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day, no matter who he Is, must die.
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day, no matter who he Is, must die.
There is no excuse for it. n 81 5,
"Well, one day the king he been
hunting in the forest and hat his life
saved by Yusuf, peasant. To Yusuf
the king expresses much thanks ant in
vite him to come to see him, when he
will reciprOcate (Here the lecturer
beamed with delight at his success in
wrestling with the long words of the
vernacular.) Then the king goes home
ant soon after Yusuf call upon him to
pay his respect Oh, sad it was that
Yusuf calls on the unfortunate day. To
him the king looks, much sorrowful.
I am sad,' he says, and the tear pours
down his face, that you should come on
this day. The law, which is greater
than I, says that you shall have to die,
and cannot change the law
Yusuf Wasn't Worried.
DO not trouble about it, says
Yusuf. I will not ask you to break
the law s,E
If I could, by giving you half Of
my kingdom, save you, would do it,
- No, sire, say no more, only ask
your majesty to allow me to go home
to set my affairs in order ant say good
bye to my family. Then I come back
to de- ~ $50. i. ) E..t
"'The law requires that you should
have somebody to remain here as hos
tage,' said the king. s.,@@sa>"5
"'Then ZuIeykha, who is betrothed
to the kings daughter, ant who was q
boyhOod playmate of Yusuf, offers to
become his hostage. The king accepts
him and Yusuf departs. He intends to
come back by the day he has promised,
7,11f 1,n ofcs no of Mt
they make him A~prisoner. The hour
for Yusuf's execution draws near, but
no Yusuf is in sight Zuleykha believes
his trent will come, but the last mo-
| ment arrives and he is about to die,
when Yusuf, who has escaped from the
| robber, PUSHES, in with the chains upon
his wrists The king, touched by the
| devotion of the two friends, declares
that Yusuf is pardoned, ant he is load
ed DOWN with presents, while the we'd
ding of Zuleykha to- the kings daugh-
ter is, commanded
This is all given i'm ONE act and with
one stage setting, representing not only
the kings, palace, but the robbers lair
in the forest as well. Two other acts
are devoted wholly to wedding festivi-
ties and dancing. But, if the author
| of Damon and Pythias,7 were he
alive, should see fit to- make claim
that his play had been crIbbetl, the
Turkish author. Of the '*Kalamounic"
drama, which was given during the
earlier weeks of the exposition, might
put in a. counter claim for royalties
against q. S. Willard, the acton, of J.
NJ. Barrie, who wrote ''The Professors
Love Story" The synopsis, of the
Turkish 'love story is as follows:
Act shows Selim, the leading man,
in bed. His sister sits near by, spin
ming at her wheel. Selim's, health has
been failing from some mysterious
cause, and nobody has BEEN able to
! diagnose his case: His father has gone
for doctor, who is a quack and who,
on examination, pronounces Selim to
| be suffering from no disease, and de-
clares he is bewitched
When alone in. the house Selim sings
odes he has composed to his:sweetheart,
| whom he loves without knowing it.
| His father brings magicianS and sor-
cerers to see him and they after play
ing their tricks and working: their I'M