Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-21
THE WHITE FAN.

was learned man who carried his wis.
dom 40 far ns ~ dctach himself from oil
porishnllo things. lilo had avoided tho
error % common tomnnkiud Of struggling
20 acquire useless riches and vain glorlcs
or honoss.
10 must have been profoundly satisfied
with HE career Tor nfiUr hia death be- was
proclaimed rs happy and worthy OF envy
Now, In the days tho gods accorded him
20 pass undrr Rnnrn skiu, amid fuwery
bushes, willows and banbous Tchluang
.T-cn WINS accustomed 10 walk drcnmily
through tho country.
Ono day, when wandering along the
nowcry slopes uf tLU mountain uf Nnm
Hun, he found himself Unexpectedly in thp
middle " n cemetery, WHORE the dead. ue.
oordlng 20 tho custom ~ tho country, Fp.
puso under hillocks ~ beaten Garth A.
the sisht " these innumcrnblp tomhs
which spread above Tho horizon che learned
mnu modltntcd on tho destiny NJ man
"AlnsW thought hc "Bphull tho highway
whore all the roads of no end Whom
once ono has taken % rInru in this resting
place of tho dead. ono mover soUs tho light
Of day nRnin
A. ho was monlizinR thus be- suddenly
perceived % young woman in mourning
khIN INV ~ l' HlNH lIl 70 lNiIk MllI' "NAII|
les rDh1 " gdnr.U iHntUtinl-sHntod bpHldr
n tomb, tanning with ~ white nm tho
earth ~ freshly covered funeral mound
Curious Co. learn tho meaning NJ sp
strange nn notlon Tcslu1nr Tson snlutol
Tho young lady with great pulitcurs4 aud
aid!
MADAME, dare / Ask you without ~
fcnFo what person h sleeping beneath this
tomb and why you giyu yourself sp much
trouble tu fan The earth TINT cover. Co.
II nm % philosopher and liku tu know
tho cnufrs NJ things, md here BE- ono that
escapes mo- TINT / cannot even gurs NJ
The young woman continued tu move
hor fan back and forth She blushud.
lowered hor head and murmurud frw
words that tho good man could NOT hear
llo renewed hig question several times.
but In vain. The young woman took ul
further notice NJ him. and 20 seemed ns
though her very spul had passed into thu
hand that was 20 husly moving tho Inn.
TchuuAn1 TsUn went his way rrRrutful.
~. Although he we'll know th,t all IL
vanity, he Wns naturally inclined ~ seek
the motive Of human actions, and pnrtiru.
arly those NJ wuinun.
This little creatures odd occupation
aroused within him mnlryoirnt hut 1.-Two.
ly curiosity. llo continued hls walk slow
~ onward, but turned nj. head occasion.
ally 20 watch tho ian. which stlll beat the
mir like tho wing 81 hugo butterfly. when
ny u sudden Au old woman whom Do.
had not sron NJ first, approached him and
made a sign 10 follow her
She druw him into tho shadow NJ %
mound a little higher than the rest and
said 10 him.
tT l...N 900, ..t ,.... -. e.. . ..
tion 10 which shr mad, mo- reply twill
satisfy your curiosity from % natural wish
90 ohliRo and IN the hopo that you Ia ~.
turn will give mo the wh0ruwlth 10 buy
from tho priest. magic pnuur which pos
sosscs the power " prulunginR my lilo"
Tohounng Tsou druw out his purse and |
placed piece Of money IN her hand. and |
the old woman spoke ~ fnlluwsi
"Tho lady that you saw seated beside u |
tomb Is Nine Lu, tho widow ~ learned |
man named Tho. who died 10 days ago
after a long Illness, and tho tomb il her |
husbands Thoy loved onoh other most
tondurly, and even whom dying. NJ Tao |
could not reconcile himself 81 their srpn.
ration, and the idea ~ leaving her behind
Ia the world In tho flower ~ hUr ngn and
uf hor beauty was altogether insupportnhlu
TO him. However, toward tho end no be-.
uaino resigned, for be- WIS of guntln mn.
turc, aud hls soul submitted to tho inoyl.
table
weeping 10 tho head Of NJ. Taos bed.
that She hrd mover loft during hl4 ontlrr
Illness, Nine. La called upon tho gods 10
bear witness that shr would no,ur survive
him, but would share his grave oven ~
she had shared his cuuch
but 81. Tho said 90 hrr, Madame, do
not swear such thing ~ thnt AZ loast,
continued She 10 must survive you, "
am condemned by tho Runli 60 still bchuld
the Hight ~ day when you can mo- longer
go Il, know that 1 viii never consent tn
become the vito Of nnuth0r, and that Twin
never have hut ono husband, tho snmo ns
l have but one soul
But II. Tho tnld b. hers 'Malnmc. do
not swear that oh, NJ. Tho, NJ. ruoi LIT
mo swear thu that Tor AZ least i've Year I
Will not think OF marrying again but
II, Too said 60 her Madame, dunot swear
that swear only that you will krop my
memory faithfully IN your hoNrt until tho
earth shall have dried ovur my grave
Nine. In took tho oath aud tho good
NJ. Tao closed his eyes never a. open Thorn
again.
Tho despair Of Mmo Il surpassed MI
bounds. Her cyrs wuro swollen with
weeping md her pretty mt chorks wuro
scratched 20 pieces by her sharp little IN.
ger nails, but everything passes away, and
the torrent Of her Rriof soon spunt rs
fUrun.
"Ghroo days after tho death of NJ Tho
Mime, LUIS sadness had become human
She was told that nyuuug man, % follower
OF 81. Taos desired hu interview Co uX.
pruas tho grief aud sympathy Dec rlt uu
this sad occasion She thought II would
not be- right 90 rnfuso him this privilege
and she wns Corrugt, shr ruUUlytd him
with sighs.
Tho young man was ~ distinguished
bearing and handsome fucu. Ho spukp Co
her - little about 81, Too and much about
herself ilo told hrr fhr WE charming
and that he folt beloved her. Shu allowed
him 10 talk. Ho promised a. return Soon
In tho meantime Mime. Lu. seated beside
her husbands fuuguJ mound .N bore you