The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-24
AN ARABIAN KNIGHTS TAlE; OR A WIFI
TOO MANY.

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Although ] reside thousand miles
from here, am not without my little
troubles. did at one time think
would not be in condition to tackle this
chapter in time for to-day's issue My
general health has been good; but came
so near being physically indisposed,
that my mental organization has both.
cred me considerably. This, however
is the fate of all honest ehroniclers.
Everybody remembers what De Foe said
about this class of unfortunates. Ifthey
tell the truth, they must expect persecu-
ton. This is all very well; but my per-
secution has not arisen from anything Of
the kind. The first chapter of this
serious tale had not a word of truth in
IL, and yet, oh, how have suffered
am now writing to your private nm
derstanding, dear reader, therefore |
don't mind giving you peep into my
diary.
As ! was rounding a beautiful period,
the other day, a strapping man-milliner
entered my quiet office and, in tone
that sounded like business. he demanded
il | was the author of that romaunt. He
did not use the word romannt; but if he
had been educated and polite he would
have found it much happier and re-
ehorche than the term he did use.
! evaded the question by asking him
what he complained Of in it.
| saw he was preparing to buster,
and as he annoyingly covered my posi-
ton in his standing attitude, ] songht
equality by Offering him chair. He
sat. and progressed
have this to say sir: Ii that sour
rilous feuilleton (this is another term
he did not use) reiers to me, ! pronounce
il an infamous libel.
lie then went on to say that the char
acter of Ben Hassan Error-fud, the pro-
thonotary OF Abou Ben Beatti. was
meant for him, and gave some very CO.
gent reasons: First, he had glossy ring
lets, so had Ben; second, he was from
Mantua, hence, whenever he made any
thing he was a mantuamakor, and there
fore the story evidently referred to his
trade; and, third, he wore lady's
watch!
In giving this last convincing state
ment, he triumphantly pulled out a
turnip that weighed about a pound, and
as he held it by the oroide chain, he ex-
claimed:
There, sir! there is the watch carry.
II is nm honest watch. and was be-
queathed TO me by my grandmother,
who still lives.
We could not 90 behind the weight of
evidence adduced, so We resorted TO
strategy. We told him we would not
have injured his feelings for the world j;
that We had written innocently, without
the slightest idea we were lacera:ing the
sensitiveness and amour-propre of any
body, especially gentleman Of his mag
niiicent mise.
Amour-propre and magnificent
misc got him. On those benign words
he wiited- softened. This was enough
for me. now knew my man, and
could assume the offensive with perfect
safety. ! summoned to my aid my war
path look, and riyeted my eagle eye upon
his hyperion scalp. He still held his
regulator in his hand, and before 1t had
marked forty seconds, had impaled
him to the partition with my piercing
glance.
You!' | exclaimed, come here to
call me to account for literary griev-
aneel You pretend that you can see a
resemblance between the noble character
of Ben Hassan and yonrselfl fon try
TO steal out of the dense night of your
obscurity and purloin a notoriety that
belongs to one, the latchets of whose
shoestrings you are not worthy,to unloosel
Do you see that door,
He saw IT,