Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-10
THE WIVES OF BARAK HAGEB.
A Legend ot the Antc-women's Congress
Times.

iain-ai. the court OF the sultan, Moham-
med. He had come to the country as en-
ss Of Mdew 6s c Sa sts sunn ys
sSemen! sses t Of her her. bousehold, @ her son Ma
Rarak's administration was good; the
army owed TO him, among other reforms.
from ) 10 10 4 aspers. The number three.
Hageb claimed. was holy. because there
were Gxo three }sy prophets v,,or portu. Az
visited the upright iiaseb. and while the
tvs, drank, coffee the guest said' ,.,.. 49,,
worthy OF YOU to Keep so many wives.
II II was with us as the FRANKS, the Gus
| rich as King sapor but here you must not
only buy your wife but must ,aSreg PAY Gasn
qr he deal SGW o eo ID" for naH THIS p%pos
when your money is spent. what have
you? For the cost OF one wife you could
Barak strokei his beard "No doubt,
but hundred soldiers would not give. me
To, this All inwardly agreed. but the
number"
One should pick as many, flowers as he
Barak
True enough, you have blonde and bru;
gray eyed women yellow Chinese and
brown Malay-yes and even those women
that color their hair red and their teeth
black, Now think that one of each sort
should be enough. BY Allahl you have
$50 So many ny tnat you cannot Sam eni reememoeTT TnoT
qualities"
Don't YOU believe. IT," said Hageb; 81
Sm Mhs gS hem hefe need her To
tell the fate OF the nation: then Hantem.
the medium. who calls up the spirits of the
language. of the birds better than I do
yours Alpaide tells stories that would put
are " lannon's for pas mahu de- deux. ~ The great
thing about Mangora s that she makes
a sgitan's bread that is exagisite; sand
Besrd Se 'ifF wh rssret wash 6Gu pSa Mff" s9nr my
Chinese better half, ! will only say that
combs, which makes cock lighting much
more more ami amusing The Indian, kaGka, sub
10 her carriage; Roxana is a star reader,
and can, foretell to you the day of your
death. Ayesha understands the culture of
nowers kaika Is ugly, but she rubs the
rheumatism out OF my joints My Tartar.
farko. Is an admirable equestrienne and
learned Abuzaide writes my letters from
dictaton; Josa reads to me from the
panied by Kadagival and Samuza; for one
must have q trio. Yakima is a rope dancer.
while zibela throws knife. so skillfully
Aliben embrolders in gold Aliciel ar
dad Chatum interprets dreams. Mavola
plays the harp, zebia the tom tom and
Make 1 the Sea9dn% n1 2ogether they
Good, good" Interrupted the grand
gizier yh..ers He had kept count, first on his
toes. When the number exceeded thirty
he grew alarmed: he feared his friend
would keep on all night.
IL have heard enough. You need every
one of them-each has evidently her ia
nous side. Take care lest some day you
discover an infamous one
Whether the grand vizier was right or
not; the following story will show.
hearing ,M9hammed,'s people We're discon-
tented, decided to liberate them from their
oppression. To alleviate the sufferings of
MS neighbors has always been labor of
love to Oriental rulers.
sid Atchmed commanded an immense
100000; the truth probably lay s; somewhere tfe
between the two. Certain ii is that he
had 300 cayalrymen.
Before declaring war he raised the pay
This naturally caused universal enthusi-
sidi :Achmed was at the head of the army,
himself and his horse loaded with precious
stones. The sight of them caused glow
%arr6r wbo trneS in Sy
with him the most costly delicacies, and
the thought that the sultan Jared sumpt-
diers;
Mohammed also had an enormous stand
is silent: but it is always given as twice
as many as the enemy's force. The grand
wiZier, barfur Ali, was appointed com
:, Tn; night before the first battle one of
have already heard, prophesied thai" that the
neighborng Kingdom would be destroyed;
and RoNana;, who also dabbled in fortune
sadi Achmed would die.
These predictions were made puhlic in
the principal city, and there was, in con-
sequence, universal enthusiasm.
81 Barak hin himself was firmly convinced that
entire following of women occupied the
ne%t ieN day hin in the neighborhood of the
roisn OF vantage the amusing spectacle of
the Shd doWnf9ll W. ,,1 Of Of the enemy ...-,
but it ii dd not as long In In he dcscPSnf mS6TnnF 4
the historians. again differ widely. The
bsmmed orP i says %cn the army Of Mo
the army of Mohemmed did not lose a
man, while the opponent lost 81, 900 Per
haps, in this case, also, the real truth lies
half way between the tive statements. An
lily gave leg bail and proved that no one
The followers Of sidi Achmed finding
themselves victors, made it their first care
to plunder the villages In the neighbor-
hood as being the best way of freeing the
by the beard Of the, phephetg' cried
Barak Hageb; seeing the night of the
ecy Is not going TO be fulfilled. on The
contrary, our own country appears to be
Have patience" murmured the prophet
ess, consolingly, The sun has not yet
sunk on the sea"
The observation being just, Barak phil
osophized no more, but spurred his horse,
and with his spouses sought safety in
flight.
Sldi Achmed had heard of Barak's
wealth and of his wives, and SO soon as he |
was informed of the flight, he FASTENED in |
pursuit. Until late in the afternoon two |
dust-clouds might be seem one chasing the
other; the one beaten mp by Barak Hageb |
and his wives, the other by the troopers |
of SIdi Achmed.
Wife" growled Barak, 'Roxana's prog |
nosticaton likewise fails to be fulfilled |
] shall be the dead man to-day and not |
THE stars are not yet visible" replied |
the white ROXana. 'There near Wonder |
pond we will take rest You may take
your evening. bath and pray; let the rest |
be our care
In the meantime the women were not
idle When Barak returned from his even
Ing devotions, he found, instead OF his |
pious family of wives, an army of bearded |
troopers. Great at trst was his fright |
for the warriors were of fearful aspect
The women had cut of the names and
tails of their horses, and had made them |
selves false boards. From a neighborlnc
grove they had cut bamboo canes to the
ends of which they attached their dainty
daggers, making thereby elegant lances
Yarko the Tartar, and Zlbella, The In
dian. commanded the gentle cavalry The |
troops were divided into three divisions
Sidi Achmed came ON in wild haste: as
soon however, as he saw these warriors
whose long boards swept down 10 their stir