Evening star., 1933-05-30
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eyes. you may we'll ask. Now you
are taking some notice of what I say.
Through your drinking this befell. Had
you been with your wife, as you should
have been, it would never have hap
pened. Not only did she insult and
anger and thwart Raisul, she actually
threatened him.
What, think you, is the fate of those
and of the family of those, who thus
offend great powerful Cheiks and kaids
and sultans?"
What happened?" asked Jules Ma
ligni
leave any girl alone. Not that they
want him to leave them alone: That
Sara! You keep her out of Raisul's
way"
Jules Maligni laughed.
Hes a great lad" he said again.
'Yes, and he'll be a great sultan
some day-and you can be great prime
minister, ViZier, chief councillor.
Keeper of the Kings conscience
and treasury-what?" laughed Jules
THE latter would be more worth keep
ing" ,,.,,,
ince, a fat province, yielding twice the
taxes that the governor has to send to
the treasury" continued El lisa Beth Ell
Ain "All dependent on the counte-
nance and favor of this Raisul-some
day. And meanwhile, your wife must
quarrel with him, insult him, threaten
him. Would you believe that she came
and asked me to lend her knife 10
stick in him? Think Of it!
But what happened?"
"Why a certain fool got drunk in
front of the man whose rpSnect he
should keep. Got SO drunk and inca
pable that his own father said it would
be wrong to take him to his wife's
apartment and let her behold his shame.
Thus was his wife left alone with none
to protect her, or to give her good
counsel, or to keep her out of mischief.
So she got into mischief. She insulted
and angered and threatened her hus-
bands patron and employer, the source
of his wealth, his honor and his future
greatness"
viii you tell me what happened be-
fore I p"
"I am telling you. The FOOLS wife
a far bigger fool-unmindful of her hus-
bands happiness and welfare, behaved
according to her folly"
Il suppose you mean young Raisul
went to give her couSinly good night
kiss, and overdid it, and got his face
smacked?"
TT is all very we'll to put it like that.
It's all very well to make little Of 1t,
but it's a very serious matter-as you'll
find out, my son. All very well to say,
with a laugh, that Raisul got his face
smacked; but people of RaiSul's sort
don't like having their faces smacked
and they are apt to return smack with
a thrust-of knife; or with blow
of bullet; or with jerk-of a moose"
Morbid! Old-fashioned! Victorian!"
laughed Jules.
so don't get drunk again, my son."
continued his mother, "or if you must,
see that your wife is in a safe place
where she can not cause mischief and
danger"
ITS news to me. my mother, that
Margaret is much of a mischief-maker
or given to pursuing young men and
leading them on, for the fun of turning
them down-at the psychological mo-
ment."
II did not say that your wife pursued
Raisul. Do not put false accusations
against your wife into my mouth, my
son. I did not say that she led him on.
I said that she insulted and enraged
him. said that she threatened him."
Threatened to do what?"
"She threatened to shoot him"
"To shoot him? What for?"
What for? To get her husband. and
her husbands father and mother put to
death, I should think. What do you
suppose would be the result of ZainubS
hearing of the mere threat-the threat
to kill her son? And here, when you
are back again. and Zainubs fears and
suspicious dead, your own wife threat
ems to kill Raisul To kill her son Raj
sul whose heir you are"
(To be continued tomorrow)