Show Joaoml alt near htm and repeated to the crowd paseagM from the Koran or read to them from books recording tho deeds of Mohammed or Omar Them was no eloquence In his discourse nor were there parables or flowers of rhetoric rhet-oric Ho frequently turned to ask tho fathers approval of the matter tf tho discourse but the fathers usual answer an-swer was that he did not iinderitand It No moro did the people In tho lathers opinion It would bo na cffec tlvo to rend Dante to Ignorant peasants peas-ants Sometimes when tho dlrcoursa hail to do with larger morals the father approved In answer to the Mahdla Inquiries In-quiries and then the latter would turn In triumph to the people and soy You see he lilY It la I well When Ihe speaking or reading wji at Rn end some one In tho crowd would leap to the front and with his arms In air bogin to cry Seledl 8ledl My Lard m7 tamil fxinlWhat What Is I It the Mahdl would demand de-mand and then the man would let forth hli case It was a beast stolen an Inheritance snatched or nn Injury received Then the Mahdl having III lcne < would turn to thoie tlandlni about anti oak whether Ute Judgment ihould lie thus The Mahdla suggestion I gestion was atoms approved The Mahdl at noon had his food carried car-ried outride his hut nod then he withdrew with-drew behind a hedge to eat Inviting rome persons to Join him The father atKndod theso fcaita somewhat unwillingly un-willingly Kvcrthing was ealen with Iho fingers and If the Mahdl found a fine piece of meat In the slew ho frequently fre-quently fished It out with his fingers and graclouily offered It to tho father The dlicourto nt monli especially beloved be-loved by the Mahdl was the pralso of simplicity See ho would say tho Turks nci1 carpets cuihlona and delicate viands We need nono of these wo sit upon this earth cat a little ilmplo food and are well Surely surely answered thin guests wo do well All thli according to rather llonoml was mere pretence The Mahdl In secret abandoned hlinielf to every Imailnablo excels and his death was duo to this When naked whether tho Mahdl had nothing extraordinary In body or mind to account for hli maitcry of men tho father replied that ho eras n groat knave and had the Rood luck to selio tho right moment Graver revolts than that of tho MnlulUts have been putdown put-down with little force but when Mahdltm arose Rpt was troubled with Arabl Faiha and by the war wltli Kngland and besides Iho Kgypllan gov > crtiora In the Soudan had Incurred Ito enmity of the people |