Wmloaocousr or resume:
‘ or THE roarv new rear.
‘Wlnmad leans wort-nan a»
Wand lull-301th ans—r»
mUmWehtho Bash-form»
mum-a. -
. . Went in the tent'a shadow, with our
' . flora turned toward Cairo. There were
time of us, the sheik of the neighbor»
1"" 1. il'heelear
3:?ng litigant“ hing hid-
' more y the
heat: thecltyiwaaa are blur Magnet
“Ii, W1 “ll! 01 the up low
mjamldth a sugar cane. the fellahlu
5' worked with an attestation of energy.
' Sometimes avolce came to us mellowed
by distance; sometimes the sail of a
vessel glided phantomwise over the blue
ribbon of water that twined-aloag the
valley toward Alexandria and the delta.
.; A month before I had seen the mea-
. ‘ tensors leave the city and strike into
‘ the desert. Twenty-four hours later,
dusty and bet, they returned. bearing
, news. The new moon had appeared.
V _ and the feet was proclaimed. At mid-
night a gun boomed from the citadel.
and suddenly themerry noises of the
streets were stifled. -
,. Next day I wandered through the ba-
zaars, but received no invitation to
drink cotfee with my friends. Pipes and
cigarettes were not offered to me. A
kind of half sleep had fallen on every-
body, and I hardly dpred speak to any
one. In the intervals between their
bargainings the merchants read the K0-
ran or prayed.counting their beads with
nimble lingers. head bent downward.
The bargaining. too, were a poor shad-
ow of the exciting scenes I loved. The
purchaser was always languid and the
vendor inert, uninterested.
As the afternoon Wore on a look of
fatigue, often of real pain, gloomed on
the usually genial faces. It was hot.
‘ so hot. The sun beat furiously on the
white walls and roads; the cruel Kem-
pion whirled the dust‘ through the
streets and dried the skin and lips.
But the cry of the water carrier was
not raised; no boys offered bunches of
juicy fruit to the sufferers. Ramadan
had come with all its terrors, and for
the love of God and his apostle must
they be borne, if not cheerfully, at any
rate sternly and mentally.
One hour before sunset life seemed
to stir again in the veins. The bakeries
were crowded, the tires blazed under-
the oveno; a smell of cooking stoic over
the city. Women squatted at in ervals
along the streets with cakes and fruit
and bottles of water sprud before them.
Little groups gathered round them, im-
patient. expectant. The smokers took
out their pipes or cigarettes and stood
waiting for the signal. match in band.
Suddenly the sun fell. and the gun
thundered from the citadel. The city
awoke; the population began to eat; the
women were busy disposing of their
goods.
For 40 days these things Wore. and
now was come the closing day of the
fast, and I sat with my friends on the
sand, gazing toward the citadel till the
gun showed fire for the last time.
All the afternoon envious glances
had been cast at me as l cheerfplly dis‘
obeyed the prophet s orders. Ahmed. I
think, had the sheik not been with me,
would have smoked a cigarette. but as
it was he lay beside llm and sulked.
The sheik was too old to lmhave thus.
He was quiet and spoke slowly, but he
tried bravely to com-ml all signs of dis- ;
comfort. Alum-«1's annoyance may be
accounted for in this way. He (leclarcd
to me that illohmnnwd l‘ustml one day in
the mouth Ranmdun, but on which day .
was uncertain. and lhcrcforo the the-
ologians (ll'f'l‘l't‘ll u 40 days’ fast that
they might be sure of fasting the same
day as the prophet. I do not think Ah-
med believes this h-gend. though he
vouches vclwnwutly for Its truth.
To while away the time I asked the
sheik to tell Inc about lilo visit of the
czarowitz. But the long a ‘ tincnce
made him unable to talk at on length,
and even this his favorite story he
told me briefly in a couple of bald sen-
tences, though ha rcsrwudml gently: "[
met him as one prince meets another.
He told am he owned many villages;
that he was sheik over half the world.
it may be as they have said."
“And what did he say to you?" 1
queried. “lie greeted me oourteoualy
and took me by the hand. This ring
that I wear is his gift."
As he spoke he showed me. without
pride. a sapphire of great size and
beauty. Then he relapsed into silence.
and l arouses! myself by picturing the
event in my mind. I would that I had
seen that meeting between the heir of
the holy Russian empire and the simple
Arab chief. Looking into his grave
gray eyes and at his Iall, slight figure.
the broad shoulders not yet bent, though
the white board he was stroking told of
many years of life, and in spite of his
tattered blue robe. I easily conceived
how be had been treated~courteoualy
aa became a prince.
If Before the setting sun touched the
~. horinon a boy from the village brought
a large plate of food and a bottle of wa-
ter and set them before us. “The sig-
nal." I cried as a white of smoke
rolled away from theci all walls. and
. at the same instant the sun sank behind
the desert.
