The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-28
GL1NPsFs OF AN HeYPrIAN BRIDE.
Almond eyed, -Eosy-cheeked, Supple,
and Graceful OF Form.
From the Hartford Courant.

Aim ond-eyed, lEosy-cheeked, Supple,
and Graceful of Form.
From the Hartford Courant.
1t ives in the Barrage, the 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 a lovely palace and still
more lovely garden, which he, perhaps,
gr2ced with his presence once in his life and
left to decay, just as all Egyptians have
done since the world begun, never renew
ing, never reviving, bat building, as a
child would build toy house, to pull down
and begin another. An American 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 not, blossom and bear
fruit in the deserted garden.
1t was from the balcony of his house. a
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 lu;e and pipe. at is a fan
tasia." exclaimed our host: fantasia mean
ing any fete or fiesta. Down the long white
road they came, a procession of horsemen
on white Arabian steeis, the last man
III Goopd III IuuUStll6 TalLleDL ana bearing
himself with the proud air of one
upon whom all eyes are fixed Next
to him strobe grOomed and caparisoned
camel with rich blanket and an embroid-
cred saddle, and after this another camel
with even more gorgeous trappings, who
bore rich palanquin, curtained on every
side with gold and crimson hangiugs.
Within sat the bride. Following the bride
were three other camels. en- which were
Can Tod sIaI
carrying household furniture, bedding,
stutfs, chests, pots and pans, and all the
various appurtenances essential to house
keeping in an Oriental country
Ii was the brides coming to the husbands
house, tho last day of the wedding, and the
conclusion of the seven days feasting. In
few houre he wo aid for the first time lift the
veil and see whether indeed what his mother
has told him is true; whether she is almond
eyed and rosy-cheeked and supple Of limb
and graceful of form; whether she has a
voice like the cooling of dove, and is
learned in the making OF bread and dakkah,
for not one glimpse of her face, not one
word from her lips, has ever been
vouchsafed him. Poor fellow Do those
brilliant curtains shroud loveliness or
deformity? Has the mother been won
over by the pile Of stuffs and the earrings
aud bracelets to fancy beauty where there
ate OAly IlcueS! III mas happened so In other
lands. But the bride-hsve l no plying
words for the bride, who is also supposed to
be ignorant Of the lineaments Of her hus-
bandg The bride is Il woman. There are
windows, though latticed windows, in the
house in the village over the plain, and the
brown eyes we're never darkened when yelled
and shrowded, she went to the mosque or
well. We may be sure the bride has seen
him many a day, and oft, and loved or
hated him after the fashion of women, who,
heaven be praised, do not need century of
contemplation to make up their minds
whether they like thing or not