Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-07-02
Mustapha How He Took His Vacation

the good Caliph, il was so that Mtstapha
said 81 am wearied with much work.
thought, care and worry have worn me OUT
| need reposc, for the hand Of exhaustion IL
upon me, and death even now licth at the
door," avs Isl MNEF ifN
And he called his physician, who felt of
his pulse and looked upon his tongue and
said: t e..s -.a
"Iwodollahs (For this was the oath
by which all physicians swore.) "Of verify
thou must have rest. Flee unto the valley
Of quiet and close thine eyes in dreamfui
rest; hold back Thy brain from thought and
the hand from labor, or you will be a candi
date for the asylum in three weeks"
And he heard him and Immediately went
out and put the business in the hands of
the clerk and went away to rest in the val
ley Of quiet. And he went to his Uncle
l3en's, whom he had not seen for lo these
fourteen years. Now, his Uncle Ben was a
farmer, and abode in the valley of rest, and
the mountains of repose rose round about
| him. And he was rich and well favored
and strong M an OK and healthy as an onion
crop Oltimes he boosted unto his neigh
bors that there was not IL lazy bone In his
body and he swore that he hated lazy
| man.
And Mustapha wist not that it was so.
But when he reached his Uncle Ben's,
they received him with great joy, and placed
before him a supper of homely viands, well
cooked, ana plieu up on MS piatc ike inc
wreck of box-car And when he could
not eat it ALL they laughed him to scom.
And after supper they sat up with him
ana talked WIN MN ABOUT relatives whereof
he had never, IN all his lie, SO much ~
heard. Ana ne answered Their questions NJ
random, ana lied unto thcm, processing To
know Uncle Ezra and Aunt Bethesda, ana
once he said he had letter from Uncle
deorBe 'itsl week;
NOW, they all knew tnat Uncle George
was shot in u neighbours sheep pen three
years ago, but Mustapha wst not that II was
so, ana he was sleepy, ana only talked to
I'll up the time. And then they talked poll
tlcs 10 MN, ana ne mated politlcs 80 about
O'Clock III the morning they sent MN 10
bed
Now the spare room wherein he slept was
right uhder the rooi, ana therc were ears ana
bundles Of ears OF seed corn hung from the
ralters and he blnged his eye with the same,
and he hooked his chm IN iestoons Of dried APP
pies, and shook dried herbs and seeds down
ms pack us he walked along, Tor IL was dark.
Ana when ne sat up Ill bed IN the night ne
ran scythe IN ms ear.
Ana IL was, mat the iour boys Slept WIN
MN, lor INC peo was wlue' Anu tney were
restless and slumbered crosswlse and kicked,
80 That Mustapha slope not WINK that night,
neither closed he MS eyes.
Ana ABOUT the iourth hour alter midnight
ms Uncle beh shlote MN on the oncK, hho
spake nnto MN, saying;
Awake, arise, rustic OUT ~ tllis ana WASH
your iace, Tor the liver ahd bacon Is lried
ana the breakfast Walteth. fou VIII hnd
the well down NJ the other end of The COW
lot TAKE towel win you.
When they had eaten ms Uncle Ben
spake unto nm, saying; "CoIne, let US stroll
arouhu inc lhrh'
Ana they walked about eleven miles.
Ana ms Uncle Zen sat MN upon wagon
and taught MN now 10 load nay. Then
they drove INTO the barn ana ne taught MIN
10 unload H. Then they girded up their
IONS ana walked Jour miles, even lnto inc
forest, and his Uncle Ben taught him how
70 chop wo0d, ana they walked Dack 10
supper. Ana the morning ana the evening
were the iirst day, and Mustapha wished
That he were dead.
Ana alter supper ms Uncle ben spake
once more, ana sald ZONE let us nave
some nun. Ana 80 they hooked up team
and drove nine miles down to Belchers
branch, where there was u mop. And they
danced until the second hour In the morn
ing.
When the next DAY was come, winch
wasn't long, for already the night was far
spent, his Uncle Ben took him out and
taught him how to make rail fence. And
that night there was wedding, and they
danced and made merry, and drank and ate,
and when they went TO bed az O'Clock Mus
hpha prayed That death might come To him
before breakfast time.
But breakfast hud an early start and got
there first And his Uncle Ben took him
| down u the creek ana taught MN now 10
wash and shear sheep. And when the even
Ing was come they went TO spelling school,
and they got home at the first hour after mid
night, ana Uncle Ben marveled That u was
80 early And he lighted DIS pipe ana sat up
for an hour, ana told Mustapha all about the
forty he bought last spring OF Old Mosey
Strlnger TO ilnlsh out mat north hali, ana
about the new colt that was foaled last
spring
| And when Musmpha went To bed that
morning he bethought him Of dose OF
strychnlnc he had with him, and he said his
prayers YEARLY, ana he took II.
| But the youngest boy was restless that
| night and kicked all the poison ont OF him
in less than ten seconds
| And in the morning, while IL was yet night,
they ate breakfast. And his Uncle Ben took
| him out ana ttught MN now 10 dig ditch.
! And when evening was come, there was
revival meeting nj Ebcnzer, Methodist
church, and they all went And there were
three regular preachers and two cxhorters
and Baptist evangelist. And when mid
night was come they went home and sat up
bedtime.
Now when Mustapha was al home. he left
his desk at the fifth hour in the afternoon.
and he went 10 bed at the third hourafter
sunset, and he arose not until the sun was
high in the heavens. SO the next day when
| his Uncle Ben would take him out into the
field, and show him how 10 make a post and
rail fence, Mustapha would swear at him.
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