Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-03
THE SHAFTS MINISTER.
An Account of Kls Meetins with Nasr-ed-
Deem ut Paris.


When the honorable Hadji Hasseln
Ghooiy Khan an ivcd in Paris he found
that his august master, the Shah Of
Persia, was there ahead of him, en-
joying tho sights OF the city and going
up tho Eiffcl Tower three times u day.
When Mr.. II. II. &. Khan called at the
hotel at which the Shah of Persia was
staying. and was informed that his
Tremendous Frightiu ness was in, he
saiaamed c.oar down 10 the ground
and spread his hands horizontally
thrco or four times, and then ventured
into the awful presence.
We'll. Ghooiy," said that potentato,
''how's thingsP 1 thought you werc
Over in the States"
"Iour most august tremendous
ness, " answered the Minister, salaam-
ing again. Il have just come from
thero"
"Ah, ha," said tho Shah, polzing
him jocoscly in the ribs. You hea d
what Il time 1 was having over here.
did you, and you wanted to come and
.cnjny it yourself for awhile? This is
q great town. Beats London all to
pieces. IF New York is any thing like
it am going over there on tho first
steamer"
"A:a3, your subliTo mightiness. you
wouldn't like it over there. l came
away IN snrrow because of the items
which The papers had been publishing,
referring Ill common. every day lam
guage TO your most potential high
ness. I"
What did tho villains say about
me?"'
Hero it il, your gracious majesty.
Hero is an item from vile Det oft
paper. which say: His Majesty the
Shah has 3, ,695 wives. and every Mon
day eng welsh day he never shows up
; in tho regal ro'idence ut all. >"
''And doc.j the varlet who wrote that
still live?"
'c-.'''Aias. your gracious awfulness," re-
piled the trembling Ministe., "he
does"
''Why did you not have his head
stricken off?''' asked the Shah. with
calm that was more te 'rifying 10 the
Minister than his previous rage.
"lf yon please. your gracious Majes-
ty, such is not allowed in that barbar-
Gus country" ,..i. .,... ....
Nonsense. cried the Shah. you
can't stuff mo that way. In that paper
you sent mo over it says that his
Majesty the President of Harrison had
tho heads of his office-holders in q
basket. and that his mightlness Wana-
maker had behedded nearly all of the
postmaster5 belonging 10 the former
government. ID it not SOP"
''Your Majesty" cried the terrified
Minister. ''it is SO politically, but not
practically"
"What care l." shouted the Shah,
show it is done, politically or with
the broad-ane or u swo d, it is the
same 10 me. care not how the heads
are shorn, 81 bo it they arc shorn.
Hast thou more OF that stuff In your
scrap-bookp'
"Aye, your most gracious awful
ness, it is indeed full Of similar ex-
tracts"
"And thou hast dared to bring it in
my presence" cried the Shah. now
tho oughly enraged, "while the au-
thors still livep'
The trembling ox-Ministev mado no
reply.
The Shah turned to one of his re-
tainers and said:
"Just obiigo me by taking this man
to the bathroom, where it will not
make too much of muss, and take of
his head. "
This was accordingly done. A cable
dispatch to the papers records the un-
| fortunate occu renee thus:
"The Honorable ex-Minister Khan
died suddenly at tho Grand Hotel this
morning. He was ill but few mo-
men.s with throat trouble, but by the
time the court physician Of Persia ar-
rived nothing could he done for the
unfortunate man." - Detroit Free
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