The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1920, Page 28

| Heavy liquidation of copper stocks few of the industrials featured Stock murket trading to-day. In cer- fain instances now lows for the yeur Were catablished, but on the whole the market displayed considerable _ gihsorptive power. Declines wet or- la and when selling pressure wus oe] eres the market displayed a ral- lying tendency. ‘There was particularly heavy sell- Ang of Chile Copper. Transactions in “ghia “ove yesterday’ amounted to ‘more than one-fifth of the total bust- Hess of the Exchange, During the first hour to-day one house alone sold 70,000 shares. , Thin selling is gen- | arally understood to be for the ac- ‘count of a big operator who is unable —Peomuse of the market's decline to ) gake care pf his stock. But the ex- eeptionally heavy selling of Chife ~ falied to put it under the tow price . af yesterday, Not only were all SD @rders freely taken, but the stock ently rose more than @ point its low. | Directors of Chino, Utah and Ne- vada® ineet next week for dividend Purposes. It is the general opinion in ‘Wall Street that jes will be reduced. This ac- ne a 1% if Stes eon displaying recently. Pressure was exerted against the fj group. United States Eteol got “fo Within w smail fraction of 80. It SVs at this figure the athck received atrong banking support recently. when the iseuc approached that to-day the same kind of uae support was ‘in evidence. e- pei lent etcel shares yeneratly were . or more. ‘ fauidation was noticeable among the ‘stocks, New Haven tonched 4 Mow record for all time ranging from 1 to 2 points were , on, Much of this selling Is un-/<oi : to be for the account of op- who find it neces to part their railroad stocks to protect gs of industrials. Southern Pacific was heavy h {t is expected that announce- ant will be made at 6 o'clock of the ES ott dividends of these| for the heavinesa these stocks | p 16 Hide ae Le it Int}, Corp, Linmeed Locommotine. Balery Wiamor. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, Int, Mee Nant, Nake cies Tot, Paper Iwiand Ont ovine Rie Oi st 4% OM o% Suring Kebwy Wheel ', Kennecott, Kemtone ‘Tire Loew Ine Toft Ine, 3 Lorillard 1% Houle, & Nanhville 1g Mexican Petroleum, 100% Miami, . wy Millvale 64 : Minneap & 8t i, Mo,, Kan, & Tox, Mimour Pac... Montana Power Middle Stutae Ou National N ain. & St, Nevadg Cond New Or T @ N.Y. Central N.Y. Dock NYN Matt N.Y. Ont, & W. Norfolk & Went Northern Pac Oklahoma P&B M. ‘Dette Cov. & Zine ithe & Man, .: Callt, Pack, ., Calumet & Ari Camadinn Pac, d de- | ¢ Cent, Leather Cent, Leather under which oll lands) will be from the railroad company. has been completed by the tive committee and was to-day gubmitted to the board of directors ae a whole for approval, Jt is un- der to involve the creation of & new company, which shall own the Jands, and that this, company ail ismie new stock to an amount to tho share capitalization of Southern Pacific Company, plus mount of 5 per cent. convertible tstanding, holders of the Southern Co, shall then be given the lege of subscribing to the new ‘at $15, As it is expected thi stock will pay initial dividends ‘the rate of at least $3 and possibly annually, it is apparent that accruing to Southern Pacific holders are valuable. Judging e action of the stock to-day the plan has been discounted In ot, jough the call money renewal Was advanced to 7 per cent. the on stock trading was prac- y negligible. ‘The cotton market ‘od an carly advance of $2.50 per ‘and wheat were strong. gachange rates were firm. ial CSCS LIBERTY BONDS. berty $1-25 opened 91; 18 24, 85.60, off 20; 34, 88.40, off .02; ‘86, off 18; Victory 33-45, 96.64, off 5 43-40, 95- off 04. i, CURB. quiet—Int. Pet, 15 3-4— 3 Asphalt, 421-2-431-2; Retail , 812-9; Tob. Pro, Exp. 79; 734, off Marac,, 1b Carib. $10 7- ‘Sal few, 912-10 1-2; Sweets, 134 FOREIGN EXCHANGE. a demand .0606, cables .0807, Wnohamged; Liro, demand .0367, ca- 0368, up .0001c,; marks, demand 42, cables 0144, up .0001c.;, Canadian demand .