The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-12-11
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Yes ssuld never guess who wrote
tie { Assbias. Nights for nobody
&Ausxs vAss those stories were Arss
writes. Il seems very odd that q
beek should b made, and no one able
u tell shsl il Vas made. The pub.
lishsn deu's allow such things to hsp.
pss aov a.d.ys Yet it 10 even 80
with the book " arc taking Of: Of
sourte, Il u possible to 6x the date Of
the many sranslations Of the Arabian
Nishts which have been made into the
languages Of Europe from tho old
Arabic manuscripts. Thus. il vs' 10
tho year l704 that certain Antoine
Qallapd, . distinguishsd oriental 'ehol'
az Of Paris, who had Travelled 10 the
East and Who had collected many
curious manuscript and medals, pub
lshsd French tr,nslation Of what wss
called the "Thousand and One Nights"
THIS ~ in tho time Of the gay court Of
Lsuis the Fourteenth and tho fue
ladies' Of tho eourt-thoes Of them who
could rsad-all dsvoured tho book.
And the sehool.boys throughout
France t.hough there were not many
sehool.boys IN those days outside Of
the great ei,ies) al came to know tho
woadsrful stories of Aladdin and Of
Ali. Bahia.
But how came the title Of the
Thousasd add One Nights, which be.
logged, and still belongs, to oil the
European collections Of these old
Arabian ssoriesI will tell you My
add in telling yea Why, I shall give YOU
The whole background On which oil
thee various Arabian stories, wherever
found, are srrsyed, snd the background
u itself . ssory, and this il the way 1t
runs:
Ono there lived wicked Sultan Of
Psssis, whose name wss Sehshr.ar
and hs had many vives-liks the
Peresa Shah Who went jouraeyinR
into Eosland this summer past; and
10 thought Of bis wives - stock .ovners
think Of their oattls-snd I tsss tho
present. Psnian Shah thinks 40 other.
Vie.
Vol When the old Schshriar found
hat his wives we're isithlesa and do.
.ssitfsl-as ell wives will be who are
estssuel no more than osttie-he
vsvsa that hs would cot Of oil ehsnee
Of tAsi, sissing, BY making On end o.
them; - il happened that Whatever
ssv cite he espoused ono day, he
killed upon tho next
You vill think tho brides were fool
isA b marry him; but many women
keep on making Is foolish matches all
shs world over; and she who marries =
cot, q the man who promises to be !
81, i, killed slowly, instead Of being
killed quickly with . bov'string,-ss
The Schahr,sr did h's work.
Bssides, all won On Of The East were
slaves, - they are mostly now, aud
subject 70 whatever orders the Sui
tan might make. $500.
Nov, IL happened that this old
Sehahriar had . vi.ier, or shist officer
under him (vbo executed oil his muir
derous orders), and who was horn6ed
By tho eruel,ies he had to commit
Aud this sane visier had . beautiful
and accomplished daughter, Who vss
even more horrifsd than her father
and she plotted how she might stay
tho bloody acti ops of the Schahrisr.
She could esin no access to him, aud
could hope to win no influence over
him, except by becoming bis bride;
but if she became his bride, she
would have but one day to live. So,
At least, thought her sisters asd her
father. She, Of course, found it very
hard 20 win the consent Of her father,
the visier to her plan but ut last she
succeeded, and % asrsoRed matters
that the Sehshrisr should command her
70 b. bin br ids.
The fatal na,risge.d.y came, and
the wiser v.s IN an agony Of grief aud
alarm. Tie morning after the espous.
sls, hs v.ited-in az eostaey Of fear
the usual order for tho slaughter of tho
innoesst bride; hut TO his amassmest
aud present 'elief, the order wsa post.
poned 70 tho following day.
This bride, whose name ~'s sshs.
hsrasads-fnovn nov 70 sehool.boys
and schoolgirls I'll over the world
va most besui'ing Of speech, snd .
nst charming story.teller. And 90
tho day Of her sspousal she he'd con.
nsaesd the marathon Of . most On.
sesi.s story 70 her husband the
bahshsiss, and had 70 artfulIy timed
II, I'D measured out ito length, VIA.
vksn ths hosr osme for tho Sultan to
ast about hl cares of Office, she should
Be al IL mos> ioteressing stage. The
Sclsao had been 20 be1uiled. BY the
v'tehs'y Of her s.rrative, and 50 esge.
b lssr. tho issue, that he put of The
execution Of his murdersus design, 10