Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-26

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draft of sherbet. at grieveth my hear
to think that Yumen Yusel and that devi
on the black horse will be drinking hi!
wine and dividing his wives SO soon. Tak'
| q cup Of his sherbet my gazelle. Hal thai
is good. Thou smackest thy lips again
! Now thou shalt have another bite,n and
| the tongue having by this time disap
peared, he seized the carcass and tore
hind leg off. He held it toward me, and
remembering Tabaps admonishing look
made feint of biting greedily.
NAY, not all! By my faith, not alp
cried Suleiman. Add ell Mahsin, seest
thou this? He who moment ago would
not put tooth ON tongue is now ready tt
devour an entire limb. He will be asking
for a whole carcass next. Yet he shall eat
yea, eat and drink" turning to me again
"Yonder is the desert that will bring my
gay ones sides together in emptiness"
So saying he pushed the mass of meat
against my mouth and laughed uproarious
ly because showed symptoms of choking
But now that l was docile the diversion oil
coercing me was at an end, and SO, letting
me eat as pleased, he centered his atten-
tions on himself. Never surely did man
regale himself with such desperate energy
Nor was he alone in his voracity, for the
entire band laid to in such an exhibition OF
Whole carcasses disappeared as mouthfuls
and where one minute. there was meat
enough to furnish q score of butchers
shops the next there was only a heap OF
bones piled for the wolf and the hyena
Tobacco and huge drafts of coffee and
sherbet followed. Then the gormandized
camp lay down to sleep off it's surfeit, the
sentries alone remaining alert and unde-
bauched. They would get their share later.
When we rose again, there was no longer
any hilarity. The festivities were over, and
the festive spirit gave place to one strictly
concerned with business. Men who had
laughed riotously at the feast were grim
and hard faced, and among the grimmest
of the lot was the erstwhile jocular Sulei.
man. He looked indeed as if he had never
learned how to smile, and noticed his curt
orders were obeyed with a silent alacrity
that told of an authority which would
brook neither questioning nor insubordina.
ton. The saddling up was done so quietly
that you would not have heard us a hun.
dred yards off, and so quickly that in an
hour after the first order was given we were
in breakneck gorge mile from the rest
ing place.
By express injunction Tabal and l rode
our own horses by the bride of Suleiman.
while Ahmed was accommodated by the
rein of Add ell Mahsin. Though there was
no path save such as could be picked
among broken ravines and craggy water
courses and up and down breathless sleeps.
the progress was swift, for Bedouin horses
leap and dodge and climb with the agility
of goats. III trying moments when we
three strangers were demonStrative from
fear of our necks we were admonished to
silence with the butt end of spear and SO
learned to hold our peace and look death
in the face
By nightfall. after ride that recklessly
tore and jolted the soundcst joints and
bones, we emerged from the range on
level dip on one of the spurs overlooking
the plain to the west. Here we halted for
supper, which was stealthily prepared and
silently eaten; for the need of conceal
ment had come. AS soon as the meal was
over, Suleiman and Add ell Mahsin held
brief but animated consultation, the result
of which was an immediate order to mount
and march. By daybreak we were at the
mouth of steep and narrow defile that
issued on piece of green sloping down to
the plain, and here we rested in the shadow
of some tall prectpices, managing to snatch
perhaps an hour of sleep.
The east was blazing in all the glory of
crimson and gold, when some one prodded
me vigorously in the ribs, and l leaped up
to find the company Tightening girths for
the road. Tabal, who insisted on being at
once brother and servant to me, had nv
mare ready by my side. l had just time to
take the rein when Suleiman gave the Or
der to mount, and, like one man, the band
sprang into the saddle,
AT starting we divided, Add ell Mahsin,
with Ahmed and the necessary guard, go
ing southwark with the captured horses
az r oil nd Mt bpr hnntU Sn1a
ard the rest of us striking out to the north
west.
Before parting managed to get word
with Ahmed.
1--WE may never meet again, Ahmed"
said, land l wish to assure thee am thy
friend. Should you make thy way back
to Abou kuram, as l trust thou wilt, tell
him l shall not forget his kindness, and
that l commend 10 him the son of the va.
liant Koor Ali"
sit shall be done as thou desirest," he an
swered.
Zone thing more 1 would beseech Of
you" added, land it is this-that if thou
fall in with the man or the black horse thou
wilt not fight with him nor provoke him"
81 will Stay him." returned Ahmed
Hercely.
NAY, Ahmed, tempt him not lest he Stay
thee" said. LAS for avenging the death
of thy father, thou canst not right tho
wrongs of battle Koor ALI fell like gal
liant soldier. Lay that to thy heart Fare
we'll"
Farewell" answered Ahmed. II will
think of what thou hast said" And we
parted, turning to pressing interests of
my own.
1t was easy to see from the demeanor OF
Suleiman and his men that something big
was in the wind, and presently an inkling
of Its character WAS conveyed In a whisper
that we were bound for Amood Sims pal
ace. The band swelled with citation, for
tho prospect was glorious, but they held
their peace, and our march was as the
march of the army of the dead.
Helena cattle growers offered to give 5000
s-year,old steers for the Corbett-M Mitchell
light.
A Fatalist, but Cautious.
A story is related by traveller returning
from the south and hinges upon the ex-