$k90c., unchanged francs, demand .0642, cable iss francs, demand .1564, ca- guilders, demand .2046, a pesetas, demand .1305, gables 1210; Sweden kronens, demand 1928, cables .1938; Norwegian kron- na, demand .1360, cables 1370; Den- mark kronens, demand .1860, ‘cables 0; Argentine pesox, demand .7740, es .7760. I rf DIVIDENDS The Calumet & Arizona Mining Company declired a quarterly divi- end of $1, payable Dec. 20 to stock “of record Dec. 10. Nine months ago ” $t a year ago 50 cents were paid 3 nie, Consolidated Cigar Corpora- tion declared the regular quarterly “@ividend of $1.15 a share on the com- Mon stock, payable Jan, 15 to stock _ @f record Jan. 3. _ Phe International Sait declared a dividend of 2 per cent. in addi- to the regular quarterly dividend 21-2 per cent, both payable Jan. - ® to stock of record Dec. 15. The Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe declared the regular quarterly 3 of $2 a whhtre, payable ‘Dec, Bi to stock of record Dec. 15. 7 » FUNERAL DIRECTORS. a Dea, Den & Rio Gr Dome Mine ..... Dul G Ob @ AU Eodicatt-Jobneton . Erte . Erte 1 Famous Pays Fisk Rubber . Freeport ‘Tema... 184 Gorton WA Wig 3K jeneral ab 198% 16% BRE TO FCAT FATHER'S GH TO BOY HUSBAND Decision Upholding Parent in! Taking 16-Year-Old Bride- groom to Be Appealed. Announcement was made to-day that the ruling of the Appellate Di- vision In Brooklyn that parents may titke a minor son from his wife before the marriage has been annulled will be carried to the Court of Appeals, It is the first time any court in this country has passed on the point in+ volved. The Brooklyn opinion yester- day reversed Supreme Court Justige Cropsey. The decision was made by Justice Cropsey in refusing to dismiss a suit for $25,000 damages brought by Mra, Mary Wolf against Abraham W. Wolf, a wealthy manufacturer of children’s wear at No. 63 West Thirty-eighth Street, Manhattan, and his wife, Mrs. Minnie Wolf. They are the patents pe the girl's former husband, David Wolf, to whom she was married at Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 28, 1918, after ‘n elopement. Wolf was sixteen and his bride twenty-one at the time. She had been a maid in his parents’ home, then at No. 1306 Union street, Brook- yn The boy was brought homme, an an- Hulment suit begun and one by the w.fe for damages. Justice Cropsey held that the action of the boy's parents in taking him away from his bride before the mar riage had been annulled gay alienation of his affections. The Ap-| pellate Division, in reversing the eipion, declared that under such cir- cumstances a parent is not obiiged to. Wait until his child's marriage has been annulled, but may break up the/ marriage relationship at once, as the Wolfs did. ° Justice Blackmar said in the ma- Jority opinion: “It is the settled policy of the law to prevent marriage between imma ture minors, and the age of eighteen has been fixed as that at which judg- ment and discretion have been so far developed as to justify a marriage relation as binding a8 that betwen adults, It is a crime for a minister or Magistrate to solemnize a marringe | share of the new oil company stock /cause of action against them for the| Ontario Bilver Owens Bottling Pac, Der. Corp "Pacific Mail , Pan Amert Petrol Fonts Sugur Ray Copper Hewding . Hen, Iron & Steel. Heplogle Steel... Hom Dutch NY Savage Aron, Saxon Motor Beaboant Air Tine Beam Ronbuck Shattuck Arie Bincktr O11 Bln Sher Gre! Bontiiom Pre Bouthern ity Bouter Ry pt Strambece Studetmher . Submaritle Boat StL & nn Frao, BEL & Go W. Superior Steet “Union Pacific Union On U. 8 Ind, Aleohot, U. 8, isl, & Im 10% 2 White Oil, White Motors | 100% 106% uch a tharriage is voldable, enly from the time its nuill dlared by a court, sarily follow that’al ds lost, and that a action to annul ti minor under 0 must leave thi and vold ity is de- it does not neces- I parental control father, pending an he marriage of a ighteen yoars of age, te child in mati cohabitation, The policy of ares does not require that in guch a case parental rights must yield to marital Sikes, orenied by an unlawful mar- attiee Putnam, dissenting, at such @ case turns upon the ques- Uon of the good faith of the parent bel td can only be determined by rial. SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAS