The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-09

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been driven hack and It's commander
Killed, This made him prominent He
rose rapidly in the military service
and eventually as general OF the army
drove back the invader. He was ae-
corded . triumph. receiving the thanks
Of his sovereign sndihIs eonntryn,ep.
| Unrest seemed to drive hin on
ward, and S-hej begged permission 10
march against one Of the neighboring
states with a view ito its conquest
He was given reluctant consent ana
Ifleadmg forth an army, within sixty
days had annexed the territory to his
own country. From this starting point
he proceeded with other conquests till
be had subjugated every land Of the
continent on. which he lived and 10.
gether they formed an empire.
When there were no more conquests
for Chlacas he was made prime min
lister and asa lawgiver proved himself
ss great as a soldier. His king died
childless, and, the legal heir 10 the
throne being weakllng, the people
demanded that Chlacas assume the
crown. he deferred to the unanimous
call, and the government was made
perpetual in him and his family.
Up to that time Ghlacas was the
greatest man that had ever lived. he
was initiated later by Caesar, who was
both general and lawgyer, and in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
A. u. by Napoleon Bonaparte. But,
unlike either OF these men, he was NOT
ambitious for himself. He loved his
people, and his only wish was TO make
them great and prosperous. This he
achieved. From petty kingdom with
no markets for their products except
within their own borders he made them
an empire, with the nelghboring 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 to
his hearts content v j
When Chlacas had mounted to the
pinnacle Of fame and could climb no
higher, a Soothsayer came to his domIn-
ions and foretoId many wonderful
things. King Chlacls was seized with
a desire to know what would be his
end. he sent for the soothsayer and
asked him to give him picture Of
himself in bis last days.
70 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 to
reveal what is in store for you"
T. replied the king. IAN superior
to the detriment such revelation would
occasion in another Show me myself
as will appear at my final day"
Then the soothsayer touched the king.
who Stralghtway fell into a deep Stun.
Der. And he dreamed dream. In
a desOlate place be saw. hut, and In
the hut ON rude cot. covered with
ragged bedclothlng. lay an old man
dying, There was no one to- minister
to him. no zone to hear the gr6an he
gave when his spirit left his body.
The sOothsayer touched the king, and
he awoke.
interpret the dream / have dream.
ed he said TO the soothsayer.
20 King, know that the old man Is
yourself Your subjects shall rebel
against you, and foreign ruler shall
dispossess you OF your dominlons. You
shall die in exile, with no one to sound
your praises or to give you even a
crust Of bread.'
From this moment King cltlacas was
changed The lngratitude OF his sub
1ects ranked in his breast From
loving them he grew TO hate them. In
stead Of redresslng their wrongs, he
look no interest In them. From then
he began to Cypress them. Gradually
that love they had borne him abated
and at last turned to animosity. This
antagonism between the sovereign and
his people led to many troubles for
poth- Taking advantage of the op-
portunily. one Of the strongest OF the
''''i. ms IeUtlitd' taAAt ChtttSNA's I
having 10 oppose 1t with an army who
disiiSed him. could not fight them with |
the same effect as formerly. The rebels |
were successful and achieved their IN
dependence This rebellion was fol /
lowed by others till every subject pros
ince mad become. free.
Then a nelghllorins king who haa
been GROWN. strong while Chlacas had !
been growing weak determined to |
make war with view 10 subjusating
the man wnr lad been 80 great This
ne succeeded in doing and annexed
MS TERRITORY 10 his own domtnions.
Chlacas feel With d number Of his ad- I
herents, but he had no means Of re
talning them about him. and they grad
ually dwindled away till the ex-king
was alone. Tie wandered from one
place 70 another and finally built him I
9 hut on a tlesolate island. There he