Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

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Il was very dark night when lIabi.
Dullah arrived with his nine camcls at
ne lonely zhob Levy post on the road
= DeM Ismail Khan. Though q ma.
I'VE q the regions round about, he, with
eue Mohammedan rcckiessness, turied
- sleep. leaving HE beasts unsaddlcd
y forage during the rest Of the night.
Unah wonder that at dawn the loss OF
n whole nine ,was reported q the
oearest post. The loes was promptly
oeeNouted to cattle-Nftere, - Q hand
6 Wasiris had been rsmocOd 10 have
eems from the Mahsud tribe during the
Ut few days. Saddle and rdew was
ne order Of the day. Balnshan Khan
o0pped his medicine phlal into fhS pock.
g WaS,r Khan put chillum and come
tooacco into bic holster. instead Of bic
reeSon pocket. Gurdit Sinh put TWIST
- cloth containing opium into hd0 tur.
I'm. The English oflcer cfammed half
? dosen chupattiee end 6a(k q whis.
y Into his pockets. In twenty minutes
1ftsen armed mon were gailoplng 70 the
Doace whence the animals bad been
NDesd.
Bakshan Khan's trackeN had been
bGeoes them. and had run ne tran
across the river and into che hllo On
ne other side. Every Indication wao
nat the party had gone OF toward
WAno IN bee line across the hills, and
woth probably ten hours snrt In tho9
awfM country, and with the slow and
malignant camel peculiar 70 those
rarts, obey were probab,y . dosen
nilso ahead. 10 follow that <raia among
thAx ma0 Of torrents, al twisting like
wounded snakes, and In - many direc.
Cons % imagina ton could devise. seem.
"a Ut nnt an absolutely Impossible
0sk. But 10 the men following + every
nullah was % well known q London
GRssts to Q cockney. Not for nothing
had they hunted the wild Coat and
sheep and chikor day after day IN those
Businesses. Only two routes were p0s-
abds. One Wa an easy one Win 0ndy
going, up . nuilah and then across .
shallow neck, through Q kind Of down
country with rocks for gra0, Into an
aehsr nullah, and % down among an
lntsrminable wash q ravines 10 the
0umai and wasiristan. The other va
Q sdf. but not steep. climb By che way
u the lowest hills into vide plain
crossed BY ravines. and then BY an
Intricate system Of nullah0 to the con.
auence Of the Toi and 0u1nal and % 10
Wano. At the end Of cwo hours ride
up the latter route. chosen because Il
was the shortest In distance. Q sure
Indication was found.
Turning . tail, ragged knee Of precip.
ttouo rock, q man was 0een making Gu
Up the mountain side. He bore . hand.
some jexaal across his shoulder and
Wa dressed 40 Y on . Journey far from
home. At the Shouts Of the party he
turned and unslunS his jesail. but o
Ghot fred BY Q 0owar induced him to
ground arms, and then ct . second hail
from Wazir Khan he came down to
the party. He was Instantly seised and
Charmed. On inquiry he was found to
bsa young Mahsud, who gave the name
q Maxduri, TIL an Application Of stir.
sup leather to HE lsgs revealed an alias
q Bakhtawar. This being accepted
- probable, he was further questioned.
HE replies were evasive. 10 ~ the
ieast. During the conversation four o.
ave sowaN had gone Ahead and found
O. the soft vet Ade Of Q trickle Of
water q plain mark Of camel's foot.
THIS damned the prisoner.
he was decorated % to his neck
with a collar Of tough picketins rope.
theslack end was made fast Do q sowars
saddle and he was hidden run or hang.
A sword point at bic back ended all
bis hesitation. He ran, and nambly,
too. while the pusuers followed at .
bstsk trot. winding Up the sandy bell
Of the nullah. A collection Of camcl's
dung hastily thrown into email cram
ny In the rocks, close 10 the SITE Of q
sheepfold. removed ell doubts. The
prisoner ran on Tor nearly Q mile more,
before he tripped and fell. guiding his
iset knee and arm badly. A. he did %
Q shot fred from q rock on the noun.
tain side. about 400 yards ahead. scat.
tered sand and nint among tho horses
legs. Il was now quite certain that the
rear guard Of the camel nfteN had
been caught. and . hard gailop TO head
Of the nrere resulted In his capture
within half an hour He was moi
wounded. but very tired.
A rapid council Of war was held while
the horses drank at the water, and
cropped Q little Of the sour heritage al
n edge. When all are Of much the
same mind there h little need Of words,
and % In hak On hours time the pur.
susrs, now ten In number. saddled and
mounted and were OF at q canter
While crossing the rough and stony
d0wn@nke country horse fell and wa
badly hurt. This necesdtated the
sending back Of the injured horse, and
three other s0wars. whose horses seem
a unlikely to last out tho stern chase
which % all knew was bound to Ike a
bong ono. This delay Of ten minutes
Was not such great loss after all. Fol
hardly had the pursuers started agair
than the keen eyes Of Balkshan Khnr
sAw Q camel standing against the SKY
xne on the top OF mountain about 4
mile ahead, 40 the crow dies. A. hl
called attention to II another camel ap
psared and then q man. Against tn,