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ing-glass. In the first skirmish that the young man was 

 engaged in, he was killed, and the mare fell into the 

 hands of the enemy. When the news reached the old 

 man, he exclaimed, *' Life is no longer worth preserving, 

 for I have lost both my son and mare, and I grieve as 

 much for one as the other;" and he immediately sick- 

 ened and died. 



The follciwing comes home to the bosom of every one 

 possessed of common feeling. The whole stock of an 

 Arab of the desert consisted of a mare. The French 

 consul offered to purchase her in order to send her to his 

 sovereign, Louis XIV. The Arab would have rejected 

 the proposal at once with indignation and scorn, but he 

 was miserably poor. He had no means of supplying his 

 most urgent wants or procuring the barest necessaries of 

 life. Still he hesitated; he had scarcely a rag to cover 

 him, and his wife and children were starving; the sum 

 offered was great; it would provide him and his family 

 with food for life. At length, and reluctantly, he con- 

 sented to the separation. He brought the mare to the 

 dwelling of the consul; he dismounted and stood leaning 

 upon her; he looked now at the gold, and then at his 

 favorite; he sighed, he wept. " To whom is it," said he, 

 " I am going to yield thee up? To Europeans, who will 

 tie thee close — who will beat thee — who will render 

 thee miserable! Return with me my beauty, my jewel; 

 God preserve ihee, my beloved; and rejoice the hearts of 

 my children " — and then sprang upon her back, and was 

 out of sight in a moment. Ah, jockey, think of this; 

 did you ever part with a favorite that caused your wife 

 and children to weep? 



