Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
PORT SAlDyS POOH.8AH.
whiting Merchant who Sought to
Collect "a Bill PrematureIy.

There were four of us standing near
the register at the Palace hotel counter
last night SAYS the San Francisco
ChroHicic--the tall man with the scar
on his neck the short fat man with
the four days beard, the proud owner
of the plug hat, and he.
You have been newspaper man?"
asked the tall man
"Oh, yes; out in Australia" he an.
swered. Il was first at Melbourne.
aud then at Sydney. That was just
before the Egyptian war"
And you became a warrior of
coursep7
We'll went out as correspondent
! had letters to Baker Pasha, who had
been mt school with an uncle of mine. .
Baker Pasha sent me to Port Said at
salary of $500. He said he would in
short time give me charge at Port Said
at zoo. All that came about. At
Port Said, YOU know. there is gover-
nor. usually Turk; stipendiary
magistrate, a Turk or an Egyptian; Il
commandment of gendutmerie, and
various consuls. You heard the Mi
kadoY You remember Pooh-Bab2
Wen, sir | was the Poor-Bah OF Port
Said. ! was commandment OF gendar-
merle. The governor went away, and
the stipeudiary magistrate became act
ng governor. The English consul
went away and asked me to act for
him in his absence. Then the stipen-
diary magistrate went away and left
me acting for him, and also acting
governor. There l. was, regular
Pooh-Bah. Now I'll tell You how all
these things worked into each other.
There was a man at Port Said named
Mayrisch. He kept the largest store
in the place, where Won could get any
thing from an anchor TO a needle. He
also had big gambling house the I'll
Dorado opposite his store. He made
E2OO,O 600 there the first year of the
war, so You may imagine what the
place was worth to him. | dealt with
MayriSch, running quarterly bills. He
must have thought | was going away
for be sent me in my bill for Fps be-
fore the quarter was UP. ! refused to
pay until the usual time. He said he
would summons me. All right, said
|; summons away That afternoon
when ! got up-l always slept from
about $3.50 O'Clock till 81 sent two
geudarmcs To the bank to get May
lisch's account. OF course as COM
mauduut all accounts were open to
me- He had E1S.OOJ balance, aud |
knew he owned his house and bad
property ia Italy and Malta, so he was
not Ia need of E2S. When returned
luH uu English detective to 20 down
To- MIN rj>ru' : store that night after 3
c.aes and take drink there. The
p.oC,, 0u- not ijgeu- d, and drinking
after O clock was against tie law and
subjected the property TO seizure aud
sale and removal of the business to ten
miles from Port Said.
The detective got the drink, and
next morning shortly after 5 o'clock,
as Mayrsch was going to board the
ship in the harbor two gendarmes
accosted him and told him he was
under arrest and was to appear at the
court of tine commandment Chat was
n3e) M O'Clock He appeared and |
told him he could eject To be tried be-
fore the stipendary magistrate. That
was me again ! could tiuc MIN only
400 piaStres as commaudant. but as
stipeudiauy magistrate I could couiis-
cate hi, property. He did not know |
was acting as Stipendiary. lie elected
to appear before the stipendiary, and
when | appeared as the court Mayrisch
almost tainted, He asked for twenty
four hours postpouement which
granted. In the afternoon | went to
the governors Office, and the clerk
told me that Mayrjsch bad been there
TO appear to the governor and when
he found Twas acting governor he was
taken ill.,
The next morning when ! cot up |
could hardly open the door Of my
room. which swung outward. on ac-
count Of the Things Mayriseh bad
caused 10 be piled ia the hall. There
were six dozen champagne. six dozen
beer 5000 cigarettes 500 eheroots
soda aui brandy Turkish silk shawl
which 1 gave my sister as a wedding
present aai other things. There was
aIsoa receipt Ia full tor rps signed by
M1vrl~ca
1 agse yau accepted these things
d, tokens esteem, said lHe man
u.ta ..e auL hag
"A 1u @ raeUatea ait which I
=. #HrH m us@ HtE tta money