The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-24

But" said the wise little one elf let
| thee out wilt thou returnl If thou didst
not, then would my fathers stone be
nothing worth"
! Am not thy servant? and canst thou
| not compell For even so all spirits OF
| Ormazd are obedient to man."
Then Hatiz waited no more. He turned
| the stone over, and on the back of it, in
letters of fire, was written the mystic
word! Filled with awe, the little boy
reverentially covered his head with his
robe, and softly pronounced the magic
| syllable. Then the room blazed with a
sudden glory of light, and the house
| shook with low thunder, and the child
hearing, burst not raise his head through
| fear.
Then, "Hafzl Hahz!'
Surely some one was calling his namei
And gathering courage, he threw aside
his robe and looked up. And there before
him stood a shining human shape Of
| radiant emerald hue, and from whose
form there flashed an exceeding brill
liancy of many colored lights
At this the child clasped his little hands
in astonishment and delight
, Art thou the serpent in the gem ~ he
! asked. What art thou2n
Then through the luminous cloud
around the shape, there shone face of
exquisite loneliness, and the Genius re-
! plied
| dlu u nay, I1dDL, inc emerald ray
! shot from the torch of Ormazd which
thou seest day by day, in the sky above
thee. The stone is my prison house; the
snake is my symbol; ask what thou
wouldst of me-
Then Hafz repeated his question:
II would understand the writing on the
stone"
At this the face smiled "Behold, thou
hast already learned its meaning The
symbols there do but mean the all-power-
! full word He who knows that, in its
fullness, knows all. The good man who
wears it as charm, even though he I'M
deTstand 1t not, is thereby protected
from all harm. This is the secret OF
| thy fathers good luck. To the evil man,
however, it bringeth misfortune and
eternal death Thy father, therefore,
/ does well TO guide his steps in the unsel-
fish ways of brotherly love and peace
| Him mayest thou tell thus much, but
unto none mayest thou impart the secret
of the word. And lest thy childish nina
forget, 10 | will seal thy lips with ST.
lence; and only unto me shalt thou repeat
the mystic name" So saying, there shot
a fiery flame from without the radiant
cloud, and for feeting second it rested
upon the lips Of the child. But this the
T, child felt not, tor the touch of it was as
light and as soft and cool as that of a
midnight summer breeze. And then the
shape grew more and more resplendent,
until the child was dazzled with the
emerald tinted glory thereof
Little lord and MASTER" said the
voice, 'for TO thee being given the
mystery of the name, for me it is to serve
hast thou naught to ask for thyselfs
Behold, whatsoever thou desirest, that
can / do, or get for thee"
Then Hafiz reflected upon that which he
should ask. OF gifts he had plenty, and
OF nothing could he think that he desired.
OF the wonderful things the earth con-
tanned being yet so small a child, he
knew not Of them enough to choose.
Choose, thou, for me, pray thee,n he
said at last. What is there that thou
canst give me as a birthday giftl"
"And the Genius answered: Glow
wouldst thou like the magic wishbonel"
"And what is the magic wishbone7
Never have ! heard of such a thing as
that" said HafiZ
"Knowest thou not Of the great bird,
the Roe2 Behold, within its breasts the
bone mean and he who has it and UNDER
stands the secret of il can go upon it
wherever he desires"
"Well, then, dear, good Genius" said
Hafiz, ''please bring me the wishbone Of
q Roe" What happened then, Hafiz
hardly knew-for all of a sudden he found
himself alone in the dark, and in the dark
/ there seemed to be floating the echo Of
/ the spoken words, "Wait here, little
master, till | returnv' And then the
darkness oyerpOwered him, and he fell
asleep. How long he slept he knew not,
but a sudden blaze of light awakened him,
and looking up he beheld once more the
shining form.
Hast thou got the wishbone, dear
Geniusi" he asked, looking eagerly around
as he spoke
"Thou will find it by the fountain in
the garden. Speak but the mystic word
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astride of it, thou wilt be borne wherever
thou shalt will to 60"
Then Hahz hearing this, was in great
hurry to get out into the garden, for he
longed to see this wonderful present. But
first he thanked the beautiful Spirit Of
the Stone, and asked him if he would not
then return TO his resting place in the
heart of the jewel.
'"Speak but the word and l obey" an
swered the radiant friend, "but grant me
this once year, at least, on thy birthday
as now call me thence so that may for
time mingle freely with my brothers in
the White Ray Of Ormazd. the Eye of the
World"
And Hafz promised and then again.
covering his head as before, he uttered
the all-powerful name; and as before,
there was fearful blaze of light and low
thunder that shook the house.
Then Hafiz took up the wonderful en-
erald eye, hung il around his neck, and
leaving the secret chamber, ran out into
the garden.
And sure enough, there by the side of
! the fountain was a gigantic wish-bone,
the two arms of which measured some
five feet long And then the big sun fish
| popped his head out of the water, and
called out to the happy boy: Didn't
tell you sol" And with that he popped
under the water again and swan away.
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