SCARING THE HAREM.
The Grand Vizier approached the throne, quaking with suppressed laughter. “Contemptuous Cur of the Dog Star,” roared the Sultan, “why do you dare to bubble with unseemly mirth in my radiant presence ? ” “I crave pardon, Most Enlightened of All Lights,” replied the Grand Vizier. “I informed the ladies of tho harem that you were going to behead them. They were terribly ■cared/*
The Sultan laughed loud and long. He soon recovered his dignity, however, and ordered that the Grand Vizier be executed.
“It isn't pleasant," he remarked, casually : “but Pin sick and tired of these harem-scarem fellows."
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 48, 20 July 1908, Page 7
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100SCARING THE HAREM. Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 48, 20 July 1908, Page 7
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