The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-30
GULNARE'S RUSE.

An old Arab some 80 yonrs of ngo. feol.
IN something Ike King David IN his mn.
u iuiiy took young dnlnbol 20 big bcnrt
and home. 1ho old story Of 10 and 60,
with dnshlng young gallant Of ~ DO.
tween. hgnin Gnaned with tho usual con.
sequences Poor Oulnnro wns locked up
IN bm bnrcm and guarded by hor tyrnnt
with jealous onro.
One day bdnllnb.lbD Jusuf brought
homo n fine watermelon wbmewltb 10 rc.
Rnlo himself md his fair bride and then
returned ~ his business, wbntoyor II might
ho. IN the meantime 0ulDnrc mt St her
lnttioo window, bor "jnlouHlo," and pincd
Tor tho gallant her soul ndOrcd. AZ she
fnt thinking and piniHR md longing, n
rry Of "Fish from tho lhkcl Fish. o
Indy" struck upon her 0Hr, md. RhzlJp
down below, aho bchold u fisher boy with n
basket ~ little fish for RBle
An ldrh--n sublime idcn--struok The
loycslok Gulnhro, and, chilling tho fisher
boy sho let down bnskot and bought a
dozen " his wares. With the gruhtoBt cnrr
hhc then mhde M nnny inoisions In this
melon, and, ohrofully inserting the fish In
the hollowa, nicely closed up tho nporturos
with the light green rlnd. with height.
enod color and In perfect fever Of oxcitc.
incnt Gulnnre awaited tho nrriynl of her
spouse. AZ last he onme, and, greeting
him with fcigDod admiration worthy Of
hcr MI, Ghc sot tho melon before him
Taking his knife, Abdnllnh, the son Of
Joseph, proceeded % open tho fruit when,
a. l.,N eia Is. nd nal an
b0ddcd In the luscious crimson interior.
Tho second cut discovered another, and 20
on. cnnh iDcision bringing fresh one 10
light
God In Rrcnt Behold, o Gulnnrol'
cried Abdnllhh. "Somo strife hns been nt
work horu Whnt II to be- dOnci LIT us
send for IIadji Osmnn, the doryiah, % cx'
orcisc tho fruit Those fish Bru the ~
demons Of TanJn thht woro bound by Sol.
omon, the king, and II wo touch them We
shall bo ruined and they set free 3"
"Nopsensol' said Gulnnro. "Tho melon
grew nonr tho hike, and tho fish have eaton
their way into II. Dost thou think, o son
~ Joseph, that thou hlono hast liklng
for fish, Quiet thy mind and thank Allnb
that he enabled thee 10 mike double hnr-
gain with thy money. Quiot thy mind, q
my lord and will prepare thee n supper
Of fish such ns thou never hast enjoyed,
and hold. thy kot shall afterward bc as
the first hour In paradise amid tho ~
hours a llhh will give thee
Thcrcupon, like dutiful spouse she
proceeded TO cook the miraculous fish with
her own fair hands Aiter remaining NIB
-. .s.1 tksiIl "a
perfectly innocent mir saying:
Sorry am ]. o my lord, 90 have dc
tAincd you with my toilet Let us now
enjoy the fruit your bounty has provided -
But whcrn hr, the flshF''
"Fisht What hshf'
"why, the fish we found In the melon.
Fish In tho watermelon Allah hkbar,
what does my lifo meant
"Why, did We not find ~ littlo fish In
the melon | brought from tho bdzanr'
Didst thou not say thyself thOy had eaten
their way into itf'
Allah, have mercy upon mel Amnnl
Amhn Now think my lord IL wander
Ing In his mind. Whoever heard Of n fish
living In n Watermelon
Soothing daughter Of nm improper per
son" replied the iratc AbdnllaL, ''egas,
thy foolish talk and bring mo the nsh, -
By tho beard Of tho prophet win ohnstls,
thee for thy importlncnco.
Fish In n watermelon HH, hh, ha
Pray 10 tho prophet, old gray bcard, that
ho preserve thy senses N'Allah (by Al
lnh), fcnr mo thou art possessed V'
This was too much for Abdallah 20 bear
.I a o.. l,st q -, ~
gave her n sound box on the ear.
Thou mndmanr' shrickcd GulnArc
"Thou Aro Possessed Of n demon Help
Help Murder"
Gulnnrc shriekcd. AbdAllah stormcd
and rnyod, till at last breaking from
her husbands grasp, Gulnaru rushed into
tho street and wcndud her steps 10 hei
mothers house. Herr sho explained how
her husband had suddenly gone mad and
described TO thom the whole scene that
had just passed. Abdallah himecf soon
appeared In n towering fury to bring bis
wifo back, but on being asked whether
no really had believed and said there werI
fish In tho melon, and answering in tn,
affirmative, his wife : relatives thought II
high time they should be separated, and
all tho disputants adjourned 20 tn,
"shum's" TO hear his decision.
Hero Abdallnh stated his case, having
first, In tho full consciousness of his good
faith, accepted the wager OF II flno steed
which tho pcrfldious Gulnaro had offered
him, and related all that bad passed be
tween him and his wife.
And dost thou really affirm that thy
melon contained these l2 fishes thou
speakost RboutY'
"V'AlAh V'Allahl am speaking
the TRUTH
Thoreupon followed long discussion,
some arguing for a possibility OF the mir
nclo, others denying it In toto, asserting
that 10 was an optical dolusion-A kind Of
mirage, In fact-till at length one wis,
man pronounced his opinion that this was
minor question, because II tho man In
the first instance had suffered from de
luslon no was still laboring under one and
was therefore OF unsound mind, II, on
the other hand, ho really believed in what
was evident impossibility, he was n luna
tic all the more Lastly, supposing, ioI
the sake Of argument, there had been thos,
~ fish. these transformed afrites, what
could have become OF thomy II was clcar
thcro had never been any fish In the melon,
Abdallah thopupun began To NlciierHtC
still moro loudly than before and swort
In his sonilo rage that he would bcaycnEcd
ON the woman who thus dared to uilC
with him,
NAY, thon, Abdallah, son Of Joseph,
we cannot allow thee to vent thy mad irt
Il 4
nrt possessed. Thy suit is granted, q
woman, surnamed Gulnarc, and thou art
divorced from the husband Of tainted
mind. Go In peace, for tho law hath
spokon."
And thus It was decreed Ahdallah was
circum cented and Gulnaro set free by hor
own cloyernoss, Exchange.
His Post.
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