Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-16

This unexpected coup on the part nt
the Afghan gentry, III spite OF the
extraordinary precautions that had
been taken. led to the idca OF steel
bars being attached TO the arm-rack>,
passed through the rrigger-@uard OF
every rifle, aud locked at cItHrr emit.
This apparently in>urinoutahic diff
Guilty proved. however, nu bar to II
audaCitV OF the rnttiurs. Sic, ping III
sweet Inconsistencies one nlgt:t =
few months subsequently lay a
" hole company OF the Fort. second
l~lighlaudcrs at Pr>htwuE, SIXTY men
III IL long barrack-rDum. TIr com
p2ny arnI-rack. duly fitted with its
prtscrving-rod safely luckrd.t the KEYS
III custody nf fhr sergeant, Wa> ia tn"
enter III the room. Once again illu
wild raihtu- stole in. having given
the sen ri = the slip, cnlm!y Iid
quietly tnr filed tIr bar vita uliru
flies without aw nkcnIug the Scotch
man, and succeeded in getting
seven rifles away. As they were"
leaving II soldier awokr, and seeing
these two expected visitors rushed
To the door, AMI ~ he saw the figures
disappear III the darkness wildly cried
to the guard. ''l.uut-waiit III trcl-
b'r>). To which cry the Ptth@n>.
quietly trnttrd OF. answering through
the murky darkness. '.Iian->ahIh
loot-walIah hal" Crs, sir. i; j. u
robbery. The sentry ON guard Il:
once nred in the direction OF the
voices AMI turned cut the guards i'll
pursuit. followed by the company
like y pack OF hounds. The rnthan>.
however, knew best the Intervening
country between the barracks and
tile mountains and succeeded i'll cS-
Gaping among the ravine-. Th"
l~lighlaudrrs, feeling much ashamed
OF themselves, returned to their cots
10 forget III dreams their loss, well
Knowing what the morning would
bring i'll the WAY of ch4ff from their
comrades. Each man retired te his
cot determined never again to be the
victim of such pIuudrr. Little by
little the men fell asleep, but the last
thought OF each Il WAS OF that ARM
rack, AID he was ready 10 Jump up
At The least sound Presently one
Of the company wanted to get up for
atrink incautlou>Iy put his leg CIT
of the bed. His neighbour the pioneer
Of the company, had Comet bel with
his N that lie had taken TO pursue
the Afghans. Not being quite asleep
and his mind dwelling on the late
~s0rrOwtul loss of his comrades, see
ny his leg IN the dim light moving
near his bed, without calling Care
gave one tremendous blow at the
unknown object. \ howl of anguish
succeeded this feat, and ii Highlander
was conveyed to the hospital, adding
TO the discontinue of the company. |
The Pathaus have strongly marked
features of the type generally accrcd-
ltet TO The family OF Judah. They
are usually tair as Europeans, tail.
We! built, and stand NJ over SIN
'e"t nlgh. active, enduring Aui good
hor-erncu. Their ordinary dress i
i skin coat, with long sleeves. aud
lined with fur: lur>r bag.y trousers.
with q long cloth = rdIc or waist
hlnd, into which l. stuck many
weapons and 4 Ya'aGhan or curved
sword. y mitChiuck i invariably |
Sung across the back. Ihr head
dress consists of ! -cuii-csp OF party
c"lOr"d cloth. coming up TO Il pcak
1t the top. cECircIci by a CUlOrrt
furban, the color ard manner nf
tving which de- guates their tribe.
FOR foot protection The Kill trIhc-
wear plated grass -audtIs.tEc tOWH>-
people the regular Arab slipper.
Although avcr-e To trading a a
matter OF prid the AfgIlus during
Tie hot season at lmdla bring down
al mule, from the >uow-ciad noun
ttiif> frozen -uow and 4raur- for sac. |
In the winter they bring iircwo"si.
l. l. during these vi-.t- that they i'll
form Themselves Of the Whereabouts
# horses llG otter loot. lie, :h-y
lflrrw4r,., try to carry of. They At
times vary the object of their port:
tor instance. we rcculicct case wh-u !
they mate an attempt Ia capture an
English colonel. in retaliation for the /
seizure of one of their hi'l r"bbrr /
chiefs, declaring that they meant t.
do with him whatever We did with /
;he rObber. l. was at P"shuwur. a
frontier military station close to the
khyhrr Pass. whore y Iarg- garrison
was stationed with u cil1Iu "f out
posts all round i distance of seven
miles. Nightly the field utilrrr ull I
duty makes the tour. and A. an escort
l. accompanied by a couple Of nattv..
cavalry soldiers. tn" AtghanS de-
terniIneei TO catch one OF the-e Officers.
me r"at ~traVer-ed III his rounds i
crossed 10y several small dry nuli!h-
or Whtei-reur>e>, over which small
btlugc are bulIt, with parTprt-