J! The sheik seized the bottle of water
and drank long and eagerly. When his
thirst was appsased. be belched loudly
and handed the bottle to Ahmed. who
drank eagerly. too. not omitting the
curious after grace.
Then they devoured the food yore.
clearly. the old men beckoning me to
join. After we had eatenwsaat and
in“ far into the night m the
' stars. The diat’aut oliygtaamed
filth myriad l“ “the
murmurs! monuments-seamen
theellaut air. * "
A nhpplna m... him. with a sold on
In his eye and a brand new clothes wriuger
resting on his knee. set in the waiting room
of the Third Street depot waiting for his
train. In using about his gunned on A
certain man. and he gave a en atartt
Heroes to hip‘feet andstarted Gilli. Then
be deposited hisellnhea winger the set!
tee audw believer to dflaahl dresaal
Iuan abo to year, old when any one
would have spotted as a fakir and asked:
‘ “Don't you travel around with tooth pow-
E,"
”No. on" was the m reply.
“Wasn't you in Ypsilanti last fall!"
"No. air!"
”Yea, you was’, and I’ll bet. on it. You
are theaame darned taller. and I know it:"
“Sir! What does this meant” demanded
the other.
"It means that I was in Ypsilanti last
fall and bought a box of your tooth powder.
You changed a .5 bill, and darn my bide If
yousdidp’ t horuswaggle me out of ti!” -
to it” ‘
“No use, old fellow! l knowcd ye the
adult. I sot eyes on ye. Same big diamond
pin—same necktie—same nose bumped up
in the middle like a circus camel! I want
that. dollar!"
“This is outrv Leona! I'll call a police-
man!" shouted Lllu fakir.
"Call and be, darned to ye, but I’ll lick ye
first! You either come down with thatdol-
lar, or 1' ll wallop ye til! ye can’t holler!”
"Look here," replied the other in much
milder tones. "y‘ou are mistaken. It was
my cousin who was in' Ypsilanti. lie is
dead now. ”
“Then I’ll take it. out of you!”
“lie is dead. as I remarked, and rather
than have any blot resting on his fair es-
cutc’heon I will pay you the dollar."
“That’s all right. I don’t know uuthln
about ’scutcheons. but l’ve got to have that
dollar or pull hair. I've bin lookin for your
humpbacked nose all over the face of the
earth, and I've laid awake nights thinkin
how I'd made ye holler like an Injun if I
got my paws on yo.”
He was given a dollar, and the lakir disv
appeared at once. and the young man ex
plalned to those about him:
"I’m almost sorry he gave up so soon. I
was just achin clean down to my toes to
llck him all over a 40 acre lot."—-Detroit
Free Press.
lle Reconsidered lilo Intention.
A friend of the writer tells thls story. He
says he was traveling in New Brunswick
one cold. stormy night this winter. ll. was
snowing. and the wind was blowing furi-
onsly.
He had driven a long distance without
seeing a house. and he knew it. must be a
long way to a village where accommoda-
tions for man and beast could be secured.
So be hailed with delight a rough farm-
house by the roadside und drove upin front
and began to shout to the inmates.
It seemed a.long time before there was
any sign of life, but at last a chamber win-
dow opened. and a rough man's voice, with
a good deal of profanity intermingled. ask— ,
ed what was wanted.
“1 want to stay here all night.“
friend.
“WI-ll, stay there and he d-«d Io you.
You needn‘t wake everybody up in the
middle of the night" and down sent that.
window w 'Ilh a. smash. ~l’orllarul 1., xpress.
said our
As to the Paternal .‘illnd.
“'hilc rounding the post at the head of
the stairs on his way to bed the sleepy old
father of the family knocked his Ienderosi
corn against mnnethiug hard. la the recoil
be upset. a broom, a dustpau and aeoal
bucket that somebody had left standing
near the top step. and they went hanging
down the stairway. in the parlor sat young
Spmumnore. [is he listened to the horrible
racket and the energetic vocal out bu rst from
the floor above that aceompanimi it he turn-
ed pale.
“ls you father taking that method of
showing his displeasure at an coming here.
Miss Pinkie!" he whispered Inniousli.
‘i on nec'du I In afraid of pupa. .\lr. Spoon-
umore." sln- answered. “No has changed
his mind IIbouI you."
”la is [but lili‘Wfl)‘ he changes his blind?"
gains and evenings extant.
he inquirul, nervously lingering his lIIIt.«~-»
Chicago Tribune. ‘
IiIII-w "on It “has Illrn-wlf.
