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set good luck outside the poor man's
door to make him rich and happy.
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"Now Ahriman acts differenity.
"Ormuzd has given a poor man a
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
few kopeks. Very good. Ahriman
would not quarrel with his elder
brother. On the contrary, he would
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take a lesson from him. Ile, too,
would be virtuous. And he throws
down to the poor man another bag
of golden rubles.
"The poor man becomes rich. The
bag of gold increases. And the more
it increases the more of a magnet it
becomes—the more it attracted its
like unto itself. And the new rich
man, living among only poor folks,
cannot be happy. He cannot even
sleep peacefully. . . . Certainly the
poor folks around him did not sleep.
"Ormuzd wishes to bestow some-
thing good on some one; strength,
for instance—the heart of a lion.
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Such a man is of benefit to a nation
at all times.
"In the olden times Ahriman would
have tried to destroy such a man. He
would have sent against him whole
DETROIT
armies of demons and evil ones to
catch him, so that no trace of him
should be left behind. But Ormuzd
would not allow this to come to pass.
Against the army of demons and evil
ones he would have sent an army of
angels. They would have driven the
demons and evil ones back into hell.
And the hero would have remained
a hero. . . .
"Now Ahriman acts differently.
"Ormuzd bestows strength. Ahri-
man adds to the gift. And our hero
becomes an adventurer, a crude be-
ing, because of his great strength,
his exaggerated physique. And in-
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when the Persian goes home. He
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"But this," he says, rising to his
feet, "this I would tell you. A hu-
man being should eat and enjoy his
food. Ormuzd has provided us with
intestines. We all have to have them.
We cannot live without them. What
A Story of Two Persian Gods.
does Ahriman do? Surely he would
not remove them from the human
By I. L. PERETZ
body. Ile adds another little bit—
According to the Persian religion, use to the whole world, to make a and this little bit is dangerous. It
is the appendix. One suffers because
sensation,
he
created
a
marvelously
there exist two gods. One is Ormuzd,
who might be compared with our good beautiful woman. Ahriman came on of it."
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the
scene
and
touched
her
on
the
angel—a god whose goodness would
The Persian went away. And I
heal any wound, if you put him on it. brow or the cheek with his impure
hand,
and
it
was
enough.
A
horn
asked myself : "Is he not in the
He creates only, light, compassion,
the right?"
understanding and other good things or a sore grew on the face of good
beautiful woman.... But what
Ormuzd or the good angel inspires
for the use of human beings.
The other, Ahriman—our bad an- did that do him! Ormuzd soon saw us with the feeling of love for our
gel—may he not be thought of—is an this. He sent down a ray of his neighbors, our people, our poor folks
evil god who loves darkness, like the bounty. The horn fell off, the sore for whom we work and sacrifice our-
moles and the bats. Ile is a tyrant, healed. . . . The woman grew more selves. And what does Ahriman do
like Torquemada, and is the best beautiful, more bewitching.... Now —the bad angel that is? He adds
friend to fools who dance on hens' he acts differently. He behaves as another scrap of feeling. The na-
if he were quite satisfied in a frock tionalist becomes a Chauvinist. Our
feet. In a word, from such a god,
may our Father in Heaven protect us! coat and top hat, appears before the quick sympathies turn into despic-
beautiful
woman and says to her, with able charlatan — fanaticism which
You can understand that were it
a smile: 'Madam (or Miss), I con- does not warm nor light up anything,
not for Ahriman the world would be
gratulate you on having received Mr. but which burns in the dark, and may
a Garden of Eden. Men would have
Ormuzd's gift. You are really worthy burn ourselves. . . .
lived together like twin brothers.
A poor, wandering soul ithea out in
And even husbands and wives would of it. . . . The whole mortal world
never have wished each other ill. Men must congratulate you on your im- search of a roof to shelter him, a
peaceful little corner where he may
would have run about the streets mortal beauty.'
