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

II don't call it even that, my son,
A far. far worse iii than that befell:
for that pale English girl, your wife.
insulted and angered Raisul, our
master; Raisul, in the hollow OF
whose hand lie the fortunes of your
father and yourself and me-
"What?" cried Jules. suddenly sit
ting upright or the diyan.
eyes, you may we'll ask. Now you
are taking some notice OF what |
say. Through your drinking this
befell. Had you been with your wife,
as you should have been, It would
never have happened. Not only did
she insult and anger and thwart
Raisul. she actually threatened
him.
'sWhat. think you, Is the fate OF
those, and Of the family Of those,
who thus offend great powerful
lsheikhs and kaids and suitans?n
What happened?" asked Jules
Maligni.
"Oh. you know what Raisul Ia.
Can't 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 great sultan
some day-and You can be a great
prime minister, viziei. chief coun-
cillor !"
Keeper Of the kings conscience
land treasury what?" laughed
Jules. 1.-THE latter would be more
worth keeping"
a.. yea. Governor OF a great
Province. q fat province. yielding
twice the taxes that the governor
has to send to the treasury" con.
tinued 81 lisa Beth Ell Ain. "Ail de-
pendent on the countenance 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
to stick in him? Think of til"
"But what happened?"
why a certain fool got drunk in
front OF the man whose respect he
should keep. Got so drunk and in.
capable that his own father said
It would be wrong to take him to
bis 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.'
evil you tell me what happened,
before I =. 2"
Il lam telling you. The FOOLS wife
"a far bigger foof-unmindful Of
her husbands happines and vel.
fare. behaved according to her
folly"
i suppose youmean young Raisul
went to give her a cousinly good.
night kiss. and overdid It, and got
his face smacked2"
1T is all very well to put It like
that. It's all very well to make little
OF It. but it's a very serious matter
las you'll find out. my son. All very
well to say. with 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 a
knife: or with blow--of bullet:
or with jerk--of a noose."
Morbid! old.fashioned! vic.
torian!" laughed Jules.
$50 don't get drunk again, my
son. continued his mother, "or il
you must, see that your wife is in a
safe place-where she cannot cause
mischief and danger"
"It's news to me. my mother, that
Margaret Is much OF mischief.
maker, or given to pursuing Young
men and leading them on. for the
fun OF turning them down--at the
psychological moment"
Il did not say that your wife pur.
sued Raisui. Do not put false ac.
cusations against your wife into my
mouth. my son. ] did not say that
she led him on. / said that she in.
suited and enraged him. said that
she threatened him."
Threatened to do what2"
"She threatened to shoot him."
ITO shoot him? What fort"
"What for? To get her husband,
and her husbands father and
mother put to death, should think.
What do you suppose would be the
result Of 2ainub's hearing of the
mere threat the threat to kin her
son? And here. when you are lack
again. and Zainub's fears and sus.
picions dead. your own wife threat.
ems to kill Raisul. To KIN her son
Raisul. whose heir you arel"
(ceerrSeSa 1882 r. a ssea., ~