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Show WHEN PEOPLE TOOK ABDUL AT HIS WORD 1NB JOKED FOB COIL And it came to pass that Abdul Ben He-Would came to rule over th- great city. For he was a great king and filled with wisdom. His raiment was of fine linen and his whiskers were of scarlet and illumined his countenance even to the top of his head, which did shine like unto a tin can which was! on the cabeeza of Hooligan the Happ. And he wore a carnation and his lingerie lin-gerie was of the finest texture. And; he looked upon his raiment and said,! "Great is Allah." nd straightway he went to the syn-i syn-i agogue and called around him his counselors Miles and Christian. And they sat as daysmen and made many wise laws and ordinances. Now the tribe of Miles was such as dealt in coal which was dug out of the ground and sold to the multiiude in small pieces. And there was a famine fam-ine in all the land. And the people murmured, for there was no warmth in their houses and they could buy no coal. And many there were that suffered suf-fered and great was the evil thereof. Then spake Abdul Ben He-Would unto un-to the multitude, saying: "Peace, I will save ye from the famine. Call ye upon me and I shall be your salvation." And when the multiude heard, there were some which did believe on him and sent messengers to him asking forj coal lest they perish. And the great king said unto I hem: "I have no coal. What manner of evil seek ye? Can ye not wait until' What time the sun waxeth warm and I then Allah shall save ye." And they besought him no more, for they wilt tln-n how it was. For they saw that' he was drawing near to them with his lips that he might the better conceal j from them his heart. And the famine still continued throughout the great city and all the j land of Utah And the great king con-! con-! tinned to reign over the people |