Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-09-23
A WISE DEDUCTION,
@. z a MICHEL.

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ity. Kalaidjicn about the time ne
made this discovery was presented by
his wife with a daughter. He gave
orders that the child should be brouGh'
no with limited number OF compan'
ions and attendants, none OF whom
should ever refer TO her personal APP
pearance and on no account should size
ever be allowed to look upon her face
in a mirror.
Moira-that was the chlld's name
grew up to be very beautiful WON
an. BY and 10y young man came
counting her, or rather asked for her
from her father To the request the
latter replied:
Years Of study, Tatios"-that was
the suitor's name -"have convinced me
that the source of evil is In woman's
vanity. For that reason have guarded
my daughter that this iendish spirit
should not be permitted to enter into
her. No one has ever told her that
she is beautiful nor has she ever seen
her face reflected She shall be your
wife on your promise 10 carry out this
policy which | have begun"
The lover consented. and the couple
we're married The brides mother at
the time of the wedding secretly pre-
scented her daughter with a mirror; but.
hoping to avert the consequences
against which Kalaidjen had so long
guarded, she told MORA that whenever
she looked into II she would see her
mothers face as it would appear In
heaven. Shortly after the wedding the
mother died. and the daughter found
the mirror an ineStimable treasure
The mother, In order to insure the Sc
crct Of It's possession being kept. had
told her that If she revealed 1t she (the
motherl would grow old and ugly In
heaven and be east out into hell. Moira
greatly dreudng such a consequences
carefully hid the mirror in secret
drawer i'm her cabinet, only opened by
a key which she kept on her person,
Once month her husband was
obliged 10 90 10 n distant city on bust
ness. aud then MORA would take out
her mirror ana reyerently feast her
eyes upon her mother in paradise
Meanwhile Tatios kept up the sur
yeillance over his wife that her father
had instituted In western countries
this would have been impossible, but
not so I'm the east. where every man IS
master of his own household Under
the influence of beautiful face which
looked out at her from the mirror az.
fectionutely MORA every year grew
spiritually more and more beautiful.
though physically she passed her
prime, like other women. and herphys-
zeal beauty began to wane. But she
saw only in her reflected face the spir.
itual and did not recognize the decay
of the physical
When Tatius was about to go on one
of his journeys he decided to take his
wife with him. MORA fearing for the
safety of her treasure. locked it in II
box and. taking it TO a temple. gave it
in charge OF priest TO keep till her
return. 1t happened that Tatios saw
her 20 out and. being suspicious. fol.
lowed her and watched her carry the
box into the temple. He said uothing
at the time, but brooded over The Sc
cret which his wife had apart from
him and on her return 20 his home
went TO the temple ANA demanded thy
box The priest would give it to no
one but her who had lcft Il. so Ta'icf
demanded that she 20 To the Temple
and open the box before him.
MORA was in agony thut her mother
could look at her no longer aud, be-
coming ugly. would be east out rr
heaven. She told her husband her
secret and rs he was uumovnblc. went
with him to the temple ANA gave hin
the box With the key. and. opening il,
ne took out thc mirror Knowing that
all the care he had for many years
exercised had been aburtcd, ne was IN
great anger,
Woman" he said, "you have been
looking at your own face When you
first saw Il it was young and beautl-
tul Now It is old and faded Look.
undcccived by your fancy. and see
that what ] tell YOU is truer'
MORA. convinced that She was loot
ing at her own reflection. ceased % see
I'm It a spiritual beauty, viewing Oily
the image of am old woman Augcred
with her husband that he should have
spoiled the charm she cursed him
At this point the priest said TO the