strove until he had secured them a fine life.

And while my son's star was rising, mine was setting.

Some months later I remembered that I had a son in this world — it was after a day full of drunkenness and sins. I made my way toward my son's house and saw the house glittering with decorations and lights. I asked the crowd gathered there the reason, and they told me that he had married and that this was his wedding celebration.

When the crowds pressed close I stole a glance and saw my son and his bride; and I had scarcely seen them when I received a violent blow from a man who, like me, was trying to steal a look — but what a difference between us two: I was the father who had neglected his duties, and he was a man whose curiosity had brought him to that place.

And I went back, all sorrow and grief: my house adorned with the lights of rejoicing, while I amused myself alone by walking the deserted roads.

I walked until my feet grew weary; then I lay down on a sidewalk and slept. In my dreams I saw my son taking me home with him and setting me before his mother; I fell upon her hands, kissing them, and after a while she laid her hand on my face and spoke the word of forgiveness. Then I awoke to find myself lying on the sidewalk, with a dog beside me stretching its tongue toward me. So I got up and made for the streets that people had not yet walked.

Hardly had the beggar reached this point in his tale when a young man approached us whose bearing showed courage and high station; he spoke, and his words revealed the personality of a man sure of himself and confident of what he said. The beggar turned to me with eyes brimming with tears and said: this is my son, of whom I told you. He said this, and presently

answered his son's call and went off with him. I looked at the two of them, and they were two silhouettes of two clashing pictures: a young man who had

spent his youth in misery and wretchedness, who had fought life and its accidents in every battle and come out to the world victorious, bearing a name that honors him and a post that shields him from the evils of time; and an

old man who had passed his youth in play and amusement, who had fled from every battle in life to give himself more chances of squandering money, and had done the impossible until he stained his name with shame.

Aspro

You will feel refreshed! When you stop the headache

• It has no depressing after-effects

• No languor.. and no dizziness..

• It does not harm the heart or the stomach

Aspro

Merely taking two tablets of 'Aspro' with a cup of hot coffee is enough to make you feel its swift effect. You will soon lift your head as the sharp pain melts away, and you will feel refreshed and free, and your usual sense of being in good health will come back to you.. Safe and swift relief.. that is the blessing which the fast-acting elements of 'Aspro' secure for you in bringing relief from pain.. In every corner of the world 'Aspro' answers humanity's call for the relief of pain..

It brings you aid

5 tablets — 15 piasters

27 tablets — 70 piasters

Agents: J. B. Sheridan (Middle East) Ltd., Beirut

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