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Show When the Bomb Burst. Tho Sultan "And how did it happen, hap-pen, vlzlor, that you railed to inter pose your wordthlcss body betweon your sovereign nnd tho bomb?" Tho Vlzer "Pardon me, your highness, high-ness, it was all over so quickly that thero was no tlmo to mnko a moe," Tho Sultan "A wlso servant anticipates antici-pates tho danger or 1 Is master." The Vizier "Had I anticipated the danger, your highness, I would bnvo provented tho throwing of tho deadly mlssllo." Tho Sultan "Then you aro not good at anticipation?" Tho Vizier "No, your highness." Tho Sultan, smiling "In taat caso you havo not anticipated the fact that I am about to flno ou twenty' purses of 100 sequins each, and In addition to present you with thirty lashc3 across tho soles or your uunntlclpativo foot." Cleveland Plnin Dealor. |