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Oriental Encounters

CHAPTER III
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'A poor servant has lost a whip worth fifty Turkish pounds, his master's property.

It was stolen from him by a miscreant--a wicked cabman.

His lord will kill him if he fails to find it.' Seized with interest, I shouldered my way forward.

There was Rashid against the wall of a large mosque, beating himself against that wall with a most fearful outcry.

A group of high-fezzed soldiers, the policemen of the city, hung round him in compassion, questioning.
Happily, I wore a fez, and so was inconspicuous.
'Fifty Turkish pounds!' he yelled.


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