovered ~ himi ne
nouri.hes and elegat,s bis sou he lives
tranquilly he fars not hing from men
anh his tender bride comes not 70 cut oil
his ncse."
Filled with these ideas he retired to a
cOuntfy-house on the border of tie El-
pirates There he occuuiei himself with
neteorology aud astronomy, and. above
all, with studying the properties of plants
and animals and he soon acquired a
sagacity which discovered to him II lhOu
sand variations where other men saw
nothing hut uniformity.
One day re lie was walking near little
wood he saw running toward him Il Gu
much of the princess Aslnrte. followed by
many officers who appeared in great aux
| iety and ran heio and there like men who
search eagerly for something precious
which Is lost.
"Young am" cried the chief address.
ing Zadig, "haye You no. seen the dog of
the Princess :"
Ztdlg answered modesily "lt is, / be
! lieye. not male but u female dog
"You are right, answered the eunueh.
at is II vciy small spaniel continued
/ Zadig, "WAich has young puppies she
/ limps II little with the right foo' and she
has very lopg ears"
'You have seen her then 2" demanded
the ruMuch impatiently.
NO." answered Ladlg TRANQUILITY, 81
have never zen her, and | never knew
that the Princess had a dog"
Precisely at the same time, by m odd
fieak Cf fortune, the finest horse from the
stables Of the king Moabdar had esca cd
from the hands Of his groom, IN the pains
Of Babylon. Tie Grand-master Of the
Stables and all the other officers ran after
him with as much anxiety as the chief eu-
much had displayed in searching for the
Princess dog. The Grand-uaslc. ad-
dressed himself to Zlll.g, asking if be bad
not seen tie horse of the King.
"lsi'," asked Zadig ''n very fast gal
l1p.r II horse fifteen hands high, with a
tail tmee feet and half long, having very
small hcois, and shod with silyerl'
"What road has he takeni where Is hel'
demanded the Grand master Of the Stables
breathles-ly.
Il have never seen him. responded
Zadig, sand I never heard that the king
had such horse"
The Grand.master and the chief eunuch
doublel not that Zadig had stolen both
the dog and the horse. They ordered
him 10 be taken before tie asseIu-
bly of the Grand Desterham, which con-
demned him to he llnoutad and to pass the
rest Of his life in Siberia. Hardly had this
Judgment been rendered when people
brought word that the horse and the dog
had been found AMI brought safely to the
palace. The Judges were under The sad
necessity of recOusidering their sentence
bu. they condemned Zadig to pay -four
, hundred ounces Of gold for saying that he
. had not seen that which he certainly bad
/. seen. He was obliged first to pay The fine,
after which he was accorded permission t.
plead his cause to the council of the Grand
q b, ,sterhorn. lie spoke in these terms;
j "Sturs of justice, shysses Of science
mirrors of truth, who have the sOlidty o.
! lead, the durability of iron, the bIightuesi
i Of the diamond, and many points of re-
=. semblance to gold since IL is permi tee
+ ne to speak before this august a, assembly
: swear to you by Orosmade that l hnyl
never So, II either the ycneralcd dog Of tht
Princes. or the sacred horse of The King o
kings. Behold what chanCel to me
was walking near the little wood where
encounter d tie re- p ctlbe chief tuuucl
aud the very illustr.ous GIaud-master 0
the Stables, and / saw IN the sand t.
a traces Of little animal wlich | easll
:. Judged to be a very small spaniel. From
c slight burrows which spp.Hi,d In the san
= hctwen the points OF the ie {, knew tina
y it was female with huug.ug tests, uu
'r from other traces th.t he. ,ais were lon
f. ANA sweep n and from ll- iac' hat th
i print of one f,tt was less deeply iuarke
ID Ia the slnd thAa those OF I. e other tureC
/ Judged tina the lady dog of oar angus
u Pince.s imped lutte, u dare 20 irrcl
n er,ntly to speak. As regards the horse {
the king of kings, You must know, rs
,r walked in the 70 d by the wood saw h
y marks of a horses hoofs, planted az wild
u, bat ~ very regular intervals. There
at said l to myself, is "a horse VIII ch ealiol
admirably. In n narrow arhor Of tree
Id through which he had passed saw marx
at upon the small twigs upon each side whic
Y [ G .nc'uded to have been made by q
ed switching of the horses tail, which mu
he have ben three and half Icet long an
ng from freshly broken branches Of the tr
ar under which he had passed ! Jaw that
by was fifteen hands high and from slna
fragment Of silver upon stone which
rs had struck with his foot, judged tnat
ed was ehod with silver
The Judges admired the profound az
on subtle discrrnment Of Ladig. They reml
er t,d his fine, retaining Of the four hundr
ouuces of gold only three hundr,d al
forty-nye for the necessary expenses
he iustice the fees of the minor officials
the couit bad afterwards 10 he settle
es, Xadlg made up his mind that il was
SITS dangerous thing to appear too knoNin
iat and promised himself hereafter TO 81
10 nothing of anything he might see.
ast An occasion soon offered itseifi a p
soner of state escaped, and pssstd in
'as hlght directly under TIE Windows
10y Zndig's mansion. Iadlg was qucstlonel
en he ans wercd nothing, but it was prov
i'm that he had been looking out of his wi
ide dow. For IN It crime he was condemn
to pay five hundred ounces of gold
her paid il, thanking the Judges for tn
tn cemeney, as is the custom in Babylon.
mi Great gods ''excla'msd he he
me much he Is to be pltled who walks In
i've wood where the dog of the Princess a
my the horse Of the King have passed b
dig how dangerous il is to look out Of a "
bat dow a'd d now difficult il is 10 be haI
sad in this LIE
Inns TO BE UoSTNUED.l
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