"And that is sufficient. The beau. lay his head, and rest his bones, so
looking, not for business, nor how to
make swindles, but only for means tiful woman turns into a coquette, a that he may rise up the equal of all
of doing good, and being virtuous. cold devourer of men's heart. . . . men to his new task—all for all... .
"Ormuzd, for exmaple, wakens up This desire was implanted in him by
They would have cried out: "Who-
ever is naked, we will clothe hint to see a poor man working hard and Ormuzd. What does Ahriman do?
fruitlessly.
He has a kind heart. He He makes of the roof, of the bed of
Whoever is hungry, we will give him
food. Whoever thirsts, we will give is short of neither money nor treas- rest, an eternal high object, an ideal,
ure.
He
takes
up a few kopeks, puts andwe. . . .
him water, wine, cognac—whatever
We have moved backward to the
he desires—whole barrels of Carmel them into a bag, and throws them
down to the poor man.
extent of 120 years.
wine."
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And it is really a pity to have wast-
On the cos of Heidelberg beer
"Previously Ahriman used to send
would have been inscribed the words: thieves and murderers or a fire to ed the time!
"All who are thirsty may drink."
deprive the poor man of the gifts of
And women would not have worn the good god. But this method was
Where equality is undisputed, no
on their heads the wings of birds not successful. Ormuzd began to
especially slaughtered for the pur- give and give. And if he washed he also is subordination.
pose. There would have arisen even
the question as to whether it is per-
missible to beat with willow switches
the bathers at the Russian baths.
And, on the other hand, if there
had been only the god Ahriman, the
world would have been a hell floating
about, like a ship, on a sea of human
blood. And there would have been
a stench of roasted, broiled and
smoked human flesh, rising into all
the seven skies.. .
And if the world is not a garden
of Eden, and not a hell; if, from time
to time, the auto da fee are extin-
guished, the clank of chains is si-
lenced, and cannon do not growl
without ceasing, if the sign-posts by
the roadsides are not all Ballow-trees,
and there sometimes takes place a
conference at the Hague at which
peace is discussed,. if there exist, at
one and the same time, prisons and
hospitals, societies for the prevention
of cruelty to animals and anti-Sem-
ites, world congresses and Chauvin-
ism, if the Boers send over to the
English armies New Years greetiggs
and a pudding in a canno ball—it
is because Ormued and Ahriman both
exist at the same time, and one frets
the other continually and spits into
his porridge.
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All this I.know. Not so much from
the old Persian books and the vari-
ous translations we have, as from the
mouth of an old friend of mine, an
old Persian who lives opposite me in
the same house. I became acquaint-
ed with him by accident. And since
then we have kept together like two
long-nosed men who simply cannot
bear to hear dogs barking .. . And
we gossip together very frequently.
When we meet we greet one an-
other very heartily.
"How is your old man?" he asks
with low-
with a wink. And I answer
ered eyes.
w
"At present all is quiet. And ho
is Ormuzd?"
"Ile will prevail," the Persian as-
He must prevail!"
sures me.
And the old optimist blows his nose
He wipes
noisily and confidently.
his face with a red silk handkerchief
for Or-
a
flag
big enough to make
muzd.
But, on one occasion, he was not
confident.
"Who knows?" he said. "Who
knows? Ahriman is cunning, very
cunning, and as sharp as can be! . . .
So long as Ahriman carried on an
was posi-
open war against Ormuzd I
tive that Ormuzd's eternal day most
come, after which there would be no
night any more. But, I have no-
ticed—"
"What have you noticed?"
We sat down on a bench. (It was 1
summer, and we were in • public
garden.) And the old Persian sighed.
"I have noticed," said he, "that
Ahriman has changed his tactics and
has really become dangerous. . . •
He is cheating. He disguises him-
self. Ile pretends to be loyal to Or-
muz,. Honey drops from his mouth.
He tricks Ormuzd from head to foot.
Ormuzd the good, lets himself be
tricked. . . ."
"Is it possible?"
"Listen," said the Persian, "and
I will give you • few examples of his
tactics:
"For instance, in the olden times,
when Ormuzd wished to give pleas-:

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