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Show The Career of a Bandit. Ralsull, the bandit who kidnaped Mr. Perdicarls and his English stepson, Is said to be a very worthy person, a good father, a faithful son, tho husband of a minimum of Moslem wives, and a thrifty and enterprising enter-prising genius, with a turn for commercialism, commer-cialism, which has raised him above his former humble estate as a downtrodden peasant In tho tolls of Jewish monoy-lendcrs. monoy-lendcrs. Ho and his fellow villagers wero falling ever deeper In debt to the Jews; the more they paid, the more they seemed to owe, and they felt the tolls closing around them. Then Ralsull had a brilliant idea; why not burn tho Jewish village and destroy all ovidenco of Indebtedness at one fell swoop7 He tried It, and his consequent con-sequent emancipation was the beginning of a new life for Ralsull, who Is said to be a second Namgay Doola, a red-headed, red-bearded savago of great muscular force and few scruples. He has prospered In the work o.f village-burning, and has an enthusiastic following, for whom ho Is what Nupolcon was for the Old Guard. Ho Is even likely to rival Bu-Hamara, the pretender, who nearly shook the throne of Morocco a year ago. As Bu-Hamara's following has diminished, tho adherents of Ralsull have Increased and multiplied, and he will certainly gain great prestige If the result of the present situation Is that, under pressure of the powers, the Sultan sends a special embassy to the brigand to ask for terms, carrying rich ransoms for tho kidnaped American and his English relative. Harper's Weekly. |