VERY CONSIDERATION
A Turkish bashaw lay dying. Ho summoned to him the youngest'and fairest of his forty-six wives, and said to her in a low weak, voice; , "Put on your .richest t costume,: yrur most brilliant jewels. *,j.eck hair with perils, brighten your linger tip* with henna." The young wife blushed. Evm m ner ■ grief she was flattered- : • , “And why, my lord/ 7 said ehc "do you 1 desire mo to make this sumptuous toilet?" "go that , Death, - when he comes/' the - man ■ replied,, "seeing- you so verybeautiful, may carry-you off instead of mo." - r '
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6492, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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95VERY CONSIDERATION New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6492, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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