MELON READY averred Announcement To-night of Plan In- » volving Segregation of Oil Lands and Railroad. Announcement will be made to-nigt by the Southern Pacific Company of a Plan involving the segregation of the California oi! lands of the company from the railroad, It is indicated that through the working out of this plan shareholders of the Southern Pacific Company will become te recipients of an extremely juley financial “melon.” The Executive Committee of the com- PAny have been working on a plan of segregation for the pasteseveral weeks, and the completed plan was to-day submitted to the Board of Directors as & whole for approval It was said to-day in Wall Stroet that the plan, as sbbmitted to the | Hourd of Directors, proposes the crea tion of an ol! company that shall have a share capitalization of approximately $260,000,000, The Southern Pacific & share capitalization of Tt ts said that under th « submitted to the Board of Di- rectors to-day, shareholders of the Southern Pacific Company will miven the right to subseritie to the one nt $16 per share, for every share of South- vrn Pacific now held. It is expected that the new oil com pany stock will immediately begin to pay dividends at the rate of at least $3 and possibly as much as $4 annually. ‘This, It i» said, should give the new il stock a market value In excess of $40 per share. On this basis the sub- scription rights of Southern Pacific sharcholders will have a value of $26 fmr share or more _ plan, Conference on State Senator Kaplan, member of the Lockwood Committee, and Muni- clpal Court Justice Edward I. Boyle went to Harrisburg, Pa, to-day to attend a conference on the housing x Problem, when either of the parties is known to him to be under the age of legal the fact that under salt situation. ery State in the union {Il ‘be represented. at the conference its (jovernor or his delegates. A ational’ programme to solve ‘the 4 ORY LAW AUTHOR 1 DUBS OVER SUNLESS SUNDA General Sabbath Law Can Come Only as Constitutional Amendment, Volstead Says.. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1,—A battle royal is certain in Congress over the Sunday Observance Bill, Western Republicans, some of whom fought in and out of season for Prohibition, oppose anything that looks like a law to take the Sun out of Sunday. Representative Philip C. Campbell, Chairman of the House Rules Com- mittee, said that at the coming session leaders will have no time to waste over bills to prohibit a ma: “from kissing his wife on Sunday. His legislative back is up and he will resist the crusaders. . . | The preachers and others behind [the better Sabbath programme will not ask Mr. Campbell what they should do, The Rev. Wilbur &. Crafts, | reau, who is demanding reform legis- lation at the present session, sald that it is all tommyrot for Con- gressmen to be announcing that they will have no time for anything ¢x- cept appropriation bills. will not put through many of the supply bills until the extra session. Now is the proper time for méral re- form. The people of the country in- sist Congress cannot distniss us with that sort of talk.” A committee of churchmen have the District of Columbia Sunday Obser- vance Bill in charge, and will obtain & hearing before the House Commit- tee on Distriot Affairs soon after Con- gress convenes. The Rev. Henry W and the Rev, Wallace Radcliffe of Washington, and the Rev. W. W. Davis of Baltimore have asked Repre- sentative Mapes, Chairman of the | District of Columbia Committee, to hear them on the proposed legislation. “We have been promised a hearing some time during the first two weeks of Congress,” said Mr. Millington to- day. “Our attorney, E. Hilton Jack- son, will make an argument for “the Jones-Tomple bill, and we expect it to As President of the Sunday observ- ance orgunization of the Pastors’ Fed- eration, Mr. Millington is directing the fight for the local Sunday bill. All signs point to a lovking of horns when the moral reformers and the Republican leaders of Congress clash over this measure. It was said by Congressmen that the Republican House leaders would not be stampeded