Show bierl IN bove BONG the question of filina young thieves was agitated sonic some ysais beals since the most anost ancient attempt of th this is kind of which we have any knowledge is related in the gull gial stan sian de saada unfortunately it does not coincide with those philosophers who deny hereditary instincts among the band of who had been 0 after great great difficulty who b had scarcely was a young ayoung man p passed assed his boyhood one of tile the S prostrated himself at the foot of tile the thione and in a voice of deep supplication cx exclaimed claimed this young man oh ob king I 1 has not y vet et tasted the pleasures of youth my hopes are based upon the generous character chai actor acter of your majesty you will I 1 know grant me his life and thus confer a deep dobli obligation aaion on your faithful servant at this tin s request the kings brow and lie replied the same sun 0 gives clives not light to virtue and vice to perverse instruction is liko like a nut thrown fl aiom om the top of a dome it falls to the carth to put out a file faie and leave on the hearth or kill a 11 viper and take care of its young are acts not done by wise men and though clouds discharge over the cal baith th the water that fertilizes it still wo we do not liot gather fruits aiom the branches of tile the illow the vizier applauded these proverbs ind and declared with humility he could coul d not gainsay them nevertheless lie he replied is as this child has only been guilty of theft because he has been brought up amon among 0 thieves your servant would fain believe that if lie he received instruction from honest men he would in time correct his faults F for 0 r he is still a child for it is written I 1 that all children ale abc born in the faith of islam but aie corrupted by their parents the sons of noah your majesty may remember from associating with the wicked lost the gift of prophecy while the dog of tile the seven sleepers slee bioni following the good became in time a nian man 2 other personages ages 11 at court joining their prayer to tile the eis tile the king hing replied 1 I yield to your pray eis els though 0 I 1 do not agree agree 0 with you in jud judgment 0 ment 11 and so the young man was brought up in luxury and with gi gibat cat care and under tile charge of a good tutor lie became wise and respected by all when the vizier called the kings attention to this fact tile the manaich ch smiled and replied by one of those proverbs bw common among the wise wise sayings of the east thy adopted soil eon has bee been n fl fed ed on our milk lie he has grown in our and has become an innocent sheep but take heed lie he does not find cud out cut that eliat liis his father was a wolf years passed away and a band of robbers came at last in the neighborhood of tile the city where tile the young man lived ile ho joined them together they formed an association an and d the vizier vi pa pupil seizing a favorable opportunity his hia benefactor a and nd all ins his chil children dien taking away immense plunder ile he then established himself in liis his fa fathers place at the head of the band in a barp large c cave their place of rendezvous the kin king 0 then remarked with a sad countenance HOW can a good sword be made of bad iron the unworthy ay 0 most wise philosophers aio not made good by ansti lic notion tion the rain though brings forth tuli tulips Ps in in the gaiden but only weeds in a bad soil |