The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-04-08


with jewels
And what can be- cure?" said the
princess. siill looking az Safii. who
Was now bargaining yociferous,y with
a fat Arab for piece OF milk white
Jade
"All THINGS. | was sicl, Of fever
that comes with the summer he gave
me a stone crushed 10 a powder and
was We'll lie saved from death one
81 the heys sons who was dying from
hiiada And then. too. he has a stone
In a ring which can preserve sight TO
him who is going blind
The princess started violently.
IMPOSSIBLE She cried
'lt is true" said Abdul IN is a
green stone like that"
re pointed 10 an emerald which an
Arab was holding up to the light
The princess put her hand to her
eyes. They still ached and her tenn
pies We're throbbing furiously.
Il cannot stay here" She said 1T
is too hot Bnt-tell the jewel doctor
that | wish 70 visit him Where does
he live?"
In a little street. Rue Ben-Ziad. in
little house But be is rich" Abdul
spread his arms abroad When will
the gracious princess"
This afternoon At-at four o'clock
you viii take me.
Abdul spoke to Safu who turned.
squinted horribly at the princess. and
salaamed TO her with a curious and
contradictory dignity, turning his
fingers. covered with jewels. towards
the earth
That afternoon ar four when the
venerable Nine de Rosnikofi was still
drinking her weak tea and reading her
French novel the princess and Abdul
stood before the low wooden door OF
the jewel doctors house Abdul struck
upon il and the terrible physician APP
peared in the dark aperture. looking
all WAYS with his defoTmed eyes. which
fascinated the princess Having ascer-
tanned that he could speak a little
broken French, like many Of the
Tunisian Arabs, she babe Abdul wait
outside and entered the hovel of the
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Jewels are the only medicine"
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that he was looking away from her
al some distant object She watched
his friehtfnl and surrepUuous eyes.
that never told the truth. She heard
the distant Arabs everlasting song.
and her dream DE- anne q nightmare.
At last Safti dropped his hands and
said
"lt may De that some day yOu viii
need ms emerald
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ment a bullet entered her heart
GIVE n me-elye IN mo- she cried
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