And he answered him and said, fifty pieces of silver.
And the steward said unto him, take thy bill and write twenty-five.
And it was so.
And behold these two guests of the inn were solid with Keno El-Pharo from that hour.
And when Keno-El-Pharo received the Oriental grand bounce from the inn-keeper, the guests of the inn, to whom Keno had shown mercy, procured him a pass over the road, and they whiled away the hours with Keno-El-Pharo, and he did teach them some pleasant games; and when the even was come he went his way unto Kansas City, and they with whom he had abode wot not how it was, for they were penniless.
And Keno-El-Pharo abode long in the land over against St. Louis, and he was steward in one of the great inns for many years, and he wore good clothes day by day and waxed fat, and he rested his stomach on the counter, and he said to himself, ha! ha!
ODE TO SPRING.
Fantasia for the Bass Drum; Adapted from the German by William Von Nye.
In the days of laughing spring time,
Comes the mild-eyed sorrel cow,