"Not in the Least,"
A grimly humourous story is told of the death of a cerbain braveller. Over and over sgain he had penetrated into countries where no European had ever been, in each case finding that his disguise of a wanderiag priest or fakir nob only secured his safety, but ensured him respect aud hospitality. Finally, however, he arrived at a small Afghan village, the inhabitants of which promptly prepared to kill him. "Bub are you nob afraid of Heaven's vengeance for daring to slay a holy man ? " he remonstrated. "Not in the least," replied the head of the village ; "we must have a saint's tomb in order to be equal with our ntjig'^bours on the other side of the valley. Since they built one to the memory of a holy man who died there two years ago pilgrims have been fl-icking thither from all parts of the country, and our neighbours are rapidly growing rich while we remain as poor as before." And with that they killed the traveller, and gave him the grandest fonoral and the fineßt tomb that they could possibly afford.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 53
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186"Not in the Least," Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 53
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