The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-03
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BEWARE or RAIsUL

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BEWARE or RAIsUL
THAT RaisulI" continued III Iss
Beth Ell Ain. "IIe Is without
conscience, heart, soul or bowels Of
conpassicn. Raisui fears neither
ma, nor beast. nor fiend, nor Allah
hiuself Raisui il devil incarnate,
and would spit upon the heard OF
the Prophet"
Hey. Lady Mother" yawned
5ules. Lets talk about Raisul,
shall wee"
II am talking about Raisul."
moi"
"And / say, beware Of Raisul.
Eacate him, consider him, and
Please him in everything. For. be-
fore long. be will rule this Castle
aad this town OF Mekazzen and this
Country of the Gun--and, some day,
be win rule Morocco.
"Even now, when orders are
given, 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.
huence. II the Kaid ceased to In.
dulge Raisul, TO obey Raisul; IL the
Kaid thwarted him in any matter
upon which he had set his heart,
and RaisuI decided that his father
had lived long enough, Zainub would
help Raisul.
"If Raisul brought poison, saying.
with that smile of his, This win give
the Kaid, my father. wonderful
dreams-long. long Dreams Zainuh
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're old-fashioned, absolutely Vic.
tOrian."
II have dwelt In the dark rooms
of this Castle for q quarter OF a cen,
tury, my son, and ! 49,"
Want o change. darling. You
want q week end at Brighton
=. and I know what | know.
Listen to me. Jules, my son, that
your days may be long upon the
earth, and those OF your dear father.
my husband and lord. also. l say
to you now. and ! say to you daily.
even though you come to hate the
sound Of my voice,
"'Raisul rules; beware Of Raisui:
offend him not; obey him, please
him and placIte him."
"And why all this fuss. just now,
oh, my mother?"
my son. never be q knaye, but
loh, ten thousand times, say. never
be fool Listen. This Raisul. your
cousin, the son of my brother. IL not
only the greatest Of knaves but so
clever that he thinks all other men
are fools. He thinks you are fool.
He made fool OF you last night. He
made you drunk"
well. that amused me more than
Il did him." smiled Jules Maligni.
did it?" inquired his mother dry.
~. "Well. he made You drink. for
your father. watching. saw. And in
that, my SON. you were a fool"
Il certainly gathered in q head
and q mouth my love. and that was
q foolish thing 10 do
THAT IL nothing 80
ooh, is TT"
! Nothing. and less thar nothing.
You we're q fool In that you lei
Ralsul make q fool OF you. fou let
Raisul get the upper hand and take
the higher ground. Il Il not for sui.
tans to make viziers drunk, and
mock them and despiss them. and
get the better OF them.
'It u Tor vizieFs to make snlsans
drunk and bend them to their will:
obtain mastery and influence and
power over them: make snltans sign
what yisiers have written: make
suitans cay what vixlers think: It
IL for yiSiers to guide them and
lead them and drive them and ride
them. as the weakest man can ride
the strongest stallion, or the swirl.
est camel.
~Let not this Raisul make YOU
drunk again. or M win come OF II
--great m In great matters. as wen
as little III in little things"
Lady Fl lisa Beth el Ain paused n.
the torrent Of her speech and In her
flaming OF her son.
"a little IN hath already befalleu.s
abe said quietly.
-If yoa call this head a little