Year: 1875

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wealth, wisdom and renown.


This king was the father Of man


bright and beautiful daughters, the ex
1 act number we do not now remember


but for convenience sake we will cal
| it seven.


These daughters the king loved yer,


much and sincerely desired that the,


should ever be truly pure. virtuoui


and happy, and in order to aid then


in being so, the prrest and best teach


ers that could be found in the realm


were selected to instruct and guide


them in the path Of purity and virtue
Surrounding the palace were many


large and beautiful gardens, bordered


with long lines of trees burdened with


delicious fruits, aud bright, blooming


flowers Of every hue, and luxuriant


sweet-seented evergreens lined every


walk Of this earthly paradise.


Beyond these gardens were exten-


sive plains and dense groves of trees of


rich foliage, which also hung with


much bright and tempting fruit; and


also gay and beautiful flowers were


blooming in all Of their majestic beau


tyon every hand. But it was known that


many of these fruits, though sweet and
palatable at first, often became very
bitter whilst eating, causing much i'll
ness, and in many instances death; and
the flowers nearly all had within their
buds poisonous wasps whose sting was
almost certain death. Venomous SER
penis and savage wolves were also
known to be concealed in portions of
these bright and beautiful groves, ever
ready to destroy the unfortunate wan
derers who might be tempted too far
within their depths.


Now it so happened that the king
had valuable present for each of his
daughters that he wished to give them,
but before doing SO desired to test
their love and strict obedience to him
self: having determined to give presents
only to those who proved themselves
worthy of his love. So he calls to
them one bright morning and tells
them that he wishes them to go into
certain garden, each with basket, and
gather for him certain vegetables
and also certain fruits from
certain trees within the same garden,
and as they return each must bring
bouquet of the sweetest aud brightest
flowers they can find from a certain
square that he named to them. He
tells them that they must strictly obey
his instructions, for he intends to give
each of them; provided they do so, a
beautiful present upon their return,
and should they fail to do so. they will
bring upon themselves punishment
and much trouble, and will ever be de-
barred from receiving the much de-
sired present. He also cautions them
against entering the grove beyond the
gardens, or touching any of the fruits
Or flowers there, telling them Of the
hangers of doing SO. -


The children got thl bazfets, and
lfter supplying themselves with writ
;en instructions or lists of the many
kinds of fruits and vegetables wanted, |
start out fully determined to obey strict |
y the commands of their noble and
generous father, whom they love very
much. When they arrived at the |
proper garden, they began to gather
he vegetables and fruits as directed |
,y their father, some commencing with
me kind and some with another.


But very soon one says to the other,
Sister, you are gathering wrong fruit,
he trees from which l am gathering
ire the right ones, and then another
claims that still different trees are
light, and soon it was found that they
III we're of different opinions Then
me suggested that they should read
he written instructions furnished
hem by their father; for" says she,
I know that am right" So each
,egan eagerly to read the Instructions
or the were all very anxious TO do the
,xact will of their father, and would
lot for any consideration do what they
hought he would not like for them to
10. After reading the instructions
rery carefully, they still could not
ully agree in all particulars, though
lpon many of the main points they
hey did agree. The words of course
we're the same to all, but in many
hings they construed the meaning diff
erently. Now these girls were known
O possess about the same knowledge,
hey had been taught from same books,
md though there was some difference
n their ages, their knowledge ofthings
n general was about the same. They
Zach possessed good common sense
enough to know this, and were willing
o think that possibly they might be
mistaken in something and the Others
night be right. So they set to work in
each gathering such fruits and
lowers as they thought their father
Wished them to gather, and instead of |
the others with the GER
ainty of punishment for not under
standing their fathers directions as
hey did aided them in every way they |
could to fill their baskets with accept
lble fruits. Earnestly and faithfully |
hey worked until time to return to
heir fathers mansion, often viewing |
With wistful eyes the beautiful groves
md plains that lay as far as the eye |
could reach around and about the gar
len. but knowing from the words of
heir father that dangerous serpents |
md poisonous wasps lay within many |
,f the most enticing and beautiful
spots therein, they sought not to seek |
for happiness there, but fastened to
their beautiful home, laying their gath |
cred treasures at the feet of their kind !


Il ILL Gathar Iha nnhla King |