The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
CAPTURED BY MooRs.
Adventures of a London Times Cores
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 fallen into an ambush. Flight was inn possible, and as I was unarmed, resis- tanee was out of the question. From every side sprang out tribesmen, and in second or two I was prisoner, sur rounded by thirty or forty men, one and all armed with European rifles. received no rough treatment at their hands, but was told that was their prisoner and must proceed to Zinat.
 On arrival at the woods which sur round the several villages which lie
 scattered on the Zinat hills messen- gers were sent to inform Raisuli of my capture, and in a short time l was ta- ken to him. He was seated under some olive trees in a little gully surrounded by his men and by the headmen of the neighboring tribes, who had collected l on learning what had taken place. Raisuli received me pleasantly enough. had known him in the days before he took to brigandage, and this no doubt stood me in good stead. He is young man of handsome appearance, refined l in feature and manner, and with a pleasant voice. He was dressed in the costume of the mountain tribes a short II clothes and reaching only to the knees, with a turban of dark blue cloth. His legs were bare, and he wore the usual yellow slippers of the country. After a
 short talk with Raisuli, who narrated
 to me all that had taken place. he led me into what remained of his house, lthe greater part of which had been
 burned by the troops. Up to this time I had nothing to complain of in the at ltitude of the tribesmen, but a great
 number had collected in the vicinity, all anxious to catch a glimpse of the Chris tian captive, and not few inclined to
 wreak summary vengeance on me for l the devastation the government troops
 had committed in the place. There was
 a good deal of hooting and cursing, but
 Raisul's influence was sufficient for I him to be able to hurry me through the lcroWd, now very threatening, and his own followers closed round me and lguarded me from the mountaineers It was an unpleasant moment, for soon perceived that no authority existed over this collection of tribesmen, who
 numbered at this time perhaps two thousand though by nightfall this l WcS PIUbcUly l that there would be no possibility of protection did they proceed to extremes. It was with no little relief that I saw la small door opened in the remaining lportion of Raisuli's house, where I was Ipushed in. A moment later the door
 was closed again, but it seemed as though the crowd without would break lit down. But Raisuli and his men, and
 a score of personal friends among the ltribesmen, formed up against the door
 way outside, and were able to dissuade
 the rabble from their intention of drag ging me out.
 The room in which found myself
 was very dark, light being admitted only by one small window near the roof, and it was some time before my eyes
 became accustomed to the gloom. When was able to see more clearly,
 the first object that attracted my eyes Twas body lying in the middle of the lroom It was the corpse of man who had been killed there in the morning by the troops, and formed a ghastly spec tacle. Stripped of all clothing and Ishockingly mutilated, the body lay with lextended arms. The head had been groughly hacked off, and the floor all
 around was swimming in blood. The lsoldiers had carried off the head in tri- lumph as a trophy of war, and they had
 wiped their gory fingers on the white
 washed walls, leaving bloodstains eve irywhere. However, I was not to suffer
 the company of the corpse for long, for i half-a-dozen men came in, washed the body, sewed it up in its winding sheet and carried it away for burial, and a little later the floor was washed down though no attemt was made to remove the bloody finger marks from the wall
 Here I remained alone for some hours, and it certainly was an anxious time. reviewed the situation quietly and came to the conclusion that, il spite of the danger which knew exis. ted, had much in my favor The fact sI that the language of the people was al. most the same to me as my own tongue was of great assistance, and among $ these mountain tribes have 8 large number of personal friends, who, l be
 lieved, and rightly, would protect m as far as they were able. Unfortunate fly, few of my influential acquaintance:
 among the mountaineers had arrived N though to my joy I learned from tht
 conversation of the guards outside tht door that they were expected during lthe coming night. decided meanwhile Ito pretend absolute ignorance of an. danger, and to talk of my condition al lonly one of series of adventures tha
 have undergone in Morocco and else
 where.
 At sundown Raisuli and some of hi < men brought me food, and Ishad lon, conversation with them. Raisuli wa Ipolite, but made no secret that he in . tended to make us of me, though he ha,
 not yet decided in what way. He, how ever kindly informed me that, shoul' !. the attack of the troops be renewed, should be immediately killed. His ca
 reer, he said was practically finished and his sole desire was to cause tn ! Moorish government as much troubl
 and humiliation as possible, and Il
 argued that there would be no easie ! Way to do this than by causing m
 death. However, he promised me, a < ltIle same time, that, provided no fres attack was made upon the lace, h i would do his best to protect me. wa : Iallowed to communicate with the Brit < ish legation, but was not aware till la :, Iter that this letter never reached it : fdestination, though the following morn 7 ing I was in direct communicable l ltwith his majesty's minister, an : throughout my captivity difficultie : were put in my way in correspondin