Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-19
THE WHISPERING TREE.

La the city Of Cairo there once dwelt
Christian merchant named Hanna VITO bad
amass.sd a considerable fortune, that envy
often turned its glances toward hlm- As l.
usual however, in this world. llama found
cause To complain Of his condition 1t was
true that he had fine huu,., IN the street Of
the saddlemakers, that bis furniture was
costly, that his slaves, pipes, mules and esses
we're Of the first quality. One thing was
wanted-a son and heir 10 inherit his wealth
AMI continue his name
Now, IN an eastern story no sooner is this
difficulty mentioned than We can, a. gen
sral rule, foresee that in some manner more
or less ingenious the much desired addition
TO the hero's family Is miraculously mad"
Sometimes a pilgrimage is und ritz - ~
the tomb Of saint, sometimes prayc-5 are
addressed directly to heaven. snut2;:-!vs
magician makes his appearance and gives
two children, on condition that at Il c-It-.a.4
age he shall be allowed to claim one and slaylt
for the purpose Of some horrible iacaltatlUn;
il following matter d course that he
chooses the favorite and leaves the discon-
volate parent TO cover his head with ashes To
clothe himself in sackcloth and to per.ur
all the heart breaking ceremonies Of an
eastern mourning The difficulty in the case
OF Hanna was that tie had no wife and was
determined never 10 get IN rld, t. con
sidering that he was past /. entieth year,
the determination can scarcely L. c"'lrd TN
wise
There was mystery, low rer 4 the life
of this Christian, which viii * -i.i. l III some
measure why he did not give Tin, elf up t.
absolute and sullen despa - 'ut half g.
century before the period Of Win We spe;-k
he had been "A traveller, hal visited HIND Id
Sind, with many other wonderful places llad
resided in Persia and sale upon the Cas- an.
He would tell to oneor two int nate friends
that when at Ispahan he had los ed and been
beloved by lady, whom / lar.1ei al
lived with for nearly a year \ enid was
born to them "a boy, on who / lin covered
all the treasures of their Il s'j ton. But 1t
happened one day, that .ay were ii TIE
gardens IN the nelghborho0d Of the city, anI
Hanna, feeling weary, went a.! .er some frees
TO sleep, while his wife sat vita Tia chill by
the side of a stream Of water HAT danced
along through grass iriIS'i bed The
young mans slumber lastei sonlc time The
shadow which had protected hnn when he
lay down had moved away en lie awoke.
Indeed, it was the sun playA Gooa his eye
lids that recalled him from he ,inl dreams
'Ao -
supiy i"' H'9'e'' "u'' 'uoH' d 49, '"u'' See
all across the meadow whero Ar dil left her
under locust tree by the SIDE ot yhc water,
his eyes dlscerned no sign OF lie
He went forward SLOWLY, stretching IA,
arms and yuwuIng. until he came to the
spot where the young mother had hfcl sit
ting. Here he saw traces of thc traAEdng
of many feet, both of horses and unll and
rlbband that had adorned the Wrts! Of the
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there might Vet be found an hes - Inherit
what he amassed Yet he never ,....it;.d
that his hopes lay in the child OF L.-1et, aud
that he had some faint reason ,'f "..,eving
that he was not feeding upon "A g. q. ~
The truth j.. that Hanna, vino good.
kind man-nnde better and kin -. 10. al l,s
MISFORTUNE he was traye between
BagIad aui damascus, several rs after
the los, uf lE,het, fell in with u Ian who
begged for -u,4'ul from amidst busIls,
for he was i';..'y naked, having TIA .,rtP
ped ty r,1i..r- All he asacd '',s~ "a coax
AMI uat. tl.., lie might cnntin til /. ar
nry aud reach Il neishourm5 l'ut
ii4ma >toligi It's Laila md 90. ..! @u1
fed MuI and gave him money -. -"t tim
upon niU.e-lss own mule. VIM "EI 1t Tor
a king AMI tor; him all the Wa, l' Ilnnas
Gus where ne 1T him down in 1ac s'reets,
without 80 much as asking his n,ine, his
country III his faith
This poor stranger was Jew. who came
many years afterward to Egypt and recog
nized his benctacior He was also a magician.
who discovered the secret thoughts Of those
with whom he conversed, so he sad one day
10 Hanna; There Is mighty soiTow within
thee, for SEQ the signature of regret upon
thy brow near the right temple
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