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FOUR LOVERS AND ONE OVER.
An Eastern Story OF Resurrection and
disappointment.

AN Eastern story OF Resurrection and
disappointment.
Constantinople Herald
Once upon a time there was beautiful
Indian girl who had four lovers. They
were all Of equal rank, only one was much
richer than the others. She could not
make up her mind which of the four low
ers to choose for husband. While she
hesitated she caught fever and died.
You will think the story ends here, but it
does not. The girl was carried to her
grave, followed by her four lovers. When
the grave was opened one Of them killed
himself on the grave, and was buried with
the girl. Another got up into tree, and
spent the night saying "Boh and BAH" to
keep off the jackals from eating the bodies.
and spent the night in weeping and la
menting. The fourth lover put on the
dress of holy pilgrim and started for a
distant shrine
Soon after he had left his native village
he come to q wood. In the wood he saw
house. He went and looked IN at the VIM
dow, and he saw an old woman baking
bread, and q child playing noisily about.
The old woman told the child to be quiet or
she would kill her. The child took no
notice, and went on making as much noise
as before. Then the old woman took hold
of her and strangled her, and threw her
body in the corner. When the pilgrim
woman what she meant. whats the
matter? '' said she. There's nothing to
make fuss about. l have only quieted
her," Then she went to q cupboard and
took out bottle containing some white
powder, with which she sprinkled the
child, who at once jumped up and began
playing about as noisily as before.
kov 4 1,ov Ill h hoc 10 he
old woman: 81 am very holy man on
my way to shrine and you must give me
shelter for the night" The old woman
said she would, and so he staid. In the
night he got up quietly and went to the
cupboard and took the powder and went
away back to the village as quickly as he
could. When he got there he collected the
villagers and told them to open the grave.
As soon as it was opened they saw the
bodies of the girl and of the lover who
had killed himself Just as they had left
them, and the other lover was still crying,
"Boh and BAH in the tree. The pilgrim
then sprinkled the girl with the powder
lover. they both jumped up and seemed
in perfect health.
Then the lovers all began to claim the
lady again. The first said: 81 ought to
have you, for l died for YOU" The one in
the tree said: 'sIf it had not been for me
you could not have come to life again, for
the iaekais would have eaten YOU" The
third said: Ibid not go home and weep
all night?" and the fourth said, You
must be mine, for I brought you to life
again." Then, as the girl could not still
decide which Of the four to marry, it was
resolved that the matter should be brought
before the rajah, and that he should
decide it. So the rajah assembled his
court with great pomp and called the lady
and all tho lowers before him He listened
with great attention to each as he set forth
his claim. When he had heard all, he
said: '.As ! find myself quite unable to
decide between so many rivals, | see the
only one way out of the difficulty is that
should marry the lady myself"