by the Sun-' day observance advocates or other blue law lobbists during the short session. It was added that intima- tions of reformers that they would their measures into consid- eration have no terrors for men who will determine the business of the seasion, Representative Campbell said thi it any Sunday observance bil Is re- ported it would have to take its place on the calendar. He made it plain that a special rule, which is the only means of getting any bill ‘before the House except by unani- mous consent, cannot be counted on. HIS PRIVATE STOCK WORRIES UNCLE SAM Wille holiday worshippers are won- dering where they are going fo get thelr hootch supplies to tide them over the New Year, Knox B. Phagan, temporary Prohibition Supervisor for the New York district, 18 perplexed as to what to do with great quantities of whiskey, wine, gin and other liquors seized by Federal agents in recent raids. ' Mr, Phagan said last night thdt one warehouse was fairly bulging with cases, barrels, trunks and suitcases of genuine of moonshine and that he found it almont impossible to get more space. ‘Therefore at the end of his first full day as temporary Super- visor/he announced he would put up the Booze for nale before the holidays, but the only ones who may find balm in this are those who hold permits to bid. Another annou&cement from the Prohibition office was that dealing in hops and malt for home brew was 1! legal, as well as the sala of utensils for the manufacture of the It was sald cases could out against these dealers, it was not sald that any effort !n that direction would be made. SCIENCE CHURCH BOARD UNDER FIRE Hughes Attacks’ Method li O, Millington | brew. be made pu Charles of Removing Member Board of Trustees. BOSTON, Dec, 1—That move Lamont Rowlands from the Board of Trustées of the Christine Sclence Church was illegal formed part of the argument here yesterday before the Supreme Court by Charles EK. Hughes Mr. Hughes attacked the brought by Attorney General the church controversy, saying his bill had no standing. ‘The bill, he sald, was predic on a trust that has no ex- istence, Coming to the removal Mr. Hughes said there erable number of statem to the Justification f the vote to f Rowtan: f tee had no right to add a Ath m the board a: thus create a majority of three. He brought out that Ro lands’ removal was not ordored by ‘a majority vote of the board of 1892, nor ity yote of any board succesd- Bours. : head of the International Reform Bu-! “The truth," said he, “is that they) ‘| New and Original ‘Fashion Designs By Mildred Lodewick | Comrriet. 1990, te The Prem Pebiistl HERE ure oer- 4 "Ts iveor women who cannot wear severe clothes, and when Winter time sets in they loathe the heavy fabrics and tailored lines which cold weather clothes de- mand, Those women who are keen enough to appreciate their own individuality should make every effort to sustain it, and if their type is the sort that requires dainty clothes they will wear dainty clothes. For, if one only realizes it, there js “more than one wily to the wood and while style is over a sought for quality in clothes, and the easiest way to It is to follow the crowd tn adopting the foremost features o} the mode, one can side-step, into paths that offer a bit of variation, It is a trite more difficult tian the beaten path to travel, but much | more Interesting and |more satisfactory in the end becquse one has been able to pick jthe more delicate flowers of ‘fashion which appeal to their own partiotlar selves, The plain neck- line, so much in, evi- dence, is most unbe- coming to many women who wear it, and while « dainty collar is an ensy re- lief, mg design to- day suggests a small lace yoke. Tae frock is of soft pussywillow taffeta and suitable for winter afternoon wear or evenings at home. In fact, It is the’ type of frock which has un- Usual possibilities of usefulness, for, while dressy in atmosphere, it is not impractical: The skirt {s made with a foundation to which lace, dyed to matoh the frock in color, so as to “DRY” MAN CHOSEN AS JERSEY SPEAKER eect Hobart Chosen at Legislative Cau- cus—Means Beer Bjll’s_ Repeal. TRENTON, Dec, 1.