The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-13
The Shah and His Minister.

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Ghooly Kahn arrived in Paris he found
that his august master, the Shah Of
Persia. was there ahead of him, enjoy
ING the sights of the city and going up
the Eiffel tower three times q da.. When
Mr.. H. H. G. Kahn called at the hotel
at which the Shah of Persia was staying
and was informed that his Tremendous
Frightfulncss was in he salaamed clear
down to the ground and spread his
hands horizontally three or four times
and then ventured into the awful
presence.
''Wcll, Ghooly," said that potentate,
shows thlngs9 thought you were over
in the States.
''Your most august tremendousnesS,
answered the minister, salaamlng again,
Il have just come from there.
.Ah, ha," said the Shah, poking him
iocosely in the ribs. ''Iou heard what
a time I was having over here, did you,
and you wanted to come and enjoy 1t
for yourself for awhile? This is great
town. Beats London all to pieces. Ii
New York is anything like it am going
over there on the first steamer"
ALAS, your sublime mightiness, you
wouldn't like it over there. came
away in sorrow because of the items
which the papers had been publishing,
referring in common, every day Ian.
guage TO your most potential highneSs. "
what did the villains say about me-
''Here it is, your gracious majesty.
Here is an item from vile Detrolt pa
per, which says: His majesty the Sha h
has 3, ,695 wives, and every Monday being
wash-day, he never shows up IN the
regal residence at all. ,"
Aud does the varlet who wrote that
still live?'
"Alas, your gracions awfulness," re
piled the trembling minister, ''ne does. .
''Why did you not have his head
stricken OFF, asked the Shah, with q
calm that was more terrifying to the
minister that his previous rage.
''If you please, your gracious ma
jesty, such is not allowed in that bar
barous country"
ssNonesepse,n cried the Sin;.h, syou
can't stuff me that way. In that paper
YOU sent me over it says that his ma
iestY the President of Harrison had the
heads of his offceholders in basket,
and that his mightineSs Wanamaker
had beheaded nearly all of the post
masters belonging to the former govern
ment. Is it not so?'
"Your majesty" cried the terrified
minister, "it is 50 politically, but not
practically"
"What care l." shouted the Shah,
show it is done, politically or with the
broad-age or sword, 1t is the same to
me. care not how the heads are
shorn, so be it they are shorn. Hast
thou more of that stuff in your scrap
book2"
"Aye, your most gracious awfulness,
it is, indeed, full of similar extracts. y
"And thou hast dared to bring 1t in
nv presence" cried the Shah, now
thoroughly enraged, "whlle the authors
still live2'
The trembling cx-minister made nc
reply.
The Shah turned to one of his retain,
ers aud said:
"Just oblige me by taking this man
to the bathroom, where it will not make
too much of a musS, and take of HI:
head"
This was accordingly done. A cable
dispatch to the papers records the un
| fortunate occurrence thus:
"PARIs, August 1.-The Honorable
ex-Minister Khan died suddenly at tht
Grand Hotel this morning. He was il
but few moments with throat trouble
but by the time tho court physician O
Persia arrived nothing could be done
Tor the unfortunate man. y Detroit Fire.
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