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The Chain and Tales From Far Lands
An August feature combines poetry on love and endurance with long prose tales from distant realms. It includes a dramatic tale of Ali Kali and Bali in Mecca and Baghdad, a moral about misfortune and gratitude, reflections on sowing and reaping, and a travel anecdote about a peculiar sandal merchant. The fragment ends noting a steamer fire and a curiosities item about preservers repurposed as pincushions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
Iaui
Bali
Kali
Ali
Baeilad
Mecca
Assunga Mohamed
Ming
Yan
Hazeal
Vilain
Holy City
Bagdad
Tom
Buli
Gail
Dan Kali
Chon
Ben Rowzaum
Beri-Rouzoam
Rouwaym
Mecea
Rouzoam
Wisconsin Furier
George
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Reeser
Carrtox
Indiana
Evie