, 1874-02-07
THE KING AND THE BEGGAR.


An Arnb Story.
~ BISHOP rEnnETrE.
i From Old and Ncto for February. a.
Thoro was once King, from among tho Kings
Of IIird, who, Oil very hot sunlnor-day, retired
to at upper room Tor hiB sosta aftor dinner. 1Io
: throw himself Oh a aofa, which occupied tho
groater part Of a sort Of bnY-window projecting
ovcr tho strcot, tito like Of Which 1nay bo aoon In
many pictures Of Oriental houses; but tito heat
wah no intense OIL thiA burning afternoon, with
out particle OF brcozo, tint ho could neithor
Blaop
!, NOR EVEN COMFORTABLY nEHT.
30 ho claprod lis hantls md aorvant carno.
He ordered him to aentl two Oircassian 1nnidB to
fan hi1n with fms malo OF -foatiors,-
tho ono kuocling ut tho head, and tho other ut
tho foot, OF hiB couch. They came but tloy
had no .soonor begun to discharge their dutios
tlan lo got tirod Of them, aud wanted ho1no-
thing else. So lIo sont thom AWAY and again
clapred Ills har,dy. !:
"What does your sorone Highnoss COM
mani p"
IL don't know. Bring mo--my black marc.
will tntto ride. No, by tho by, won't. Bring
mo-what WIS going to any ?-tlo hoad Of tho
Grand Multi. No, the scoundrel deserves to 10
bohcalel when am not out OF tomper.
GIVE ME NY 1NksTAND,
anu loaso me alono.
SO the: nIamo1uko took the Kings silver ink
stand "a richly chiseletl tint tubo for tue reods
| used iuatcad Of pens, with tho ink-bot-
| tlo at one ond Of it,-1aid it OH tho
sofa beside tho King, retired a fow stops,
turned toward tho King, CROSSED his arms
| on bis brcast, saluted, and retired. Tho King
Iii. ;s,,..t,a,, a,,,.t ~, ,.,1, ~ H. -,
WIN lmaslons' "sa.uss s.ao ""'. - 'ua ' o|ne. "
end OF tho room, lay down. ana again tried to
sleep. but could not. Lie felt rcstloas oil over /;
lin aora nic,xod tho ;nltatond from t,,o carnot
49,. -, :. =. ."s,s .1.saI 80 .,a..s 7 s.I -
| whore IL my 'ooA shou' u psper nnu p"'i u
Persian scissors from tll9 hhoif, ing went back
7nlst THE PAPER
preparatory to wrltng,-a preliminary operation
which orienta1s seldom omit. ,
Wnen st H h% h1o 9 ns so 10
Wilt witt rod ID INK, ad 10 sono with 'b!aoE oriontai
Kings aro gonornlly very good cnlligraphors, and
tnko daily lessons Of oalligraphy from maator
Of TINT art, who is ono Of their most habitual Mt
tonlants. When he Ind written about three
lines, he got diBplensed with thonl. So he
toro tho paper Up, and threw tho pieces
| upon tito floor. Thcu, picking up ouo Of
tic narrow slips about six inches long by ono
| finger ,W1uG. WHICH nhu 1ulGu Oh Ill Li4L1ulDE
| tho paper, fo wrote upon it.
1.-THE WORLD 1s SHADOW AND 4 snAM AND 4
GAME OF wirs.-Ahmad."
This latter word was his own name. Then ho
rolled tho s}ip@f paper round his finger, threw
it out Of tho window, lay down again, tried to
sleep, aud s!opt.
On that very Same day, q poor beggnr, very
tirod, az Io cnmo from very fur,
outored the. royal city, whore he had
not a friend. Hungry and thirsty and foot
sore. he WALKED for some tluo through tho burn
ing streets, which wero ail deserted at this tmo,
| as it was d littlo after noonlay, and every iu-
abitant was either at his dinner or at his siesta.
Finally, finding no ono to direct him,
Mt the foot of q wall, whorc a bay-window over
hntltic. tho stroot protected tho most propitioua
slado that could bo scou for distance. He
bomoanod his forlorn condition., mud pondercd
over his miserable prospects, when, 1ol across
from above lis head, and falling anout ten stopa
| from tho place where Ito was squirting. Would
he riso, md pick it up to SEQ wllat Il
"Let us aco," said ho; and ho ROSE
painfully, walled footsoro1y: stopped grooming
". picked up tho paper, cauo back to sit wherc
he had been. unrolled tho papcr, n'ld read:
"ruE WORLD & ~ ~ s9Snow AHp s''AA AID
''11o who wrote ths must have pc been M IN Ut . p
bad humor, !, salu tue posGar. . bHt VINO can "
this man Allma1? Probably, tho owner Of TIL
house. ahonld like to ASH" ~,
| The hour OF tho aloata was now over. Ihf
| streets began again to % CROWDED. IAe Hhop
woro oponed and people began to nuy and Z
holi, anu 10 Ito anu TO que1iel, aua u
bargain, and to aHk three times tho yalnt
OF an ar11cIo, ann " 1noi ~ ~, .omsi a.i';
nary incidonts OF m Eastern bazaar. iho pes
CUR rose from hlR sent, anu askea = pasbef-by
"1s tho name Of tho owner OF thls nous
Ahmad T. ,,, a.;, .,.o u.uo,, l.,
I n