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This is the reason why Rustum Beg, / Rajah of Kolazai, / Drinketh the "simpkin" and brandy peg, / Maketh the money to fly, / Vexeth a Government, tender and kind, / Also -- but this is a detail -- blind.
RUSTUM BEG of Kolazai -- slightly backward native state / Lusted for a C. S. I., -- so began to sanitate. / Built a Jail and Hospital -- nearly built a City drain -- / Till his faithful subjects all thought their Ruler was insane.