—Gov. Fdwards's $.50 Per Cent. Beer Bill will be re- pealed; there will be a drastic enforce- ment of the State law against Prohibi- tion violations, and: New Jersey is ex- pected to go on record as ratifying the Elghteenth Amendment, because the drys yesterday, in the Republican As- sembly caucus, were able to choose their candidate for Speaker, Assemblyman- elect George S. Hobart of Essex, nephew of the late Viet President ret A. Hobart, a pronounced dry, A WINT! a terrible world shall enacted reporter INSTALMENT NO. 20. | | SEEK FATHER'S HELP AND COMFORT. ‘cc ARIAN, I am fix—what int) 1 do” Marian Clark came into the room just as Sarah, the maid, was speed- ing the departure of the reporte ‘ “What's the trouble now?" asied Marian, who shad been busy giving her orders for the day and who had not suspected that a tense drama was being between “me and @ newspaper right under her own roof, . "A reporter from that horrid, sen- sational afternoon sheet has just been here,” | moaned, “His beastly paper |knows alk wbout Basib Harrington nd me being at the Allison's purty; | about our running Into that concrete | pole on the way home and Basil's car | being wreeked You know, { had forgotten all about my visiting card being in that beaded bag of, ne found on the sea of Basil's car, Those morbidly curi- ous eH dispovered that the car belonged to Basil by comparing the number ‘on the license tag with the 00 And they a ent little epi- some vulgar trl. angular affair. Heaven's ¥ think af something, Marian. Wh cun [do to save myself?” “Isn't your father a big advertiser Marian asked after a mome thought, during which my heart was heating sickening tattoo of sus- pense, "Doesn't his house spend thousands of dollars every year with the newspapers : “Yes,” | replied, “but what of that?" “Tell your father what has hap- pened. He will go to that paper and compel It to le 1 pode as if it can thretten to cancel his advertising | 8 if It does not do as he says. thay, Lam Spell fat amazement could nov do Unat athes ¢ let father and moter know th have gotten into this serape, nat I “They will most certainly know it if it gots “into the evening paper,” re- turned Mariah, Q young wemen like you (BY EDITH TOHNSONT| EDITH JOHNSON ‘up and going to write | ‘And, besides, good 1920. ” For Smart @: Women ise Oh (The New York Mymine Worlt> | ER AFTERNOON FROCK OF DAINTY CHARM. | Show beneath the tunic, is attached to |the lower edge. Thé same lace in wider» width completes the sleeves daintily to a three-quarter length, while an added touch of charm 1s offered in the roses made of the dreas silk, which mark the corded finish- | ing of the tunic at each side of the | front. The bodice fs plain and trim, buttoning down the ‘back. | | wate’ candidate, Majority Leader Harry G. Hirshfleld of Passaic, was defeated, the vote on the second and final ballot showing Hobart, 30; Hirsh- Neld, 28. GIR Little On, ————_—»—____ L SHOT AT PLAY. Wounded In Leg bat by Whom Is Mystery. Sarah Schemesaer, seven years old, of No, 431 Bast 76th Street, was taken to Reception Hospital last night by Dr. Robinson, suffering from a gunshot wound in the left lag. She was shot while playing in tne street in front of her home, Nelghbora heard no shot fired and the girl was un- able to furnish the police with any clue, So anxious to quit this world. You must be sensible about this thing, Alma, and incidentally, you have time to lose, I'll help you dress. Then we'll drive you down to your fathe: office. Tell lim frankly just what's | happened. He adores you, and the | only thought he will have will be tu keep your name out of the paper.” “But what if tho editor paysno at- tention to father’s threats?’ “I'm not going to let you bring up one more ‘if’ replied the practical, hard-headed Marian, “Just make up your mind that you are going to see this thing through, that you are goin, |to show that young reporter that you'll make good on your promise to suppress this bit of news, And let me @ive you one more bit of advicw. Go with your father to the newspaper. Managing editors are only human be- | ings in disguise, They have hearts | under that relentless, news-gathering exteriors—don't forget that. Let your father do the talking, while you look just as wistful and grieved as you can, can leave it to you to | with consummate #kil with a meaning sinile. “Now hurry 88 yourself, I'll order around my roadster and we'll be on our wa Despite my distress, { had to laugh Marian's little conspiracy, 1 dressed in the pretty street clothes | she laid out for me—I had nothing | with me of my own but the things T had worn to the Allison's party the night before, x ‘Well, well-—this is a fing surprise,’ said father as Marian and I were ushi into his office. He shook hands with Marian and kissed me heartily on the cheek. ‘Then suddenly, holding me off, he exclaimed: afraid you don't look very well, Alma —what's the matter? Your mother And I think T lay that part Marian added at ob ve out the story, Ho! not heard from you for several days.” “Oh, father,” 1 bprst out, “some- thing terrible has hhppened and you must help me. Oh, I fust can’t bear to ell you about ft. I'm afraid you will e perfectly disgusted with me, ther, promise that you'll ¢argt and that you won't seold me and that you'll see me out of this sera Marian turned and left quietly while I told my story the best I could, (To Be Continued To-Morrow.) (operight, 1090, W the Mel) Bymdionte Law) ‘ | t i wide-eyed and Ny abe From the tamous play now bei and Morris Gest at the Century Th CHAPTER Vil, * Continued.) WELLY miserable China- with miseraple said the China- man, sadly. “Thy father, ha wick, Alt him = welly him soon di Him wish to see you—say farewell. Me take vad to see him, -him just outside one “Awah, my father dying?” moaned Zummurud, “Bring him here." The Chinaman went to the door @gain and motioned outside, A strange figure, muffled in a clonic Zummurud well knew to be her fath- ers wrestling clpak, came through the gateway, leaning upon the arm of an attendant. The cloaked figure tot- tered toward Zummurud and fell upon the ground. The girl sprang forward. “My father," she cried. She jeaned over the figure and pulled back the cloak. A strange face confronted her-an evil, wicked and began ero dark face—the face of Nur in. “Who art thou?" she. demanded, springing to her feet in alarm. “Thou must come with us, oh queen,” cried Abdullah, in great ax- cltement, as Nur al-Din sprang to his feet to head off her escape. The Steward endeavored to selze her in his grasp, but she thrust the Sultan's daggér into his breast. He fell, with- her arms were pinioned from behind firmly by Nur al-Din and Kataf, the mute. “Bring her away," commanded Nur al-Din, roughly, as he and the mute dragged her through the gateway. The sound of horses’ hoofs outside in- dicated only too plainly that the ab- duction had been effected, as 0 noise graduafly died down in the dis~ tance. We! San Wel looked down at the body of the steward, dying én the ground, the same dagger he had used the night before to kill the son of Sharazad, thrust in his body near the heart. There was a voice from the gateway, The Chinese wife stood there and surveyed the scene, _ “Hwang sha ko ta pong,” she said, simply, pointing at the body. Weil San Wei looked down at the body of Abdullah and leaned over him. He stirred faintly, dylm. “My welly mis: erable wife she tell you truly. You go to Paradise. Allah keepie In him eye, Tr woo.” He leaned over and pulled out the dagger from the body of Ab- dullah, “Ta woo,” he said again, Then both the Chinaman and his wife laughed. CHAPTER Virt, N the shadow of the Sphinx, with the Pyramids of the ancient Pharoahs in, the distance re- flected against the setting sun, and with the waters of the Nile flow- ing peacfully toward the seas, the pil- grims who followed in the footsteps of the great Mahomet knelt at prayer to the Prophet. Once each year all those who had committed mortal sin Journeyed to Mecca, the holy city of the Prophet, that there In the sacred mosque of Mahomet they could purge thefnselves of their sins and become fit to enter Paradise. At the conclusion of the evening prayer, conducted by an elderly patri- arch with snow-white beard, the pil- grims began preparing the evening