The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
THE SHAFTS MINISTER.


An Account of His Meeting with Nasr-ed-
L. .s4e Deem at Paris.
y When the Honorable Hadji Hasseln
Ghooly Khan arrived in Paris he found
that his august master, the Shah OF
Persia, was there ahead OF him, en-
joying the sights of the city and going
ND the Eiffel Tower three times day.
When Mr.. H H. e. Khan called at the
hotel at which the Shah of Persia was
staying, and was informed that his
Tremendous Frightfulness was in, ne
salaamed clear down to the ground
and spread his hands horizontally
three or four times, and then ventured
into the awful presence.
B. ..Well, Ghooly," said that potentate,
.how's thingsP I thought you were
over in the States" -. .s>=s'eSa
e 'sYour most august tremendous
ness" answered the Minister, salaam-
ing again, Il have just come from
there" .-ss9iiss<s- 1S;'''' = eS.
!. "Ah. ha," said the Shah, poking
him loosely in the ribs. You heard
what a time I was having over here,
did you, and you wanted to come and
enjoy it yourself for awhile? This is
a great town. Beats London all to
pieces. If New York is any thing like
it am going over there on the first
steamer" ',''.'-.
!, calais, your sublime mightiness. you
wouldn't like it over there. l 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 high
ness" s=2%s;:er:< $50 =e:<:s@:~'' -:
;. .'What did the villains say about
meP" ~! 's.s:...:.:. -: .-::.4s4t::s
i Here it is, your gracious majesty.
Here is an item from vile Detroit
paper, which says: His Majesty the
Shah has 5, sos wives, and every Mon
day being wash day he never shows up
in the regal residence at all. ~ .'.+;>s>
''And does the varlet who wrote that
still livep" so .... "a s4s,sss.:,
calais, your gracious awfulness," re-
piled the trembling Minister, she
does" ''.assfs<
"Why did you not have his head
stricken offp't asked the Shah, with a
calm that was more terrifying to the
Minister than his previous rage. -&zsyssa
eff you please. your gracious Males
ty, such is not allowed in that barbar-
GUS country" ,a .sssssSas 50 %
Nonsense" cried the Shah, "you
can't stuff me that way. In that paper
you sent me over it says that his
Majesty the President of Harrison had
the heads of his office-holders in a
basket, and that his mightlness Wana-
maker had beheaded nearly all of the
postmasters belonging to the former
government. Is it not SOP" ~! s,Yfc--ss ID ID
''Your Majesty" cried the terrified
Minister, cit is so politically, but not
practically" .:ss 49,. =.
"What care l." shouted the Shah,
show it is done, politically or with
the broad-axe OR a sword, it 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-book?'' E..
''Aye, your most gracious awful
ness, it is indeed full of similar ex
tracts" ...".
'tAnd thou hast dared to bring it in
my presence" cried the Shah, now
thoroughly enraged, "while the au-
thors still ive?" .~aee. =,
The trembling ex-Minister made no
reply. go .4.v4s :ssst;a:
The Shah turned to one of his re-
tainers and said: 49,. e. i
''Just oblige me by taking this man
to the bathroom, where it will not
make too much of a muss, and take off
his head. 'sa>'+@' asse
This was accordingly done. A cable
dispatch to the papers records the I'M
fortunate occu renee thus: ssssslssa sssss
1.-The Honorable ex-Minister Khan
died suddenly at the Grand Hotel this
morning. He was ill but few mo
ments with throat trouble, but by the
time the court physician of Persia ar
rived nothing could be done for the
unfortunate man" Detroit l. Free