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Show OLD BEN ZOATE OF 80DA t 't j xii w.j .. , . t " Abou Ben Zpnto (may his tribe increase), in-crease), ' Awoke ono night amid the grlmo and grease And saw within the cannery's deep gloom . A demon wrltllng ,ln tho book ot doom. Cxceedlng"nerve Bon Zoato now possessed, pos-sessed, And thus tho sooty visitor addressed: address-ed: "What wrltest thou?" Tho demon raised his head, Saying w'ltu shrowd look from his thievish eyes, "The nxmes of those who love the Princo of Lies." "And Is mine thero?" quoth Abou. "Nay," he said "But I shall wrlto wbato'or thou wilt Instead." Aud Abou sweetly 'said, "I am content, con-tent, Wrlto mo, I pray, 'One tenth of ono per cent." Tho demon wroto and went, but tho next night Ho camo again and by a flickering light Ho showed the names that mot the iiovll's test, ,And, lo, Bon Zoato's namo led all thctrest. Ex. I |