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ing this proclamation, made a sign to Telone not to con- 

 clude the bargain with the merchant ; and taking his bro- 

 ther aside, spoke thus to him in a firm and determined 

 voice : " thou must sell me, and 1 am resolved on it, in 

 order to preserve my mother ; but the moderate price 

 this white cS'e/s thee, will not make her comfortable. 

 Four hundred ounces of gold will be a large fortune for 

 her and you both. You must not let this opportunity 

 slip y no, brother, you must bind me directly, and con- 

 duct me to the king as the criminal he is in seaich of». 

 Don't be frightened, I know as well as you what puniih- 

 ment awaits me j I have calculated its duration, and it 

 cannot last longer than an hour j and when my mother 

 brought me into the world, fhe suffered much longer." 

 Telone trembled so much he could not answer. Full of 

 alarm and tendernefs, he fell at the feet of Selico, embra- 

 ced his knees, and, prefsing them, besought him by the 

 name of their mother, by that of Eerifsa, by every thing 

 he held dear and sacred on this earth, to give ap so ter- 

 rible a resolution. " Of whom dost thou speak ?" replied 

 Selico with a smile of anguilh, " I have lost Berifsaj I am 

 anxious to meet her again ; — I preserve my mother by 

 my death, and render my brothers richer than ever they 

 could have expected, and 1 save myself a slavery that may 

 have lasted forty years. My determination is fixed ; do 

 not argue longer, or I will go and deliver myself to the king; 

 thou wilt Irise the benefit of my death, and be the means 

 of destroying her to whom we are indebted for our exibt- 

 ence." 



Intimidated by the tone and manner with which SelicQ 

 pronounced these last words, Telone dared not to make 

 any reply j he obeyed his brother, and went for cords to 

 bind him. He tied his two arms behtnd'his back, as he 

 bathed it with his tears 5 and, driving him before him, went 

 to the palace of the king. 



To be conduded in our next. 



