The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-17
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hns Ioli owing is an eNtract from a.
l sletter from General Graham,s camp tos
The london Da News 81
Next morning al daylight d rebel spy
was caught Just outside Tue lines.
There are yersions 81 Lis story
S Seut thas which rs has eonmunic ated to.
en- Arab friend of mine, Who has helped
ne g. II investigating tie matter, Is as fol-
lows One Of the two sliell thrown eS fby 81
sthe spinx,:s killed his father. He vowed 4
e 70 ayenge his death and With the per. i
mission mi Of the shiek 81 lii tribe. she8s
vent forth armed With shield and spear I,
across the shall lows at mid mig & He
was told To- take life for life Il Ies could
but IN any case to return With some 8 acs
count Of the number al imposition
Of the Egy pttian force He S; Vas d il
cred iby e small part Of EgYp.s
tians, some Of HON faed!
while their scomra les, looking
at the intruder fred upon him and re-s
bred Charging vii his spear. the boy
Che is only SKI teen years old rounded
one Of his assailants in tile hand but
they we're too man for him Receiving
Is bay net wound in the sid another il in
the thigh and d third On: the head, he
was oyerpo wered |, and with his hands
tied behind him lie was taken into camp.
saW8him shortly after his capture.
He threw himself on the sand. He
sWept, not Fin fri 1T but in sheer savage
rage, He cursed Baker Pasha cursed
his own capt ors, cursed The Egyptian
army spatS at the n sentries and others
within reach Of him, and abused in the
fonlests language ALI their B re- rs
particu 1arly their sisters, wives, mothers
and grandmot even B to the sre7S,
motest generate ion Hows many have
you in your8 encamp q 2 was asked, b
3bnt Omar that was the boy * nam
replied that he would her il ave his
/ tongue out out than give the informatiioo I,
The reader well slappreciate Omaf's
courage if he viii bear IN mind that the
prisoner, natural jud ging from the
practice Of the savage life, which is the
only life; lie 5kno ws, must have expected
11op iuSItAy su6hb1, hUub5S UOEGklT6ysSd S bDS
sequel Ito his obstinacy He believes
his wounds are mortal, but this alone
does not trouble him much, for he tells
us TINT Qsnlans ID gra promised him
comfort table quarters iii paradise.
What does trouble him is the prospect
of entering paradi tho ut the PRESTIGE
of man kiilIer and the savage young
beast has had the audaciittY to request,
5as5a personal favor that before breath
ing his last he should be perm tied to-
wash his spear ii the. blood of
some yptian fpig Z hen, hi
said Omar after o pause, Sshal1s5
die happ & His prayer has not been
granted, and Omar still lives. He
frank eclares that iiffs he survives and
3is released he will kill Ssomebody
think General Ba kerI rather wastes his
sympathy on this blood thirst invalid.
= Poor boy q, I. said the general \ III his
kindly way, aIs am sorry he has been OUT
about go. shall be glad IL he gets:
round he must DO nursed properly
And am glad to say no ferecious young
cub has ever been 30 SOD tllingl cod
died and cotton ooled as our tiger-cat
OF q captiyes In the hos italSS tent Omar
has made his frst ! acqu aint ance with
pure water, ooked food, st soft pillow
and white sheets.