darkened as she raced him up the slope; the path seemed long, so long it might never end, then seemed short, so short it seemed already ended, while she wavered between this flood and this ebb, wishing at one moment she could fly to the summit, wishing at another she could fall back, and wishing most moments of all that she could stand where she was — for who knows, perhaps by flying she would be hastening a joy, perhaps by falling back she would be putting off a blow, and perhaps she could neither hasten a thing nor delay a thing, but only beg a reprieve from whatever things were decreed for her!... And when she came at last to the tune of the flute timed to the ringing of the bell and the fall of the hooves, and drew near the hill on which the hut squatted and the apple orchard sprawled, all the clouds and the branching curves and the light-sashed horizons vanished from her sight — all but one gush of cloud, in which there were wounds, and leaping and loftiness, and defiance, revolt, and agitation!...
But hardly had she seen that gush in the sky, then felt it in her depths, when the voice of Abu Mus'ab reached her:
— Welcome!... Welcome!...
She rushed to him, asking eagerly:
— Did you see him?!...
He answered, chuckling, as he walked her toward the hut:
— And could anyone but me have seen him?!...
— And how is he?!... Did he say anything?!... What did he say?!...
— He told me he is counting the hours and the minutes and the seconds, and that he would sell his whole life for one second in which he might set out with you!...
— But...
— Listen...
He said this, cutting her off; then he resumed, seating her on a heap of grass and sitting down facing her:
— Listen, my child!...
Yesterday I went to the market with a load of apples, and another basket a friend had asked of me. I sold the load, then went looking for my friend and did not find him; I was at a loss,
Aspro
Its effect often comes late
The glare of the sun causes headache, sleeplessness, fever, hot temper, nervous strain
Aspro now proves a mercy to thousands, for it is used everywhere to do away with the effects of the sun's glare and the heat. These effects are many and varied; you may not feel them at once, and sometimes you do not sense them until hours have passed, when they appear in the form of headache, congestion, fever, sluggishness. Treat these things quickly by taking two Aspro tablets... it is a simple method, powerful in effect, for soothing headache, curing fever, and calming disturbed nerves.
Aspro does away with the ailments of summer in a manner that is quick — safe — decisive!
5 tablets, 15 piasters
27 tablets, 70 piasters
Agents: J. B. Sheridan (Middle East) Ltd. — Beirut
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Put two Aspro tablets in half a glass of water and gargle with the mixture that results. Take a gargle with Aspro, and you will put an end once and for all to the pains of the inflamed throat and of chronic soreness.