The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-30
BY STRICKLAND W. GILLIAN.

II nN} the whlte fash anu other nohi
SCN ity. His name was Booker I
othello. and he was the only man of hi
eomplexions who had ever put his bro
gans under the Venetian white house
napery.
Whenever he came up from Tuskege
he WAS consulted about affairs of stat,
and made perfect fool of. He was {
wise one in the matter Of war, and a
Venice usually had one war on hand an,
two on the waiting list she kept thi'
African immigrant busy planning how tC
clean somebody.
One of the sugar senators at Venice
at that time was Brabantio, who was rs
enthusiastic as Others with regard TO the
ex-Pulman porter, He thought 0thello
woud be a good man to manage the al
fairs of Cyprus, territory with an al
kaline reaction, which had not yet been
admitted as state. So he concurred in
in the appointment Of his dingy nihs TO
that job.
As soon as the new appointee took his
place he fired an under secretary to the
governorship, named Iago, and appointed
a friend OF his named Casio. He gave
lago some sort of dinky job that wasn't
under the civil service rules, and that
made the late secretary sore. The latter
job paid nearly as much salary, but the
chances for graft We're very seldom, So
Iago began to plan to get even, and from
the latest accounts he sure did.
Now, while that man Brahantio
thought 0thello was right and proper
person to entrust with the management
of Cyprus, he had never thought of the
coon in the light of son.in.law. "A
rose by any other name would smell as
sweet" but, preserving the figure OF
speech, negro by the name Of son-in'
law would smell worse, though Brab. He
had had 0thelo at his house to spend the
evening many time, and the man had
told yarns OF his African campaigns and
fights with the cannibals and other non
while Senator Brab's daugh.
ter sat around with her mouth looking
like the entrance of the Hoosac tunnel.
'Thell had noticed this, and was keen
enough TO know that the girl was pretty
groggy on him. So next time he would
make up and hand out worse thriller
and bessie was whole lot willinger thin
she cared to admit, but she let him
know ii was 60.
Now, this fired secretary, Iago, had
said to Rodrigo. friend Of his who was
crazy about Des;
Rod, I'm sore about getting the gull
lotine when the smoked savage turned
the rascals out; and l think can make
trouble enough to help us both some. A
detective / employed tells me
that Senator Brabantios girl is about
to skip with this patent Leather finish
governor of ours. All we have to do is
to put Brab next, stir him up good and
plenty about it, and let nature take
its course. I'm going to come up good
and strong as 'Thell's confidential only.
one. to- be trusted friend, and play both
ends against the middle. You can do
man lots more dirt as his friend than
you can as his enemy"
So they got alantern and went around
10 Brab's dump, and hollered him out.
[ago asked him if his daughter was home
md Brab's answer was all it should have
been. Then Iago and Rodrigo got busy
linting to Brab that Bessie was out with
.he ebony. Again Brab arose to the lin
yuistic emergency, and Rod and Iago
iquatted until the words quit hitting the
ground around them. Then Iago said:
"Of course you.have always been sore
IN Rod for fooling around youu girl, and.
If course, I'm a well-known liar. But if
you'll search your Dessie's boo-dwor at
his present moment you'll find her miss
ng. Cherwise, you can come out and
70 around the corner with us and say
What you'll take"
So down to Dessie's stall todled papa,
tut no Bessie. Then there was more
rouble than you could shake a stick at.
Ie said he wished he'd married her to
rodrigo or anybody that was white. He
oined the two muck-rakers and got lot
If innocent bystanders to fall in, and
way they went to Othello's shack, the
Id man swearing at every jump that the
,irl had been hypnotized.
When they found the pair, Iago had
rotted on ahead and innocently warned
hem that he believed some one was
oming, and that they had better hit the
,rit. He knew mighty well how that
would affect 'Thell. No sprinting for the
oon. He would stay and see what was
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