The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-31

sorry to see you go, but"
'I might tell thee where to raise q
few hundred dollars. Gracious One,
replied Murphy after thinking things
"A few hundred would do no good"
"WeIl, say thousand"
Five thousand BONES murphy.
what. Dost haggle with thy mas
ter? TITS five thousand or nothine'
and there is no time to throw away
There are those who would not tor-
give thy culpability SO cheaply. Even
now I'm thinking -,
II shall bring thee five cool thous-
and. o Friend of the Unfortunate and
"Ah. that's better. That shows a
change of heart on your part. ana l
shall have hopes that you ana VIII
come to a better understanding aIter
this. Run along and bring tne ca a.,Is
/ Murphy, and remember that he VINO
| seryeth faithfully shall come TO MS re-
| ward. That is. be ready TO come
down any time I want loan anu
| greatness and honors shall be yours
THE CALIPH AND THE BANKER:
l. Having need of a loan to buy himseI
fur-lined overcoat and other Wiil .tsa
c1othing the Calfph called upon the
! LEADING. banker of Bagdad to appear at
his palace at a certain hour. When the
/ case had been stated, the banker re-
Far from it that I should speak in
a;sres,ect Of one so wise and great, o
CSaiinh hut dost remember that three
wears ago made thee a loan or $z'OOVs
at believe you did advance me Urine
70 INV horse feed, but what OF it,"
''irhe loan hath not yet been repaid
o Ruler .. .,o,,r
vife's life to square that account. She
was charged with singing SeoitlouN
songs, and I overlooked the fact; You you
have probably forgotten to credit me
on your books
other loan of the same amount IL was
TO be repaid in thirty days, but not
dollar has come back to this Date.
"a second loan" unused the Caliph' as
be stared into vacancy. 'By the tooth
of my ancestor, but believe olq Doi-
row again to buy me a herd OF Jersey
COWS. 1 was going to supply the BAG
dad hotel with milk and butter, ana
. could figure out an income OF nun
Idred dollars a week, but you douptless
remember the accident? Most OF tne
herd got into the royal smoke-h1 IN,sss
one night and loafed around so long
that the next day they had to be soid
! for jerked beef. OF course, you WASH
to blame for that" -
but the loan has not been repaid y
no? must speak to the royal
treasurer about it. The old huckle-
berry is that sort of man-always
forgetting my debts. Stay. however
haven't you got father?
s'Truly, 1 hath, o Wise One.
And didn't he start to grow an
acre of onions and thereby de1y the
sacred Koran?" 49,.
"Alas. he is so old and feeble that
he cannot move out of the house.
so? Then you have mother VINO
started in to dry lot OF apples
t against the custom.
sAIas, she died ten years ago.
ssrrhen it was some one else'S father
Il &c oil 10 al
= See that 1 am duly eredlteo on y Vo,,
I hacks when you get back home. You
BANKERS are an awful careless lol
u of chaps. and 1 wonder that you don
e claim three or four other loans. HOW
< about another $4,000 for thirty OF
sixty days?" -.
"Dost offer security, o Caliph? Not
I that 1 doubt thy word, of course. bu
# If has become the custom to ask for 8
morta gage on real estate or Valuapl'
It IT can offer the best in the world
e You shall keep your head on you
/ shoulders. If it's worth $4,000 TO you
. then hand over"
=, Wise and Gracious ruler: re. me- >,
y "Tush, tushi VIII you pay or play
And half an hour later, when Tn
1t Caliph showed Murphy the none!
n and asked him what he thought o
that for high, the latter walked twic
y around a gooseberry bush in the roya
u gardens and replied; -,
''As a beef trust you amt knee-hign
lint as a financier you could give Rock
y. erfeIIer points all day. Great Is BAD
ID dad, but greater it's Caliph. copy
O. right, 1904, by It. c. McClure.)
James Dargitz Is All Right.
H. A. Dargitz of 317 Fillmore stree