Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
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"Your troubles are slight"
Abdullah raised his tear-fiiled eyes
reproachfully.
"They are very slight" she repeat
ed. Leave them to me and they will
| disappear"
| Abdullah's look of reproach turned
to one Of keen attention.
ss'Yes. Bahia. If you Will write my
name just once in your great book, !
| will bring your troubles to an end
Abdullah. with the eagerness of the
sinking man who grasped at the straw.
promised. While Hanifa was explain
ing the special revelation which on
the appointed day he should commune
cate to the women in the mosque, the
tears suddenly disappeared from his
/ eyes. Fortified with new hope and
| courage, he arose and shouted to his
slaves to Immediately bring large
tray Of pilaf.
1t was early Friday morning, earlier
than usual, when Abdullah seated him
self upon the platform of the mosque.
On all previous occasions, since he
could remember, his audiences had
gathered and were awaiting him. That
Friday morning, when he said his
prayers, his voice rang with an I'M
usual clearness, and during his pros
trations his old bones seemed to have
renewed their youth. His face was
beaming with happiness, and his eye
had never been more bright, for he
had an important communication from
Allah to reveal to the wives Of the
Faithful. At his side upon the plat
form stood an immense copper kettle
which his waiting slave had brought
him. One by one the rebelling women
came and squatted about, anxious to
hear the special revelation promised
by the beaming expression upon Abb
dullah's face.
Finally, when they had all congre-
gated, Abdullah, in a voice deep with
mystery and awe, commanded that
each woman present should 80 at once
to her home and immedi. tlly return
with jug Of milk. The women de-
INJURED. They had come, they said, to
hear the revelation. Abdullah ex-
planned that no revelation was pos
sible until his command had been
obeyed, and In few moments two
score women, each with jug of milk
balanced upon her head, stood before
him.
"Pour the milk into this kettle" said
Abdullah, with voice suggestive of
Still greater mystery, yet in his eye
was a twinkle Of delight which he
could not conceal.
The women filed past the kettle,
poured the milk into It, and returned
to their places upon the floor before
the great teacher. Abdullah, solemnly
stroking his long beard, looked silently,
at the foaming cancels milk, and then
slowly turned to the wondering women
before him. His mornings discourse
upon the perfect wisdom Of Allah and
the wonderfulness of his revelations,
was prefaced with a longer introduce
tion than usual. Never had ehe been.
SO eloquent-never had he spoken with
such confidence.
sNow, oh wives Of the Faithful" he
said, in concluding his long discourse,
II shall impart the revelation which
Allah has sent to you through me,
his faithful servant. Allah bids that
each Of you approach this kettle Of
milk; he bids that each of you take
from the kettle the milk which you
poured into 1t but moment ago. When
you shall have done this, he bids that
each of you who will, take four hus-
bands. as man may take four wives.
But he continued, as the sparkling
Of his eyes increased, "Allah bids me
say that if one of you shall take the
thousandth part Of a drop Of the milk
which another has poured into the
kettle, 1t shall be accounted unto you
theft, and you shall be delivered to
Ibis for eternal punishment"
The old man chuckled. The con-
tented expressions upon the faces OF
the women suddenly turned to amaze
ment.
ooh great ,Abdullab," finally sug-
gested an innocent one in the audi
ence, 1--WE do not know which our milk
is-it is all alike-it is all white and
foamy."
Abdullah sprang to his feet and with
his arms wildly and supernaturaIly
waving above his head, shouted with
a monstrous prophetic voice, which
Numbered throughout the mosque, the
special revelation from Allah:
CAS- 1t Is with the milk, so would
it be with your children" were the
few ineligible words amid the re-
sounding echoes. las you cannot dis
tinguish which drop Of milk you
poured into the kettle, so you could
not distinguish the fathers of your
children. Trouble me and Allah no
more with your idle Words"
The women were vanquished; one
by one they left the mosque. AS the
last one disappeared the chuckling Alb
dullah looked fondly at the white
foam, smacked his lips in anticipation
of many days with frequent and pro-
longed drafts of curdled milk, and
clapped his hands to summon the wait
ing slave TO carry the proceeds Of his
revelation home
Although Hanifa could not dis