Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-25
GULNARE's RUsE.

ihH H''httHlhE Ike lAlnE liuNlu III MS an
tiluity, took n young dnmsel to his hcHgi
and home. The old story OF iG nndG0
with dashins young gallant Of 90 DO
tween, again ensued, with the usual con
sequences. Poor Gulnure wan locked NJ
in hor harem and guarded by her tyrnnt
with Jealous caro-.
one day Abdnllah-ibn- Jusuf brought
home fnc watermelon wherewith to re-
gale himself and his fair bride and then
returned to his business, whatever 1t might
bn, In the meantime Gulnnrc sat nt her
lattice window. hOr "jalouslc," pnd pinol
for tho gallant her soul ndorcd. As she
snt thinking md nining and longing,
cry Of Fish from tho like Fish. @
lady ~ struck upon her cur, and, gazing
down below. sho bcheld Usher boy with
basket Of little nsh for sale
An ideA--a sublime idea--struok The
lovesick Gulnaro, and, calling the fisher
boy, she let down "a basket and bought
dozen Of his wares. With the greatest caro-
she then mndo as many missions In tho
melon, and, carefully inserting the fish in
the hollows, nicely CLOSED up the aperture
with the light green rind. With height
ened color and In q perfect fever Of excite
mCnt Gulnare awnited the arrival Of her
spouse At last he came, and, greeting
MN WIN u lclgilou huiAllrnllun worthy VI
her Sex, she set the melon before him.
Taking his knife, Abdallah, the son OF
Joseph, proceeded to open the fruit. when
to his infinite surprise, he found fish i'm
bodied in the luscious crimson interior
Tho second cut discovered another, ard 90
on, enrh iDcision bringing fresh one TO
light.
"God is grcati Behold, o Gulnnrel"
cried Abdallah. "Some strife has been Mt
work here. What IL to be done? Let us
send for Hadii Osman, the dcrvisb, to OK
orcise tho fruit. Those fish arc the IL
demons Of TGnja that wcro bound by Sol
onion, the king, and II we touch them we
shall bo ruined and they set free"
"Nonsonse'' said Gulnarc. "rhc melon
grow near the lake, and tho fish have eaten
their way into It, Dost thou think, o son
of Joseph, that thou alone hast liking
for fish, Quiet thy mind and thank Allah
thnt he enabled thee to make double bar
gain with thy money. Quiet thy mind, o
my lord, and will prepare thee supper
OF fish such as thou never hast enjoyed,
and hold, thy kot shall aftcrward DO AS
the first hour in paradise amid the 20
hours Allah will give thee"
Theroupon, like dutiful spouse she
proceeded to cook tho miraculous fish with
her own fair hands. After remaining alb
sent some little time she returned with u
perfectly innocent DIR, saying:
sorry am |, o my lord, to have de-
tainod you with my toilet. Let us now
enjoy tho fruit your bounty hns provided.
But where are the fish,"
"FshS What fish,"
"why, the fish we found in the melon.
"Fish in the watormclon Allah akbar,
what does my life meant"
why, did we not find 10 little fish in
the melon / brought from tho bazaar!
Didst thou not sny myself thoy had eaten
their way into itf''
Allah, have mercy upon moi Amanl
Aman' Now think my lord is wander
ing in his mind. Whoever heard of fish
living in watermelon?"
Soothing daughter of an improper per
son." replied the irate Abdnllah "ceaso
thy foolish talk and bring mo the fish, or
| by the beard Of the prophet will chnstlse
thee for thy importinenco.
Fish in watermelon Fla, Ia, hal
Pray to tho prophet, old gray beard, that
he preserve thy senses V'Allah (by AL
lah), l fear mo thou art possessedl''
This was too much for Abdallah to bear,
and, Selling his wife by the shoulders, he
| gave her sound box on the car.
"Thou madmnnr' shrickcd Gulnnre
"Thou arc possessed of demoni Helpi
Help Murder"
Gulnnre shrieked Abdallah stormcd
| and rnvod, till Mt last, breaking from
her husbands grasp, Gulnhro rushed into
tho street md wonded her steps to her
mothers house. Here sho explained how
her husband had suddenly gone mad and
described to them the whole scene that
had Just passed. AbdRllnh himself soon
appeared In u towering fury to bring his
wife back, but On being asked whether
be really Ind believed and said there were
fish in tho melon, and answering in the
affirmative, his WHO'S relatives Thought it
high time thoy should be separated, and
oil the disputants adjourned to the
"shum's" to hear his decision.
Here Abdallah stated his case, having
first, in the full consciousness Of his good
faith, accepted the wager of fine steed
which tho perildious Gulnare had offered
him, and related all that had pissed bo-
tween him and his wife
"And dost thou really affirm that thy
melon contained these l2 fishes thou
speakest aboutY'
"V'Allahi v'Ailahl 1 am speaking
tho truthr'
Thereupon followed long discussion
some arguing for u possibility Of the mir
holo, others denying 1t In toto, asserting
that 1t was nm optical dclusion-a kind OF
mirage, in fact-till at length one wise
man pronounced his opinion that this was
minor question, because II the man in
tho FIRST instance had suffered from a de-
fusion he was still laboring under one and
was therefore Of unsound mind. II, on
the other hand, he really believed in what
was evident impossbility, he was a luna
tic all the more. Lastly, supposing, for
the sake of argument there had been these
l9 fish, these transformed afrites, what
could have become Of thenlY 1t was clear
thcro had mover been any flsh In the melon
Abdallah thereupon began to vociforate
still more loudly than before and swore
In his senilc rago thut he would be avenged
on the woman who thus dared to tribe
with him.
Nay, thop, Abdallnh, son OF Joseph,
we cannot allow thee to vent thy mnd ire
ON an innocent woman. IL is clear thou
art possessed Thy suit Is granted, o
woman, surnsmed Gulnnre, and thou art
divorced from the husband Of tainted
mind. 60 in peace, for tho law hath
spoken"
And thus 1t was decroed, Ahdnllah was