The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-05
MADE SLAVE OF MASTER.
Gilbert Whites Man Absalam, the Too
 Too Faithful, Would Not. Be, Dis,

i Gilbert Whites Man Absalan, the Too, l Too Faithful, Would Not Be, Dis 1 charged. .. t.. 1 By the grace of Allah, Absalam, the faithful slave to Gilbert White, artist, at No. "A Washington Square South, has been offered liberty F times, yet he will not depart again into his own Arabia. He was late member of the band of Raiuli, brigand, and he
 has killed a few men in his time and scents the battle from far, yet he would prefer to remain a bondman in New York rather than a mad Mahdi in lands beyond the sea. ,.~ ,5..% ] 'As Mahonnet is true prophet"
 cries Absalam, T will not leave, from the service of my master. I am his chattel. His foot is on my neck. His dagger it is which should slay me if fail to do as he bids. Willingly would Absalam die rather than desert his great and worthy owner" @ 1 Absalam Is a full bIooded Arab who was taken prisoner when the power of Raisuli was broken and made slave to the Sultan of Morocco. 2 He had Iexterminated a few soldiers who tried l to take him, and he is marked with sabers and leaden slugs. He dresses in his full Oriental regalia, and is the most striking ornament of the White Estudio ",'' '.&- l The Sultan of Morocco was pre- vailed upon to send an exhibit to the Worlds Fair at St. Louis and among
 the retinue he sent over was Absalan, captive and slave. When the Expo
 sition was closed Absalam was left de- atached end MT. White, in a moment of
 romanticism, consented to take care of
 the young brigand, for although Absa- lam has a full beard he is only 25 years old.
 Some are born slaves" said MT
 White, ''others become slaves, and some have slaves thrust upon them.
 Never own a slave or you will be a
 slave all your days. I've fired this
 slave dozen times. He returns again and begins to clean the silver as
 though nothing had happened. I've a letter on my desk now to the Counsul Eof Morocco, telling him to take away
 Absalam, but it will do no good to
 send it. Absalam would be lost with tout us, he would return. Where will lit end? Tn the work-house possibly.
 Perhaps in an insane asylum. But
 what can I do?
 "Is he faithful? He refuses to eat until I am here. I dare not go away Ito the country over Sunday without ltaking him along. did once, and 1.-the result was that when I came back I I found him weak, white and totter- ling. He had not tasted food since I went away on Saturday afternoon un- It'll the following Monday morning. His Il sense of honor would not permit him to take anything without my permis- iI Ision.
 "He wakes me up at 4o'clock in the morning to tell me of things which he 5 has forgotten to order for breakfast. I d give him money and he goes forth, and no matter what the amount spends it I all and returns after hours laden with Iall the shopworn groceries in the neigh
 borhood including about 12 varieties of l breakfast food. ..s.
 "He will permit nothing in his house
 to be served cold. Wherefore should it be? That which is cold is dead. So he
 heats up the leg of mutton and fries I the salad. "The unfortunate part of it is that
 he is incorruptible. If he were not | he would steal something and run away and be free. So would I."- 1 New York Herald.