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The Cruelty Of A Father.
destined to find every where sensible hearts , except that of his barbarous father . The fisherman brought him up in his profession , and the lad distinguished himself in it by equal dexterity and intrepidity . He was already arrived at the age of fifteen years , when Kebal , who took frequent journeys to promote the concerns of his commerce , -
passed through the town where the young man lived . He met him with the fisherman that had saved his life , and both ' were loaded with baskets of fish , which they sold about the streets . The young man ' s pleasing aspect attracted Kebal ' s attention , and to have an opportunity of knowing who he was , he bought some of the fisherman ' s fish . Afterwards asking himif he that followed
, was his son , the fisherman answered that he was not his father ^ and related to him in what manner he found him in his nets sown tip in a bag . Kebal , knowing him to be his son , could not imagine how he had escaped a death which he thought to be inevitable . Enraged at seeing the ill success of so many crimeshe resolved to concert
, better his measures . He Offered five hundred sequins to the fisher ; man , as purchase-money for his servant and the bargain was soori concluded . Kebal , without making himself known to his son , kept him to do business for him as his slave . His sweet temper , his fidelity , nothing could touch that cruel father , who was still more and more
bent on his destruction . . Two years had now elapsed since his son had served him with an unexampled zeal , when he put into his hands a sealed up letter . " Set out , said he to him , for Bagdad ; you will there find my daughter , and deliver to her this letter ; 1 recommend you to her care . Remain , with her till my return ; I shall soon follow you . " The young man obeyed Kebaland immediatelwent on his
, y way . Arrived at Bagdad , he enquired after his master ' s house . ; and knocked at the door of that which was shewn him to be his . Kebal ' s daughter chanced to open it , and saw a young man , more beautiful than love itself , that delivered to her a letter on the part of her father . Impatient , she opens it ; but how great Was the horror she was seized with in reading these words : " The bearer
of this letter is my greatest enemy ; I send him to you that you may procure liim to be assassinated ; I require from you this proof of your tenderness . " Kebal ' s daughter , far from resembling her father , Was remarkable for singleness of heart , and a very humane disposition ' . - Considering more attentively the . letter-carrier , she could not hePp
loving him ; and love suggested to her a means of saving the life of him , who in a moment was become so dear to her " ; and of seeking with him an union that was to last for life . Having ordered the young man to wait for a short while , she' wrote , counferfeiting'her father ' s hand-writing , another letter conceived in these words : « He , who -shall deliver to J ou this letter is dearer to me
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Cruelty Of A Father.
destined to find every where sensible hearts , except that of his barbarous father . The fisherman brought him up in his profession , and the lad distinguished himself in it by equal dexterity and intrepidity . He was already arrived at the age of fifteen years , when Kebal , who took frequent journeys to promote the concerns of his commerce , -
passed through the town where the young man lived . He met him with the fisherman that had saved his life , and both ' were loaded with baskets of fish , which they sold about the streets . The young man ' s pleasing aspect attracted Kebal ' s attention , and to have an opportunity of knowing who he was , he bought some of the fisherman ' s fish . Afterwards asking himif he that followed
, was his son , the fisherman answered that he was not his father ^ and related to him in what manner he found him in his nets sown tip in a bag . Kebal , knowing him to be his son , could not imagine how he had escaped a death which he thought to be inevitable . Enraged at seeing the ill success of so many crimeshe resolved to concert
, better his measures . He Offered five hundred sequins to the fisher ; man , as purchase-money for his servant and the bargain was soori concluded . Kebal , without making himself known to his son , kept him to do business for him as his slave . His sweet temper , his fidelity , nothing could touch that cruel father , who was still more and more
bent on his destruction . . Two years had now elapsed since his son had served him with an unexampled zeal , when he put into his hands a sealed up letter . " Set out , said he to him , for Bagdad ; you will there find my daughter , and deliver to her this letter ; 1 recommend you to her care . Remain , with her till my return ; I shall soon follow you . " The young man obeyed Kebaland immediatelwent on his
, y way . Arrived at Bagdad , he enquired after his master ' s house . ; and knocked at the door of that which was shewn him to be his . Kebal ' s daughter chanced to open it , and saw a young man , more beautiful than love itself , that delivered to her a letter on the part of her father . Impatient , she opens it ; but how great Was the horror she was seized with in reading these words : " The bearer
of this letter is my greatest enemy ; I send him to you that you may procure liim to be assassinated ; I require from you this proof of your tenderness . " Kebal ' s daughter , far from resembling her father , Was remarkable for singleness of heart , and a very humane disposition ' . - Considering more attentively the . letter-carrier , she could not hePp
loving him ; and love suggested to her a means of saving the life of him , who in a moment was become so dear to her " ; and of seeking with him an union that was to last for life . Having ordered the young man to wait for a short while , she' wrote , counferfeiting'her father ' s hand-writing , another letter conceived in these words : « He , who -shall deliver to J ou this letter is dearer to me