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If it be His will, He will give us peace with yon other also. Then said he to Amjed and Asaad, 'Go forth and bring us news of them, for they are a mighty host, never saw I a mightier. So they opened the city gates, which the King had shut for fear of the surrounding troops, and Amjed and Asaad went forth and coming to the new host, found that it was the army of the King of the Ebony Islands, led by their father, King Kemerezzeman in person.
He was shrewd, sensible, and inquisitive, candid and self-possessed, and was always as ready to hear as to speak. His age was then twenty-nine. There is no good reason to believe that Asaad was actuated, at this time, by higher than worldly motives. At the close of his connection with Mr. King, he made another effort to secure employment from his Patriarch.
When she read this, she had compassion upon him and said to Behram, 'Sell me this slave. 'O my lady, answered he, 'I cannot sell him, for he is the only slave I have left. Quoth she, 'I must have him of thee, either by purchase or as a gift. But Behram said, 'I will neither sell him nor give him. Whereat she was wroth and taking Asaad by the hand, carried him up to the palace and sent to Behram, saying, 'Except thou set sail and depart our city this very night, I will seize all thy goods and break up thy ship. When the message reached the Magian, he was sore troubled and said, 'Verily, this voyage is every way unfortunate. Then he made ready and took all he needed and awaited the coming of the night, to resume his voyage, saying to the sailors, 'Provide yourselves and fill the waterskins, that we may set sail at the last of the night. So the sailors did their occasions and awaited the coming of the night.
Then said he to the treasurer, 'I conjure thee by the One God the Omnipotent King and Protector, kill me before my brother Asaad and allay the fire of my heart! But Asaad wept and exclaimed, 'Not so: I will die first; whereupon said Amjed, 'It were best that we embrace each other, so the sword may fall upon us and kill us both at one stroke. So they embraced, face to face, and clipped each other straitly, whilst the treasurer bound them fast with cords, weeping the while.
No wonder he cried: "Love ye the Lord Jesus Christ according as He hath loved us, and given himself to die for us. Think of me, O ye that pass by; have pity upon me, and deliver me from these sufferings." A certain priest, who had been a former friend of Asaad, was touched with compassion, and by perseverance succeeded in once more opening his prison doors, and taking off his chains.
Asaad Shidiak was the fourth son of a respectable Maronite, and was born about the year 1797, at Hadet, a small village a few miles from Beirût. His early training was among the Maronites. Such was his ability and fondness for learning, that his family aided him in preparing for the Maronite college at Ain Warka, the most noted seminary on the mountains.
What wantest thou of the market? 'O uncle, replied Asaad, 'I have an elder brother, with whom I have journeyed these three months, for we come from a far country. When we sighted this city, I left my brother in the mountain and came hither, purposing to buy food and what else and return therewith to him, that we might feed thereon. 'Rejoice in all good, O my son! said the old man.
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