Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

heap the poets tomb--for it was the
| twelfth month of the Mohammedan
fear in which IS observed a divine in
Stltution having for Its authority the
Koran:
And proclaim to the people pill
Grimagc: let them come to Thee on
foot, and on every fleet camel, arriving
by every deep dctile,
This do. And he that respecteth
the sacred ordinance of God, this will
be best for him with the Lord
Night was passing. The stars We're
going out one by one, and the nightln-
gales song p,aintive of sorrow was
hushed Murky darkness still flood ID
the pass guarding the approach of the
desert. Dull tones from the heavy
copper bells of the dromedaries quar-
tered for the night in the far distant
open, carried the signal to a rude ham
let among the hills that the caravan
train would be starting ere daylight.
Arising from long and silent prayer
in response to this call, two lone
watchers, like those of old needing tho
star of Bethlehem, stole down from an
upper chamber and out into the melting
gloom. Merwan, the rug1nIuker, was
the first to break the solemn and coll
sccrated watch.
1.-THE night has fled ana the hour is
at hand, Kizami." said he to the young
pilgrim, "and it is we'll And thou wilt
return ere the season of roses APP
proacheth, when must away Aye
thou wilt return In time, for an angel
voice whispered 1t while I yet prayed.
Haste We kizami, perform thy pill
grlmage, and thy sins forgiven thee,
ask pardon Of God for mine and 1t
shall be granted. And, oh. my young
pilgrim, by the beautiful word OF tho
holy Koran, shall be as pure as the
day 1 was born!' And Merwan, In
ecstacy, lifted his eyes and hands to
the sky now taking on the slvery hue
OF the dawn.
THY face is even as an angels now,
my salnted Merwan, but tell me,
wherein lies thy sin?''
All, I have snned, Kizamt! 1 have
mad longinss to remain; 1 have be-.
walled my fate to my God, and pleaded
with him to make me whole, and fiji.
my cup of human bliss: to crown my
manhood, and grant unto me mine
earthly heritage"
BY the sins of the fathers, given in
the book of the HISTORIANS, is not thine
earthly heritage the blight III the rose?"
J;rrhA ~, \
upon me. But that is not my worst
SIM
THY sin, then, Merwan?'
pleading with God for that which
is not in His Koran. But haste We,
Kizami, I would see thee through the
pass and on thy way"
Darkness was beginning to vanish.
The lark, already amid the dawning
clouds, was calling to the morn. Streaks
of gray were chasing the shadows of
the desert, as the sandalled feet of be-
turbaned hermit and pilgrim pressed
the sands of its border. Neither had
spoken as they paced the trail through
the high and narrow walls, to the gate
way, shutting out the storm, the heat,
the fear, and the dread of its immeas-
urable stretches.
In prayer stood Merwan with closed
eyes and hands outstretched TO the
westward, where kizami was about To-
depart on his pilgrimage. So long
did the rug-maker remain motionless,
that a rosy light began flooding the
caravan of the hills, and Kizami, buoy
ant of spirit and with youth burning in
his light and active body, plucked at
the sleeve of the worshipper, at the
same time craving his patience. Mer-
wan gazed upon him with grave sweet
ness. bidding him speak,
'Merwan, 1 must away, yet, for mine
own enlightenment, / would fain know
thine earthly heritage. ! will guard it
as my soul"
Merwan smiled in sweet forgiveness
OF the others earnestness, and about TO
speak, was turning his misty eyes
across the sands, when he clutched the
youths arm and exclaimed:
20, look yer
1t was only the simple picture of a
mother and child, with the dawn
Swallowed plain for it's back ground,
morning. She was riding a sturdy ass,
and with veil thrown back, nursing the
babe at her breast, while her husband
in the characteristic rusty brown gown
and white turban, was holding the
bride and CHANGING back with fond
ness lluon his family Tho fpsert yya 1T n