The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

still growing that there is nothing stirring
to be seen in Egypt, when he reaches the
| group, and, STOPPING over the wounded
man, draws the dagger out. 1t has left an
ugly wound, but not dangerous, and as the
wounded man is taken in charge by his
comrades the colonel turns to the drago-
man for an explanation.
| With many profuse apologies the drago-
man tells how the two men were sleeping
side by side when the Nubian inadvertent-
| ly put his foot against the Arabs face
| That was all, and the dragoman smiled
| and bowed.
The colonel, an old disciplinarian, looked
black as night. In effective English he or
dered the dragoman, after he had discov.
cred that the matter was not reckoned
important enough for Egyptian law to rec
| ognize, to anchor the dahabeeh and send a
boat ashore with the culprit and his bag
gage. To the dragoman's question as TO
/ how Aboo was TO get back to Cairo the
| colonel Numbered that he might walk.
| The dragoman bowed and smiled-it was
habit he had learned from French friend
in Cairo-and translated the coloneI's re-
i mark to Aboo, adding to them such little
! pleasantries as he thought of. He could
y
bow directed to Aboo's bare feet-his shoes
might wear out, but So Aboo, having
obtained his dagger and an old ring-his
only article of baggage-goes ashore NUT
tering revenge, which the dragoman inter
prets to the colonel with a smile and a
bow. The dahabeeh glides on, and in an
hour is moored at Assouam. The wander
ing relic hunters return and all aboard re-
e. =, - fuaf
at shutdown tomorrow
Before sunrise Colonel Macpherson was
awakened by the shout of the young gen.
tleman's body servant, who cried excitedlY;
wake. masterl We can't find Master
Bob. Here is bit of paper that lay on
his bed"
While the colonel rabbed his eyes aud
looked at the scrap Of Arabic the man pro
duced a commotion occurred outside, and
the dragoman rushed in with Aboo's dag
ger in his hand. 1t had been taken from
the breast Of the Nubian stabbed TO tae
heart during the night. The boat that had
been towed astern of the dahabeeh after
Aboo's trip ashore was gone There was
no doubt, explained the dragoman with
his customary smile, that the Arab had
lain ashore until the lights went out, swan
aboard. knitted his enemy and left again ia
the boat. At this the colonel, still holding
the paper in his hand, turns pale aud
tremblingiy gives it TO Jack. who knows
Arabic. Dragoman and crew crowd around
while he slowly reads, "Aboo might have
killed the English dog tonight, bos 20 steal
the pride of bis tent was a better revenge"
They searched for the fugitsves with
shrinking hearts after tine, but never .
trace OF the boz. dead or living. did tkey
find. Almost rnad with grief, bat not until
the hot weather threatened his life, Colonel
Macpherson returned 70 Caro- aEd laid ths
terrible GaAir personally before ths krs-
diva Bat il was al IA vain Year after
year lie Aaznted ire Sils, promising ssck
sheesa 70 4n nAlinited eEtsEt for the res.o-
ration q lis by oat &c Arys5s s st9s
sat leaving say trace TO tbs father Eho
Eearchsd for ais lost boz there vss no lack
II interest nswin Egypt
Forward BY the right; march
Clear and loud comes the ssranand. and
The ugly, Ill conditioned Etseos Of ths
camel eorps moved forward VITA uRgainiy
step. The wells Of Aboo Klsa Ass EiiAsa
sight and Sir Herbert Stewart, VIA
usrckeS nine days ago with I,soo picked
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