Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

you Bees IL mas cost me teare---oh. am
net ashamed OF those tears--I have
rscounted this story to you. You say.
where Is the magicf and might repiys
the magic was in the changing Of my
false love to true. But there was
another magic as well. and II grew uo {
while ! lay inart. awaiting death.
from behind me. from above me.
arose cry--a cry. You may have /
heard Of the Bedouin song. the ..Mis-
muns":
"a o. ish hoos' beb hatsa axat tn lebt.
IA men mslsk ana deri waat "a jsbb.
you may have heard how. when Il
Is sung In a certain fashion. fiowers
drop from their stalks7 Also. yo,
may have doubted this, never having
heard magical cry.
90 not doubt It! For have hSard
magical cry--this cry which sros4
from behind me! 1t started some
cnoro IN my dulled consciousness
whlcn mad never spoken before. r.
..urned my head--snd there upon the
highes' point Of the rocks stood ana
cave sasn. He suddenly stretch1d
forth his hands. "a \
Again no uttered that uncanuy. that
lndescribable cry. It was mot humsn. /
- w.s not snimal. Yet It was nearer
70 the cry Of an animal than 70 any
SOUND made by the human species.
MS eyes Steamed with an awful l,xht.
ms spare body had assumed a stranx
sieniucance; he was trans, cured.
third time he uttered the cry. ana
out from one Of those openings In thu
rock which have mentioned, crept :
'sckaL You know how a 1acssf
avoids the day. how furtive how NOE I
.ulnal creature It Isl But there in
the golden glory which proclaimed
tne coming Of the sun. black silhen~
cites moved
great wondsri possessed me. AZ tha
nrst 1ackal was followed by 4 second
oy third. by fourth, by AFR: MA
! say fifth? - By Ave nu..
dred--by I'VE thousand,
FROM every visible hole IN ~
rocks 5ackals poured forth IN >nsc-.
Wonder left me, fear left me. + o.
got my sorrow, I became numbed
intelligence amid a desert Of iackaIs
over a sea Of moving furry backs. /
saw that outstanding .crag and the
vera. crouching figure UPON IL. Right
and left, above and below. iackaIs
moved and all turned tha,r
heads toward the APPROACHING Haa-
ouins! - -
Agafn--again I heard that 6raaaf,,,
cry The 3ackals. In a pack. thousands
1.ions' began to advance upon the
saw the four horsemen riding lil<a
Iuries into the morning sun. ~.
white mare, riderIess, galloped w,sh
them--and the desert behind was ~
low with Jackais! For the LAST TINA
heard the cry.
The jackals began to return,
Forgive me II seem an aroot,o,.,
Iooi' But When recovered from the
swoon which blotted out that NM
natural spectacle, the wizara--for
now knew him for nothing Iess---r,ad
aug deep trench--and had Jeff ms.
alone. 'o'
Sot a 1ackal was in sight; the sun
plazed cruelty upon the dssert. vv,.h
my own hands laid my love - rsst
In the sands. No cross. no crsscsnt
marks her resting place, but laft
my youth spon her grave, a. q last
Offering. -.
1ou may say that, since I hsd sinnea
30 srisvousIy. since / had betravea J,
the noble confidence Of said Mobsm.
med my host. I escaped lightly.
All! You Dc not know.
AND what OF the strange be,rr
whose gratitude had done 90 ,,ttis -
merit. but Jet which know no boundsr
II 10 Of him that will tell you.
Years later--how many Il does NOT
matter, but was man with M ,ii,-
sions--my restless wanderinss Il H..
ing still . desert bird Of pass seN
brought me one nisht4o q certain Wei,
out rarely visited. II lay in 4 a..
preston like another well that I Ann
fstsd often to see in my dreams sad.
a. one approached, the crowns Of the
palm trees which grew there Appeared
above the mounds Of sand.
! was alone and tired out: tbs nert
possiDIe camping piace--f0r i nsd M
water--was many miles away. YET it
was written that should press ON tn
that other distant well, weary though
was.
First, then. as came up, percsived
numbers OF vultures in the air: ana