. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. le bouncefrom the shelf to the floor, and made the poor shaver jumpquite across his shop with the fright. Aman ! aman ! O mercy I mercy ! cried Kior Ali, ashe thrust himself into the furthermost comer without daringto move. Take my shop, my razors, my towels,—take allI have ; but dont touch my life ! If you are the shaitan,speak ; but excuse my shaving you I But when he found that all was hushed after the catas-trophe, and that nothing was to be feared, he approached thehead, and taking it up by the lock of hair at the top, helooked at it in amazement


. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. le bouncefrom the shelf to the floor, and made the poor shaver jumpquite across his shop with the fright. Aman ! aman ! O mercy I mercy ! cried Kior Ali, ashe thrust himself into the furthermost comer without daringto move. Take my shop, my razors, my towels,—take allI have ; but dont touch my life ! If you are the shaitan,speak ; but excuse my shaving you I But when he found that all was hushed after the catas-trophe, and that nothing was to be feared, he approached thehead, and taking it up by the lock of hair at the top, helooked at it in amazement. A head, by all the Imams ! said he, accosting it; and how did you get here? Do youwant to disgrace me, you filthy piece of flesh ? but you shallnot! Although Kior Ali has lost one eye, yet his other is asharp one, and knows what it is about. I would give you tothe baker Hassan there, if his rogue of a son, who is nowlooking this way, was not even sharper than this self-sameeye ; but now I think of it, I will take you where you can 265.


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