The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-27
THE ARCHITECT
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l sr,chitects Co leave a great ueat oi opth snacc in structures, and this cuahh,s them to make designs with that hgbt' ness which causes the buildings Co re- scpble the abodcs of fairyland
 There was once an Indian kine Wi'e was ambitious to excel an other sinlgs ln the beauty ot his palace. He there fore called upon an the architects ot Dts Kingdom for designs, offering a prize 70 teslraile that lt could not fall Co stlia- ulate some mighty effort of genius He king had but one child, daughter. l'e gave out that the successful conpeutN | shouh have his daughter Co vile ald reign with her after his own death.
 Now, there was a young architect nt tbc canitol. Abdul Kcrim. He had ben employed to rebuild a wing Of the pal ace containing the princess apart ments. and the two had met and lovel | Abdul Kerim. on hearing Of the priie | offered. was overIoycd and set to woik | with high hope tO make a design tlnlt would give him the girl he loved. Thro wears were given in which Co hand 'n drawings. and during these three years | Abdul worked night and day designing, | throwing away his work, starting in again. tn at the expiration Of half tie allotted time he had produced plan | that satisfied him. Then he occupied the remaining half In perfecting it | Stimulated by love- he evolved a struc. ture which when buiH would far eN- ceed anything of it's kind In India
 When the king saw the design he was delighted. But he had never In. tended to keep his word by giving his daughter Co the successful competitOt and now trumped up a charge as an excuse for not doing so. He accuse | Abdul Kerlm of being In league with a conspiracy against the government | discovered at the time and threw hhu | Into prison.
 When the princess heard or th's sbe l was inconsolable. She sent one or the | women to the prison where her lovCr was confined. who. by bribinE the guard, was permitted Co enter and con, sole him by assuring him of her mis- trcss' unaHerable love. Kerim told the woman Co tell the princess Co be ot good cheer: that the king wodd ba forced 10 keep to his agreement be- cause an architect Is the best person t1 superintend his own plans, and ha believed he would sooner or later ba called upon tO build the palace.
 There was in the Kingdom a quarry of stone. tinted like the opal which when polished had a beautiful iridcs cent effect. It had long been reserved by tho king for the new palace. Great care was to be taken In getting out the stone and shaping it Into the individ ual parts which were to make up the palace, for there was but enough Of it to make one such building and if an! serious hluuder were made by which | should became necessary Co use other stone the kings hopes would bc blast ed. Among Kerlm's plans were a de scription and diagram of evcry stone Co be used In the construction, and the king decided that it would To safer tJ get out the material and shape eacl stone in accordance with th. descrlP tlon. After all had been hewIi it woult be simple matter to set them up lr place. But the king was de7i~'Gs C' having the work superlntcu2 E '-' designer or the building, anj ,H-.,. this was the only safe plan. He scn
 A uaessenccr Go Abdul Kerim in prison to say that if he would accept the posi-
 ton and see that the building wal erected In accordance with his plan, be would pardon him for his allegeS part In the conspiracy and give him handsome sum besides,
 Kerlm could do nothing but consen
 to the agreement He was placed ii charge of the work. and as every ston' came from the quarry and was shaped It was marked In accordance with system devised by Kerim himself Dur ing thls time he was at liberty and wa not even watched. for no one knew O any reason why he should wish to es cape or fan to do his work to the bes
 of his ability. At last the stones whicl
 were to compose the building were fn lshed, the quarry meanwhile havinl been exhausted. Then Eerim astonlsh ed the king by refusing Co superinten'
 the erection of the palace. Ills majes ty was about to order the architect ' head stricken off when lt occurred t him that be must first get the markinl | of the stones. So he sent Co kerim fO
 1t. Kerim replied that he did not hay, lt. Then the king ordered him to pro duce It on pain of Instant death. keriu t refused. The king was In a Quandary Unless he could get the marking iron . the architect the palace could not b i. built. He directed Kerim 10 be brough \ te him and accused him 0f bad faiu In breaking hls agreement where'Ipoi
 Kerlm reminded the king that his mai esty had first broken his agreemen and stoutly refused to go any furthc 4 with the work except on the origina
 terms. Then the king orderel him pu ! to the torture to extort what was neC
 essary, but directed that his life shoui
 not be rlsked Kerlm was tortured ti
 it was plain be would die if the tortuT
 ,u.o,.o continued