Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-08
An EUening Story
THE POOR LITTLE FEILAll NO
MAN.
by llapizcc C~hawagc. }

She stood outside the village looking
hclplcssly into the wide world. lie had
sent her away. her husband. away. home.
anywhere she pleased. aud he had gwen
her only seventy pia>trcs. lie had nor
been angry with her and had never beat
en- her very much. but already long ago
she had felt that he was tired of her.
And this morning the "Schcck' had
rome with the ~>chck Il mnSnm' and
they had mumllcd and written and af'
forwards her husband had spoken the
dreadful words: "l.nachi -talatik." go.
] drive thee away"
She had packed her few belongings in
the Did Ilalara. had kissed little Nor
~. until he started to Try and had lett
She Strengthened herself up and walked
On slowly. First she must walk up u
l%IrIonan then pass the biz palm and
three hours through the desert. then She
had Ia 20 bv the railroad. the same over
which she had come after her wedding
ten DAYS ago. And where the railroad
e. .dcd WAS MaScl kahira. her husband
i,fssaid. and there She must get out AMI
ws,Ik across to the great railroad depot
and buy another ticket from the EfIcndi
ana we'll the rest She had forgotten.
What was il called?
Sac tried To- remember the name. but
"a vain: il was blottcd from her memory.
:iir walked on during the torrid summer
DAY. the sand Scorched her feet. The. hiic
rrrkS spat fire into the air. which trrm
h'rl. vihratcd aud flick"ral and made
'ru shut your eyes. But what WAS thai
n me? suddenly She remembered that
y had promised little MorSi sone crrS
iuc aud she was about to return. when
vi, allied that must never 90. not ~
"a and not tomorrow, nor any o'
'la - come. She began to cry softly.
ehr had already cried - much that her
eve, hurt.
There was ~ passion in her orN ing. il
IL was Just 4 munotonolS. mournful
moaning and deep SoiS that shook her
whole slender littlr body. She cried aud
walked "a. And the sun grew more ticry
ihrn ever. the sand Was like glowing I'm
her and the white rocks >pai fire.
WI, had H. >cut her away ~ sudden
Is She had dome everything that other
wives did, She had watercd her "
camclS. carried water from the Nile. ~
much ~ they needed. baked bread aud
brought his narehilch. when he wanted
II. y okcd after little MorSi and fulfilled
I'LL the duties of a wife.
W. WHY She could not imagine.
Thinking was - hard, She was not used
a. II. She shook her hcad-it MAS 81 i'm
possible to understand why She must
crt out. What WAS she to ID there OF
e. r~c from there She must walk t. her
%faii,cr. Her father, Was he then Still
III; - lie had been ! very old man when
she left him to 90 a. kafcrcl Flu ten
Years ago with her husband. Aud what
world h. say now. when She was coming
lack9 lie had barely enough food Tor
hir Sclf aud her mother * ALWAYS sick.
?-f then there j. her blind brother whom
81 lad quite forgotten.
Naw he remembered everything. What
80 NJ her father saw Surely hc would
hat her hrc,use She had been sent back
IL would never believe that she had not
-, ~ ANYTHING. oh. How she Was afraid
al ! = father. and az the long ournrt
1 AMI lhc biz eit,. where she did MOI know
7Ar,h dv. aud of tn great biz world.
whit she did noi know.
Sh, %.'ll,~i her black veil tightly across
her fi.. mi walked on. Her feet achcd
and felt drcadfully heavy. Then 4 shad
ow fell across her path and as she looked
up she stood Al the biz palm. she had 60
pass. She had often seen The lone tree In
the desert frem the hills of kafcr elElu
where she used u sit with little McrSi.
She nestled down al the foot ~ the big
tree among the thcrny bushes. rested her
chin on her knee anl stared into the vel
low sand. The sun burned her head mrr.
c~ilcssly. she thought Of nothing any
I M she was too tired TO think. From