Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-09-17
A WISE DEDUCTION,
BY =. A. MICHEL.

source OF owl. Al laSt lie SetlIeu uOWn
to the conclusion that all the trouble
IN the wCPld came from wOnan's van
ity. KaluidiiCn about the time he
made this discovery was presented by
his wife with a daughter. He gave
orders that the child should be brought
up with Il limited number of compau-
ions ard attendants. none of whom
should ever refer to her personal ap-
pcarnnCC ard Gil no account should she
ever be allowed to look upon her face
In Il mirror.
MORA that was the chld's name
grew UP TO lie very beautiful won.
an. By and by young man came
counting her. or rather asked for her
from her father TO the request the
latter replied:
Years Of study. Iaii0s" that was
the suffers name-"havc convinced me
that the source of evil is IL woman'S
vanity. For that reason have guarded
my daughter that this fcndish spirit
should not be permitted to enter ilto
her. 40 orc has ever told her that
she Is beautiful. nor has she over seen
her face reflected. She shall be your
wife ON yOur promise to carry out this
policy wtich have begun"
The lover consented. and the couple
were married The brides mother at
the time Of the wedding secretly pre-
scented her daughter with Il mirror; but.
hoping e svcrt the consequences
against which Kaaidiien had so long
4 t,,s, 4 y,,ts
she looked into it she would see her
mothers face as it would appear in
heaven. Shortly after the wedding the
mother died. ana the daughter found
the mirrCr an incStimnble treasure.
The mother, in order to insure The Sc
crct Of its possession being kept. had
told her that If she revealed it she 1.-THE
mother, would grow old and ugly in
heaven and be cast out into hell. MORA.
greatly dreading such Il consequence,
carefully hid the mirror in secret
drawer in her cabinet only opened by
Il key which she kept on her person.
Once Il month her husband was
obliged to go to a distant city on bust
ness. and then MORA would take out
1pT illIIIOT anu IcNtlGutly lCiol hVi
eyes upon her mother in paradise.
Meanwhile Tatios kept up the sur
veillancc over his wife hat her father
had instituted. In western countries
this would have been impossible, but
net so in the east. where every man is
master of his own household. Under
the influence Of beautiful face which
han, In nj r
fectioriately Mora every year grew
spiritually mere and more beautiful.
7 though physically size passed her
prime. like ether women. and her phys
ical beauty began to wane. But she
saw only in her reflected face the spr-
itua and did not recognize the decay
Of the physical.
When TatiOs was about to go on one
Of his journeys he decided to take his
wife with him. Mora, fearing for the
safety CT her treasure. locked it in a
box and. taking it TO a temple. gave it
in charge of Il priest TO keep till her
return. 1t happened that Tatios saw
her go out and, being suspicious. fol-
lowed her and watched her carry the
ut the time, but brOOded over the Sc
cret which his wife had apart from
him and ON her return to his home
went to the temple and demanded the
box. The priest would give it to no
one but her who had left it. so Tatios
demanded that she go to the temple
and open the box before him.
tn,
could look Mt her no longer and. be-
coming ugly. would be cast out Of
heaven. She told her husband her
secret and. as he was unmovable. went
with him to the temple and gave him
the box with the key, and, opening it.
he took out the mirror. Knowing that
all the care he had for many years
exercised had been aborted, he was ill.,
great anger
Woman" he said, "you have been
looking at your own face. When you
first saw it 1t was young and beauti-
full. Now it is old and faded. Look.
undecelvcd by your fancy, and see
that what | tell you is true!'
MORA. convinced that she was look
lutS at NV nNtI lSuNNbiOh' NCpoNN W SNO
in it IL spiritual beauty. viewing only
The image of an old woman. Angered
with her husband that he should have
spoiled the charm she cursed him.
At this point the priest said to the
husband:
"Oh. Tatios. you have been acting
on the assumption that evil has its
source in the vanity$ of woman. Look
rather within thyself. Believing that
her good mother looked down upon her
from heaven. your wife has been kept
pure in the contemplation Of her own
IMAGE. 1t is the use made of beauty,