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Show lllluiiit of an I tj pilau llrMe. 4r(A'dtVrw It waa In the llairgeftho famoua brldire or doul le wi Ir, tlio eaaleru I art aiainiilnglhe Itamktti and the weaferii the Ho.HU branch ol the Nile. II waatl "to that tho lute klied v built a lovely pl J "" """ l0" Kr dui which he, perliti, graced with lil" learncV uici lu hla life and lilt lo uey Jual aa all Uy Hani havo done alunl ilhn wolld lieguil, never rellow ,,, n"r reviving, but bullJlug. a. a rhlldvoul I lIW '"' ",'" dowiiaudbrg u auilher. All Amrrl "at" ingliiier'one of the half dou retained re-tained In onice. baa tUvmo the bil.lge, and It la he who walka undir thoahldowof the l-lma and gathera the wild ro.ea and eala U' goldiu orangetlhat. whither or not, bloa-om and brar frultlu Iheili.eded uardeii. It waa frum lb Ulcony ol Ida homo, a pari ol the old palace, looking out on Iho Uaiitlful, blooming couiitrj.lhr uteeu tleldj. the lovelf. mvatelloua i tlver, that we raw a ravaliale ai I roachlng, and liratd the round r f the lule and 1 1. "it I, t.nta.U," u. rlalnmlourhoalj a fanlwla meaning any fete or feala Down the long while road lliey rame, a proctaalon of hoire. men on while Ataliloeleoda, the laat roan driMed In handaomo raiment and eating lilmaelf with the I roud air of one upon whom all eyeawerenied. Kelt lo him atrude a groomed ami carlwned ramel with a rich blanbtt an I an embroidered tadJIe, and artir Inn another ramel with even more gorgeoue trapping, who lure a lit li lalanipiln, cuitalnrd on every l le with gold and rrluiami liangluga. Willi In rat the I rldo. Kotlowlug the bride were three other mmela, on which were teatid veiled women, and then came a train carrying houiehould fur. nlloie, bedding, allllla, cheaU, ota and iiaud all Hie vatloua at luilenancea eMiillal lo houn-kci i Ing la an oriental orient-al country. II waa the Irldo'a coining to the hu.band'e home, tlin la.t Cay of the wtdJInj, am the cumludon of the oven dare' feaatlug In a fewhoun he woul I lor Ihn llr, time lift the veil and aee whether lu Iced what lilt rwlnerliaitoklhlmla true! whether ahe la almond eyed and roayheekeil andauMle of limb and gru-eful of form; whether aha hae a voice like thl. cooing ot a dove, and la learned lu the making of bn-Uaud dakkah, for not onegllmee of her taw, not one word fnmi her ll,hi over Letu vouchsafed him, Poor fellow! Dothoebillllattt curtain, ahroud lovellneM or de-forrally? de-forrally? llaa the mother been won over I J the plica of alulla an 1 eatrlnga andbraceleta lu laiuy Uauly where there aieonly rlchu? It hia haiw a mil ao hi oilier landa. Hut the bride -have I no Hying word for the Lilde, wliolaaki.op.r. to be Ignorant of thellneamenUof her hu.band? The bride la a worn tn. There aie windows, though latticed wlnduwa. In the hcilee In the village over the lane, and the btown eyre were novir datVenl when, veiled and shrouded, she went tn tlio moUe or well. We may be ante the I rile haa Keen him many a day ao I ofl, and loved or hatnl lilui alnr Hie fashion of women, who, heaven be l ul-oj, do not mill a rvn-lury rvn-lury of couti mplatlon hi make up their minds whither they llko a llilugor not. |