The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-09

tered robe is not quits the one to proposes
4 lady. [ can surely pardon her.
slave interrupted these reflections by
IN invitation 10 follow him. The sultan was
introduced into an elegant apartment in
large house where he waited two hours
without seeing anybody.
At last there entered four ladies richly
dressed, in attendance on the fifth, who was
glittaring with precious stones, and whose
incompatible beauty rendered her most
gloriou.. Tee sultan recognzal her at onco
as the foarta lady waoa he had seen come
from the baths. She approached him with
gentle All milling expression
"Parlol me- sal i she, chat ! hava
obligo! you to wait DO not wish TO APP
| pear unldorneI before my lord and mas
/ ter You era at home here All you see is
( your. yen are my band am 1 am
/ ready 10 ohsr yeu."
! "Madau, epi.el the sultan, = am the
/ happie T Of satl. and since 1 am master here
( request tailor aaI . shoemaker | am
4 ashamed in yaEr presence OF this hiIeouS
robe anI taese oil sgoe."
MY l,rj, sail the lady Il have pro-
/ viIsI Tor these thing A Jewish mer-
chant was intro jucei, attended by slaves
why carried garments Of different colr'.
/ The sultan choie d vest Of white satin, flow
| cred with gold, and u robe Of purple cloth
/ Then was taa lady wen content to have a
husband, AL the king was glad to possess
so beautiful a wife.
IL lived seven years with this lady, AID
they ha4 seyo Sons and seven daughters.
But c5 they thou Ut only of pleasure and
good cheer all tie wealth of the lady was
spent SEEING her-elf reduced to the depths
Of misery sao aid to her husband:
"Nnila l hal wealth you did rot spare it.
Il IS yoar duty now to provide for the
maintenance OF your family"
The king was very sad. Knowing nc
trade. lie supplied himself with stout cords
and carried burleui with the public porters.
His wages for the day consisted of aktcha
This he carriel 60 his vile, but she told him
that unless h could earn ten times as much
every day Ii family would soon perish with
hunger.
The next day, instead of returning to the
public place she king walked on to the sea-
shore, AMI gave himself up to sadness. He
called to mind his strange AMI disastrous
adventure. cau53l by the science of the
Saeik Slahabaliin, AMI no could not re-
frain from weeping.
Nee ling to perform his additions before
prayer he plunged into the sea; but on rails
ing his head from the water, to his great as.
constituent, lie found himself in his palace
before tho basin OF water and surrounded
his servants.
GOAL wicked sagel' he exclaimed, on see
ing the sAiek in the same position in which
he had left him, 90 you not fear that Col
viii punish you fer having treated thus
your sultan and your aa4ter3'
Sire" said the shiek. "what IS the cause
of tlis anger" You have just dipped yopr
head into this basin ani raised it again in
stantly." His officers with one voice sus-
tanned the words Of the sheis.
"You are ali impostors,7 cried the king.
"Tdis accused wise man has kept ma seven
years in & strange land by the power of his
entertainments. [ have been married, and
have had seven sons and seven daughters.
| have suffered heavy sorrows and trials!'
40 kaG!' answered. the sheik. "znow that
you and are but servants of God. While
your head was under water, though you
raised it instantly you have wandered
seven years. you have married wife; you
have had seven sons an seven daughters;
you have suffered and laborel much; and
yet you will not believe that Mahomet, our
great prophet found his bei still warm and
his water jar not yet empty. Learn that tc
Him who from nothing createl the heavens
and the earth, all things are possible"