The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-10-24
ABU SULEIMAN'S BOOTS.
A Stery Worthy of the Arabian Nights.

Suleiman the Tartar, a man neither very
rich nor very poor, but in a middle po-
sition of life. And he had made for
himself pair of strong boots, which he
continued to wear for many years. For
when they began to get the worse by
wear, he patched and mended them with
his own hands as best he could, one day
clapping on another patch, and the next
day mailing on another sole with horse
>, 4 nails picked up here and there And
thus he continued for many years, till
the boots were of an immense weight,
and were as well known to all as Abu
r. Suleiman himself. esq '15@
One day, as he was walking with a
friend, he met man selling glass bot
ties. and his friend pointed out how he
might do a little business by buying the
bottles and selling them again at a profit.
So Abu Sulei1nan yielded to the persua-
sion of his friend, bought the whole
stock at Is piasters, and took them to
his house. Then, on the morrow, he
met man selling wine, and he said to
himself: Et
"Seeing L have abundance of room,
and vessels also where to bestow the
=. wine, can not do better than buy as
much as will fill my bottles; and at
some future time can sell the whole at
a handsome profit" ~
So he did as he had determined, and
~ went On his way. ..... -. =..t4 Il
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'f7 Now, the same day, at evening, he
went on to the bath. And as he came
out of the bath he saw at the door a
- hot lool
than his own. So he put them on. and
:. left his old boots in their place, and went
on his way. But it happened that the
sboots belonged to the Judge of that
place, who was also in the bath, who,
when he saw what was done, demanded
of the keeper of the bath if he knew
who was owner of the old boots. ~
"These," said the keeper of the bath,
are, without doubt, the boots of Abu
Suleiman, the Tartar, who has just de
parted.''
Wherefore the Judge ordered him TO
appear before him, and laid on him
many stripes, and ordered him to take
back his old boots. So Abu Suleiman
. took them up, vowing vengeance against
them as the cause of his misfortune;
and when he had taken some food, and
attended to his wounds, he went to the
river in great anger and pitched his
boots into the stream, and went on his
way! 8 M1T5t.aNf 843AsI
On the evening of the same day, a
fisherman passed along the bank of the
z river. AS he east his hook into the
water, it caught something very heavy,
II which he thought must be q fine fish.
After much effort, he brought to the
bank q heavy, patched old boot.
-. "Oh," says he, sthere is one of the
boots of poor old Abu Suleiman, the
Tartar, that Some one must have stolen
= from him; let US try to find the other. y
After a while, he found the other, land
r., went toward the cottage of Abu Sulei-
= man, to give him his boots. But as he
found the door locked, he pitched the
boots in by small upper window that
wasopen, and went on his way.
"a Now, the boots, falling upon the glass
bottles containing he wine, broke the
S.: bottles and split The wine. After time,
Abu Suleiman came, home, and seeing
what loss he had sustained all through
his old boots, seized them in great rage
and pitched them into the common
drain that led near his door, and went
D son his way Ess &4I -
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gx Not very long after, "a bad fever broke
out in the neighbornood and when
many deaths had occurred, and an exam
- nation was made, the common drain
was found shut up by a pair of old boots.
All the nejghbors recognized them as
"a the boots of Abu Suleiman, the Tartar,
who was accordingly beaten with fifty
stripes, and Imprisoned for three months
as agcorrection. So, when he was re-
leased from prison, and his boots deliv-
cred up to him, he said to himself:
u $ T" 1t appears they can not be subdued
by force; let us try them by gentle
ness 1870.
And he asked woman to light fire
= and get him some warm water, with
which he washed the boots clean, aud
70 placed them on the honse-top to dry,
and went on his way.
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:. In his absence, a dog got up to the
nousetop, and began to gnaw one Of the
old boots. AS he gnawed, he went
backwards and backwards, dragging
? the boot, till first one foot slipped over
the edge of the roof, and then another. I
and finally the dog tumbled from the
4 roof, boot and all But the boot fell
upon the head of child that was play
ing near by, and killed the child. So
when the parents found out the cause of
Its death they informed against Abu
3 Suleiman, who was punished for his (
carelessness. And at night, when all /