“Why didn’t you come in time for the reception?” he asked.
“I did,” she replied, “and you did not even recognize me!”
“Impossible!” exclaimed the President, “but,” and he set his teeth together hard and whispered, “to tell you the truth, Mrs. ——, I was so fearful I wouldn’t do the right thing I could not think of anybody except myself!”
(1082)
Kindness, justice and a little heavenly wisdom would guard a ruler far more effectually than the precautions mentioned below:
The Sultan is chiefly afraid of the darkness, and it costs him $900 per night to have his bedroom guarded. This sum is split up between the eight generals entrusted with the work and their supernumeraries. Two generals take the long watch every night outside his door, and receive $200 apiece for it; beneath them is a colonel who is paid $150 a night, and guards receiving smaller amounts. All they have to do to earn their princely salaries is to tramp up and down the corridor with their eyes on the beautiful satin-wood door inlaid with mother-of-pearl which took an expert two years to inlay. (Text.)—Tid-Bits.
(1083)
Fear, Paralyzing—See [Hopeless Fear].
FEAR, RELIGIOUS