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The hero of this story, though no longer pasha of a great city, still lives in peace and tranquillity in one of the secluded coast towns of Morocco. The tale of his magnificence in other days is not lost. nor is the story how he once met the demands of an income overspent. It was as ingenious as it was dishonestâ€"which is saying much. The Tangier correspondent to the Lou- The Tangier correspondent to the Lon- don Times writes: At length the pasha's situation be- came serious. The crops of the year before had been poor, and he had drained every possible source of re- venue, legal and illegal, just and un- just. The Jews would lend no more. The tribesmen of the country round threatened revolt. but every day the expenses of his household increased. it was a matter of pulling through till the harvestâ€"but the harvest was still a couple of months ahead. Two or three thousand pounds would suffice for the most pressing needsâ€"the rest might wait; but how to raise even that paltry, insignificant sum? For the whole of one night he pondered. and in the morning he issued on edict. There \vas'danger, this document stated, from the surrounding tribes, whose loyalty to the Sultan was in doubt. The walls were sufficient to defend the city, but it was of vital im- portance that the suburbs should not be raided, as the population was, large- ly dependent for its food supplies on the gardens and granaries situated outside. The military forces Under his command, though sufficient to pro- tect the town, were quite inadequate to venture outside and patrol the sub- urbs, and there was no cavalry. In these circumstances he proposed to raise a troop of horsemen. The men were to hand but there were no horses, and the edict terminated in inviting every merchant of the town to provide a horse. Now, unlike the Arab tribesmen of the country districts, the town Moor is no rider. He climbs now and again on the padded crimson saddle of a fat mule and ambles to his place of busi- ness or to pay a visit, but a horse is to him an annoying and dangerous quadruped. possessed of only two ideas: to fight every other horse it meetsâ€"for in Morocco only stallions are riddenâ€"and to throw its rider. Accordingly not a single merchant pos- sessed a horse and determined not to buy one until the absolute necessity arose, on the principle of “wait and see." A few nights later about ten o’clock, when all the inmates of his house were asleep, there was a tremendous knocking at the nail-studded door of the house of one of the principal mer- chants of the city. Hastily donning such garments as were within his reach, and wrapping his bed blanket around him, for the night was cold, the elderly gentleman called out from within and asked what was wanted. “Open, in the name of the pasvha!” With a drawing of many bolts and the turning of great keys the door was opened by the merchant himself, who timidly asked the reason of this late visit. “We have called for your horse," replied the master of the pasha's fiousehold, who stood without, sur- rounded by half a dozen particularly evil-looking soldiers. “My horse?" "Yes, the horse you were command- ed to buy. The tribes are in open re- valt, and the horse 1s required at dawn." “0h, sir." replied the now afiright- ed merchant, “I have been looking for a. horse ever since the pasha's edict was published, but in vain. I have searched high and low, but I couldn’t find one. I left no hole or corner unex- plored, but all without successâ€"so A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS a... ______ padifngf ‘lzeoPIe- wa-â€"â€"â€" Pure! No chicor or any adulterant in this c oice coffee C" help me peace be “Then you have no horse?" asked the pasha‘s representative roughly. “Alas! my lord, tonight I have none â€"â€"to-morr-ow I will endeavorâ€"" "To-morjrow you will have no oppor- tunity. My orders are~to arrest and imnrisnn every merchant who has not tunit'y. My 01" imprison eVerY got his horse.” “Arrest! Imprison!” cried able blanket-wrapped old ger “Yes, arrest and imprison “Pity! I beg pity!" he cr ing copiously. "You are a worthy man. Softeu your h me some solution to this tr: Luuy _...ev “Pity! I beg pity!" he cried. weep- ing copiously. "You are a good and worthy man. Softeu your heart. Find me some solution to this tragedy." The master of the pasha’s household seemed to ponder the matter deeply for a’moment and then said, “Indeed I pity you with all my heart. but I must obey my ordersâ€"unlessâ€"” "Unless?" “I am ready to make a sacrifice. My own horse is here. I will sell it to you, and you can hand it over to the Dasha." - .