New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-27


w rs on the yellow patches Of light that lay
Where IS Halima?'' cried Ben-Abit IN . loud
voice. Let Ealirna come forth and spit IA NY
AT, At the sound Of his can many women ~ 70 snsr
doors. some half dressed. soma fully Asarsd Ike
1t IS Ben Abid, went up the cry OF many voices
the hedsehog's foot. 1t IS the son OF tho nehart
Win WIN ne swollen tongue Haliuia H2-inA The
kogidah the boy. who was ever about, bare
inss Of Bsn-Abid, and in moment ths psopls
crowded IN 5oq s and spahis. Arabs ana me-
and Jews There. were; TOO. some from Tamacins.
" here is Halima2" went up the cry. WHARF
Who calls me?'' exclaimed the voice Of a girl
And HANNA ina came out OF her door on the first
in scarlet and gold. carrying scarlet handker-
ehIeIs IN ner hands and with the hedgehos's foot
dangling from her girdle OF thin gold studded with
Ben-Abid stood below in the court with sadok
BY his side The crowd pressed about him from
Thou hast called me the son Of a scorpion.
HaIima. he said in loud voice. is il true
smile 5f Pfrs she a9sT sS0 with z vsnom9s
hedgehog's foot, blessed by the great marabout OK
sickness Of a dancing girl. Is it not true3''
1t is true" answered Ben-Abid-
And 50 art thour. said said Ben-Abid slowly.
pressed more closely beneath the terrace. staring
up at the scarlet figure upon IL
Halima furiousy. x spit upon thee! sDts upon
te Es. ana sP.s p....snAtsly il his face
SAD = can Rrqyg a. s.;s sRoksa n. s5gss- h:
s5oa sage i. NJ sssaher s I SPEAK * t1s % e
my brothers d.si.s. g an me sahara E.s -
The Panssr q s ysls With fsaa MI sssslr..
p I5a Rs 49, ,. s 5ss hFss ;Ssr-
and longer, mur-nnx went Up from the crowd But
1raSs u6h d OF sGo s0T . Il; s.a
may n.y. deaths IN i, the saha IT,,
scorpions speak for thssq'. '-a 'A'
ca lad SR'A sesp ss 9on a
these my brothers . ITsna and BGTia. the Golden
sFs FOOT M saaa % aa S sa
daneest before the soldiers I win give me. sfty
shall know whether Bsn-Abid is a truth teller and
rs1 6 me .,c Pless2ss o. e o n Gao
fusest thou art afraid. and thy fear oroveth that
t ds8sd hast a; t RS E fh55H thu magic sA4s
III. There was Moment q deep Silence Es~n: from
Put II to the proof Ben-Abit speaks well, rus
L to ths proof. and may Allah jucSs bsswssn
Beneath the caI1sd pigments % hsr nos Ra;:nA
= viii hot" she began
& the GFle7 EOss ZP asaH sad wsen Nm n
She has no fah e the ara U ssas.t.s
g Di7S$ saqsass ,hafIas 20: s.'
And then the twttter OF fierce Laughter rosa
shrek shrek. and echoed more deeply ny
Give me the scorpionsIs crt-d HaHra2 p..aon-
atsly. y am not arratdF
women Of the. sahara 4 Iurks-was avaxs- N
bittsr laughter OF her rivals. It saSlx away a.
and leapsd- stbbert1s In his beard. upon Tie tar
''EEaitF' cried Halina, as he came upon her.
holding forth his handful OF writing poison
r4 k6 99So nboh beard asr HsFogs eyes h'ATy
sadok stood STILL with his naked arms out
How shall know that the son OF scorpion
VIII ray me the city golden coins9 Hs Is poor.
the care Of The smokers Of the 6ashish. aaf can.
feast Of Ram-a-dan How then. shall kno1 y th.s
the gold VIII hang from my breasts when to-uor-
Ben-Abid put his hand beneath his burnous and
ororght forth bag tlsd az the mouth with cord
'-The Jews. He has been TO tho Jswsg' cried ths
Bring a lamp said sen-Abid.
And while Irena and Borta, the Golden Date and
Lotus Flower he'd The lights. and the desert men
near 70 starving he counted forth the money
down at the gittertns pieces as one that sazss
and now set my brothers upon the maiden"
Be9-Abtd said to sad9k satn1ging up me money;
a a1I G n19-e Win = ne cord -' Oas WHICH 10 N7u
Halirna did not move, but she looked upon the
Then she closed her hand upon the hsdgshox's FOOT
that hung from her sOldeH sirdls. and shut her
set nv brothers upon herr said Ben-Asta.
opened her scarlet, bodice roughly. plunged sis
claw into her swelling bosom. and withdrew tt
kiss her close. my 6rothersg'' whispered Bsu-
A long rnurrnur. Ike the growI OF the tide upon a
ghRSy seaeni arose arose, once more sTo5n ne srosd
doorway followed BY Irsna and Boria- Tbs heavy
Vas hidden There was great silence. n vas
broken X sadSks voice seeESs1ng IN b, beard
Ne snatched it with a howl I'd van csoer.a,
forth into the darkness.
When the next Ess s r ~ es, ys so:
dancers The pipers blew into their Pipes and
swayed upon their launches. turning their glitter
to press a piece OF money upon thar well CREASED
tCTeheads. The dancers came and went, prom enad-
Wh a lam. aT gR99 Ss and ss1s q
The Ka6yls atssnda s slipped here and thsr. v,sh
Lightly upward toward the wooden root
holding the scarlet handksrc6iss soovs hsr hsad
And presently. late IN the night. they Laid her
20fg o. Ds nHg os AND ss I ps.nq sDsn
sshrilIed their lament amid the sands. thsy sore
ths south and the tents q her own peopla
The 1ackals laughed as she went BY.
But the hedgehog's FOOT was Ier> lying upon ths
foor Of her chamber. Not ons OF the dancers
That night Wa. IN the cars, and. bearing u All
the court and sathsred up the rr,nksss vsich na8
qro n a woman to The grest silence Nsxs day
marebout and told him all the story.
telegraph, and twisting in his hugs hsnds, sass
were tinted with the henna. the star with tho
When had come to tho end 7 saies
.. - holy mara9oTt. tsll me ono thing
II the SCORPIONS had slept with vefled woman
who heId the hsdsehos,s foot how would Il havs
The marabout did not answer. He looked at
mysteries Of life which only the OLD can undsr-
stand
ss 'a aBss.v he 'q YOU a; length Ro hss;n
! th.s should you learn such mattersr'
.'In the. desert there mysteries. continued