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Show M THE SULTAN A BAD DEBTOR. BBf Iluw He Ma do nn American Lttmher Firm BBJ jj W'ult fur I Ik l'nj. B ' A certain lumber firm of thin city B mure tliuu two years ago whipped to B th hultan of Turkey several thousand B dollar:)' north of its most wiluublc B goods.' The order Included' muhgnny BB and ebony logw of iiii'usinil sic and of BB the 11nent coloring and general quality BB Dint, eould be obtained. The payment, B or rather t..o promise to pay, wan in BB 1ho tdi&pu of 11 draft on the. Htilttuithe BB money to be forthcoming upon the BB arrival of the logs tit Constantinople. BBl .Naturally the American firm lvgnrded B ,tho imperial treasury of Turkey as B good for the prlee of u .shipment of BB Jiunber. BB In due time the. mahogany and the BB -l'lnury 1 cached the Golden ilomund the BB Medlte,rraaien.n Stccm.slilp eompunj BBi cjit In to the ahippvrr, a gentle tcmind- BBi r Miat tho settlement of freight BBl Vhargefi was In order. Ihit, tnronu hik BB cnotjung Inul been heard from the sul- BB Urn or bin ageirt and llir New York BBg lumber dealerr. did not faue being BBt held raoponsihJo .for yhargea upon BBl igoods which were nolt. yet paid for. BBf Cable dtupatchert and le.Uera were, sent H 10 the parity but the "Sick Man of En- BBb jupo" wan apparently too bust attend- BBf . Jng tohks .Vnneuiaa uubjoitt. to beuble BY 10 look after such trilles au settling BJ -with American creditors. No .satisfae BBJ toiy response of 21113' t0rt eould bioh- BJ iajned. Bj Then Thr- lumber firm made uppliea BBJ Hon to Mn.vro.yeni Bey, at that time BB tho Turkish minister at Washington. BB He promised to see that his sovereign BB paid the bill without further delay, BB and the hopes of the dealers were again BBJ raited. Hut not oven Mnvroyoni Bey BBJ iin able to open the sultan's purse- BBJ strings. The Armenian question still BBJ aborlwd his attention. Mavroyeni BBJ IUy was recalled without having nc- BBJ eoinplif.hed this bit of work. The firm BBJ had a lawyer working on the ease, but BBJ had for montlu, practically abandoned BBJ nil idea of getting the money. BBJ On the Inst day of October, things BBJ took a most unexpected and joyful BBJ turn. Infiuenfiod afar off, it may be, BBJ by the prevailing American sctntiment BBJ in. favor of paying one's debts hon- BBJ oatly, about noon on that day word wait BBf cnt to the firm that the draft had been BBJ pnid. Since then the actual money BBJ has been received. BBJ The moral of the transaction would BBJ seem to be that, if you have busmen BBJ dealings with Abdul Uamid II., you BBJ -must, be content to wait awhile, for BB your money, he bc'rg a slov debtor, BBj but one who will come around at hui BJ if you give him plenty of time. N. Y. BB Tribune. |