The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-09
1.-THE ARABIAN NIGHTS''
BY THE PRINCESS sHEHERAZADE
Condensation by Alfred S. Clark

oueueTaZdCe was FlZleTS QduSu-
ter and when she besought her father
to wed her to King Shahriar, it was
cause for grief to the Vizier For each
day was it Shahriar's wont to put to
death his bride of the day before. 1t
befell, however, that Sheherazade had
! her will. AS she had hoped, the king
was wakeful and to beguile him, she
began a story Of magic. Dawn broke
before she had finished and so eager
was Shahriar to hear it all that he
gave no order for her execution.
For a thousand and one nights did
this befall while Sheherazade told
tales of love, war and sorcery, of
kings, beggars and rogues, Of lands
where diamonds were more plentiful
| than pebbles and bigger than eggs, Of
! intrigues in the lanes and baZaars of
| Oriental cities. In towns and deserts
and far islands did necromancers work
I their wills. Horses flew; dogs talked
mermaidens and creatures greater
than whales peopled the deeps; ogres
and enormous apes crept out of for
ests; birds SO great that their wings
darkened the day swooped from the
skies. Here too were lovers in pal
aces and novels, bold and cowardly,
yet all so enamoured that they swoon-
|
Underlying all was the colorful Orient,
with BARRIERS and porters jostling ca
llphs and Processes in the thronged
and picturesque lanes Of three cities
whose very names conjure up romance
l-Bagdad, Cairo and Damascus
| Now these are the best liked of She
herazade's tales:
The Story of AIaddin's Lamp.
OF Aladdin, son Of a poor tailor in
China, prankish scamp. An African
magician guided him to a subterran-
can cave where he found the lamp
that summoned the genie. Out of moth
ingness did this genie spread ban
quests for Aladdin and robe him in
rich raiment. He provided him re-
tinues of slaves. bearing basins heap
ed high with precious stones, who car
ried to the king Aladdins suppliance
for the hand Of the beautiful Princess
| BadroulbOudOur. In a night did the
genie raise a palace Of glowing Won
ders, of shining marble and gold and
silver with windows encrusted with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies with
fragrant gardens and open courts. So
Aladdin married the princess and
they knew great joy. But the ma
gician returned. stole the lamp, and in
a trice transported the palace and the
princess to Africa. Then was Alad-
din woeful, but by magic he found his
beloved, poisoned the magician, seized
the lamp and came to China where he
and Badroulboudour lived happily ever
afterward.
The Story of sinbad.
OF Sinbad the sailor and his marvel.
lous voyages Wherein it is related
that Sinhad landed upon what seemed
an island but which was great fish
that sank into the sea And Of other
voyages and greater wonders. of
which one marvels most at the ad-
venture with the roc, the bird SO huge
that it feeds its young with elephants
Sinbad had fastened himself to the
roc's leg and it bore him to an i'm
penetrable valley strewn with precious
stones from which he escaped by bind
ing himself to a sleeps carcass and
was borne away by vulture. And OF
the giant who roasted men and whom
Slnbad blinded with a red-hot iron
: And Of the terrible Old Man of the
Sea who sat upon Sinbad's shoulders
and could not be shaken off until he
was intoxicated with wine and Sinbad
slew him.
The Story of the Forty Thieves.
~ AL IodLd anu Ills discovery Ol
the stone that swung wide when a
, voice cried open. Sesame," In the
cave was the booty of forty thieves
and Ali Bahia took home sacks bulgine
with gold and silver. The robbers
: traced him and in the guise Of mer
chant, the captain lodged with him
In the yard were stored great Jars
one filled with oil and the others con
: cealing the thieves. III would it have
: Jared with Ali Baba had not Morgiana
cunning slave, detected the trick
and with boiling oil scalded to death
the wicked miscreants. The captain
escaped but returned in a new dis
guise and again did Morgiana save
, her master by stabbing his enemy
SO Ali Baba married her and his sor
and he lived joyously upon treasures
| from the cave.
Many Other Fascinating Stories.
Of the Magic Horse of ebony ano
ivory, SO fashioned that its rider, by
5 pressing divers buttons, could fy
whittier he willed 1t bore a Persian
prince to q great palace in a metropo
lis grit about with greenery. There
he looked into the eyes of a princess
: and they were enraptured 1t befel
that they rode away on the Magic
Horse, but before they were wed ar
evil man abducted the princess. The
: discon solate prince wandered far anC
at last he found her whom he loved
and again they journeyed through the
air to his home where they were mar
ried with exceeding pomp and lived
happily.
OF poor fisherman who drew hi:
net from the sea and found therein
! but a brass bottle. He cut open thu