Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-25
alA|zl!AlIAl|R!!s Of CAIRO
Mhats5 Time is Without Value
and Sales Wait on Patience.
BARGAINING le As A FINE lllE ART.

N}HNEFS' HI"1T@br| AHTS%f 3FrFt an s+pSNft~Tt W.
Polite and L%oquacious, the Oriental
"shepksegpper Viii Hassls Over tie
Price Of a. Article From Dawn Until
eepark-A sampl, Transaction.
He Is the selfsame fellow st1ll, the
Cairene merchant. as in the days OF
Haaifouin.!al- Raschid. he squats in cross
legged contentment as Of yore, amen
able only to the loauacious system Of
bargaining dear to the heart of the
oriental The western; tourist, foolish
~ regarding time as Of value, will lose
all equanimity long before he has COM
pleted7t the smallest transaction IT his
knowledge Of the east, and his patience
suffice and he begins negotiations early
enough in The. day not to be driven
forth as the merchant sets up his shit:
tiers at nightfall h. may obtain the az
ticle he Seeks at d just and equitable
nrice. If. he gains possession ,of It in
less than the accustomed time he will
certainly have paid more than its T. mar!
ket' Value. :,
Vagamundo, the western traveller .ex.
perienced in the ways Of the east,
catches sight during 4 stroll through
the bazaars Of an Arabic blade that
takes his fancy. It hangs high at the
Top Of the open booth, on thhe raised
door Of which serenelly squats the pro
prletor, with folded legs, vagamundo,
as from the merest curiosity, pauses
to run his eye over the countless ar
%,ticles. suggests with a half stifed
yawn that the scimitar looks like what
might be a convincing weapon in the
hands Of an enemy, ventures to hope;
that the merchant IS enjoying. fine
weather and strolls ,leisurely on. The
shopkeeper continues to puff drowsily
DC bis water bottle until the western;
er is all hut out Of earshot. Tier, he AZ.
pears suddenly to awake and dr.oness
out q languid invitation to return.
Vagampnido pays no feel e, the sum
mons Tor some, moments. gazes az.
stractedly upon the wares displayed
in another. booth, then Wanders slowly
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