Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-10
The latter came, salaaming pro-

in failure, viz, that his body should be
torn by vultures or given to the jackals
and Wild pigs of the forest, and that
after death his spirit should enter into
the dog, who was indeed his father, etc.
The man bowed himself low.
"Thou art the Light of the Earth, o,
Caliph! It is DONE" he said, and went
out salaaming.
Tom Walters, a young English chem
list with a taste Tor out-of-the-way
places and solitary travel, awoke with
sense of pain throughout his whole
body, and put his hand to his head.
Where was he-what was the matter?
He saw two tall brick walls on either
side of him and a narrow strip Of blue
sky above his head.
He slowly picked himself up and
looked around. He had been asleep in
an alley, with his head resting on the
cobble stones. So much was evident,
but how did he get there?
For long time he stood quite still
with his hand on his forehead, trying
to collect his thoughts, until at last a
flood of memory came over his be-
muddled brain, and a look OF dismay
succeeded that of vacant bewilderment
which had but now shone on his broad
and open face. He went through his
pockets hurriedly, and then again de-
liberately.
about as / thought" he muttered.
"Robbed and kicked out, and now the
very DEVILS to pay. Not a cent to my
name nor a friend, and scarcely any
knowledge of the Internal lingo. What
to do, any how?"
With characteristic decision, how
ever. he began to brush his clothes as
best he could and rub the numbness out
of his limbs. Then he turned and
walked down the alley and entered the
scarcely wider street at its end.
He was walking along slowly and
aimlessly, wondering what he had bet
ter do, when he happened to look up
and catch sight of a large placard fas-
tened on the wall of public building
which he was passing.
He stopped and spelled it out labori-
ously. His knowledge of Arabic was
not unlimited. What he read was, in
substance, as follows:
His Exalted and Majestic Highness, the
Caliph OF Allamagdalla protector OF the poor
and light OF the universe, whose dominion was
like unto the dominion Of the sun. and whose
power was the greatest OF all under Allah, who
is great, ETC., ETC.. having decided to increase
his household, was in need OF servant to act
as faster OF the monarch's food The said
servant would receive large salary, ana IN
addition would have the privileg: OF looking on
the divine face Of the Caliph, more beautiful
than the moon, etc., etc"
Such was the extremity to which the
Caliph's chief servant had been forced
to accomplish that which he had so read
ily told his master was done.
Tom Walters stood for some time
looking at the proclamation. Finally
he turned away.
"What lark!" he said. "And really
I've got to do something until l can hear
from London, and through these
wretched mails, too"
Zillah, daughter of the Caliph OF
Allamagdalla, was walking one sultry
evening in her little garden accom-
panied by a single attendant, a girl OF
about her own age. The Caliph's daugh-
ter, as BETTING the offspring of one SO
divinely endowed as her father, was tall
and straight and walked with a queenly
stateliness that became her well.
She was quite young, though a
woman grown, with large dark eyes set
under noble brow, over which her
dark hair curled caressingly. She was
walking slowly up and down in the twi-
light, now and then STOPPING to pluck a
flower, or pausing to speak a word to
her attendant, when suddenly there was
a sound as of somebody coming over
the wall and the maid pointed, with a
little scream, to the farther end OF the
garden.
The Caliph's daughter looked in the
direction of her attendants gesture and
beheld tall young man, dressed in the
uniform of her fathers court, leisurely
picking flower from one of the many
beds that skirted the wall.
As she saw him he looked up and
caught her glance. He Strengthened up
and came toward her in a manner that
fitted in queerly with his Oriental dress.
Excuse me, ladies'" he said, trying
to summon all he knew of Arabic to his
aid. II saw the flowers from the win
dow above, and could not resist the
temptation to drop down and get over.
/ did not know you were in the garden.
am sorry to have disturbed you"
Zillah's face had at first assumed an
expression Of extreme hauteur, but as
the stranger Numbered through his
speech, smiling confidently all the time,
her expression changed to one OF be
wilderment, anu her hand trembled a
little, for she began, strangely enough,
to be frightened for her queer visitor.
''Hush!" she said, hurriedly; "some
one NAV see you"