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MiANHATTAN NiH S
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BY U. HENRY
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IHtT hlad fallen
nie urn that rat und Deal
t- ful city- kn11 i
hin Ba ilad n -the- S
d. night came the
,, ". =chanted tlamour tl
ma era l rade t
nr h Thccidental city
nd omanl ud(rece were IlI
j I
to the latet l the Ite I r. I.
Raschid. Th wIore clothes
rI clever hundred years nearer
saw in the old Bag lad; Iut y
they ,,ere about the satin p1c-
cl ple un(lerncath. With the -c
of faith Vou could have seen
the Little Hunchback, Sindliad :
" the Sailor, FitLad the Tailor, the
beautiful 'Persian, the one-Itoed
Calenders, \ll Balba and Fortyv
cb Robbrs on every lock, and the
' Barlbcr and his Six BJrothcrs and
t all the old Aralbian ganag caily.
arI But, let us re\-enue to our lamb I
chops.
lie: Old Tom Crowley \was a caliph.
i He had $42,ooo,ooo in preferred
stock and bonds with solid gold
'il edges. In thesc times, to be called
tol a caliph you must have money.
ti,' The old-style caliph business as
conducted by Mr. Raschid is not
r- safe. If you hold up a icrson
l: nowadays in a bazaar or a 'Turk-
S: ish jbatih or a side street, and in-
ihe quire into his private and personal
I, Ln
rn ()hl Ti T m wt :s tire(l of clui s, thiratters, din-
iti- ntrs, friend u-, nIl cl> , mi ll. c , ;1 itd u \ri thing.
as 'lhat' l itl iakl:t i c aliph \u muilrr.t gcct to
ui- dIcpie c\critriri that Inilti can i u , itI
the ticrhen go out IrII1 try to i iant somtri htii I hatI
cn- VOu can't pl y f(,Ir.
hat "I'll Iltakc' :a little llt t around t,\\n all 1 i\
bia I ts.l'i. t thought l 'T m. Tand tr if I cat,
nt stir rp ,nt tilti neit. Let's cc it -cem I'\
hI c read about a king or a (' dilf giant or oni
nd thin; in ihi times who usIl to g ait willti
the faile \hikrs onil, making IPcr-ian latle cih
oi folks he hiriln't icen intr uc11 ed111 to. Th .'
Icld uun't li t-n like a lal idlca. I cirtrinrv ir
ndi g(o t a case of humdrumin I Ii 1111 nd fatigue on I
uh t -the I n I i ldo kno w. T hat h1! ( -dlitt u- I
er- Iick ill ca Of troul)e a- 11, il . "
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