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Show THE SULTAN A BAD DEBTOR. ItonrJI Kmlo ait Atnerlcitn I.anibnr Plrin ,( VI 4lt for ltd VJtf. v A ccrtuin luinlxjr firm of tills city mure than, two yeurs ago snipped to the sultan of Turkey xcveral tliousaind dollars' v;orth of its most ul Liable godw. Tlio order included maJiv.'guny and ebony log of uii'usual sie and of he linest colorir.g itud general quality that could be obtained. The payment, or mtlier tho promise to pay, wan in the shujo of u draft on the sUitan, the money to be fortJicomiug upon the arriwil of the logs at Coiirtlantinoile. .N tu rally the Ainexietun linn regarded the itupLrrnl tioutuiry of Turkey as good . for the price of a sliipineni o' lumber. Jn due time the. mahogany and th.. ebony reacliwl the Uolden Horn ait J the Mvdite.rrainon.u 'Steciimship e.'ir.iviny sent in to the shipper a gentle reminder remind-er tihat tho settlement of freight charges was in order. But meanwhile nothing had been hertrd from thm sultan sul-tan or h4a agents and the New York lumler desdexa did not fancy being held rvsjonsible for ohargcw upon gootls whierr" were not. yet jxilil for. ('as)le dtopntcheu and letters were sent to the jorte, but the "Sick Man of Ku-iop&" Ku-iop&" was appjireitly too buBy attending attend-ing tofltiH Armenliin Hiibjeots to b ahl to look alter suwi triilea oa settlirig with .Hineriean cnditor.s. No BatisfrfB-tory BatisfrfB-tory rt.4tnon.su of .-vijy sort could hi'oh-taired. hi'oh-taired. Tin a the lumber firm made nppliea-tion nppliea-tion to Vavroyenl Boy, a-t that t.ime the Tnr'Jsh minister at AVanhir-'ton. He pi i m.'n.'tl to i.ee that Iim kovi re'gn paid the bill without further delay, and the hopes of the dealer? wereugaln raiHcd. But not mtsn Mavroyeni Bey mi. able to open the. KuJtan' purse-strings. purse-strings. The Armenian question itill ulworlied his attention. Mavroyeni Kirs, v.s recalled without having m:'-rompl'.-'hed Hub hlt-of work. The firm .had a lawyer working on the cum, bus had for mouths practically nbiuuloned all Idea of getting the money. On tho Ias.t day of Oetolier, things tool; u most unexpected and jo, fill turn. Infiucnced afar off, it ijuiy ho, by the prevailing Aiiifriraii mntimtiit in favor of paying one's debts' honestly, hon-estly, ntiout iuon on Mint day word was M'ut to the firm.that the draft had been paid. Since then the actual money litis been received. The moral of the transaction would wern to be that. If you have hiininrsi dealings with Abdul Humid II., you iniiKt 1m content to wait nwhili for ,our money, he being a jdov. debtor, but one who will come around at last If you give hhn plonty of time. "S. Y. Tribune. |