The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-11
By S L FO r .
Copyrighted by the Associated Sunday Magazines, Incorporated

Ter than as If he hadn't been there at
all.
When we gets across the bridge. we
has Jules steer down TO lower Wash
ington-st. where there's a whole COLONY
or rug sellers and such, thinking that
our Ayrab would be right to home
amongst that gang. The first Syrian
restaurant We comes to I points out
the window letterin' to him real en-
thusi2Stic; but it don't get him ex-
cited a bit, Then we hauls up before
an Ayrab joint 1 knows of, where they
sells all kinds of brass tinware, and
goes in and drags out the boss.
Hoes Hassan fall on his neck like he
should? Never a fall. He just looks
him over kind of cool and distant, and
then sticks out the back Of his hand to
him. And, say, that First ward store
keeper don't do a thing but kneel on
the bubble step and give Hassan the
past grand master salute.
Glad he's an old friend of yours
says l. Wen hand Mr.. FL Boom over
to you right here"
The ~storekeeper says it'll be a great
distinction if the Honorable Hassan
will condescend. Hassan don't make
any move to go, though.
~"Frenchy." says I. give his nibs the
tip that here's his boardin' house"
Jules does his best to make it clear:
but Hassan only shakes his head and
points to me. We argues the case for
ten minutes but all we gets out of
him is that 1 am the son of a sheik.
Put that in a can," says /. Tel
him me father was a section boss"
That VAN any use, though. Moth
in was. We tried Hassan on three
more Ayrabs, and while they all treats
him mighty polite, he sticks to his
original proposition that 1 am it. Guy
Ter is gettin' more pleased every min
ute. q
Professor" says he, 1T seems that
you have Hassan on your hands"
An, sayi" says 1. what use have
| got for a camel driver?"
But unless we chucked him bodily
into the street there want anything
for me to do but keep him. And he
acts so sad and meek every time I
starts to give him the fire that I
couldn't do it. SO I gives up. and we
starts for the studio. AS soon as we
lands there I rings up the Luna Park
people. tells 'em about Hassan. and
asks if they don't want to send for
him They don't. They said if I'd got
him I was welcome, and then they
rings off.
Us as Cuyler was startin' to leave
me and Hassan together, in blows
Florrie Powers. You've heard of Flor
RE? Reportin' wars is his speciality.
and when there amt any wars he's
writin' books about them he's seen
l AZ ia - 49, oOo$ a. -
RE does. from Jap and Russian gen.
erals TO chaps like Cuyler n Swiftly
Joe.
Hello" says he. spottin' Mr.. Ell
Boom in the far corner of the front Of
fee. where did you pick up the
Arab?"
That's a souvenir brought back
from Coney." says I. Don't want an
Al camel driver, do you, Florrie? He
says his name is Hassan Ell BOOM"
"Boomi" says FIorrie, lookin' some
surprised and steppin' over for q closer
view. We'll. I'll be hanged" AT that
he begins tearin' off chunks of jeTky
Ayrab ak that brings the camel pilot
to his feet with a broad grin on his
face.
Seems that he'd been a kind of a
guide for Florrie over in Africa some
where's only two or three years back.
and they were old chums. When they'd
talked it over for awhile I breaks in
and remarks:
Hes yours. Florrie; you saw him
first. But what's this about his calm
me the son of q Sheep"
"Sheik." says F1orrie; that means
chieftain, the big man of the tribe. His
father is one. you know, and he says
you have the noble bearing of a leader,
too. Besides, you gave the signal of the
Grand Lodge of the Desert. How
about that?'
When I explains to F1orrie that IL
was just q bluff of mine, and asks him
TO beat it into Hassan's nut that I
can't have him hangin' around, they
has another owwow
"Well?' says I, after it's over.
He wants to go back to Arabia"
says Florrie.
Good" says L.
But he's broke" says FIorrie. "I
can't afford to send him back; and It
surely isn't up to you TO buy his ticket.
Here is Cuyler. though"
Mel" says Cuyler, turnin' pale.
Why not?" says Florrie. you have
more money han you will ever know
what to do with. haven you?"
Sure thing!" says 1. "Cuyler, you're
elected"
Well. of all the squirmin' and cryin'
poverty. Cuyler gives the prize exhi-
bition. He wants to make a breaf for
l home right away.
Wait a minute" says F1orrie.
while 1 tell Hassan about it"
t At that he lines the camel driver up
( in front of Cuyler and gives a lecture
= that must have been real eloquent.
= You didn't need to understand the
? words to know that Florrie was tellin'
5 how rich Cuyler was. and how it hurt
2 him to part with a dollar. But the best
t part of the show was watchin' that
= Ayrab's face. Talk about your cold
LtS "as IL @11 -
measure, lookin' him all over from
= head to foot. was a caution. Sheer,
t You could almost hear it.
1 CUyler tries to laugh it off at first:
but the longer them eyes of HaSSan's
travels over him the uneasier he gets
for Wantin' to have folks think him
the top of the cream bottle is Cuyler's
= weak point. And here was a dead
: broke foreigner shown plain that he
8 put him in the plugged nickel class
Cuyler gets red around the neck and
4 shifts in his chair. At last ne has
!, enough
2 "Oh, 1 say. FlOrrie.' says ne. let up.
t will you. 1 was only joking, YOU know.
t It'd be delighted TO send this fellow
4 back home. Really. I would"
: Money talks" says Florrie.
Cuyler groans; but he digs up a
couple of twenties.
1.-TWO more" says Florrie. Thanks.
I'll explain TO Hassan what a whole
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