"You don't buy them.

The Sultan bestows them." "I'll bet the Sultan didn't bestow that one," said Peter.
"I'll bet," returned Stetson, "I've got something in my pocket that says he did." He unfolded an imposing document covered with slanting lines of curving Arabic letters in gold.

Peter was impressed but still skeptical.
"What does that say when it says it in English ?" he asked.
"It says," translated Stetson, "that his Imperial Majesty, the Sultan, bestows upon Henry Stetson, educator, author, lecturer, the Star of the Order of the Crescent, of the fifth class, for services rendered to Turkey." Peter interrupted him indignantly.
"Never try to fool the fakirs, my son," he protested.

"I'm a fakir myself.

What services did you ever...." "Services rendered," continued Stetson undisturbed, "in spreading throughout the United States a greater knowledge of the customs, industries, and religion of the Ottoman Empire.