Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-10
Burdet,e's Best.

Ii was during the reign OF the good
caliph, when Abou Tamerlik came to the
city of Bagdad, threw his gripsack on
the counter. and, as he registered, spoke
cheariully to the clerk, saying:
a sample room on the first floor, and
send my keyster up right away, and call
me for the 6.2S train in the morning.
And Basler el lab, the clerk, looked not
at him, but went away TO the mirror and
/ gazed at his diamond.
And Adou Tamerlik HE'D him forth
and went into the booths and bazaars,
/ and laid hold upon the merchants and
/ euticed them into his room aud spread
out his samples and besought them TO
| buy. And when night came he slept.
Because, he said, il Is dead town and
there Il no place To 20
And before the second watch OF the
night Rhumulem Sph, the porter, smotc
ON the panels of his door and cried
aloud:
ooh, Abou Tamerlik, arise and dress,
/ ior il is train time
Aud Abou GRIT his raiment abont him
/ and FASTENED down stairs and crept III
| 70 the bus.
And ne marveled that he was so sleepy,
/ because ne knew that he went to bed
exceedingly early and marvelOusly so
/ Der.
And when they got to the depot, 10 it
was the mail west, and it was 1923
/ 2. NJ.
And Abou Tamerlik swOre and reach
/ Ell Tor the porter that he might smite
| him, and he said unto him:
Garry me back to ny room, and see
that thou call me at 6:25 A. NJ, or thou
/ dieSt.'
And ere he had been asleep until the
midnight watch, Rhumul EN- Uph,
smote again on the panels OF the door
and cried aloud:
Awake, AbOu Tamerlik, for the time
waneth, and the train stayeth for no
man. Awake and haste, for slumber
overlook thy server, and the way is long
and the bus gone"
And Abou Tamerlik arose and dressed,
and giried up his loins, and set forth
with great speed, for his heart Was
anxious. Nevertheless he gave Rhumul
/ EN- Uph Nuarter and made him carry
his grip sack and he cursed him for Il
/ driveling laggard.
And when they came to the train it
was n III p. NJ, and it was a way freight
/ going south.
And Abou Tamerlik fell upon Rhumul
/ EN- phi and smOte him and treated him
roughly, and said;
"Oh, pale gray ass OF asses, the pro-
\ phet pity thee ii thou callest me once
more before the COS \. NJ east.
And he cat into his bed
Now when sleep fell heavily upon
| Abou Tamerlik, for he was sore dis
couraged, Rhumul EN- j'ph kicked fierce
~ against the panels OF his door and
said,
"Oh, Abou Tamerlik, the drummah,
arise and dress with all speed. 1t is
night i'm the valleys but the day
star shines on the mountains. Truly
\ the train l. even now due at the
depot. and the bus has indeed gone.
And Abou Tamcrlik, the drummah,
Swurc himself awake and put on his
robes, and fastened to the depot, while
Rhumcl en- Uph, the porter, went with
him with the lantern.
For it was pitch dark and raining like
a hOuSe-a-tre.
And when they reached the depot il
WAS a gravel train going west, and the
! steeple tolled 2A.M.
And Abou Tamerlik fell upon Rhu-
\ mul EN- Cph, the porter, and beat him
/ all the way home, and pelted him with
mud, and broke his lantern and cursed
him.
Now, when Abou Tamerlik awoke the
sun was high and the noise Of the street
car ratified in the street. And his heart
Smote him, and he went down stairs and
I the clerk said 10 him "Oh, AbOu Tam
erik, the drummah, live in peace. Ii
too late Tor breakfast and too early for
dinner, but il won't make any difference
in the bill.
And Abou Tamerlik, the drummah,
sought Rhumul EN- Uph, and caught
him by the beard and said TO him:
"Oir, chuck el edded pup (which is
Thou that Sleepest at train time why
hast thou forgotten me?'
And Rumut EN- Uph was angry and
said
"Oh, Abou Tamerlik, the drummah,
haSty in speech and slow 10 think,
wherefore shouldst thou get up at day
break, when there is another that goes
the same way tomorrow morning.
But Abou Tamerhk would not
hearken unto him, but paid his bill and
hired team at the livery stable, and
he cursed the house that he put up at.
Now, the livery stable belonged to
the landlord all the same. But Abou
Tamerhk, the drummah, visit not that
it was so.- Burlington Ha,rkgs.