Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-24

not miscarry, The despised Moor. who
held the low country, was, he knew
full we'll, Incompetent for such bust.
ness. The Moor was good for nothing
but fight. The detestable Yahudi
was the only man Of affairs shameful
as 1t was to own such a thing) in all
wide Morocco. So the saint sent kid.
nappers into the city of Mogador
(where the London and Hamburg
steamers CALI and in fullness OF time
bound and trembling.
TO the ordinary eye they were I'm
appetizing scoundrels. who were born
cringing, who begged as habit. cnd
who did not blunder into telling the
truth more than once between Rama
dan and Ramadan. And the potentate.
whose ancestors had as mercenaries
under Titus helped to storm Jerusalem
in the year 70. did not handle them
with undue delicacy.
Said he: 81 know you vermin stick
together. So shall retain you here as
hostages while. your fellow dogs of
Yahudis elsewhere carry out that
which wish to be done. Beyond that
curtain is my son. my eldest. man
Of thirteen years. Him wish taken to
the country of the N'zaranees, and
throughout eight years taught all the
things, the Yaiours know"
But 1t will cost money, much
money" one of the captives hammered.
His holiness nodded to pair Of ex-
perts. Throw that dog On his face and
beat the soles Of his feet till he has
purged his offense in speaking un.
asked, to one whose forbears married
the prophets sister. My son is a
princes son. and, though in truth he
must not be known as such in the
Yaiour lands Qest i'll befall him. all
the money that shall be due for his
maintenance and teaching shall be
freely provided"
The five remaining Jews lifted their
hands to their foreheads in ac-
quiescence with such unanimity that
they might have been one Jew.
"And for the sure performance Of
this task you five-and that dog. also,
If he lives-will stay here as hostages.
drawing what moneys please you. and
seeing that your fellow-dogs in Mega
dor do my will When the young man
returns, If he has gained the knowl.
edge required, you will be free to go
to your homes. you and your loads OF
gold. But IL he returns not. or il he re-
turns without all the knowledge of the
Yaiours, then I will send down to
Mogador your skins stuffed with
straw. as a sign Of my displeasure. You
have my permission to go back to your
cell"
Now the Jewish organization all the
world over is singularly complete. but
in North Africa. under the stress OF
Moslem persecution, It has grown to a
marvellous perfection. The bringing
verminous person in the black iellab
and skullcap, who Is nominally buyer
Of hides in a small way in Fee. really
reports on the political omens and
market outlook in that capital to- re-
firing co-religionists in Casa Blanca
and Mazagan.
These send their knowledge while 1t
is hot and fresh to fellow tribesmen
in Europe and the United States who,
when such information Is OF value at
the moment, transmit 1t in turn, and
for the usual consideration. Of course.
to the big Semitic banking houses Of
London, Berlin, New York and Paris.
When any news of importance trans
pires anywhere in all the world these
get it first, the Gentle financiers next,
the press next, and then the British
government.
The Hebrew hostages in the saints
stronghold held anxious trembling
council, and then took their measures
with decision and vigor. They passed
in review Spain, which always looms
in Moorish eyes. with bigness out Of
it's true proportions; Germany already
famous for push and advancement;
and complacent Great Britain. which
never seemed to ask but always ap.
peared to get; and Britain won the bal.
lot. The case was laid before great
banker in London. and he, as though
such matters came within his every
day business, made the arrangements.
It is perhaps worthy to be put on
record that there was no question Of
sending the lad to be educated by
Jews. The Hebrew Of today always pre-
fers Gentle methods. And besides, an
Israelitish education, II such thing
had been procurable. would have cost
skins. The tough old saint in the Atlas
was frankly anti-semitic in his tastes.
The London banker sent out. first
of all, tutor to Mogador. The man
was to take a house, furnish and staff
it efficiently, and give the mountain
boy the first course Of his new educa-
ton. In other words. he was to teach
him a working modicum of the English
language introduce him to trousers
and hard collar. and break him in to
knife and fork The tutor was paid five
hundred pounds year over and above
expenses-and earned it.
Next came a couple of years at a
carefully chosen preparatory school:
and then, when the boy was described
by an expert as Enthusiastically English,
he went to Charterhouse. and so on
in due time to the university.
He was probably one Of the most
narrowly watched school-boys In
Europe during this period. All the ire
mendous organization and skill OF
Israel in London, urged on by their
hostage co.religionists In Sidi 1bra-
him's fortress. and furnished with ur-
limited means, guided and guarded I'll
his movements. and the result could
not fail to be efficient.