, 1898-09-24

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passage, and Proceeded until we reached Il
doorway, where there stood a sentry with
loNded rifle.
AT " call from the prison official q thin
white figure hurIirdly rose from u cell be-.
yond the sentry and walked quickly in front
OF MS into the courtyard. Here he turned
round, and, looking lis straight in the face
laughed quite pleasantly.
At fist glance Mnhmoud, for it was he.
strikes one fNvonrnbIy. He has the month
OF " negro, but forehead, eyes. and nose are
NOSE OF the Arab, though his ~nostriIs als
hr0nd like those of the black. In height
ne s'"nus nearly six feet, aud he is un-
chained. When he frowns there comes across
his face such an expression Of ferocity ns
have rarely seen. The snrne expression NAV
b" observed upon Gagged and dangerous
beasts His figure is supple, and he walks
IKE "a KING, going with his head thrown buck.
and with easy bold strides. His hand, ARE
rm7l.l, with long pointed nails on his fingers.
lie Ih'ter ale thin and strong. but his hands
sre not those os IA race used 10 work Uo
wears the white turhan Of the Emirs. whilst
upon his feet are red Turkish slippers with
pointed toes.
There wa NO bringing about him. Ha
looked us full gthe eye as he answered every
question, and one could recognize in him =
born fighter. 1t was difficult to realize ,hat
TINS man WAS guilty of the fearful atrocities
th"t hSu Deen attributed to him, but there is
no doubt that inhum N cruelty and unbridloJ
lust are his leading characteristics. To Ion
Vh the limbs of a prisoner and expose him ~
the sun to die was only sport TO Mnbmoud
and TO tie Wild cats to the clothinr of ON
enemy seemed to him the only way of oh
tanning his revenge. To watch II m0tGers's ooo.
ny "S her babe was Brutality murdered before
her eyes was another Of his pit aSurable OK.
clt' mentS, ont tins was tn" man who came
forward and smIlingly salutrd US in Tina
prison yard.
One OF our number who had The misfortune
to suffer imprisonment in South Africa dur.
ing tro 'blous and not long distant times told
Mahm that he had "a great deal better
prison quarters than the speaker had ~
Johannesburg.
Mahmo'd: "Whsl have you bOon in
prison TO- and i'll time OF war with ynnr
enemies? linen lo looked adnIringly 1T the
officer III question, and for moment looked
as 1no"gl lie void comp"le experiences
Their lie turned round. aud SAID II hovo
l"ano" something since Atbara."
Mahmond next asked the officer; "Did
you think Alba'A a good fight %
= No, not particularly. Did you p
M"hmo"d Il should think mot. | was
not prepar d. We were disagreed and dis.
organised. 1t was no fight ct all. You wait
and see what you will get at Omdurman."
Your people are very foolish. You will
all be killed. Why not submit now, and save
the slaughter ?"
Mahmond Some people-your peoplo
love life. We dom care for life. Death
seems better to u.s." CTLIs was evidently
swagger,)"
"NIll the Khalifa's men fly 2"
Nahmoud: Oily Whittier can thew Av9
They will have no hOmesP Where can thew
rest %
How many men has The Klnlfa got ?"
Mahmoud "ln the great mosque nj ON.
durham ut prayers there a1e forty seven rows
of fighting men, and in each row there ia
fifteen hundred"
The South African ''Those who prav
much don't always fight mnch.'
When thus was Translated to Mnhmound
1t WAS easy to sec that he disliked the refer.
ence.
Although possessed of the most vioious
passions and acting frequently as u ferocious
beast, MalmOud can bear no disrek pectfnI nj.
fusion 70 his religion. Nearly the whole Of
his lite has been spent at Omdurman, and he
used TO attend the mosque duly five INES.
Then the prison officials sent for Mobam.