Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-27
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,brea different points of the compass
,Iree travellers approached one another.
yosrer and nearer they came, until
nrpsently they joined company. At
frsl here was moment OF suspicion.
ari all we're on their guard; one laid
=. hand on an old razor, concealed in
4. ardle; another fumbled in his tur-
Ian for a shoemaker's awl; and the
hind and last, shook his sleeve until the
,,r Of shears hidden there was in his
snd All drew back the mantles that
Trotpcted their heads from the glaring
im and drifting sand, but had no sooner
,scogoized one another than they set up
areat shout of joy, and throwing
bemselves into each others arms, las
we'll as their infrmities wonld allow
hem), embraced.
All the barber, haG but one eye;
Ball. the tailor, had but one hand: Kali,
me cobbler, wanted foot.
Happy is the day when we
meet again. cried the one-eyed; pray
10 YOU come this side of me, that l
NAV better see you; why, Bali, you are
f.s hand; and you, Kali, less a foot.
Imyself want an eye, and pray let me
pl YOU how / lost it. So let us be
.ated and rest awhile, and will relate
DyOu ali concerning my misfortune"
The three then seated themselves,
and Ali, the one-eyed barber. COM
menced.
"You know that was bred a barber,
and no one worked more diligently or
shaved better in Bagdad, than did.
One unlucky day a great lord came to
me and wanted his head shaved. l
soaped his pate nicely, sharpened my
best razor, and went 10 work. One-halt
was done; | caught hold of his nose, as
our art dictates, to get at the other side,
when, as ill-luck would have it, the
brush iuA of lather went into his eye;
Ne roared with pain, and getting into a
rage, gave me such drubbing' that,
when il WAS over, one eye was gone.
Ny customers all left me; no one
thoughts one-eyed man could shave,
and was ruined. Now. beggar, l
am going to Mecca to try if by prayer
| cannot assuage Mahommed, and beg
for good luck once again in my life"
81 think your case bad one said
Bali, the one-handed tailor, "now listen
to mine. One day there came into my
shop a One-eyed man, and ordered a
vest He must have been a great per-
sonage, for the garment l was to make
Was of the most costly kind, such as
are worn at the palace. worked dill
gently, and when it was finished took
ITO his house. He wanted to try it
on he put one arm nicely in, and had
got INTO the other sleeve as far as the
eCoW, when he yelled with pain. Ras-
cal he cried, villain Of Il tailor, you
nave left needle in the sleeve, and it
has pierced my arm; take this, you
l99 and he began to beat me with a
V stick, and when it was over my
lana was gone. Icould no longer sew /;
NY trade all left me; and now, poor
"elch, am travelling to the Holy City,
mPlore the great prophet to take
away MS curse from me-"
II Is my turn--and though your
rSes are hard. just listen to mine," said
Aai' me shoemaker. "This is the way
u. ~ winch | lost my foot: In Bagdad my
nppers of yellow kurdish leather were
Al great repute. One day there came
" NE great lord and ordered pair
ny yellow slippers. l made them
user, and carried them to MS house.
,l te put one Ont fitted perfectly; he
a,eu on the other, but it would not GO
S n rercelvlng for the first time that
ma nau but one eye and one arm, and
n,Ishing that their loss had made him
s 1,aer awkward, l told him to give his
p nv stamp; he did so, and howled
r ~n pam Dog of a cobbler, he cried,
an, !Gu nave left a nail in your slipper ?
IN IN MInhout more ado he caught me
Tl ~ a. Ills arms and threw me out Of the
m G a,S some passers by picked me
o5 ~ anu when l got we'll one foot was
NV r'' NY business went to the dogs;
VIII r.: creditors seized all l had: and now.
,b '4I %oy copper, am hobbling over
,iya re - to the tomb of the great law
iDna y - oeseech him to grant me for
F1s,. aeh Mali had finished all three were
se sn'' and for full an hour held down
,6sr M leads At last simultaneously.
-rso al VI purst out with: sob, where can
and ! such unlucky fellows be found ?''
.rr., ~ such a loud tone of voice that 4
No., -" traveller, who had silently drawn
" Wb nearo 1t, and exclaimed:
p. VINO says they are unluckv fellows .
y III Il 50, look at me-" ''''"'
Lev 6s ,i'ee Jumped up surprised, for
~ Il: t Lu been so absorbed AS not to
aaj XII ;.Ta[ q hlm approach. Ali, Bali.
-. al n.:.i looked up and saw a man in
8. ''' ouI one eye, one arm and one
~ uh!ucky" exclaimed the new