The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-23
Saved From
Khdrtum.
The story of the Only Living White
Man Who Escaped the
Slaughter.
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his aids-de-camp. Well, we were shut
up in that death trap city Of Khartum.
surrounded upon every side by the forces
of the mahdi. myrads of fanatical Su-
daaese Arabs following that high priest
Of bloodshed. We English were but a
mere handful of men; the auxiliary forces
were wretchedly small. Our only hope
was ala from Egypt, and. as the whole
wosld knows, tLat never came. Poor
Gordon was allowed to fall a victim TO
the mahdis sword, and most of the gar
ris1n was slain. With the exception of
Satu Bey, who became Mussulmap.
thHH ! WAS the only European who got
out If the doomed city with my life. That
! Gil so is due to Ibrahim"
Here an Arab boy who had lust hand
el Gwm>haw some mail, hearing his
naac mentioned, looked up and smiled.
~ fcW days after we entered ELar-
trr. continued Grimshaw. 81 was M
trolling The town under General Cor.
d.H orders when we came across a great
raaau Of boys halooing and shouting Mt
l.a'ounC rate. | sent an Ervptfan
soldier To- discover the cause. ana be- re-
ported that the young fuzzy wuzzies-it
is s1 that Private Atkins of her mai.
esty troops denominatcs the SudapcSe-
were having fun with one of their num-
Der. ! was then. as now, intensely in
tera-ted in native manners and Sustoms.
Hating my men, entered the boistorous
Gordon of boys to determine the reason
of their tumut.
"Ihe little rascals were teasing one of
their number. Teasing, indeed, in this
is mil Nrl
ing and stoning the lad, who lay bruised
and half blinded in the gutter. His tur-
ban was off, and his already scant cloth
ng bad been torn to shreds. | sprang
into the middle of the mob and demanded
the cause of such brutal treatment. At
first they affected not to understand nv
Arabic and went on beating their vic
tim. but when had soundly cuffed one
or two and summoned my Interpreter to
my aid | succeeded in making them an
swer
lie is the renegade's SON said
rincleader-'Hassan. the renegade's son.
Stone him in the name of the prophet
Then | understood. The poor hoy's
father had taken service with Gordon.
leaving his offspring to suffer all the
crueltles which the Khartum children,
egged on by their elders, were sure to
inhlct upon him. | lost no time in call
Ing up few men and sending that pack
Of youthful fanatics to the right about.
They went away. vowing dire vengeance
on the 'renegade's brat and | raised my
protege from the dust. He had tainted
from pain and loss of blood, but one of
our surgeons soon brought him to. When
T..
ed Ike little coffee colored angel and
wanted then and there to give me his
best salaam. or course | made him lie
down again. but he blurted out his graft
tude tor preservation so vigorously that
he came near fainting again.
Next day his father, Hassan, one of
1ordon's servants, came to see him The
two had long talk. and finally Hassan
announced that, for his sons sake, he
had decided to leave the general and 20
back to his cobbler's staIl in the bazaar.
Ibrahlm-for the lad whom | had helped
10 rescue was the same one now sitting
before you-soon recovered. thanks to his
native, tough constitution. He left my
nut absolutely refusing to touch any of
the money which offered him.
frotector of the poor, he said in his
quaint grandiloquent eastern way, you
nave saved your servants life Did not
!he mouse once repay the lion that had
Fen hs benefactor? Lo, am the
mouse, effendi. and you are the lion!
Fehaps some day | may repay you. Sa-
nam, friend" Then he backed out of
my hut and | saw him not for many
days.
H. Il, II
tue tazaar on my way to Genera Cor
qoh quarters boy sprang out Of cob
ptr stan and handed me tiny bundle,
SIIAIs away into the darkness before |
uaG une to do more than recognize him
as loT9lim, son of Hassan. carried the
Uun5' to the general, and together we
uHu'H us taStenings. Have you ever de-
uPNtirl an oriental object letteri
mean letter which is not written upon
papgf. bnt Of which the sense is conveyed
y! Objects flowers and the like The
ouule handed me by Ibrahim was just
s1'u communication. 1t contained a
e"e collection of articles. They were
piece Of broken knife blade. a scrap Of
h''u ciuih, two flowers tmarigolds. |
+,"A' with only the heads remaining a
sn 'H from the walls and, lastly an iron
au"t winch ! at once recognized as the
p'D' oi one of those sticks with which
".ntls are urged onward.
"eueral Gordon lost no time in un-
sr sr,'''AS the mystery of this miSsive.
r@ ~ green cloth he said. means the
TTpul'' urcause his sacred flag is green
~ GulIe blade stands for sword. and
uecapltated flowers mean that our
I'aus are going to be cut off The brick,
r.% nae II, hints Of treachery inside the
A. na's The camel spike advises you to
A, uom khartum Immediately. Where
Ua You get this?'
~. "hen told him the source of my in
%Tei'atlon, he was inclined to pooh pooh
toaau'ln letter. 1t is a boys fear and
,'tyy' he said. We shall be relieved in
n0n' "u' the mahdi's men formed an inn
c1V'Iaole 81 ~ circle around the town-a cir
mn Ha' grew ever narrower and mar
dasaa Day after day we scanned the
too, uorlzon for some sign Of the ey-
stos relief. but without avail. Day
pnon uay the impression grew stronger
do,n each and all Of us that we were
i, ou'lhg an early morning walk Ibra-
u aecosted me as Suddenly as he nad
~ lue before Fly, effendi, he whisper
w. The city is betrayed. My father