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Show I A- ROMANCiJ Era Bound in Morocco m Within tho Katosof Tnza, tho Morescan niiildun Znzn, On n tcrraca In tho twilight softly Htriiiniii(5l her light guitar, Whllo her lover, Ahd-el-Alla, a young Arab, dnrk and sallow, Wns fighting 'neath his Sultan with hl troops from Alcazar. From a Fondak there adjacent a convalescent con-valescent patient Caught her warm and lustrous glances as she languidly looked down, And this young Americano swept tho keys of n piano As his look of admiration, with a snillo, chased 'way her frown. Sho ceased to sigh or bother as tho strains of "Illawnthn" Came In rippling repetition through tho perfuine-ladcned nlr, And forgot her hold defender, who wns lighting tho Pretender, While her fancy rcwovo wnrp and woof of romance then nnd thero. But as tho tiny, was dying, In wild haste the news enmc flying Of Abd-el-Alln hnvlng fnllen, and now the rumor says, Znza sits among the queenly, contented content-ed and serenely, The favorite of the Sultan, In his palace back In Fez. Justin Frlvole; In Philadelphia Ledger. |