El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20
The HeralPs
Daily Short Stsry
The Fisherman and the Sailor

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in Parsavenath's temple. You are born
to wear nothing but costly silk, still
you are wearing a cheap cotton skirt
and live in a cold and poor cottage
where I am going the air is always
warm ana balmy and the sun IS al
ways SHINING. Perhaps you have seen
the country in your dreams The flow
ers are immense and hide within their
petals, beautiful birds singing only OF
love and JOY. The waters are Hmpid
ana clear like mirrors, and on them
swim graceful swans among thousands
OF lotus flowers, and the shores are dot
ted with wonderful marble palaces
looking at the beauties of nature:
Further inland grows the big yellow
flower Ichampa, the honey Of which is
so sweet that the bees blush when they
pass ii.
There you and are to walk to-
gether- I viii dress you in velvet and
silk and costly wells and I viii take
you into the temple OF ParSaTanth and
before the image Of Him, who is every
where. 1 will take a holy oath to love
you forever.
And the nights-dO you know Of the
nights In that wonderful cOuntry2 It's
never dark like here, the sun goes
down in a cloud Of purple and a silvery
moon makes the night as bright as day.
From everywhere comes the sound OF
flutes and tambOurines and as we de-
scend from the marble palace into the
gardens Of Gonzareth and dance in the
moonlight VIII you Gomez"
IniCe trembled in every limb
No" she said, I cannot go. / must
look after the blind bOy!"
The sailor stood up. laid the pipe on
the table and kissed the trembling
IF YOU are not coming" he whis-
pered into her ear, Il viii carry you
And Inice whispered:
Il will come"
a chew of tobacco is worth more
than all the women in the world" said
You are right" his friend replied,
ga woman is heavier burden than 10
7 viii leave her" said the sailor,
and all night passed and he did not
Then Inice went outside and asked
all the passersby- Have you not seen
my husband, the sailOr?'
And at last a man answered;
Your husband Why he is on his
way to the Colibri islands by this
mice cried for three days and nights
and at last she heard voice that Whis-
pered into her ear; Poor little wo-
Inice opened her eyes and saw a girl
with a painted face.
Il know why YOU are crying" the
girI-said. my first lover left me He
was a soldier I do not know whether
he was dark or fair, but he had a beau
tifuI Uniform
But you loved him?7
When one is young, one is fool
And Inice repeated: When one is
young one is foolish"
But YOU must not despair" said the
girl. you are beautiful so beautiful
that If your foot touched the tree Of
Asoca. all its flowers would open Be
come a servant Of the God Kama, like L
U rr~fnn hIanH Trfn N IN
and teach you to charm men-tO love
them and deceive them. VIII your
NO" said Inice sadly.
You are wrong. Men are made only
to be deceived.
But Inice replied:
"On the other side Of the sea there
is a man who is not wicked and want
to go back to him.
why did you leave him?"
Il wanted to dance in the moon
light"
your own homer
yes"
NO, stay here and dance in the
moonlight. You can get a hundred men
for the one you have lost
Il do not want any others"
"Then you love him?"
81 do not know, but I want to go
back to him. He told me 1 would come
and how will you get across the
T viii find somebody who viii take
me along"
ooh you poor creature. do you not
know yet that there are no good men?
But perhaps there are yet good Wom-
en-" she added when she saw 1nice's
eyes filled with tears
Sitting in his boat the fisherman
looked into the deep water and sighed.
Then he drew his net and went home.
When he entered the room the blind
child said to him:
Father, the woman, whose hands are
soft is here"
You are dreaming, my boy" said the
fisherman.
mo. I am not dreaming. She is over
there in the dark corner
The fisherman looked and saw his
wife sitting on a low stool crying, her
head resting on her arms.
ct am afraid" said the boy.
Don't be afraid said the fisherman,
"she Will do you no harm"
ct know. She is good. but her face
is wet with tears and was scared
when she kissed me"
Il viii tell the neighbours wife to
make a bed for her in the little
room. She may eat, too, if size wants
/ to-
The fisherman picked up his net and
went out The next day all of the men
of the coast went out hunting whales
When he returned after seven days