Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-19

for : certain Nile dsh cooked ii
wine. n
Pitchouno shook ont his short
hairy body and came out OF the oasis
pool into the sunlight and trotted into
the Arabian village.
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Fatou Annt parched corn IA bra
1ier before her house. Her house
was . mud hut with yellow walls. II
had NO root and was open to the sky
Eaton, Ami was ninety years old
straight - 2 lance straight as one
OF the lances the men Of the village
carried when they went to dispute
with white people. These lances with
which the young men had fought. had
won them the last tpattiis. 81; ! a,,v n.,;
been victoreus on the neld.
Fstou Ami was the grandmother
OF many men. She had been the
mother OF many men. Now abe
parched corr, TRANQUILITY. prayerfully.
"Allaht that the corn should not
burn; Allah! that Il should b sweet !:
Allahl that her men should be q.
ways succeesful."
She was the fetish OF the settle.
ment. In Z single blue garment. her
black, scrawny breast uncovered. the
thin we'll that the Fellaheen wear
pushed back from her face. her fine
eyes were revealed and she might
have been priestess a she bent
over her corn!
Allah! Allah Akbar!"
Rather than anything should hap
pen to Fatou Ami. the settlement
would have roasted its enemies alive.
torn them in shreds. Some Of them
said that she was two hundred years
old. There was a charmed ring
drawn around her house. People sun.
posed that IL any creature crossed II
unlimited, 1t would fall dead.
The sun had risen for an hour and
the air was still cool, Overhead. the
sky, unstained by = single cloud. was
blue as q turquoise floor, and against
1t, black and portentous, dew the vul.
lures. Here and there the surl.touched
pools gave life and reason to tho
oasis.
Fatou Ami parched her corn. Her
barbaric chant was interrupted by q
sharp bark and . low pleading whine.
She had never heard sounds just
like that The dogs Of the village
were great wolflike creatures. Pit
choune's bark was angelic compared
with theirs. He crossed the charmed
circle drawn around her house, and
did not fall dead. ana stood before
her, whining. Fatou Ami left her
corn, stood upright and looked at Pit.
choune. To her the Irish terrier was
an apparition. The fact that he had
not fallen dead proved that he was
beloved Of Allah. He was. perhaps, .
genie. IN afrit. N
Pitchoune fawned, at her feet. She
line OF the Koran. Il did
not seem to Affect his demonstrative
affection. The woman bent down ia
him sitter making ! pass against the
Evil Eye, ana touched him, and PITT
chouns licked her hand. q
Eaton Ami screamad. dncnnaA MIR;
vant into tha nous, ana ma. shG
ablutions. when aha came nnt pr.
choune sat maternity hefnre the
parched corn and IA .rain cam.
crawling ~ her 8
Tina Arabian woman 1iv.A q .h1
last lint - TIA v,Il.-. al. ..,,If
satisfy her curiosity vithout shochine
her neighbors. she bent down "a
scrutinixe Pitchoune,s collar Thera
was sacred medal on It. with sacred
which she could not read.
But as soon as she had freed him this
time, Pitchoune tore himself away
from her, few out Of the sacred ring
and disappeared. The he ran back,
barking appealingly; he took the hem
Of her dress in his mouth and pulled
her. He repeatedly did this and the
Arabian believed herself
to DO called divinely. She cautiously
left the doorstep, her veil falling be-
fore her face, came out Of the sacred
ring. followed to the edge OF the berIry,.
the desert; when he stopped and
looked oack ct hef Fatou Ami DID
not follow, ana ne returned g renew
MS entre1t1ee. When she tried 70