Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-23

FABLE WITH A M0RAL.-I.ady Mary Wort-
10y Montague relates the following story: 'One
day, as an ancient King Of rartary was ruling
with his Officers Of state, they met dervish cry
ing aloiid 4: so him that will give Inc hun
dred dinars (smail pieces Of money!, will give
piece ofgoud advice" The King, attracted by
this strange declaration, stopped and said to the
dervish, What advice is this that you offer for
hundred dinars p 'Sire, replied The dervish,
Il shall be most thankful to tell you, as soon as
you order the money to be paid me- The King
expecting to hear something extraordinary, or.
dered the dinars to be given to the dervish at
| once; On receiving which, he said, 'Sre, my ad
vic, is begin nothing without considering what
the end may be- The officers of state smiling
at what they thought iiIiculous advice, looked at
the King, who they expected wond be So enrag
ed at this insult, as to order the dervsh to be
severely punished. The King seeing their
amusement and surprise, said, Il see nothing to
laugh at In the advice of this dervish, hut, OH
the contrary, am persuaded that if IL were
more frequently practised, men would escape
many caamii.es. Indeed, 50 convinced am
of the wisdom Of this maxim, that shall have
1t engraved On my plate and written on the
walls Of my palace, 50 it may be ever before Inc. '
The King having thanked the dervish, proceeded
towards his palace, and OH his arrival he order
ed the chief Bey TO see that the maxim was ell
graved on his plate aud on the walls Of his
palace.
some time after the occurrence, one Of the
mobiles of the court, proud, ambitious man, re-
solved To destroy the King and place himself OH
The throne. In orIer to accomplish this bad
purpcs., he secured the confidence ofone of the
Kings sur cons, to whom he gave a poisoned
lancet, saying, If you will bleed the King with
this faucet will give you ten thousand pieces
of gold, and when ascend the thlone you shall
be my Vizer.' This base surgeon. dazzled by
such brilliant pro,psc.s, ,wickedly asented to the
proposal. An opportunity of etecting his evil
deslghs soon occurred. The King sent for this
man to bleed him. lie put the poisoned lancet
into q side pocket and hastened into the Kings
presence. The arm was tied, aud the fatal lam
Get was about to be plunged in the vein, when
suddenly the surgeons eye read this maxim at
tile bottom of the basin: "Degn nothing
without considering what the end may be-
He immediItrly paused as lie thought within
himself, "lf bleed til. King with this lancet
he will die, and shall be seized and put to Il
c:uel death Then of what use will all the
gold In .he world be to me?' Then returning
the lancet to his pocket he drew forth another.
The King, observing this, and perceiving that
he was much embarrassed, asked why lie
Changed his lancet so suddenly. lie stated
that tue point was broken; but the King,
doubling his statement, commanded him to
show II. This 50 agitated him, that the King
felt all was not right. lie said, ~ here is trea-
SNS'y ih ehi' ANu ihC Instantly WHdt ~ lucalS
OF your head shall be severed from your body! -
The surgeon, trembling with fear, promised to
tell all to the King if he would pardon his guilt
The King consented, and the surgeon related
the whole matter, saying that, had II not been
70. the words in the basin, he would have used
the fatal lancet. The King slima oned lis
,ur ami ordered the traitor to he executed =
Then, iurn.ns TO the officers Of state, he said,
''Io,i NOW see that the advice OF the dervish at
which you Laughed is NEST valuable il has
saved my life. Search out the dervish that
may amply reward him for his wise maxim"
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