The Detroit times., 1908-07-28
BY C.. J. MARDRUSl

! ne was mourned by his adopted
children as never father had beer
ana ne carried with him the secrel
or their birth. which, however. he
himseif had only known imperfect.
The two brothers and their sister
continued To live. and as they had
oeen raised In wisdom and simplicity.
rhey had no other wish than TO live
III This perfect union and happiness.
one day as Farizade, according 10
her custom. was walking In the gar.
den. one OF her servants came 10
her and told her that good old won.
an solicited the favor OF resting for
an hour or two In the shadow OF her
garden. and Farizade. whose hear
was easily moved. ordered food ana
drink. which she herself took To the
Old woman. desiring to be In the com.
pany or persons OF experience and
learn their words OF wisdom.
After the old woman had rested for
Time she looked at the young girl
and said:
Il have passed my life in going
over the earth and never have | rest.
ed In more delightful place. But
wish YOU would have In this garden
the three Incompatible things which
are wanting"
Farizade was extremely astonished
and she requested the old woman 10
! inform her what these things were.
And the old woman replied
The first OF these three things. #
II was In this garden. all the birds
in this garden would come TO look al
IL, and having seen IL would sing n
chorus. IL is the speaking bird.
The second OF these things. II 4.
were In this garden. the breeze which
makes the trees sing. would stop and
listen. and the strings OF the harp
and OF the guitar would become 81.
lent And this is the singing tree.
Because neither the breeze Of The
trees nor the strings OF the harp can
render harmony comparable to the
concert OF the millions of invisible
mouths which are In the leaves Of
the singing tree
The third thing. If il were in this
garden. all the waters OF the garden
would stop in their murmuring trav.
els and look ut IT, And this is the
golden water"
4 Anu FdTlZaut
''Oh, mother. where are these three
things found?"
And the old woman said: They are
found In a place situated towards
the frontiers Of India and the road
which conducts there passes directly
behind the palace which you live i'm.
You have only TO follow this road
twenty days. and on the twentieth day
ask the first person you meet where
the singing bird and the speaking
tree and the golden waters are. and
this person will direct you"
And the old woman murmured
benediction over the young girl and
departed.
Thereafter her garden ceased To
please Farizade. and she never ceased
To think OF these three things and
TO desire to possess them.
She at length told her brothers
what the old woman had said and
they were at the limit OF astonisb-
ment, and seeing that their sister was
inconsolable at the want of these
three things they promised to go to-
gether and find them for her.
But she would not let both of them
go, fearing that If evil should befall
them she would lose both at the same
time. and IL was agreed that Faride.
the older. should go in search OF
them.
! Before he departed he gave to his
sister a knife, and told her that IL
the blade became rusty she would
know that a great accident had hap
pened to him, and that IL IL should
become covered with blood that he
was no longer among the living.
He travelled during twenty days
and nights. and on the twentieth day
he arrived at the foot Of mountain.
and there was tree. under which
was seated a very old man.
concluded Tomorrow.)