The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29

thoroughly happy until he pulled II to pdecss
to ace where the voices came from.
My friend used to amaze the unsophisti-
Gated Moors by his conjuring tricks, his
yentriloquism. and his hypnotic seances.
They thought Il was the black magic. but
the Sultan was not taken In. He has q
shrewd mind. OF sceptical turn. He MADE
my friend show him how TO do the tricks.
and before long he became pretty good at
parlor magic himself.
tensely. He had a magnificent assortment
OF cameras, and soon learned how to use
them. although in doing SO he broke one 81
the tenets ~ the Mohammedan religion.
which forbids the representation in any
liked being photographed. hut II had TO be
done on the quiet. 20 avoid raising storm
among the fanatic1l Moors.
One day he was photographed in curious
way; II was solemn feast day or,! JSs
the palace, and the Sultan, who. as head OF
the Melekite sect of the Sunnite Mohammc-
dams. Is Pope as we'll as King. in Morocco.
had to go out and bless them.
Against the law he permitted US 10 10
present and witness the ceremony from
behind screen which hid us from tho
people. As the Sultan blessed them. my
friend, the conjurer, took snapshot OF
him with tiny kodak which he had hidden
beneath his coat, with the lens exposed
through one Of the buttonholes. II he had
been detected he would probably have BEEN
roughly handled by the fanatical mob,
and the Sultan could hardly have saved
him.
Among the numberless toys imported
from Europe were several fine rifles and
revoivers. These the Sultan understood.
Tor he had been trained TO arms from his
youth, like all the Moors. j have never
seen a finer shot. He has nerves OF iron,
and an unerring eye.
One day he told my friend. the oonjurer.
that he would shoot an egg on the top OF MS
head without hurting him. My friend NATL
rally suggested that he should make tho
experiment with somebody else. At that
the Sultan good-nai uredly called up one ot
his Officers and did the trick again and
again.
Then he made the officer. much against
his will. shoot the egg on his rulers august
NJ Hay Abdul Aziz struck me az being
In ever, way a capital fellow. thorough
sportsman. and an excellent type OF the
NOLAN ned1n gentleman. he u generous
to fault. brave az lion, gifted WIN good
dc Al OF native shrewdness. and eager to
learn the ways of the great world beyond
the borders OF his own country. He was
ally questioning US about tufo-
pc IN ways, European institutions am tu-
70 pc an inventions.
America he seemed 20 have hardly
heard Of, He regarded England as the
greatest Power in the world, rance a.
the second. and Spain as the third. Iheee
are the Powers with which he corn,s most
In contact. He hsd heard vaguely that
Spain had been beaten in war by America,
but when described 20 him the thorough'
mess OF the defeat, be was quite surprised
Tho Moor are an Intensely fanAticaI
people, and they objected strongly 20 the
sultAn's dabbling with European tnven,
ions. which they regarded As new-fangled
3evices OF the Evil One, This seutimeh,
ras growing when 7 was In Morocco, ana
was one Of the things that led 10 the re-
ont revolt
The sultan 10 an yious 20 travel and learn
rom Europeans how To govern his county
n q junt and progressive manner Those
Europeans who know him best say that ne
las In him the making of great monarch.
"A soon as his play time Is over
But just now lie 10 young man OF %,
ull Of the Joy of life. eager 10 see every
hing and do everything. and anxious
o make up for the time lost while he was
Ispt secluded In the hsrem, for the trst
tx years after his father death, bya u.
Grand Nizier, since dead lie
never happy unless he - doing som
hing fres, and exciting, and he contain
. bis head ~ much devilment A. q soor"
Z lusty American oolleg. studsnts. And
0 satisfy this longing Tor fun Sultan Mulav
Ibdul Ayiz has a treasury containing ml-
ons and there " no inquisitive dnsnos
omr>iikss TO audit accounts