Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-22
AN EGYPTIAN BRIDE.
She Was in an Ordinary Wedding Pro-
cession I'm thu Street. of Cairo.

She Was in an Ordinary Wedding Pro-
cession in the Streets of Cairo.
1t was in the Barrage, that famous
bridge or double weir, the eastern part
spanning the Damietta and the western the
Rosetta branch of the Nile. 1t was there
that the late khedive built lovely pal
ace and still more lovely garden, which he
perhaps graced with his presence once in
his life and left to decay, just as all Egyp-
tians have done since the world begun,
never renewing, never reviving, but build
ing as a child would build a toy house, to
pull down and begin another. An Ameri-
can engineer, one of the half dozen retained
in office, has charge of the bridge, and it
is he who walks under the shadow Of the
palms and gathers the wild roses and eats
the golden oranges that whether or no
blossom and bear fruit in the deserted gar
den.
1t was from the balcony of his house, n
part of the old palace, looking out on the
beautiful blooming country, the green
fields, the lovely, mysterious river, that we
saw cavalcade approaching and heard
the sound of the Lutte and pipe. SIT is "A
fantasia" exclaimed our host; a fantasia
meaning any fete or fiesta Down the long
horsemen on white Arabian steeds, the
last man dressed in handsome raiment and
bearing himself with the proud air of one
upon whom all eyes were fixed.
Next him strobe groom and caparisoned
camel, with a rich blanket and embroidered
saddle, and after this another camel with
even more gorgeous trappings, who bore a
rich paanquin curtained on every side
with gold and crimson hangings. Within
sat the bride. Following the bride were
three other camels, on which were seated
yelled women, and then came train car
rying household furniture, bedding, stutts
chests, pots and pans, and all the various
appurtenances essential to housekeeping
and furnishing in an oriental country.
| 1t was the brides coming to the hus
/ bands house, the last day of the wedding
| and the conclusion of the seven days
| feasting In few hours he would for th'
| first time lift the veil to see whether, in
deed, what his mother has told him i:
/ true; whether she is Acknowledged anc
rosy-cheeked, and supple of limb ant
graceful of form; whether she has voic'
4 like the cooling Of a dove, and is learned il
the making Of bread and dakkah, for no
one glimpse of her face, not one word from
her lips, has ever been vouc.,.rfed him
Poor fellow: do those bril- ~ curtain
shroud loveliness or deformity?
Has the mother been won over by tn
pile of stuffs and the earrings and brace
let's TO fancy beauty where there are onl
richest 1t has happened so in other lands
But the bride-have no plying words TO
the bride, who also is supposed to he ignor
ant of the lincaments Of her husbandl Tn
bride is "A woman; there are windows
though latticed windows, in her house i
the village over the plain, and the brow
eyes were never darkened when, veile
and shrouded, she went to the mosque Q
well. We may be sure the bride has see
him many day and oft, and loved or hate
him after the fashion Of women WHIT
heaven be praised, do not need centur
of contemplation to make up their mind
whether they like thing or not.-Co
Hartford Courant.