Show if n humbled vizier A traveler in morocco tells in the land of an african sultan the following story the sultan not long ago discovered that one of his viviers viziers was becoming too powerful he therefore summoned him to tea and complimented him on his great wealth the vizier becoming vain boasted of the number of his houses horses wives and slaves and the sultan rebuked him saying eliat he was too rich and thought too much of himself to show the man exactly what lie was worth his majesty had him taken by soldiers to the slave market where he was put up for sale ind received only one bid of ife was then taken back to the sultan who said to him now you know your proper value eight pence go home and ponder over it when the man reached home however he found that nearly all his property had been taken away by order of the sultan only one small residence one wife one horse and one slave bad been left him |