Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-28
THE SON OF THE SIIEIK

The smell of the warm slime on the JelifTe .
river and the sweet, heavy and sickening
odor that eXhaled into the unspeakable /
heat of the desert air from the punches of
dead and scorched water reeds is with me
yet; also the sight of the long stretch of
dry mud bank, rising by shallow and barely
perceptible degrees tothe edge of the desert
sands, and thus disclosed by the shrinkage
of the Jeliife during the hot months. Hal
can remember just how those mud banks
looked. They were very broad and very
black - except where they touched the
desert, and there the sand had sifted over
them in light, transparent sprinklings-
and in rapidly drying under the sun of the
Sahara had cracked and warped into thou
sands of tiny concaye cakes that looked for
all the world like little saucers in which
Indian ink has been mixed Qfyou are an
artist as was Theyenot, you will the better
understand this.)
Then there was the reach of the desert
that drew Off on either hand, and that
rolled away, ever so gently toward the
place where the hollow sky dropped out of
sight behind the shimmering horizon,
swelling grandly and gradually like some
mighty breast, which, painting for breath
in the horrible heat, had risen in final
pasp. and had then, in the midst of it, sud
denly stiffened and become rigid, while on
this colorless bosom of the desert, where
nothing stirred but the waxing light in
the morning and the waning light in the
night, lay tumbled red and gray rocks,
with thin drifts of sand in their riffs and
crevices and gray green cacti squattlng or
sprawling in their blue shadows. And
there was nothing more-nothing, moth
ing, nothing-except the appalling heat
and the maddening silence.
And in the midst Of it alive.
Now. "we, broadly and generally speak
ing, were the small right wing Of General
pawtrot's division Of the African service
speaking less broadly and less generally
1--WE" were the advance guard Of said divis
ion. and speaking in the narrowest anC
most particular sense I'VE" were the part.
of war correspondents, specials, extras, art
its, etc, who were accompanying said ad
vance guard Of said wing Of said army o
said service for reasons herein 20 be sc
forth
AS the long, fat, black scow Of the CON
missariat went crawling up the torpl
river. with the advance guard stragglin
aloun upon the right, eve" lay upon th
deck under the shadow Of the scow's avn
ing and talked and drank kOuscoussow.
/ forget now what had led up to it, bu
Ponscarine had said that the Arabs weI
patriotic, when Bah Azzoun cut IN and sal
something which | shall repeat as soon 9
have told you about Bah Azzoun hlmsel
Briefly, then, Bah Azzoun had been DOT
tvventv nine years before this time
Tlemcen, Of Kabyle parents-his papa wa
a sbeik-bad been transplanted to Franz
Go, nd I'D nHUrlEhg1
i'm a truly remarkable manner He hi
Graduated fifth from the Polytechniqu
he had written books that had been "cou
ronnees mar rAcademie;" he had becOn
naturalized he had been prominent
nolirics-uo one can cut wide swath
Paris in ANYTHING without hitting again
La poltique, he had occupied important !
sitions in two embassies; he was dpl
mat Of no mean qualities he had loJS
influence, he dressed in faultless tren
fashion. he had owned Crusader; he h
lost money on him; he had applied TO t
government for the Office Of "Souschef Z
bureaux-Arabes dams lOran," in order
recoup; he had obtained it; he had col
ON with "us," and was now on TINS,
first visit to his fatherlaud since his ten
year, on his way to his post
VOLTA Bah Azzoun.
And when ponscariue had spoken u
about the patriotism Of the Arabs, L
Azzoun made him answer, The Arabs
not sufficiently educated to be true
triots"
"Rabp' said Slntander, "a man does
raouire 10 be educated in order to b
marriott And, indeed, the rudest nat'
have ever been the most devotedly pa
otto"
ayes said Bah AzzoUn, but it
narrow and a very selfish patriotism"
81 can't see that" put in Ponsclrlne'
natriot is like an cgg-he is either goot
had There is no such thing as a *
enough egg there 10 no such thing
good enough patriot if man is on
all, he is a perfect one"
81 agree" answered Bah Azzoun;
natriotism can be more or less narr
listen and will eSplain"-hc raised l
self from the deck on his elbow, ana
tured with the amber mouthpiece OF
chibouk. "ln looking backward upon
Gradual development Of patriotism IN
minds Of men since the days when
first began to band together, you cal
it pass through five very distinct sta
Patriotism, first, was but love OF lam
Of parents and kindred, but then as
family grows aud expands into the Z
IL. too-as merely a large family
the object Of affection, Of patriotic d
ton This is the second stage-the
of the tribe, the clan, the gems, men
themselves Of the Gothic tribe, OF the
Chattan. of the Gems Fabanus. In
third stage. the tribe has sought prote'
behind the Enclosure Of walls. IL L
noe of cities. patriotism is the dev'
10 the city. Men are Athenians
Greeians. Romans ere Italians, Carthi
ians ere Africans. In the next perio
triotism means affection for the stat
the county, for the province, and bui
dian Norman and Fleming give Tree
their breast blood for Burgundy, Nor
DIV and Flanders, while we OF today
,ba latest. but not the last, link o
Ienptbening chain by honoring, loWn
serving the country above all consl
lions. he they OF tribe or town OF te
Vet / do not believe this TO be the las
highest. the noblest form OF patrio
MOI said Bah Azzoun, "this develop
shall 20 on, ever expanding, ever N
inc. until, carried upon its topmost
we attain 20 that height from WIN
can look down upon the world as our
try humanity as our countrymen, al
shall be the best patriot who Is the
patriotic" c.,
"Ah-h. hohtre" exclaimed SAINT
Iistlessly. throwing a cushion at 81
zoun's head, Eva te coucher It's tC
oil great p