The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
Chapter 23 BEWARE OF RAISJJL

| IndC RalSul!" continued Fl Is. Beth el Ain. He is without con science, heart, soul or bowels O compassion. Raisul fears neithe man, nor beast, nor fiend, nor Al lah himself. Raisul is a devil in carnate, and would spit upon tn, beard of the Prophet"
 Hey, Lady Mother" yawnec Jules. Let's talk about Raisul shall we?"
 T am talking about Raisul."
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 And I say, beware of Raisul Placate him, consider him, ane please him in everything. For be. fore long, he will rule this Castle and this town of Mekazzen ane this Country of the Gun-and some day, he will rule Morocco.
 Even now, when orders are giv- en, the voice is the voice of the Kaid but the words are the words of Raisul And Zainub, his mother has influence with him-much in- fluence. If the Kaid ceased to in- dulge Raisul, to obey Raisul; if the Kaid thwarted him in any matter upon which he had set his heart and RaiSul decided that his father had lived long enough, Zainuh would help Raisul.
 If Raisul brought poison, say- ing, with that smile of his, This will give the Kaid, my father, won derful dreams-long, long dreams, zainub would put it in his coffee, or his wine"
 "Scheherazade. my soul, you're getting morbid. These things posi- lively are not done nowadays. You are old-fashioned, absolutely Vic torian."
 T have dwelt in the dark rooms of this castle for a quarter of a century, my son, and T."
 Want change, darling. You want a week end at Brighton.n
 ". and know what I know. Listen to me, Jules, my son, that your days may be long upon the earth, and those of your dear fath- CT, my husband and lord, also. I say to you now, and I say to you daily, even though you come to hate the sound of my voice,
 Raisul rules; beware of Raisul: offend him not; obey him, please him and placate him"
 And why all this fuss, just now, oh, my mother?"
 My son, never be a knave. but oh, ten thousand times, I say, never De a fool. Listen. This Raisul, your cousin, the son of my brother, is not only the greatest of knaves but so clever that he thinks all other men are fools. He thinks you are a fool. He made fool of YOU last night. He made you drunk"
 Well, that amused me more than it did him." smiled Jules Ma ligni.
 Did it?" inquired his mother dryly. Well, he made you drink. for your father, watching. saw. And in that my son, you were a fool"
 T certainly gathered in head and mouth, my love, and that was a foolish thing to do"
 That is nothing :"
 "Oh, is it?"
 Nothing and less than nothing You were fool in that you let Raisul make fool of you. You let Raisul get the upper hand and take the higher ground. It is not TOT sultans to make vizers drunk. and mock them and despise them and get the better of them Tt is for vizerS to make sl1ltans drunk and bend them to their will. oDtaln mastery and influence and power over them; make sultans
 
 slgn what vizers have Written. make sultans say what vizers think. It is for vizers to guide them and lead them and drive them and ride them. as the weakest man can rlde the strongest stallion, or the swiftest camel.
 Let not this Raisul make vOn drunk again, or ill win come of if -great i'll in great matters as well as little ill in little things"
 Lady Fl Isa Beth el Ain nausad m the torrent of her speech and Tn her flaming of her son.
 "A little ill hath already befal- len," she said quietly.
 If you call this head a little ill. D
 T don't call it even that. my son. A far, far worse ill than that oefell; for that pale English girl your wife, insulted and angered halStil, our master; Raisul, in the hollow of whose hand lie the for tunes of your father, yourself and me" -'e
 "What?" cried Jules, suddenly sit ting upright on the divan.
 Yes, you may well ask. Now won are taking some notice of what T say Through your drinking this oefell. Had you been with VOLT Wife, as you should have been it | would never hava 1,ar,@ax,o. -