The Glenwood post., 1913-03-22
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voavsA eas sf eur ovn.Aipasasts baek
IN tAs restless Gays sf the ssvsstiss."
Sat1 Q veteran olkcial Of the state d.
part0ent. He vas . young fellow,
the favorits nephew Of q statesman
of national prominence. and he turned
that statesnan's hair prematurely
gray with his wild vaxaries.
Ben. for we'll call the young fellow
by that name. was q man of most va.
grant mind and versatile bibulosities.
His uncle. pardoning all his Bohemian
obliQuities, launched him forth time
and again on many . promising ven
lure In this line or that, but ever Ben
,ame Seating home on . high tide Of
alc0hoL. At length the statesman,
seeking to sober him BY the burden Of
responsibility. gave him . long lecture
and The oonsulship to Cairo. Ben
,ook the pledge. took . drink and took
the Arst boat for the land Of the Pha-
naohs.
He vas ot Q most romantic nature.
smothsred heretofore under the stern
practicalities Of American life, but,
uoistensd BY subtle liquors and nour-
shed by the Egyptian stars glinting
their soft images in the waters Of the
lge-old Nile. 1t bourgeoned forth and
!hrove amain. 1t was his wont-when
oaded to the Plimsoil mark with what
he genial Horace might have termed
Old Falernian'-to wander beyond the
sacred river. and. crossing the inter
vening sands, sit for hours in silent
communion with the Sphinx. Here he
telt he had met his affinity at last.
"One afternoon, while deeply
wrapped in one Of these affinity Quaker
meetings with his stony lady love, the
thought was suddenly borne in upon
dim that. after sitting out there for
countless ages on the dry and hot and
iusty desert, the old girl must have .
most appalling thirst
Forthwith he hied him hack to
Cairo. purchased half . dosen cases
II the best champagne from sheperd,
loaded them upon . camel and. hiring
fellah. ~ assistant barkeep, 20 to
spoak, betook himself and his wine
back through the soft Egyptian night
10 the isandsvspt paws Of his silsat
svssthsart .....-.
ARRIVED. hs and ths dsekhaad o8
~ sAip of tie DESERT broke oDea the
easss. loaAe4 tAemsslvss down With
tAslf contents, end. elanbering upoa
tAs AsaA oe tAs AosA female, poured
10 bottles Of vine Gown her neck!
Having accomplished this act oe favor
for The idol Of his heart. Ben rstufAed
to Cairo and slept the slumber Of the
peaceful hearted.
Nov. all this romantic adventure.
worthy Of knight Of the Round Table.
might have been blown out into the
desert upon the winds had not certain
inQuisitive busybodies about the lobby
Of Sheperds hotel at Cairo learned the
sentimental story and brought 1t back
to America, where 1t reached the ON
cial ears Of the state department. Of
dcials Of that day were an uncouth lot,
with an atrophied sense Of romance
and poesy. and they recalled Ben with
. celsrity that in these days Of swift.
ness IL denominated - getting fred
The sudden blow and the rude sepa-
ration from the scenes amid which his
poetic soul had blossomed out into
that last wild oct OF love. broke Bsn's
heart. and, always anxious for an ex.
csss. hs spsak the remainder Of his
days In deep drink
But" concluded the ofscial. 40
oording to the report on the matter,
Ben b the only man that ever bought
the Sphinx Q drink"