Year: 1859

the other ladies', flew OF his own accord
and hid himself in the queens bosom.
Zemroude was highly pleased at the
unexpected fondness of her new f,v-
|orite, and ordered linn to be kept in
an open cage in hr own apartment.
He had there an or?'ortunity Of making
his court to her ev ry morning, by a
thousand little a::;ions, which his
shape allowed him. The queen pas
sed away whole lours every day in
hearing and playing with him. Fad
lallah could even have thought himself
happy in this state Of life, had he moi
frequently endured the inexpressible
torment of seeing the dervisc enter
the apartment and caress his queen
even in his very presence.


The usurper, amidst his toying with
the princess, would often endeavor to
|ingratiate himself with her nightingale;
and while the enraged Fadlallah peck
ed at him with his bill, beat his wings,
and showed all the marks of impotent
rage, it only afforded his rival and the
queen new matter for their diversion.
Zemroude was likewise very fond
Of a little lap-dog which she kept in
her apartment and which one night
happened to die.


The king Immediately found himself
inclined to quit the shape of a nightin-
gale, and enliven this new body. He
did so, and the next morning Zem-
roude saw her favorite bird lie dead
in the cage. 1t is impossible to cx-
|press her grief on this occasion; and
when she called to mind all its actions
which even appeared to have some
what i'll them like reason: she was in
consolable for her loss.


Her women Immediately sent for
the dervise to come and comfort her
who, after having in vain represented
to her the weakness of being grieved
at such an accident, touched at last by
her repeated complaints, well, Mad.
am,' says he, I will exert the utmost
of my art to please you. Your night
ingale shall again revive every morn
ing, and screnade you as before The
queen beheld him with look which
easily showed she did net believe him,
when laying himself down on the sofa,
he shot his soul into the nightingale,
and Zemroude was amazed to see the
bird revive.
The King who was spectator Of all
that passed, lying under the shape OF


q lap-dog in one corner of the room


Immediately recovered his own body


and running to the cage with the ut


most indignation, twisted off the neck
of the false nightingale.


Zemroude was more than ever amaz


ed and concerned at this second acci


dent, until the king entreating her tc


hear him, related to her his whole ad


venture. "
The body of the dervise which was


found dead in the wood, and his edic1


for killing all the deer, left her no room


to doubt the truth of it; but the stor,


adds. that out of an extreme dclicacy


peculiar to eastern ladies; she was sc


highly afflicted at the innocent adulter,


in which she had lived with the der


wise, that no arguments even from


Fadlallah himself, could compose he,


mind. She shortly after died will
grief, begging his pardon with her las


hbreat for what the most rigid jus


tice could not have interpreted as :


crime.


! The king was so afflicted with hc1


death that he left his kingdom to on,


of his nearest relations, and passed


the rest Of his days in solitude ant


confinement" ."--Spectotor No. 578


Monday, Ax7ust 9, l7l4.