The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-01


No tears ever soften it's pitilcss stare;
No voices inurmur In whispered prayer
Ger this desolatc grave-Forgotten.
And mnny hope, and many IL fear,
Many II wish. md n sigh and tear,
Mnny u hnte and loves NO dear
Lie low in the gruve-FoIgotten.
Over the ramparts which shut it in
Forever surging lite's wild din
Ehbing, and flowing. lifc's truth and sin;
How still in the grave-Forgotten!
Chicago Journal.
HAGAR'S TEAR.
"Kaddour- Ben-Aieb, jeweller OF
kair-cl-Dinn, the cruel Sultan of Al.
giers, on the Moorish coast thatruns
from Tunis to the Kingdom of fTafilct,
part Of the empire of Morocco, was
sleeping the sleep of the just.
"His bed was made upon Il mat Of
Fass. soft and warm, and his head
reposed upon pillow embroidered
with gold, for the jewcllcr of the cruel
Sultan was rich and Of great rcnown.
"kadiour slept a sleep calm and
happy, through which, as the hours
wore on, ran IL beautiful and blisstul
dream. lie dreamed in this beautiful
dream that an angel had descended
to him from the country Of Allah to
demand OF him u hundred thousand
collars of pearls, emerads, topazes
and rubies, with which to clasp tho
graceful throats of the houris, whose
sight rcjoiccd the eyes of the saints
and the elect in the Blessed Dejemaa
the Mohammedan paradise.
"All ut once, through the silence Of
the night, rudely dispelling this won
derful vision, voice called to him:
Kaddour! Kaddour.Ben-Aieb!'
"And the jeweller, still delivered
over to his beautiful dreaming, leap
ed to his feet, crying aloud:
"'Yes, Lord, yes! Is it thou who
callcst mc?'
"l'ut MS he opened his eyes and saw
nothing but his chamber filed with
strange and binding radiance, he
began to tremble convulsively and
his teeth to chatter in his head.
Fear nothing cried the voice
again; fear nothing, Jcwclcr kad-
dour-Bcn-Aieb. lam the king oftlle
Genii, created of IL subtle fire. as thou
knowest from the teachings Of the
Koran, and it was ! who sent thee
the dreams thou hast had toprcpare
thee for my coming. The rcnowll
hath come even to me. ] hear thou
art an Incompatible artist, that
none can equal thee in tllcarl.,nging
OF rare gems and precious metals,
and that the works that come from
thy hands are vcritablc masterpieces
Of art and skill
$50 am unworthy, oh, Seigneur
cried kaddour. humbly prostrating
himself before the spot whence the
voicesounded and striking the earth
with his brow, Il am unworthy ofthy
flatterlng eulogies; l am but IL
poor ieweller, the last of the workers
of my profession
THY humility plenscs me. replied
the king Of the ticnnii, and butadds
another to the virtues have heard of
thee. lhnve come, however, to give
IN order, to givean order that must
Ike executed Immediately, for /, collar
OF fine pearls of the greatest purity.
Show me the stock
'kaddour hurried to obey, going
with all diligence to open his Golfers,
closed by triple locks and to spread
before the royal Gust omcr his stores
of gems and metals.
Bah" and the king-for by this
time the voice had become II hand
some and knightly personagc-luadc
IL face of disappointment, they are
not what wish; have you nothing
better to show me-.
No, my lord said knddour, the
sweat of despair moistcning his brow;
nothing else than these which Iuse in
my work for the Sultan
Humph! the Sultan! My collar
must surpass the Sultun's, and be
made of pearls from human tears.
Flawlessly pure at that. and sincere;
none Of thosethat run anger, envy,
jealousy or malice
Alas, my lord, responded the
jeweller, all .lisconccrted,' ! am ready
to do thy bidding, but how shall l
recognize il the tears thou hast di-
rected me to collect for thee have the
requisitepurity, ;ndcvcn when have
recognized them, how arrange them
into pearls for IL collnr!!'
Readily; take this" handing
Kaddour tiny whitish pebble. "It
is the touchstone of human
sorrow and tears. Every time
thou approachest Il tear, if that tear
I've pure, it will change into per-
feet penrl: if impure, into IL drop of
mud, black and nauscous. Get thee
to work at once, for tomorrow night
l return for my collar, and also to
see it thou hast the address and skill
that hast been ascribcd thee
Saying this, the king of the Gcnii
faded from sight, leaving kaddour-
l'en-.iicb open-mouthcd with aston
ishmenJ IRON all that he had seen
and heard.
"But how, he pondcred, how
shall | go about getting these tears
to form this collar?' and suddenly
the idea came to him. lIeligltcd his
lamp, seated limselfat Ills table. and
began to compose a number of pla-
cards, when completed running thus:
kuddourB Ben Acb
1ewelcr of the Sultan.
Purchases human tears.
! douro apiece.
"Thc first pink rays OF the morning
we're showing themselves upon the
horizon as the work of distributing
the placards in tllepublic spuarcsn and
mailing them to the wallis of the
houses was ended. He returned to
his dwelling then as llastilyns he had
leftit, to make his nblutions, say his
prayers, and seat himsclfcross legged
On the hrnch of his boutiuuc q DWuit