‘ , ___:.‘,‘qn “Oh, thank you. And the price?" “Three hundred dollars.” “Three hundred dollars!" almost shrieked the merchant. “Three hun- dred dollars? Impossible!" “1 see you don't want to buy it." And, calling up his ill-looking soldiers, he ordered them to arrest the unfor- tunate man. “I will péy! I will pay!" cried the merchant, and, leaving his blanket in the hands of the soldiers. he escaped indoors, to emerge a few moments later with a bag of coin. "There is moi-e than three hundred dollars there," he said, “far more, but it does not matter.” | The cavalcade moved off, and, cry- ling and shivering, the merchant closed :his door. It was only then that he re- imembered that the soldiers had not lgiven him back his blanket. “Come, come," said the paslha’s re- presentative, “you must take the horse," holding out the halter. “Whereâ€"where can I take it?" pite- ously asked the merchant. “I have no stable.” “Your houseâ€"" “My house! There are only women in my house. and even the courtyard is carpeted. Everyone would die of fright; besides, it would certainly kill me long before I got it in.” And a_ fresh flood of tears staved his words. “Well, take it you mustâ€"unless-" “Unless?” . "Unless I take it round to the pasha’s stable to-night instead of toâ€" morrow at dawn." “Oh, my god friend, my savior. take! it!" and he pressed more money into: the officer’s hand. When the merchants of the city met to attend to their business on the fol- lowing day it was evident that they were all suffering from nervous shock. At first they guarded a discreet sil- ence, but at length our friend related the episode of the previous night. Curiously enough, they had all had the same experienceâ€"and, more curi- ous still, in every case it had been a ferocious untamable gray horse, with fiery eyeballs, which had screamed and reared. that they had one and all been obliged to buy at a wickedly ex- orbitant'price for the pasha’s cavalry. The same day the pasha announced that he had been able to make peace with the surrounding tribes, and that all danger was over. As he sat in his garden he ordered one of his slaves to bring hlm a certain horse from the stable. A few minutes later, with a bound and a. neigh, a viclous~looking all the saints of Islam, may upon them!” you have no horse?" asked can I take it?" pite‘ the mis ntleman 1n the l the‘ At this late day it ought not to be et inineoessary to urge prompt aid for the 1EJIDedIgallant mariner of Norway. The lentslworld in his debt should enable him to meet obligations he incurred for J”; the benefit of the race. Amundsen in his exploration has had to live by faith like other sailors before and since Columh'w. The latâ€" ter received a few hundred dollars for discovering America. Nansen. inter- national altruist that he is, has had to write books to finance his journeys. Shackleton was compelled to pass the begging-bowl vigorously to supply the little “Quest” for his final adventure. he first American polar voyager, Kane, of Philadelphia, could not have financed his undertaking without the generous aid of a New Yorker, as Peary, after strenuous lecture tours and much writing, owed his supreme encouragement to another broadmind- ed citizen, The annals of discovery are filled with the experience of de- termined navigators who sailed to- ward the unknown with incomplete equipment and strong faith, and who stallion was led before him. He look- ed at it for a little while and smiled; then said, "Let that good horse have a. double feed or barley to-night," and, feeling kindly disposed to all the world, and generous, he ordered his workmen to be paid three days’ pay out of the twenty-six that he owed them, and went into the house to count the dollars. a. double feed or b: feeling kindly d! world, and generc workmen to be p: out of the twent; them, and went count the dollars. Roald Amundsen deserves a reward than permission to file a tary petition in bankruptcy at tiania. The Norwegians the! should organize a fiscal rescue ticn, if none else will undertake the douglity explorer who was one c value attain the Sou th oh their return were miserably recomv paused, though others richly profited by their pioneer activity. When the baby is ill; when he cries a great deal and no amount of atten- tion or petting makes him happy, Baby’s Own Tablets should be given him without delay. 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