meal, ahd fhany_a tiny campfire sprang into being with simmering pots and pans of savory food cooked thereon, In the midst of these prep- arations none of the pilgrims—a mot- ley lot from all quarters and stations \n life in Calro—noticed the advent of a stalwart, rough-looking giant, accompanied by an old woman with a donkey and a man whg seemed to be a cross between a clown and a servant. All Shar and his little «troupe forced their way into the centre of the encampment and looked around a welcome. But nono paid them heed. All were too ‘busy to notice such poor and unseemly recruits to the pilgrimage, which was free to all who had the necessary supplies to Join in the trip to Mecca. “Allah bless yo all and give ye peace,” bellowed Alj Shar, But none turned to give him even a passing glance. “Yah, yah, no sign of welcome, no sense of hospitality, Abu,” answered the wrestler. “No hope of evening meal. yet wait: I'll make them hot, I wil make them boil.” Once more he spoke, and again no one answered. him. He raged. He strode before several of the pilgrims and roughly pushed them over so that they fell upon the ground “What, have ye devoured your manners as ye devour your food?” he roared, “Have ye no tongues to an- awer greetings? I called the peace of Allah, aipon ye. Ye answered not then’ I call the curse of hell aial “Erne pilgrims, so rudely interrupt- ed, murmured in protest ‘Who art thou. oh bi stranger, to disturb our quiet? tured an elderly pilarim, timidly ‘Who am I, rat face?” bellowed Alt Shar. “Who.am I? Dost make the pilgrimage to Meeca and know me not, thou half-baked thing of mud” The pilgrim shook his head, know thee not; thou art not of Cairo.” “and is Cairo all the world?’ de manded Al! Shar, roughly, “Thou art asa frog in a well, a man of trifling thoughts, Cairo is but a grain of sand, blown from @ desert storm." ‘Another pilerim spoke: “Whence art thou, then?” : “1 come of no city, of no village, answered Ali Shar, proudly, “I am of the world. I will tell thee who T am. I'm Alt Shar, the richest inerchant in the Orient, dealer in precious stones and priceless perfumes, in silken shawls and leather goods, in brass- ‘ware, copperware and beaten gold. Nothing too big, nothing too small for Me to sell. Of palaces T have a score; of slaves a thousand” ‘Abu groaned: “What a diar “The pilgrimage to Mecca have I made three times,” continued Ali, ‘boastfully. The merchants gathered around him in awe, and old Zarka, abbling V hi elful Vi f All sha: Conti neering (Be fen Pan te SC cath Mt Fe nee ale out a word, but ere she could turn, | them, as if expecting a greeting and | “We | tre. Novelization by William A, . « (Ooperight, 1990, wy HF. Ray Comstock and Morte Geet) |pow ye know me for what I am,” concluded Al\, proudly ‘The patriarch of the pilgrims Breeted him warmly. hou art in= deed weloome, oh, brothe,,’ he satd Hadst thou at the fist enlightened Hast thou been ce, oh brother?” Yea, thrice, oh brother,” the. wrestler, glibly. The pilgrims alt bowed low to him in reverence, Zarka alone whispered: “Oh, thow father, thou grandfather of lats"—-* But Ali Shar silenced her with « glance. ; The patriarch placed his hand ate fectionately upon Ali Shar’s shoul- der, “Allah hath indeed blessed ug to send thee to us, thou father of holiness,” he said, simply. “Yea,” added another pilgrim. “Thy experience will be a blessing to us, for thou wilt enlighten our ignor- ance and teach us many things.” A third pilgrim Idoked curiously at the ass, lod by old Zarka. “Is that adl of thy belongings, oh brother?’ he inquired, Ali Shar dismissed the matter with a wave of the hand. "Yea, I ever journey with little baggage. An old traveller goes light. Naught but some pots and pans, a change or so of undergarments, and some bags of gold to pay my way.” “Bags of gold, indeed?" inquired an- other pilgrim, showing interest. 