The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
PERSIAN TALES.
A King Must Be Up to a Few
DOdges.

One day as the King was feeding
the swans in the lake ne was ap
preached by his Royal Treasurer AM
thus inform ed:
Your Majesty, there is no food ii
the palace for dinner, and If you haVt
anything to eat at noon you VIII NAYS
to go to some fifteen cent restauran l. /.
telling me- exclaimed the KING as
he sat up and paid attention.: yea al
ago we raised a loan. on the Royal
stud. Where have those plunks us
lyon bet most of it on the wrong
horse, o Beneficent." was the reply.
tSix months since we raised another
loan on our Royal Rhinestohes. Daae
you tell me that it has vanlshed AFTER
the other ?" s,,.t1,-
machine. o Complacent. ana thousLl
the machine would not fly, the ooI-
5ssBut there were still another loan
catiff I remember that we raised a
! goodly purse. on the right 10 PicA
ffcranbcrries on our Royal marshes.
"'Tis true, o King, but you usea
all that cash in learning the game OF
poker We have now reached the I'M
1t. We are dead broke ana nave NJ
way of raising a dollar unless we sen
the throne for a BARRIERS char.
"Hast thou given this financial mat
ter due thought?' asked the King.
at have worried over it for the last
SAnd You see only the one way out
.sThe throne must go. and here
after you must seat yourseII IN d ca
seat chair when you give audience;
would 1 could see things some other
way. o Ruler of the sun but can |.
I do not believe there is financler IN
Persia. who can get US out OF TINS
Murphy. you are a good fellow. but
there is much in the game OF hnahcleF-
ing that you can learn nave never
busy with the King business, but be
hold how easy it is to raise five num-
dred scudi."
II do not understand, your Majesty
ssyVhv. here are five swans. L sell ,
them TO YOU for one hundred scudi
each. It's easy as pie.
"But, your majesty" protested Muir
ply. 1.-The price of swan is only ten
scudi." .z
the price. you see"
But I do not care to invest in
swans. 49, ...-.....z, |
invest or lose your head
your majesty
THAT'S all, Murphy. Five hundred I
scudi, and don't do any short counting.
you VIII leave them here for, year
king. The longer one studies finance
the easier it. becomes" s-s s1'
THE KINGS CELERY GROWING.
The King, having held grand fete
in honor of his grandn others birth
day, found himself dead broke, and assf
his Royal Treasurer was away on
excursion he thought he
would try his own hand at raising the
wind. He therefore sent for Hassan.
the banker, and when the latter had
come into his presence his Ruler said: +
A"Hassan. 1 have long desired to hon
orr thee for faithful and loyal sub
ject On several occasions when your
King has been hard UP, you have
eased the pressure and said nothing
about it.
But I can advance no more. o
King replied Hassan, who had been
unable to collect any of the old loans.
''That is all right, my boy. I am on
Easy street and not looking for any
more loans. Didn't ever hear of Long
Island or Kalamazoo celery?"
ct believe 1 have, o Ruler"
tits good stuff. The eating of it is
what makes those Yankees get up and
hustle so. We want some hustling in
Persia, and therefore we want celery.
[ have created a new office in order to
honor thee. 1t is termed the knight
Of the Celery Beds. There is no pay
attached to it, but I know you will
accept the office in loyalty to your :
King"