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The Cruelty Of A Father.
thought forth a child , whose birth , far from giving joy to the father , filled him with terrible apprehensions . Kebal , who wanted to keep peace at home , made no difficulty of securing it by a crime . His wire , whom he had . forgot in the heat of tumultuous passion , thdii occurred to his mind , and the fear of a jealous woman made him divest himself of every sentiment of
humanity . He began . by sacrificing to bis quiet the unfortunate object of his amours . After destroying the mother , the same intention was resolved for the son ; " but the voice of Nature made itself to be heard within him , iu spite of his horrid purpose , and stopped short his arm . To keep himself from shedding his own bloodhe atlength thought it adviseableto take the child with ,
, . , him into a desart , persuaded that the innocent victim would soon perish in it . But Providence , that watched over the preservation of his life , conducted a shepherd to the place where he was exposed . His beauty , his cries , his forlorn state , moved the heart of the poor shepherd to pity his distress , and he carried him to his hut . His wire * as compassionate as himself " , very willingly took
upon her the care of the child , - and assigned him a she-goat for his wet-nurse . He was already four years old , when Kebal on a journey halted in the village where this shepherd lived , and took up his lodg ing with him . He took notice of his son , whom , he was far from knowing ; but whether he was struck with the child ' s beauty , or whether Nature spoke to him in his favour , he felt
strong emotions at sig ht of him , and asked the shepherd if he was his father . How great was Kebal's surprise , when the shepherd related to him how he had found the child ! it was his own son ; he could not help knowing him to be such by the circumstances of time and place ; but to tlie sympathy that first affected him soon succeeded sentiments of violent hatred : Yet , dissembling , he pretended that the child ' s charms were very engaging to him , and pressed the shepherd to sell him , offering fifty sequins for him .
The shepherd's poverty , his friendship for the child , and the certainty of his being more happy in the hands of a rich man , than his own , induced him to consent to the proposal . He was far . from suspecting the design that had been already meditated against him . Kebal had him no sooner at his disposal , than he hurried away and took him to the sea shore . There the beauty of this young
child , his innocence , his tender endearments , his cries , his tears , nothing could bend the atrocious soul of Kebal . He seizes his son , sews him up in a bag-of leather , and casts him into the sea , sure that now he would not escape death . But propitious Heaven had otherwise ordered it . The bag gave immediately into the nets of a fisherman , who fortunately hauled him out that very instant . _ The astonished fisherman opens the bag , and , seeing in it a child , who still could breathe a little , suspended it by the feet , and , after bringing it to life , carried it to his cottage , Kebal ' s son was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Cruelty Of A Father.
thought forth a child , whose birth , far from giving joy to the father , filled him with terrible apprehensions . Kebal , who wanted to keep peace at home , made no difficulty of securing it by a crime . His wire , whom he had . forgot in the heat of tumultuous passion , thdii occurred to his mind , and the fear of a jealous woman made him divest himself of every sentiment of
humanity . He began . by sacrificing to bis quiet the unfortunate object of his amours . After destroying the mother , the same intention was resolved for the son ; " but the voice of Nature made itself to be heard within him , iu spite of his horrid purpose , and stopped short his arm . To keep himself from shedding his own bloodhe atlength thought it adviseableto take the child with ,
, . , him into a desart , persuaded that the innocent victim would soon perish in it . But Providence , that watched over the preservation of his life , conducted a shepherd to the place where he was exposed . His beauty , his cries , his forlorn state , moved the heart of the poor shepherd to pity his distress , and he carried him to his hut . His wire * as compassionate as himself " , very willingly took
upon her the care of the child , - and assigned him a she-goat for his wet-nurse . He was already four years old , when Kebal on a journey halted in the village where this shepherd lived , and took up his lodg ing with him . He took notice of his son , whom , he was far from knowing ; but whether he was struck with the child ' s beauty , or whether Nature spoke to him in his favour , he felt
strong emotions at sig ht of him , and asked the shepherd if he was his father . How great was Kebal's surprise , when the shepherd related to him how he had found the child ! it was his own son ; he could not help knowing him to be such by the circumstances of time and place ; but to tlie sympathy that first affected him soon succeeded sentiments of violent hatred : Yet , dissembling , he pretended that the child ' s charms were very engaging to him , and pressed the shepherd to sell him , offering fifty sequins for him .
The shepherd's poverty , his friendship for the child , and the certainty of his being more happy in the hands of a rich man , than his own , induced him to consent to the proposal . He was far . from suspecting the design that had been already meditated against him . Kebal had him no sooner at his disposal , than he hurried away and took him to the sea shore . There the beauty of this young
child , his innocence , his tender endearments , his cries , his tears , nothing could bend the atrocious soul of Kebal . He seizes his son , sews him up in a bag-of leather , and casts him into the sea , sure that now he would not escape death . But propitious Heaven had otherwise ordered it . The bag gave immediately into the nets of a fisherman , who fortunately hauled him out that very instant . _ The astonished fisherman opens the bag , and , seeing in it a child , who still could breathe a little , suspended it by the feet , and , after bringing it to life , carried it to his cottage , Kebal ' s son was