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Article AN EASTERN NOVEL. ← Page 5 of 5
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An Eastern Novel.
Vtdierc is your sister-in-law ? You oug ht to know better then I , replied Ouang , since it was you that carried on this fine intrigue : but tell . me , replied Liu-pao , why do not you wear your white head-dress ? have you laid aside your mourning ? in answer to which Ouang was " so complaisant as to relate the history that had happened during his absence . . before Liu
She had hardly made an end of her story -pao began to beat his breast , and acted like a madman , but coming to himself by little and little , I have one comfort in my misfortunes , said he to " himself , I will sell my sister-in-law , and with the money I'll buy another wife , and no body shall know that I have been so unfortunate as to sell my own . He had been playing all the night , from the
and had lost the thirty taels which he had received merchant of Kiang-si , who was already at a great distance with his new bride ; he was preparing to go out in order to negotiate this affair , when he perceived at ^ the door four or five persons who wanted to enter ; they were his eldest brother Liu-yu , his youngest Liu-tchin , his nephew Hi-eul , and two domestics that carried and not the
the baggage . Liu-pao amazed at this sight , having assurance to confront them , made what haste he could out at the back-door , and vanished like lightning . The lady Ouang , transported with joy , came to receive her dear husband ; but how exceeding was her delig ht when she perceived her son , whom she hardly knew , he was grown so much and had so fine a person : ah ! by what good fortune , said she
have you brought back this dear son whom I supposed to be lost ? Liu-yu entered into the detail of all his adventures , and Ouang in her turn related at large all the indignities that Liu-pao had made her suffer , and the extremities to which he had reduced her . Then Liu-yu having bestowed on his wife the commendations that her fidelity deserved , if by a blind passion for riches , said he , 1 had kept the zco taelswhich I found by chancehow should
, , I have recovered my dear child ? if avarice had hindered rrfe from giving the twenty taels to save those who were suffering shipwreck my dear brother had perished i ' n the water , and I should never have seen him : ' if by an unlook'd for adventure I had not met With this amiable brother , how ' should I have discovered the trouble and disorder that reigned in my house ? without this , my dear wife ,
we should never have been re-united , our family would have been dismembered , and we should have been plunged in affliction . AH this is the effect of the particular providence of Heaven , who has over-ruled these different events : as for my other brother , who without design sold his own wife , has justly brought on himself his own misfortunes : the Almihty Tien treats mankind as they
deg serve , let them not therefore think to escape his justice . Not long after Hi-eul went to fetch his bride , the daughter of Tchin ; the marriage was concluded , and proved a very happy one ; they had several children , and saw a great number of their grandchildren , many of which were advanced by their learning , and raised to the highest office ; thus this family became illustrious .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
Vtdierc is your sister-in-law ? You oug ht to know better then I , replied Ouang , since it was you that carried on this fine intrigue : but tell . me , replied Liu-pao , why do not you wear your white head-dress ? have you laid aside your mourning ? in answer to which Ouang was " so complaisant as to relate the history that had happened during his absence . . before Liu
She had hardly made an end of her story -pao began to beat his breast , and acted like a madman , but coming to himself by little and little , I have one comfort in my misfortunes , said he to " himself , I will sell my sister-in-law , and with the money I'll buy another wife , and no body shall know that I have been so unfortunate as to sell my own . He had been playing all the night , from the
and had lost the thirty taels which he had received merchant of Kiang-si , who was already at a great distance with his new bride ; he was preparing to go out in order to negotiate this affair , when he perceived at ^ the door four or five persons who wanted to enter ; they were his eldest brother Liu-yu , his youngest Liu-tchin , his nephew Hi-eul , and two domestics that carried and not the
the baggage . Liu-pao amazed at this sight , having assurance to confront them , made what haste he could out at the back-door , and vanished like lightning . The lady Ouang , transported with joy , came to receive her dear husband ; but how exceeding was her delig ht when she perceived her son , whom she hardly knew , he was grown so much and had so fine a person : ah ! by what good fortune , said she
have you brought back this dear son whom I supposed to be lost ? Liu-yu entered into the detail of all his adventures , and Ouang in her turn related at large all the indignities that Liu-pao had made her suffer , and the extremities to which he had reduced her . Then Liu-yu having bestowed on his wife the commendations that her fidelity deserved , if by a blind passion for riches , said he , 1 had kept the zco taelswhich I found by chancehow should
, , I have recovered my dear child ? if avarice had hindered rrfe from giving the twenty taels to save those who were suffering shipwreck my dear brother had perished i ' n the water , and I should never have seen him : ' if by an unlook'd for adventure I had not met With this amiable brother , how ' should I have discovered the trouble and disorder that reigned in my house ? without this , my dear wife ,
we should never have been re-united , our family would have been dismembered , and we should have been plunged in affliction . AH this is the effect of the particular providence of Heaven , who has over-ruled these different events : as for my other brother , who without design sold his own wife , has justly brought on himself his own misfortunes : the Almihty Tien treats mankind as they
deg serve , let them not therefore think to escape his justice . Not long after Hi-eul went to fetch his bride , the daughter of Tchin ; the marriage was concluded , and proved a very happy one ; they had several children , and saw a great number of their grandchildren , many of which were advanced by their learning , and raised to the highest office ; thus this family became illustrious .