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Show BROUGHT FLATTERY TO' BPAR Persians Acted, Shrewdly In Effort to 8ave Comrade Who Had Been Indiscreet. A modern instance of tho quickness quick-ness of Persian wit was told mo by a missionary physician 6f Teheran, eays n correspondent. Whatever the estimate in which tho missionary who deals with tho soul or 'with the mind may be held, the missionary who deals with the body is always regarded, with respect not un-mirtgled un-mirtgled with awe. To htm is given tho titlo of "The Wifo Man." One day Dr. was passing the houso of n wealthy Persian. Several Sev-eral servants sat at tho gate. VUh otic exception they all knew the oc-tor, oc-tor, and, rising, saluted him rtth great respect. The stranger made some insulting remark about the "frangi" and spat at tho foreigner. Dr. instantly stopped, und ordered or-dered that the young man bo brought to him. Two of the servants, serv-ants, .seizing their companion by the shoulders, hurried him forward, and when they reached tho dolor's car-riogo car-riogo one of them said : "Oh, Chief of the Wise Men, this boy is an idiot whom our master has, brought hero from n distant province, thinking think-ing that jou alone have "tho skill to euro him." ' . |
