Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14

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given signal the door opened, and Yohan-
mis- was at once brought face to face with
the Grand Vizier
This is our sublime MASTER the Grand
Vizier," said the officer Yohonnis i'm
mediately Frustrated himself before that
august parsonage, and commenced plead
| ing very earnestly for his life. "Spare me,
sublime master, spare me-" he calculated
spare me for the sake of my innocent and
dependent wife and children, if not on ac-
count of my innocence of all wrong doing
Why should | be brought here to be made
the victim of the bowstring or the axe? |
have been good and peaceable subject OF
his majesty; [ have earned bread for my
self and family by honest labor; | have
wronged no man Let me go, and you
shall have their blessing and my prayers
in return for your mercy. If | am killed
they will die, for they cannot earn bread
to support life"
"You cannot go back to your business
said the Grand Vizier, calmly.
Then, sir" responded Iohannis, in a
more resolute tone, 1.-THE blood of all inno-
ment man and his family you are about to
murder be on your garments; the aveng-
you, sir, to the end your crime shall not
90 unpunished."
"Yohannis," replied the Grand Vizier,
"arise and answer my questions"
Eyes, sire, sublime master"
"When boy you served as bread-seller
for your father, close by the Egyptian ba-
Zaar ~
yes, sire, and l now keep that same
STALL"
"You had friend named 1brahim, who
| attended his fathers tobacco shop, very
near you?"
"Oh, yes, sire; oh, yes" answered Yo-
hannis, nearly overcome with emotion.
| "And you and Ibrahim, on parting,
| pledged each other to friendship for life !;
lbrahim saying that he should return
som> lay with the honors and wealth of "a
pasha, and he would share with you the
benefits Vi his position? ''
| Most truly you have spoken, sublime
master; bnt this was long ago, and poor
Ibrahim-I shall soon meet him in bet
| ter world than this-has been dead these
| many, many years"
"Ibrahim is not dead" said the Grand
| Vizier; che lives and is in good health /;
he remembers Yohannis Giros; he never
| forgot the pledge made to him at the time
| they parted; and now he has the ability
| and determination to make good that
pledge Yohannis GirOs," exclaimed his
eXcellency, rising from his seat and eX-
| tending his arms, "Yohannis Giros, be-
| hold in me your friend in boyhood, bra
| him the tobacco seller"
| The two embraced and kissed each
| other; tears flowed freely. 1ohannis was
almost craZed by the mental reaction.
| He sobbed and cried like a child. The
| great heart of the Grand Vizier was
filled with gladness. AS soon as the
emotion awakened by this exciting scene
could be controlled Ibrahim said to Yo-
| hannis:
"NOw you are appointed to a RESPONSE
| BILE post; you will be my sarotf (banker).
| \ on will at once receive your outfit OF
dress. When properly attired ago hence
with the attendants OF my staff to your
| home and tell the good news to your wife
and children. The horse and equipage
suitable to your rank are ready for you
| You will at once be provided with all the
means required to place your family in a
| position becoming the dignity of your
| situation. Attend to these duties to your
| family first of all close up your little
business, and then report to me for duty.
| IOhannis and Ibrahim are reunited; the
pledge of boyhood is fulfilled. Great is
| the Lord God, and Mohomet is his
! prophet"
| 1ohannis was then arrayed in the gilt
! tering uniform of his rank; a beautiful
, Arabian charger handsomely caparisOned
was furnished him, and with personal
servants and guard Of honor he rode
rapidly to his humble dwelling at STAN
boul, having been absent little more than
two hours. The family could scarcely
credit their own senses wher Iohannis
reappeared so wonderfully changed ex-
ternally, and with his retinue of attend
ants. They were overcome with JOY
| The scene can be better imagined than de
scribed. From that day forth they en-
! joyed happiness and prosperity.
| lbrahim's course had been this: From
the humble position Of tchiboukgi (or
pipe-bearer) to the Pasha of Bagdad, he
was successfully promoted to be clerk,
secretary, and Keyha Bey; then as Pasha,
subsequently as Pasha of Bagdad sue
ceeding his former master; then as Pasha
of Aleppo, and finally, in recognition of
his great ability and successful administra-
| ton OF affairs, ne was appointed by the
| Sultan as Grand Vizier of the Turkish
Empire.
'And this" said the old gentleman to
my friend at Bebek, ''is the true story
| about my father, which | promised to tell
you, and which, l think, presents an ex-
ample of sublime fidelity in friendship.
AS I bless the memory of my noble father,
so also do | bless the memory Of his bene-
| factor and friend, the true-hearted Turk
lbraham, once the boy tobacco seller at
| Siam Oul."
! L have given this narrative as related to
me, without establishment The proper
ty owned Dy Tehelby Yorgaky at Bebek
was inherited by him from his father, and
the latter became its possessor from that
| pledge in boyhoOd exchanged between
Yohannis and Ibrahim.
AN exchange says: We have just per
| fected an invention which will probably
relieve us in the future from the persecu-
ton OF life insurance agents and book
canvassers. 1t is in the nature of patent
combination ref1ex-action door scraper
We fasten it down by the side of the low
est step in front of our house, and wait
until a book canvasser comes along,
which one is tolerably certain to do with
in fifteen or twenty minutes. The can
vasser stops to scrape his boots, while he
thinks up some new and vigorous exag-
geration with which to impose on us. As
his foot touches the iron, two clamps fly
over his instep and hold him fast, a steel
claw suddenly shoots up his leg and grabs
his trowsers, a trap flies open in the pave
ment, and the victim is hurled into coal
cellar, where we have an Infatuated Irish
man engaged to mellow or f1atten him out
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