0 more than needful,” replied the restler, airily, “Some score thousand | dinars—that is atl.” “Thou must be careful," warned th pilgrim patriarch. “There be outlaws ever lurking neur the road to Mecca, to vob and prey.” Ali Shar laughed boastfully: “I fear no thieves, no raiders. I am too old a bird to trap. I have a secret means of hiding what f carry. None but my. self know where my gold's concealed Abu smiled Knowingly. “Now he speaks truth,” he whispered to Zarka, “But what is they secret?” asked a Pilztim, curiously. “How dost thou hide thy gold secure from prying eyes and pricking hands? Tell us, oh broth- er?” But Ali Shar laughed scornfully and mocked them all. The pilgrims crowd- ed round. Ali Shar shook his head wnd would not tell “Yet tell us, oh brother,” pleaded another. “Some of us here carry gold and gems, ever in fear of loss. Wilt replied I know ye not,” replied All, . “Ye seem all honest men, and had I not sworn to keep this se- cret, handed down from son to son, L might, perhaps, reveal it. But ye un- derstand—T must not.” A pilgrim stepped forward cagerly. “Couldst thou nbt aid us b our gold with thine?” timidly, A murmur of appro’ passed through the crowd. But Ali Shar shook his head. “T fear T cannot aid ye." he said, curtly. “My hiding place is well nigh full already. I fear I cannot help ye. ed, us an after- not got much, T Severa) pilgrims hastily brought out small packages from concealed pockets, Such eagerness that he motioned to Abu to help him gather them. One mentioned a package of uncut dia- monds worth 10,000 dinar; another explained that the gold ‘was not much, a mere thousand dinar, but all that he had. When ail had brought forth their treasures and poured them into thé capacious grasp of Ali and of Abu, old Zarka, at a sign, j brought Ali Shar an tron pot. Them |All Shar, making mysterious signe upon the sand with his right hand, pretended to place the gold and dia- | monds, a package at a time, within i his tunic, but each time secretly | dropped the packet into the pot. Abu, jthen placed the pot upon the fire while Ali Shar, with another strange jumble of words, bade all come and look for their gold. The etmple pil- «rims, not familiar with sleight of | hand, felt lis body in vain. “Our gold is gone!” one erled, as- |tounded. "Tis witchcraft!” | "Nay, your gold is safe,” replied AN Shar. ‘And now I am hungry, What hast thou for ‘supper, Zarka? Otd Zarka made a wry face. “The pot is boiling, master, but I have no meat nor herbs to make a savory stew. hh “Hast thou no gold?” demanded AM, moekingly “Yoa, gold se. ‘ The pilgrims interrupted with cor- dial invitations to supper. Wine from Spain and rice with dates, with many | other dishes, were offered to the hun- gry travellers, And Ali Shar, tn great condescension, sat with the’ pil- grims and partook of their food, While Abu and Zarka did likewise, Alu sang a song to please the pil- grims, and all went merry as the dusk of evenings fell Then the sentinels reported the | coming of a company of dancing girin, travelling the desert wild, They. reached the encampment with song and jest and danced their way Into | the onsis where the pilgrims lingered Jover the wine cups. ‘Their Jeader—~ Sharazand—and her women dressed | desert dancers, saluted the pilgri teed but the aged patriarch in anger bitd | them all begone, as the pilgrims made the holy visit to Mecca and eared not for the company ‘of such wild women “Begone!” thundered the aged pil- grim. “Twas woman first made man to The Sharazad hed. "Ye say ‘twas Woman who ffst tempted man? She |nibbled the apple first, ’tls truc, but he ate all. But’ the | enough, "eli but naugine Ta Pilgrims rose and drew . for ‘holy the patriar sternlm ‘We will not hear or see ye women, | so tarewell."* | Abu, the clown, caught one of the {dancing girls and spun her around merrily. ‘The girl slapped his face, {Ali Shar, rising from his first hearty meal in many hours, found his little troupe alone with Sharazand and her dancing girls. The pilgrims had gone to thelr tent Ali Shar gazed at Sharazad admire ingly. “Whenve are thou, oh daugh- ter of wit and wonder?” he asked “From captivity, O father of phantas," she smiied, journey to our our bread from ty hand, We whe hi danced in palaces for kings’ “By Allah, dance then for me,” com- manded Aji Shar, grandly. ve wealth sags tr Pay your fee." in To-morrow’ Worlds '¢ Evening ; 2 ae ee ee aes mr a a