Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-11-18
No. s.

in use among the Arabs, spoke plainly of
having been fired by one of my own men.
and at once brought my column to halt
and galloped off in the direction from whence
the single report had come. AT a short dis
tance met soldier recently arrived in Afri-
ca, who had been detained behind his COM
rades by very adequate and singular cause,
and who in Fastening up, hoping to arrive
before the doors were closed for the night,
excused himself timidly for being late and
having fired at last at a troublesome calf or
COW which had barred his passage and SEEM
ed determined to keep him from joining his
regiment. He assured me he had done all he
could to get rid Of him, pushing him with the
and at last had been obliged to fire at him so
close that be had rolled instantly dead at his
feet. Suspecting the truth, reassured the
man, and as night was completely upon us,
rejoined my troops and entered the fort. On
the following morning dispatched the cul-
prit with dozen men to bring back the MUIR
dered animal, and let me decide whether
calf was to be paid for or reward be given
to the slayer of a lion; and, as had rightly
imagined, the latter proved to be the case,
and our unconscious hero received from the
government sixty francs reward for the finest
lion killed that year.
During the summer of 1856 the General
commanding the province of Constantine was
obliged to replace the chief of a trouble
some Arab tribe at the foot of the Moun-
tains of Kabyla, who had been killed by those
under him, and named a young Arab of good
race, much esteemed for his intelligence and
courage, and Second Lieutenant in the Third
Regiment of spdAis. AS soon as he had re-
ceived his dangerous command Kaid Has
man gathered his family about him and plant
ed his tents in the midst of his tribe. The
great fantasia, Ga sham battle where guns
only charged with powder are fired in every
direction) which always accompanies the in
auguration of new chief, was organized &C.
cording to custom, but it was plain to see that
spirit of discomfort animated most of the
cavaliers, for Kaid was not of their own tribe,
and the Arab is of a jealous and vindictiye
nature. Hardly had the festivities commenc-
ed when bullets were heard to whiz through
the air. and Kaid's bonrnous woe trovore-
ed by more than one-happiy without even
grazing him-and instantly, without the slight
around him, and addressing himself more
particularly to those whom he suspected to
be his deadly enemies, he said:
You are but awkward, clumsy women:
when man wishes to shoot his chief he
makes sure of his bullet and his aim You
have missed me- and this time pardon both
your wickedness and stupidity. l know those
who have tried to kill me, and promise them
that 1t this little game recOmmences | shall
not miss them. Now disband, and go to your
tents.
Wishing to be reassured as to how nv
brave Kald Hasman could maintain its COM
mand and govern the treacherous Arabs about
him, arrived on the following day with
strong escort of spatis, and the fantasia was
again prepared in my honor. This time no
gun was charged with lead, and the ceremony
passed off to the complete satisfaction of all
parties. Next day returned the civlity by
ordering wild boar hunt, in which all the
cavaliers took part, and had they still nour-
ished treacherous sentiment toward their
brave chief, a better occasion could not have
been for misdirectng one of the many bullets
which were fired. But they were completely
conquered, nor had Kaid Hasman any further
difficulty in governing them.
But to return to my hon story. The day
after our famous wild boar hunt Kaid and l.
followed only by about dozen cavaliers,
went off on a little hunt of our own in quite
another direction. Starting at about five
O'Clock in the morning, we returned at about
the same hour in the evening, half dead of
hunger, thirst and heat. We were walking
our horses along the dried bed of a river, at
the head, Kad, with but one barrel of his
gun loaded, a few yards behind me, and still
further back one of his cavaliers. The rest
of our band had loitered or dispersed. Sud-
denly my horse made a tremendous jump,
and at the same instant heard a crushing of
branches behind me; q cry, and the sound
as of the falling of a horse and rider; then
the report of gun, and as / turned Kaid
h;ch hr,c 1al n INV r
saw behind, lying in a strange, wild heap,
gigantic lion, the last, happily, quite dead.
Ali this must have passed as follows: The
lion had come down from the mountains, and
finding himself in the ravine just as we passed
had patiently allowed two of us to go on un-
but the third was more than he
could stand, and the sound of approaching
galloping horses probably augmenting his i'm
patience, he sprang upon the horse and rider,
making a nasty tear on the cheek and shoul-
der of one, and much deeper one on the
haunch of the other. Hearing the noise Kaid
Hasman had turned, and, with Arab prompt
ness, had fired his one remaining barrel,
scarcely taking aim. Fortunately the bullet
lad entered the lions eye, and death had
)een instantaneous. AS to the unlucky cava-
ier and horse, they were able, notwithstand-
ng their wounds, to return to their tent, and
n a few days were quite right again. Not
ong after this Kaid Hasman killed second
ion, likewise by accident.
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come of f360, 600, most of which he expends
n vast building enterprises. He is a recluse
himself. He never answers letter, and al
hough member of four London clubs he
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he is dead to the world.