Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-28
KADOUR AND KATEl.


to b, dyins when he was carried into oil
Rip,-ri'. s..wmill CA the ,Slnerbach For
iive lung weeks he lived 20 in drua.n.
ptrh,,l with fcyrr anil rackci with the
pain ~ his wound Sometimes he thought
be was In the battle again. shouting and
bounding Acros the fax fields and hop
ganlou. % WiNsebOurg. az other times
he fanciri himself once mov at home In
Al.arr. with his father. the kaid of Natl.
uat.ls
At lat he ot-ncl his .yss and became
dlnly cUnscions ~ bc.ny IN cool. clean
nom. with white curtains At the win.
dow.. anl outside grv.n branches way.
ing. Ald ligh, clouds passing before the
sun Near his bcl at little sister ~
charity. watchful Gal quiet. wearing In
dsyd no s.lvcT Crus.. no ru~ary. no veil,
but. iuslo..I. two long braids of yellow
hair falling over black velvet bodice.
fpmi tiunc o. time soInv one would call
-Ksisl katslF' AMI ths p.asant girl
would ~ ga tip;o- cut of the rom. and
then the invalid would hear . clear young
,oio- which ssytn-i "a him a. rcfrcshing
A. th. sound % the brook that ran mur'
uiunng unlcr the windows u the mill
Kaalour was IN Cor long time, but
the .ipi-ris took such good care of him
that his wounds hcalci. and they con
e,..ls,l him 80 clyyyriy that the Prussians
w.rr Mt able to ssul him "a die u cold
Ia . ,ai-..intis ai Msyvno-. son hs 10
gAn tntAls. showing his white teeth: then
be- Iook q few si,I- round the room. with
lnr .ls,yv hangiHg empty aud a great
gaping holc Ia ti,- midst of the cmbrOi.
Icy. anil hi- arm It'll baniagvl and
h.lplssa Thcn hr went every day into
tls. htil. garl-n. AMI kairl would bring
out little rug seated armchair Tor the
invalid. putting II down In the warncsi
.uru-f by the wall. wEsrv the graI--
nI.nsl thr earliest. aud kad0ur. who.
b.ang kaids ia. bal studied In the
Arabian college ~, Alacrs. would thank
ber ia Frcneh. watch sounded little
barlafUus. mingled a. II Was with bOno
L-Ictf snd lnasach bona
without sust-cting II the yOung Turk
was falling under asIsll Tie easy gay
eiy ~ the French maiden. Who lived A.
tnr ~ a bird. h.r face unveilcd even In
the - u air. AMI Lcr window unbarrcd.
as.ouished while u fascinated him II
was - very different frum the walled
up life uf hls Countrywunen. with their
white. l,mon sC.Htcd Vcils.
EAtcl. on her part, thought the
stranger a little too dark skinned. bat
be- had such frank face AMI be hated
the Prussians 30 Oue thing displeassd
Der terribly. and that was that over
thyr- IN Algeria man nigh, have ~.
eral wives She could not undcrtand
that. and one day when Ha'lour. 10 ie.se
her. said In bis fOrign jargUn. "kadour
so0n mAry-haVc four wiyos-fOur'-
the glrl exclaimed angrily. Pour wives
oh. the villain. the pAganT
The Turk burSt out laughing a. gle"
FULLY "a. a child: then. suddenly growing
serious and silcut. be hIsl his great
darz syr. ayOn her face. That was the
b-ginniug
I.Aiuur. cOinplctely cured. went home
a. his father. and one can imagine the
f,sti,iii,-, that wer. held Ia bis honor
IN the Land u The Matimatas. The reed
tiut,s and the little drums played their
sweetest airs a. welcome hiIl, Anl when
the OIL k,il. seated In his doorway. saw
coming duWu the cactus walk the be-
loved sun whVin be- had thought deal be
tr-mllrd a. II with agur under his
white bumOus. For a whole month
there Wa an uninterrupted s-r'ss % difas
and fantasies. all the Kaids and Agas o'
the nsighborhood disputed for the honor
~ entertaining Ch.rifa. ard
every evening In the MoOrish cafes he
was ,ntrcai.,l to describe the battles In
which be- L-l fought
but alas all these feto- and honors
,lil not make him happy In the midst
~ the souvenirs of his Childhood. his
hurr~.. his greyhounds. his arms aud
all ia. splrndOr. of his fathers manson.
there va. ono thing wanting-the art
l.s-. msIIy laugh 10 KateL The little
psu-iual prattling 10 the Arab women,
which nad once made his heart beat
with pleasure. now fatiguei AMI an
uuy,rl him. be would not admire their
uIApgr howrr wrraths and wide trousers
~ ru,- cnlor satin. but thought only
~ lair ~ long braids having no pearl
oruAin-u,s YET shining like golden
thrvad. under the sitting sun In little
Al-siinn garden far away And yet. "
Ka,luuf would but look abOui him.
he ,ouli n-- pair Of beautiful black
eyr- made languid with kohl watching
him frnn behind the grated windows of
an oil AgA's house not Tar distant ka-
dour cand n0thins for them: what be
long,d Tor w. Kai.rs quick glance
round the ,i,k rcom 20 see IL anything
wcrr waiting tor his comfort; he sighed
for the blue eyes In which the light
played as brightly - In drops Of clear
spring water
Little IS little. however. the trnder
charm ~ ihor~ blue syes. mingled With
the m-mory 20 Lis conyzlescence aad
the alt trinicr~i air Of France. faded
fr',n ~ ri',l A. last Kaiour hal FOR
k0<t0n httti. AM thfook"'ss ~ '~s~y
u the Chelif nothing was talked OF but
his approaching marriage with famina.
the daughter of tho Aga of Djendel.
One morning long train of mules
was seen vending toward town; RAdour.
ben -Cherifs ami his mother were going
to buy the welding prrrentA The
whole day was spent by them tn the
ba.ar.. choosing burnous shot with
silver. Smyrna rugs, amber necklaces
and earrings. and while he hngered the
pretty jewels. the noss silks and hns
stufs Raiour thought only Of yaminA
The Orient had regAined him completely,
but more by means Of the force ct
habit and the influence Of the atmos
phess than by gvauine hsart boeda
Toward evening the train Of mules
laden with coufans I'll pulled out with
TREASURES turned down the street OF the
fsuboarg. when before the door OF the
Arabian burrau they found thsir way
obstructed BY . greater crowd. t VA
= v~r<v M immi1rnnts who bad tust O..