The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-20

This fatal limit once reached, he is precipl.
tated from his throne, despoiled of his royal
robes. and clothed in coarse garments. The
soldiers then unpityingy drag him down Ia
the seacOast and place him In BOAT, winch
carries HIM 10 another island, arid and desert
in its nature. He, who bat few days before
WAS a powerful sovereign, finds there neither
subjects nor friends, not so much as single
person TO console him, and passes his days In
a sad and miserable manner. Then, after
HAVING treated their former ruler thus, the
people 90 out To meet the new king Prbvi-
dence sends them. Such, q prince, is the ir-
revocable law 10 which you are subject
Were my predecessors warned OF this
dreadfcl fale?" asked the king.
"Not one of them" replied the vizlcr, was
ignorant OF it; but they did not turn their
thoughts 10 a troublesome future SO dazzled
were they by the splendor encircling a
throne. The iutoXicatlon OF passing pleasures
banished the idea Of lasting happiness, and
they would not avert the terrible doom await.
ing them. The year of their prosperity al
WAYS drew near to Il close before they were
aware of ii, SO that when the fatal day did
come they had done nothing to alleviate their
fearful and inevitable lot
At these words of the vlzier the prince was
frightened, for he thought with terror that a
part of the precious time allotted to him was
already gone. However, he determined TO
profit oy the time that was lett.
Most wise vizler," he said, thou hast pro.
phesed evil things for me. Now, canst thou
not out of thy wisdom teach me how to es-
cape these ills?"
"In one way alone" answered the vzier,
"are you able to avoid them. Recolect that
you came naked to this island, and as you
came so must you depart. What you must
| do, then, is this: You must send 10 the is
land where you will have to dwell by-and by,
skilled workmen, who will build you large
storehouses, which you must have filled with
all the pecessarles of life. Use well the
briel moments of your prosperity, and lay up
provision against hard times coming. Above
all, delay not; for time passes aud the end
approaches Moments flee and cannot be re.
called Remember that where you are going
you will find nothing save what you have
conveyed there during the few days now re-.
naming to you"
The advice of the wise minister pleased the
king, and he FASTENED 10 carry it out. Ar
fists were sent for The money intended for
their operations was iudiciously employed
so as to insure expedition, and the king trans
ported to the island as many of his subjects
AS he thought were needed TO make it fertile
and pleasant.
In Inc meantime tlle gay was approaching
when he would have 10 leave his kingdom,
yet far from grieving over this, he actually
lenged To 60 and take possession of his new
dominion
The fatal day at last arrived. He was de-
posed stripped OF his roya! robes, as he had
been warned, and led to the ship which was
to convey him to his place of exile. The de
throned monarch reached it with joy, and
led most happy existence there, thanks to
the stores prudence had taught him to lay up
Arobchad from whom the allegory is TAX
en-, explains 1t thus:
The benevolent man is the Supreme Being
the slave is newly born infant, and the is
land on which the slave is cast is the world
The genli who come TO meet him are the rela-
tives who take care of his early years, the
minister who acqualnts him with the doom
hanging over him is Wisdom, the twelve
months to which his reign is restricted are
the course Of human life. and the desert land
where he is taken is the other world. The
workmeh employed by him are the good
works he does in his lifetime; and the princes
who preceded him, and took no thought Of
the CalHmities with which they are threaten
ed, arc the greater part Of mankind, who, car
ing for nothing but the pleasures Of this
world, neglect all preparation for the next
while their unhappy condition after their
reign is over is the condition of those who
present themselves before the throne of God
without having laid up their treasures IN
heaven. food Things.