The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-02-25

6r0C0O, ana even llK0O, Dy p8p86 De- I
cause he seemed to be a good-natured,
,well-behaved, young man; with no
higher ambitions than to shine as |
star of the first magnitude in the fash
ionable armament, and to be the un-.
disputed master in all athletic exer-
cises. But the young king was only
laying low. The money power was in
trenched in Egypt, and he had the
good sense to understand that, single
handed and poor, he had not even q
ghost of a chance to overthrow the
clique that was running things with
high hand. But however much his
soul rebelled or his heart grieved at
the misrule, and corruption, and ex-
tortion, and general rottenness of the
senatorial coterie, he always met the
world with a smiling countenance; and
thus, by assuming cheerfulness un-
der conditions that were anything but
pleasing to the young enthusiast, he
turned aside distrust, and won the love
of almost all with whom he came in
contact. Now, it must not be thought
that the young king cared greatly for
the welfare of the common people.
Had the senate dealt more kindly with
him, or but occasionally consulted him
in matters of state, his vanity would
have been gratified, his resentment
appeased, and it is to : be feared he
would not have given the common
people a thought. But when the SEN
ate unceremoniously and repeatedly
trampled on his pet corns, he looked
about for others who had been sub
jected to similar indignities, and then
discovered that his own interest and
the interests Of the people were identi-
cal, in so far as they related to the ov-
erthrow Of the senate. So he constant
ly watched for an opportunity to make
the senators and theultra rich appear RI
diculous in the eyes of the people, and
the opportunity came when the beggar
maid inspired his hitherto ounconquered
heart with the first longings for con-
nubial bliss. With her assistance he
became next to Mr.. Whoopitup the
richest man in Egypt. But she brought
him more than riches; she herself was
a treasure more desirable than all the
wealth of Egypt. In her he found his
complement. He had native shrewd-
ness and goodly store of enthusiasm.
Nor was he lacking in fxity Of pur-
pose. She had tact, plenty of good
sense, and the gift to behold things in
their proper light. And more than
these, she had heart glowing with
) the gentle sympathy begotten of innate
kindness.
Now the king would have humbled
Mr.. Doo-Little, but the queen re.
strained him. She who had been 9
, working girl knew that the working
classes loved Mr.. Doo-Little. He hae
, done something for them; which was
, moro than could be said of king an(
, senators together. And if he occasion
ally stepped heavily on the. toes o.
: some overproud senator, that onl!
, made him more of q hero with tn,
common people. By the queens ad
+ vice Mr.. Doo-Little was consulted il
3 lall matters appertaining to the refor
) nation of the government, and h,
! proved himself valuable and faithful
aid to the king. He was especiall,
: successful in preparing the ground fo
+ reforms; in shaping the minds Of tn
a people to accede to the changes tina
. were to come.
i A month after the marriage Of tn
: king and the beggar maid, the roya
r pair laid the foundation stone of tn
9 new university, which, when complet
q ed, became source of untold blessing
+ to the Egyptians. Unlike other inst
r tutions of learning, it invested labo
with dignity it had never possesse
g before, and for centuries it RENAME
} free from the taints of Whang- Doodle
G ism and Whoopitupism. And tn
# queen, who was genuinely intereste
n in matters educational consulted wit
n her brother Ahmeni, the president Z
/ the university, and acting on his az
It vice she bought 1900 plots of gronn'
and had schoolhouses erected on then
ID And being gifted with q plentiful sui
h ply of horse sense, she was careful
u select such teachers only as had tt
le knack of imparting knowledge to Il