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Show SHEPHERD BECAME A PRINCE Emir Felsal of Arabia Seemed an Al- together Negligible Object In His Early Life. Emir Felsnl of Arabia begnn llfo as a dirty llttio shepherd boy. Ills mother moth-er was nn Arabian girl of Mecca nnd a cousin of his father. When Felsnl was still n baby Sherocf Ilussoln sent htm Into tho desert to llvo with n Uedouln tribe, becnuso It Is considered moro wholesome for n boy to grow up In tho open dosort country than In n city or village. In Constnntlnoplo Felsal contracted consumption, writes Lowell Thomns In Asia, but slnco then tho desert has taken It out of him, although al-though ho Is still very thin nnd has u waist only 21 Inches In circumference. Uo smokes cigarettes day nnd night and eats sparingly. Among tho tribes ho Is celebrated as an unusually flno shot and n good horscmnn nnd camel rider. Felsal Is enlightened nnd thoroughly thor-oughly modern In his vlows. Ills peo-plo peo-plo follow him, not through fenr, but bocauso they lovo hlm. Ho Is much too kind nnd liberal-minded to rule ns nn orlentnl despot of tho old school nnd he mny bo depended upon to usher In nn entirely now order of things for his people. |