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Show Hill GREAT AMEEH, home Lira or the afghanii-tan afghanii-tan nuLsn. eery U kf sslUliw W rMMl S. -a. Tl. la Iks CMS raises S.M.pllkl. r.-i.u ri- S.llll.e Dlepales. - vw ISS HAMILTON, l JK n Kngllshwomsn, J'lji! wno """ for om SML JzL P-10' errel VV aome characteristic dfataTCM anecdotes of tn "H, JeW.- r00' ",)r ,u wnlcn VJaTJWJJ lBl semi-barber-PSV oua ruler often set-1 ' ' ' borrow pt of nef narrstl-e from lbs Hew Tort- 8an- I 0 the rare occasions whsn Miss llsmllton ventured to appeal for lass heroic measure, her ptK" reminded her that It Is not very long since men were haagod In Kngland for abeep , ateallng and poaching, and he never, tired of discoursing on lbs barbarities I of slavery under white rnle. Once a heggsr had aollellsd alma from him, and In answer to Inqulrlse Informed him that he had never wors-d wors-d In hla life, and bad no Intention ol doing so." "Then," ssld Abdurrshman, "we can do without you," and forthwith directed that the Idler ahould be hanged. The ameer waa ausceptlble to fist-tsry, fist-tsry, and could sometimes be cajoled. ca-joled. A man whom be had asntenced to have hla ears cut off for aome Indiscretion In-discretion happened to be a friend of the ameer'a chief aecretary, who Ingeniously In-geniously averted tbe mutilation by offering to perform the task himself, provided It might he done In the ameer' presence Conseut wax glren whereupon the secretary said that he had never ei- TIIK AMICEU. Veuled this form of punishment for. Would bis hls.tiBMo-e.how htm bow much of the ears was to be removed? re-moved? The nmeer pasted his band over both members; then the secretary turned and reminded him nf a passage In tbe Koran to the effect that anything any-thing touched by tbe representative of tbe Almighty becomes sacrs.l; and ths ssrs were saved. On another occasion, when ths ameer had before him a dispute between be-tween three Isndowner snd two tax-gtthcrers, tax-gtthcrers, he complained that aa each told hla atory the rest talked ao loudly loud-ly that he could not hear It. finally he called fln soldiers, one to stsnd behind be-hind each litigant and box hla ears soundly when he spoke out of turn. Then the ameer could hear the evidence. |