Show A CHUTAIJ 1 k according to Mr Frank R Stockton was once married to a veiled II lady in white in the presence of the Sultan Sul-tan As soon as the ceremony was concluded I con-cluded the bride mysteriously disappeared disap-peared The groom was led into an adjoining ad-joining room where stood twelve ladies all dressed in white but without veils Choose from the twelve exclaimed the sovereign her that is your bride As the man had never seen her face the command bewildered him If you I make a mistake added his majesty your life shall pay the forfeit The poor I man walked up and down the row of beauties but saw nothing whatever to aid his chance You have only one minute left yelled the Sultan in anger choose at once Two of the ladies he noticed gave him sOmething else than a stony stare One of them frowned the other smiled The frowning one he thought is my bride for she expresses I I her displeasure and impatience at my I himself it ignorance No he said to must be the smiling one for she desires Ito I I-to invite me to her After debating the I subject in his mind until his time was up he boldly made a selection from the two lie was successful He had regained re-gained his bride Which was she the one who smiled or the one who frowned The answer to the question Mr Stockton leaves in impenetrable mystery |