The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-15

DREW THE CURTAIN STEALTHILY ASIDE.
an almost degraded thing. You know
scent, but you do not know perfume;
you lack the dry fresh air of Persia,
and perhaps the nostrils of the Persian.
In the homes of the east the pierced
perfume holder stands in its honored
place, containing its mixture of preci-
Gus matters that, like tho heart OF the
lover, w il be sweet as they burn and
fade. Charcoal from the brazier is
sprinkled on the perfume, and each
passing breath fans the rich incandes-
cencr.
To lie and dream awake in the cool
air of the zeDana, and when some
large-eyed, silcnt-footed girl has passed
through the room, to watch the delicate
blue curis of scented smoke jet sudden
" out from tho bras vessel and slide
passionately after her, and, having lost
her, spread and spread in widening
circles until they strike Jour sense with
del ciousness, is it not to behold the
very image of love?-or tho poetic
love that inspires in throbbing verse, in
verse that affects not tho crue..hearted
ono whose gracious movement has
drawn it from the burning soul; yet is
not purposcless. since it sweetens your
life and mine. If you have read those
stories of tho east that arc rendered
into your own tongue, you will remem-
Der how they wander and digress even
in tho very stress and emergency of
the story, and you will pardon an ORR
entail, though disorientalized, if he di-
crosses when most, if it ever can, his
story should interest you. Even to a
Persian born and bred there is no re-
turn to eastern tranquility after tast-
ing the feverish scramble of your won
dcrful, Loastful, mistaken civilization.
There is no healing for the rabies of
hurry that has infected the blood, and
if my soul linger for the purpose of q
tale about Khorassan will henceforth
remember that the fingers and the pen
are fastening in London.
It was with no thought of such as
ISOLATION with it that tho spy gazed at
Selim's masterpiece. In the east, as in
the west, there are men with whom
every conceivable thing has its one
value in money. He was merchant
in many things that foreign traders
valued, and, though q cruel and un-
scrupulous man, had the gift of always
having the law and minions on his
side, the result, perhaps, of his accu-
rate assessment OF their money value.
After awhile Selim became uneasily
aware of his presence, and looked up
swiftly, disappointment filling his face
rs he realized the bearded and ILL
omened countenance that gloated over
his work.
elias Allah made the day too short
for you, o, Selim, that you labor in
time of rest." said the merchant, stew
ing down his eager look into sodden
smile.
Seiim's answer was given like the
throw-up of the head with which a
we'll bred steed losses away caress
from an unaccustomed hand. There
is no rest to be found, o merchant, in
spying into what other men would
keep hidden, which concerns you as
little as whether work or rest at mid
day"
Selim had cloth beside him, in
which he would have concealed his
work had not the merchant perceived
it before he was aware of him. He did
not hide it now. but paused in his ham,
mering and looked to the other to 60.
This the merchant evidently did not
intend to do without the perfume
holder, at which he continued to cast
greedy chances. He offered q price for
It. which Selim refused; he raised his
offer, and the craftsman told him that
this work of his was not for sale. Still
the merchant fingered incredulous; tell
ing tale of a rich islander from far
in the northern seas, for whom
his friend Marco, the Venetian, was
buying such samples Of Eastern crafts
iaanship as this piece of Selim's. That
ar,iticer was proof against even the
wealthy islander; in whom, by the way,
bc no more believed than the importu-
nate merchant did that piece of I'M
sold brasswork was not for sale. Sehm,
wrathful as his perseverance, drove
him away at last by wrapping and
locking up the perfume-holder and
successfully pressing on him every
other piece of work-and they were
not many that he possessed. The
woald-b customer at length departed,
saying aloud that he would come again
when Selim might be more in tho mind