Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10

stalls | think if any OF them had start
ed TO dance dad would have stampeded
in a body.
We finally got back TO the great mar
BILE room. where the sultan was sleeping
in a stuffed chair, surrounded by his
staff. and one of them woke him up. and
he asked dad what he thought OF the
home life of a crowned head, and dad
said it beat anything he had ever seen,
and he should recommend to his govern
men that the harem system be adopted
in America. and actually the sultan
seemed pleased. He said as an evidence
of his love for America he wanted to
present to the president. through dad, 80
of his wives, and if dad would indicate
where he wanted them delivered, they
would be there, Johnny on the spot, or
words to that effect.
At first | thought dad would faint
away. but | whispered to him that it
would be discourteous to decline a pres
ent. after giving the sultan a gold mine.
and that may be the old man would be
so mad, if he declined the wives, that he
would tie stones to our legs and sink
us in the Bosphorous, so dad rallied and
said. on behalf of his government, he
would accept the kindly and thoughtful
gift of his highness. and that he would
cable for a war vessel to take the wives
to his own America. and he would notify
the sultan when to round them up and
load them on the vessel.
Well. sir, do not know what possessed
me to make a scene. before we got out
of the presence of the sultan. but it al
came to me sudden. like an inspiration
comes to a poet. | had been eating som
fruit that | bought in a paper bag, ant
when | had eaten the last of it, | won
dered what | would do with the bag, an(
then | thought what fun it would be t.
blow the bag up. and suddenly burst it
when all was still. So | blowed up tn
bag. so it was as hard as a bladder. an,
tied a string around the neck, an,
waited. | did not think how afrai,
everybody in these old countries is o
: bombs. or | never would have done il
honestly.
l The sultan was signing some papers
[ and looking out of the corners of hi
eyes. TO see if anybody was present VIII
l was suspicious, and dad was gettin
l ready to make a salam, and back on
I of the presence of the ruler of Turkey
when got behind some of the official
who we're watching the sultan. and | lai
my paper bag on the marble floor. an
it was as still as death, and all 20
, could hear was the scratching of tn
pen. when l jumped up in the air a
though | had a fit. and yelled Allah,
and came down with my whole weigh
on the paper bag, and of all the stan
pedes you ever saw. that was the wors
You know what a noise it makes
bust a paper bag. Well, this was II
toughest old bag | ever busted. and
sounded like a cannon fired down cellt
somewhere. and the air was full Of dus
and before | could get up the sultan ha
tipped over the table and Il yellir
into another room, praying to allah
and all the staff had lit out for tall tin
Der. and there was nobody left but ds
and the unique and myself, and Il
unique took dad by the arm and starte
for the door. and we were fired out.
AS | went out of the room | locke
around. and there was a Turks hes
. sticking out of every door, to see no
many had been killed by the bomb, al
as we got out doors. dad said; Now v
have to get out of Turkey before night.
we die. Me for Egypt. boy, il WI ca
n catch a boat before we are drawn al
CHARTERED" So here goes for Cair
Egypt, Your only,
!, HENNERY.