The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-04-24
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He walked with q sturdy step before
BE- was a year old and was possessed
Of a mans vocabulary before be was
two. His bent was In two directions.
study and activity. He was sent IL
school, where he soon surpassed his
while Ia athletic sports and
feats OF daring 10 Que could cope
with him.
When Chlacas was seventeen pears
Old neighboring king invaded the
Of his sovereign. and the
boy enlisted in the army. At the first
battle be rallied his legion Tor req
ment, as We call IL now. IL having
been driven back and its COMMANDER
Killed. This made him prominent he
rose rapidly Ii the military service
and eventually as general Of the army
drove back the invader. He was &C
corded a triumph, receiving the thanks
Of his sovereign and his countrymen.
Unrest seemed to drive him On
ward, and he begged permission to
march against one or the neigh boring
states with view 10 its conquest
He was given q reluctant consent and
leading forth All army, within sixty
days had annexed the territory u his
Own country. From this starting point
he proceeded with other conquests till
be had subjugated every land OF tie
continent on which be lived. and to-
gether they formed an empire.
When there were no more eonQuests
for Cblacas be was made prime min
lister and as a lawgiyer proved himself
as great as a soldier. His king died
childless. and. the legal heir TO the
throne being a weakllng. the people
demanded that ChIacas assume the
crown. He deferred to the unanimous
call. and the government was made
perpetual In him and his family.
Up 10 that time Chlacas was the
greatest man that had ever lived. He
was Initiated later by Caesar, who was
both general and lawgiyer, and in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
A. II. 10y Napoleon Bonaparte. But
unlike either OF these men. be was not
ambitious for himself. He loved h.s
people. and his only wish was to make
them great and prosperous. This he
achieved. From a petty kingdom with
40 markets for their products except
within their own borders he made them
an empire. with the neighboring ma
tons tributary to them. and forced pur-
chasers of what they produced. All
he desired from them was their graft
tude. which they lavished upon him "a
his hearts content
When Chlacas had mounted to the
pinnacle OF fame and could climb nc
higher, q soothsayer came to his domin
ions and foretold many wonderful
things. King Chlacas was seized with
a desire to know what would be his
end. He sent for tn sOOthsayer and
asked him to give hiI a picture OF
himself in his last days.
20 king" said the prophet, you ask
what Is not for your good, the good OF
your people or Of the world. Heaven
has wisely concealed our future, the
hour OF death. Were these revealed
the affairs OF the people Of the earth
could not go on. Do not ask me Il
reveal what is in store for you"
81" replied the king. 'am superior
to the detriment such revelation would
occasion In another. Show me myself
as l will appear at my final day"
Then the soothsayer touched the king
who straightway fell into q deep slum
Der. And be dreamed q dream. II
a desolate place he saw a hut, and IL
the hut on a rude cot, covered witt
ragged bedclothing. lay an old mar
dying. There was no one to minister
to him. no one to hear the groan b,
gave when bis spirit left his body.
The soothsayer touched the king, and
he awoke.
Interpret the dream l have dream
ed" he said 10 the soothsayer.
20 king, know that the old man /:
yourself. Your subjects shall rebe
against you, and a foreign ruler shall
dlspossess you Of your dominions. You
shall die Ia exile, with no one to SOUND
your praises or to give you even {
crust OF bread"
From this moment King Chlacas wa'
changed. The ingratitude OF his sub
jects ranked In his breast. From
loving them he grew u hate them. In
stead OF redressing their wrongs, h'
inf In fl.orn
he began to Cypress them. Gradually
that love they had borne him abateG
and at last turned to animosity. Thi:
antagonism between the sovereign ana
his people led TO many troubles fol
both. Taking advantage OF the op
portunity. one Of the strongest OF th'
subject nations rebelled, and, Cblacas
having to oppose II with an army VIII;
dlsliked him, could not fight them will
the same effect as formerly. The rebel:
were successful and achieved their In
dependence. This rebellion was fol
lowed by others till every subject prov
ince had become free.
Then q neighboring king who haC
been growing strong while Chlscas haG
been growing weak determined t
make war with q view TO subjugatin:
the man who had been SO great. TIL
he succeeded In doing and annexed
his territory to his own dominions
Chlacas fed with a number OF his ad
herents. but he had no means OF re
taining them about him. and they grad
ually dwindIed away tn the ex-kint
was alone. He wandered from on
place to another and finally built hin
a hut on a desolate island. There h'
lived alone till death relieved him o
his sufferings.
The story OF Chlacas teaches the wis