(‘olqu-l \‘rrgrrdovs not think it right to
bestow pl‘llllllnf'llullri charity. A few days
ago a beggar met him and applied to him
for pecuniary assistance. After considera-
ble rcHilulioII t'olonel \crgIr responded,
. w ith ll N "llll tuut quarter and an f' .\pro anion .
of syampulhy .
‘ l‘huuk )ou. colonel.’ said lin- trump,
“i reckon you know how a follow foals who i
has no education and has torleade-n! his
way through the wurld.”—'l'exus Billings.
Not an Immune.
"Do you know how to whistle ‘lluisy
Belle?" " asked the man who had advertised
for an ofllcc boy.
The boy thought that he saw the trend
of the qumiiou and promptly anew-ml.
“Now."
"I guess you wun'I do than. l want a boy
who has ln‘t‘ll through the attack and m
anw'I-Iul «ludianupolls Journal
What He Does.
“What do you do," asked the novice In
finance, “when the market. sends prim-s up
to where you don t want them?‘
“What do I do?" echoed the opcrmor with
unlimited resources. "l grin and bear it. ”
—Washlugton titer.
Explaining It.
Small lloy (to momma. tucking his sister
in wow Tuck in my footsee. too. momma.
Small Sister (severely)—~You IIIIIstu t say
"tootses." you must say feet One feet In
a fruit. and two footses is feet.~l.lfe.
n ..4..~...._.~W. .n
A Preference.
Reuben-«if l were a dog. l'd rather be a
black one than a white one.
Momma ‘w by. Reuben?
lteubeuwfiecauae then I wouldn' I. have
to be given a bath so often —-l’uck
one Wu new! Minded.
aagaaof the the thrashed lease. Ayer’a
Cherry Moral will be found a specific;
Ibeeedyne and expecteraut qualities are
promptly realized. and it is alwayaready
for use
Wit”; I’m I
afflicted will "359% all
285mm»
is an old eufierer from
rheum this!» are
been troubledbu in t la climate: Last
winter he went up into Wimmln. and
In consequence has had anotherattaoh.
"It came upon one again very acute and
severe." he said. "My joints swelled and
became inflamed; sure to touch or al-
most to look. at. Upon the urgent
request of my mother in-law I tried
Chamberlalu’ a Pain Balm to reduce the
swelling} and ease the pain. and to my
be surprise. it did both. I have
used three flfty- cent bottles and believe
it to be the finest thing for rheumatism.
For sale by
. C. Stillaon, druggist.
If King Solomon was alive he would
say: "(30 to the traveling man. learn his
ways, and be wise." Mr. C. W. Battell,
a Cincinnati traveling man representing
the Queen City Printing Ink 00., after
suffering intensely for two or three days
with lameness of the shoulder, resulting
from rheumatism, completely cured it
with two applications of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. This remedy is gaininga
wide reputation for its prompt cares of
rheumatism. lame back. sprains. swell-
gs. and lameness. 50cent bottles are
for sale by C. C. Btillson. druggist.
The oomph letters testillylngtn
cure mad Ayer’s Sarsaprilla and
other preparations are kept on file at the
J. C. of 5 Co.’ or office. Lowell. Mass
They are from all over the world and are
cheerfully shown to anyone desirous of
seeing them. -.,~_,,._,.-.-
If a New York millionaIre gives a dIn-
ner at 5th avenue and 26th street. costing
0700. 00, which gives 19 lo dyspepsia
and these people dpep .00 In
ors' bills and finav have to pay $5. 00
each for Cactus Blood Cure to cure them,
what would bathe saving per capIta If
the dinner should not be given there
, being 87 persons at the feast?
Inquire at Plaisted’s drug store. where
you may have the problem solved and
get Information ahontI‘. lotus Bir- l Cure
A lad at Tooleys. LIL, was very sick
with bi 'oue colic when M. C. 'I‘isler, a
rominent merchant of the town, gave
er a bottle of Chamberlain‘s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says she was well in forty minutes after
la in the first dose. For sale by (l. C.
Stillson. druggist.
ay Sale of Car.
we err, own, on BETTER ensues, A .
Cash Discount of 100 per f yard».
Making all Wool Ingraine. 50c, 55c, best 65c;Tapeet'ry Brussells, 50c, 65c,and best 800; | ._ .
Brussells 90c, 31.00, best 81.15; Velvets and Moquettes, only'smo; Mattings, 0i! Cloths and I I" ' ;.
learns. ‘ .
A. Dickerman I .& Son,
134' WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALK. couu.
I)ilmlMON lunos , , ' . 1
"IS “013“!“ng 'sulpllnfl launuas
simian nu Bunion] slug!
elf) lL'IVIOIHdS V Iil‘IVIi. MM
SHHHSINllflII ““l SHHlHifl'lfl
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Never Before
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8| Washmgton Street,
SAYS:
in South
/' \2’
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