The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-13
,oHrON AMONG THE MON
AKEES.

S,nh labor, L toId MIN. NouIu surely
ou U-ayste his disease, and if he
sd to recover be must have more
n Do and better food.
5'I mSiss We have sold our mich
~ said the old man, sand I have
~ %s61rnish those gowns before the end
If this season"
-.,lisd. "and let your women wear
. .So;r usual garments"
Es sighed and shook his head.
aTbe women of this country have
n inflow the customs of Metropolis, "
aid he. ''a city OF great wealth and
s.a6nement. The Moropolitans have
o-dsined that trailing gowns shall
10 red and double-tsiled. and Mon
SSistan ba9 to obey. Ali the women
s,uld be against me: l might DEFY
thsm, bot I dread tue oonse-
quences. "
outraged his heart, snd agreed to
foUoW him to bis home. Inc
orchard was not far from our camp
ingsground; SO I hoped to re'nFn
heiore my companions had prepared
our meal. The old man conducted
ne through a fourisbing tree garden
and ushered me into bis cottage,
there we found two women, both
,,uvsiled. but of very decOrOus de-
nortment. my name Is Mskel-tIlt,
said the OLD man, and this Is Pitha,
nv vile. and my daughter Pitbeka."
Tbev received me with p9liteness
and offered me the hospitality of
their table; but, seeing g skewered
MIG upon tneir hearth, l asked them
10 excuse nae, adding that l would
soon be obliged to reioin my COM
paniODs.
"How comes it, my husband"
said the kabla, at last, ''thst your
labor mas ended so long before
sunset p
at has ended for ever" said Max
el.Frn, eau endure it no more;"
and, after explaining the nature Of
bis disease, he told them that he in
tended to repurchase his milch-cow,
0nd that they must content them
selves with gowns OF grsy-squirrel
skin.
At these words the two women
started up. and gIared at each other
with bewildered looks; but, when
Mak-el Frit attempted to state his
reasons, they saw that he was in
earnest, and Pitheka threw herself
sobbing upon q bench, while her
mother uttered a piercing SHREK, and
after clutching st the empty air,
sank TO the ground as in a swoon.
Seeing her fall, I ran out to get a
cup of water, but when l returned
the TWO women had recovered and
we're sitting ike monuments on the
focr Of the room. "Wakkad-russ,
neutrality-suspicious. skins,
the kabira repeated, with vacsn!
stare, and 10 a, hollow voice, after
which they both shrieked louder and
longer than before, while a tame
monkey leaped down from tue win
dow and joined in the clamor.
"Mak.el Frit, are you bereft of your
reason ?" asked the kabira, after a
pause.
The husband seized the monkey |
and flung it out of the window, but |
made no other reply. The ksbirs
then turned to her daughter. ~
see how it is, sGid cue; "he wants
TO drive us forth, to beg our bread in
foreign land, where no one knows
that I am the daughter of honor
able parents. o my child 0 nv
sugar eating parrot We shall taste
the bread of sflIctio1: We shall wan
der homeless TIL our souls return
to the peace OF Ghiunistal. Iheu
rising to her ieet-"And thou, hard
hearted enc, WHO preferrest COW to
thy WIFE said she, ''gn aad tell the
nelgno0Ts that thou mast driven me
ioFth to seek grave III a strangers
land; for thou sbslt behold my face
10 more.-Oome, my daughter"
said she, md stfCde toward the door.
"1eu the cid lnsn stopped her, and
aoJored neC for Heavens sake not to
dsFken his counlenance,
Il vii do what I can" said he
and you ehsil have that gown be.
tore long, tut may be il will be-
single tailed"
No, dOuble.tailed. by Allah %
ssld the kabira. land If YOU want
me 10 stay L have to impose a strict
condition: Never again insult your
vile or your daughter by such |
Even the beggar-wo-
man of Metropolis would despise a
ggay-sQuirrei gown, and the daugh.
ter of my father shall not become a
by-wOrd In the land OF her birth.
Heed my words, for my father has
irlends VINO will not suffer his
daughter to be oppressed, nor will
they fail to invoke the severity Of the
Jaw against cruelty insupportable.
WI you promise me those gowns,
and shall they be daily double.
tailed ?'
TIE old ma sighed. but male
10 reply.
viii you promise p
Ma1-el FTit hesitated.
Come, my daughter. SAIL the
laolra. 'we must leave this house ~
NO 10, I will WORK. ! will
work !" cried the old mar, and
ie'zng his tub he rushed through
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