The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30

ttSl 1Ouu oil RIOdU ucH udNo WCdh-
nesses. The writer thereof presumes that
a critical examination Of himself would
show some trifling faults.
But Abous dream of an entirely quiet
day was not to be realized. He was just
smoking his second pipe when young
man, whose intellectual face was overspread
with deep concern, appeared to him.
"What wouldstthou with me?" said Abou,
haughtily. "Speak, man, speak,"
mighty Abou, l need thy help. am
dying, Egypt, dying have cough which
is tearing me to pieces, and have also
dyspepsia, liver complaint, with few other
diseases too tedious to mention, and they
are all growing worse daily"
"Hast tried the regular physicians"
81 have.n
1.-THE irregulars2"
''Verly."
"The patent medicines!'
sAll of them.'
''The retired physicians whose sands of
life have nearly run out?"
YES"
'Then go home in peace. If you have tried
all these and still live, 1 know of nothing
that can kill you.''
But, mighty Abou, am dying neverthe-
less"
"Well, why not die then, without bother
ing me? l am no balm in Gilead, nor am
1 healing balsam. 1 have power, it is
true"
"Mighty Abou, l know you have, and that
power exert for me. care not to live for
myself, but for my fellows. am the lead
ing man in my native village. 1 edit the
weekly paper-I am mayor-I run the
church, and am president of the school
board. If 1 should die, New Athens would
go as straight to ruin as pigeon could fly
1t would not survive rne.''
Abou had him now. He had an oppor-
tunity to moralize, and in good square
moralzing Abou was equaled by few and
eXcelled by none. 1t was his best hold,
and he n0yer missed an opportunity. So
he lighted a fresh pipe and went for the
young man.
my young friend, you fancy that should
you die New Athens would go to ruin
Listen.
"Long ago, in the dim years before the
flood, l was sailing on the Persian gulf in
the staunch A l clipper ship, the Mary
Ann. Suddenly there arose terrible
storm. The winds howled like an Irish
riot, the lightning flashed with vlvidness
which was appalling, and the thunders
rolled as though the demons of the air
were playing continuous games of ten-pns.
1t was fearsome night. The darkness
was so intense that the lights on the head
lands showed not, and we were pulling
through it, helpless in the power of the
tempest on a pitiless coast The captain
Perkins was his name-had lost his reckon
ing, and the Mary Ann, uncontrolled and
uncomfortable, was speeding on to her
doom.
'Captain Perkins stood at his post calm
and self-possessed. $50 long ez we hev sea
room,' said he in his marked Afghanistan
dialect, so long ez we hev sea-room and
kin keep shet Nv the pesky rocks we're ali
right. The Mary Ann can't be swamped,
uohow. But this is an ugly coast
"And Captain Perkins took fresh chew
of tobbaco, and peered anxiously into the
darkness.
"Just then the passengers began to learn
of the danger they were in and came rush
ing up the aft-binnacle quarterback In wild
confusion.
Captain shrieked one, save the vessel,
save her. l am the editor of the Ispahau
Morning Herald, which has the largest cir
culation of any paper In Persia. 1t perish
the Herald perishes with me. Save me for
the sake of Ispahan.'
"'Go to- out spoke the bold captain; you
bet I'll save the vessel for my own sake.
Bechesm on my head be it. Rest easy
"'Save the ship' shrieked another. Il am
the Governor of a province If perish who
shall rule it? Anarchy and confusion ensue
and widespread woe follows. For the sake
of the province, save tn, ship
"Save the shipp shrleked third. Il am
the president of the First National Bank of
Ispahan; if perish down goes the bank
"Save the ship' yelled fourth. Il am
the president of the Cashmere and Bulbul
Railroad Company. If l go down who can
manage that great corporauonP
"'Save the shipp cried fifth. 4 am
president of the Everlasting Equal Benefit,
Remunerative, Life and Trust Insurance
Company. Who can run that machine if l
am taken?'
"And these excited Orientals howled to
the captain as to the terrible consequences
of their untime1y taking-off to that degree
that they actually impressed me. l felt
that never vessel carried so much great