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Show TLo ' A TURK'S WALE. Bah Herv, the beejfar at the eity gate, Bah Merv, the bengar and philosopher, , In talk wltli Brahn, ai ease beneath the arcn, BtoopiJg to pick a kopeck to him thrown. Found bleeding in the dust beside the coin A ruby ring worth hall a prince's realm. And while the beggar group with eager greed Pressed round him crying: "Ah, our good Bah Merv I Allah be praised ! none ever shall beg more! The sultan's daughter, proud in silk and pearls, Herself more lovely than the hourl's queen, Envied by all who envy, passed the gate, And Brahn, bold cynic, with rare Irony, As who would say, "Bo much for charity lM Flipped in her lap the Bequln of bright gold, Which he by luck had found some twelv months since. Hut wise Bah Merr, with rarer saplency, Threw on the satin black, beside the coin, The ruby ring worth half a prince's realm. And turned to crunch a crust a kopeck bought. "Fool ! fool ! A fool and madman !' cried they all "Not so!" thought she to whom the fortune fell. "What is to me a bauble, were to him , The purchase price of endless misery. This ruby ring worth half a prince's realm, Yea, and Its fellow, too, could such be found, I'd give for his contented poverty I" Hew York Ledger, |