Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-28

thee Of Lisbet and her chiida
The Jew could give 10 further information,
but Hanna who believed. began forthwith
to make cautious inquiries about the WIS
| perfng Tree" He Questioned not only the
! people Of Cairo, but wrote to all his core
spondeuts in various parts Of the globe, ask
! ing about this strange thing. Indeed, he
went about catechising the world in general
respecting the mysterious Whispering Tree
! But he got no information AL replied that
| they were ignorant Nobody had heard OF
tree that whispered Year after year Hanna
| persisted In inquiring Of every stranger who
arrived from the various provinces whether
/ he knew anything about the Whispering
/ Tree, until time passed and strength began
! to fail. When al his friends were tired OF
/ hearing him ask the same question, and rs
became tired OF asking it, despair was fire.
| quent visitor with him
| One day he was at Gizneh, In garden,
drinking coffee with bis friend Malek and
listening to the bubbling Of bis water pipe,
when along the path leading from the pyra-
mids appeared coming a string Of laden cam
/ els accompanied by many men is it the
caravan from Mourzouks' inquired Hanna
Nay" replied Malek, That caravan came
| in the week past, and know not from what
country this arrival may be-" They went to
the garden gate, moved By curiosity. and
waited until the forerunners Of the caravan
came by.
/ Their costume was that Of the sons Of the
/ desert, except that round the head was
wrapper which EMBODIED both the brow and
tho mouth, leaving little more than the eyes
exposed.
/ Malek, land come from the deserts toward
Beled-es-Soudan; but Of what tribe we shall
only learn by asking" Then be raised his
voice and said; "Oh, strangers, merchants,
from what country, and with what mer-
chandiseF The man addressed muttered
from beneath his nufiefi From Agdaz, in
the land Of Ahir. With gold dust and ivory
and remnant Of slaves, the strong and the
sturdy, the rest having porished by the way"
So saying, be passed on
Hast thou ever heard OF this country7"
inquired Hanna But little" said Malek-
at Is not a country Of commerce, and !
cannot understand why they should have
como this way" As he spoke a youth Of
pleasant countenance, riding On camel,
with his mouth uncovered, came slowly
/ Hanna, as IL obeyins a sudden inspiration,
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wonderful regions. PercLance thou canst
tell me Of the Whispering TreeT' 1T is at
Kama replied the youth, striking with his
heel the neck of his camel and causing it TO
turn out Of the line and stop; land what, my
father, is the reason of thy curtosityFa IT'S
a long story replied HANNA ''but Il thou
wilt elight and repose thysei after thy IA
tigue I VIII relate it TO thee The young
man ieaped down and called TO black nan
who had followed him On foot 10 take care Of
the camel, and entered the garden with the
two old men.
When he had heard the story Of the mer-
chant the young stranger said: MY story
Is similar to thine, oh, my father. Thou art
seeking what thou hast perhaps never seen.
am seeking what has only appeared to me-
In vision. come not Of the Muthelaneen
! Of Agdaz. Ny father was merchant Of
Egypt, who Travelled with ne into the land
! Of Talebs, Of wise men and magicians, and,
| dying, left NE there child. Now it hap
pened q year ago that I dreamed dream,
| and loi g maj Of surprising beauty came
and bent over me like lily over pool Of
sleeping water; bent and bent until her lips
swept my temple and awoke treraulous as
after kiss Of love. stretched my arms IN
/ the darkness, but there was nothing, called
my slave, who camewith Light, and there
was nothing. Then I knew that ! had
dreamed, and turned upon my pillow again
/ and sought 70 return to the country which
| had Quilted Soon slept a.ain and the
same maiden appeared-but this time afar
of-beckUning me TO follow. ] endeavored
TO rise, but my limbs had lost their yisor. !
struggled, but 81 vain. The earth drew me
| still closer to It until burst away into CON
sciousness, and found myself trembling In the
bed. From that time pined for love of the
maiden Of my dream, and naught would con-
tent ne. Ny friends ct frs. laughed and
Knocked, but when became In truth sick and
pale and unable to rise from the ned-unable
and unworthy, for whenever slunbered the
same form of beauty appeared-when drew
Lear TO the gates Of death they bronoht TO
ne O wise man, who inquired into: LAY case
and smiled when he heard what had befanen,
saying:
The remedy is not easy; for the road Is
/ long and there are dangers By the way. But
If thou hast courage, thou w1thear what thou
wishese murmuring amidst the leaves uf the
Whispering Tree" He then told me that this
tree was situated at place called Kama, In
Khorassan, beyond Persia instantly sold
all my goods, and prepared TO depart with
caravan that was bound for Trtpou: after we
/ had travelled month we came to country
where there was war, and We ware COM
| PEELED 10 traverse the regions Of Tibet, and
the Haronj mountains, and the Wahs, and 10
travel through many disasters TO Egypt.
/ This is the reason why we have met; and
now it viii be batter for Us both to Journey
together in search Of this wonderful tree"
When Hanna heard what this young man
said. that Kama was II the country Of kho-
rassan beyond Persia, he doubted not but
/ that he should hear there Some news Of the
/ lost IiSbet and her child He therefore re-
+ solved TO depart in company with the young
+ man, whose name was Georges, although the
/ prudent Malek objected 70 his great age and
/ the possibility Of danger and death. In few
days the worthy merchant had closed his
business for that season, aIld with g purse OF
/ money and case Of jewels was ready TO ac-
I company the love lorn GorgeS
/ The narrative need not trace thsE timer
/ airy. Many months elapsed ere the young
and the old traveler-the toys OF love and
parental affection were wandering, dis
+ Cilised in humble raimeat, through the wilds
/ Of Khorassan, asking Of the rare people they
met for a place called Kama Nobody
! seemed able TO give them any intelligence
/ The place was place unknown They began
J 70 think they were the victims Of delusiou,
/ and when they had passed several years in
the vain search, it Is said that they became, SIS
il were, mad They thought and talked Of
nothing but tbs Whispering Tree Of Kama