The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11

youth you possess a degree of self
reliance that many fail to acquire in
lifetime; and pleasure, because un-
Intentionally you have revealed to me
traits Of character admirable in them
selves, and doubly so when united to
personality like yours. The propositions
am about to make may seem strange
to you at first, but hope you will give
them careful consideration. / ami
actuated by a twofold desire: to help
you and to help myself. You frankly
admit being beggar, and you have
convinced me that am beggar, too.
If you will be guided by me in less than
a week you will be the richest woman
in Egypt. (The maid frowned.) Nay,
frown not, fair one, but listen to me.
You know how snobbish are the senator's
and plutocrats who have arrogated
unto themselves the airs of princes,
and the right to manufacture laws
for the well-being ~ of Egypt. You
must have read in "The Yellow Jacket"
delight in outdoing me at every point;
how they feel elated at the thought
that whatever the king does, their riches
make it possible for them to do the
same thing on grander scale. These
things may seem of little moment to
you; most likely you fail to see their
true significance. would do much
for Egypt if could, but my hands are
tied. am the king, and as such l
should not only be the first person in
point of dignity, but also the first
person in point of wealth and power.
If we must have monarchial form of
government, it is not conducive to the
general good of the state to reduce the
lgmonarch to a mere fignrehead.s = Al king
who is only permitted to sign his name
to laws passed by legislative body,
and who at the same time must play
second fiddle to almost every individual
member of the legislative body when
it comes to impressing the people with
his wealth and power; whose distinction
consists solely in the privilege to set the
fashion, or, in other words, to be the
biggest monkey of the bunch, can
never hold the respect of the common
! tpeOple-the bones, the sinews and the
brains of the country-to the degree
that should be his as the head of the
nation. It is the height of my ambition
to dethrone the money power, and to
lay anew the foundation of the power
vested. in king, backed by the people.
But it takes money to fight money. /
need your help; the king begs you to
help him"
i "How can /. a beggar, help the king
in his great projects 7"
"By remaining beggar little while
longer. Come you tomorrow at IL m.
and take your stand at the eastern
entr ance to the Capitol grounds, and
when come with the usual crowd of
brainless sons of millionaires, and self
made senators following at my heels
speak to me, and l will appear much
| interested in what you say, and will
give you 5000 simoleons, at the same
time expressing my regrets for being
unable to give you larger sum. q
haven't that much money on hand, but
: I'll pawn my crown the first thing in
the morning; old Simon will advances
the money at the usual rate of interest.
II VIC.
ance. These sapheaded young fools
3 and hard-hearted, grasping senators
will, one and all, offer you certified
8 checks for sums running from 6,0Ot
, to 10000 simoleons per check. Thes.
8 you will take to some bank and hav,
y cashed, and in the evening you viii
Z. come to my palace-side door, please
my trustful sleuth Dunno will admi
: you;-and give the money to me. Fo
+ this is only the beginning of the game
!. The editor of The Yellow Jacket VIII,
!. is my confirmed enemy, will chronicle
d the event. and will duly explain to hi
s million readers why the king was 81
q liberal to beggar. He will also stat
Q that the king boasted he-would be out
+ done by none of his subjects in en-
It couraging and rewarding the sisterl
II devotion of the poor maid whom unto
ward circumstances had driven t
Q resort to begging for the means neces
y sary to the support and education Q
d her crippled brother. At this all th
If conceited asses, old and young, wi