The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-10-30

E~S need 80 no further than
Morocco Tor stirring incl.
IzE dent Let them merely be
vZlGlJ captured by the trlbesmcn
who are In revolt against
the Sultan, and II they live TO tell the
story, publishers viii be- eager enough
60 buy il. They are fairly certain of
receiving courteous treatment. They
may be chopped to pieces as an OK.
ample Of what the followers OF the
prophet can do TO dog OF an un.
believer, but until that moment arrives
they VIII live as well as their captors-
which, If not up to western standards.
is better than not living at all. This Is
suggested 10y the story told by Mr..
Harris. the correspondent OF the Lon.
don Times. who speaks from experl.
ence. His capture and retention by
the tribesmen constituted almost an
international incldent-as his captors
dcsired-and his release after three I'm.
comfortable weeks was the result only
OF much skilled diplomacy on the part
OF the British foreign office.
Mr.. Harris Is an old hand In the East.
Ho has lived in Morocco many years
and knows everybody there that Is
worth knowing. He has lived with
the Arabs OF the Yemen. and cscaued
from their desire to XIII Christians by.
30 TO say, the skin OF his teeth. But
his capture shows that hc has not yet
fully flthomcd The guile Of the Oricn.
tai. The troops OF the Sultan had lust
burned village, and Mr.. Harris went
out to see what had been done. Ho
was unarmed aud was accompanied
only by his Moorish groom. out ON the
plain he was shot at. and @ retreat
was ordered. when his movement was
stopped by the approach OF two tribes.
men, whom ho knew. who advanced
with conventional signs of friondlinoss.
They wanted TO know what the Sultan
intended doing, ana asked him TO come
10 the chief 20 that ne might get
messages 10 carry to bis majesty.
Under promises OF safe conduct he
went, and was promptly bounced upon
and captured by rculucrs OF Ralsuli.
the chief.
RaIaull, according TO his story. is q
handsome young man, mild On manner
and courteous IN address Mr.. Harris
had known him Wen ln Tanrier before
he took 10 the hills. He received the
EnglIshman warmly and told him that
no harm would come to him as long as
tho Sultan made me- attack n this
happened he would sorrowfully he
compelled to XII him. Perhaps he
would XIII him anyway. for by what
betteN means could he embarrass his
enemy\than by killing n prominent
Christian and an Englishman at thaty
This was\all said In the presence OF
some 1000 Nribesmen. most OF whom
were flourllhng their knives and
hangers In a most threatening manner.
In the meantime, everything possible
would be done Tor the comfort OF the
prisoner.
They put him In jail. 1t was a very
small, very dark and very dirty room.
When the prisoners eyes became ac-
customed 70 the darkness, he saw on
the floor the headless trunk Of man.
That was cheerful beginning, and
Mr.. Harrls's feelings were not quieted
by the remarks made by some men
who n little later came In to remove
the corpse. The intlmatlon was that
soon there would be another in the
same room, and OF a glaour. For nine
days he was kept IN this room. He
got. In quantity, all he wanted to eat,
except once when for thlrty-slx hours
there was food FOR no one, and, save
for few kicks and slaps with slippers.
he was not mlsused. He was not
allowed TO change his clothes or TO
wash his face. Every evening at sun.
down he was taken out TO have a con.
Versailon with Raisull. who kept assur-
Ing him that possibly. but not prob
ably, his life would be spared. Once,
MS an earnest OF this. he was taken
down TO a gully TO see the mutllated
body Of Moorish soldier. who had
been captured, ana joklngly assured
him that n few days might see Him In
the same condition.
At the end Of nlno days, on n hot,
moonlcss night, he was put on a mules
back ana taken mp into the mountains,
where he was The captive OF tribe
friendly to him. There he remained
for twelve days, IN great luxury, as
compared with what he had endured
at the hands OF Ralsull He became.
in a sense. one OF the trlbe.-shayed
his head and adopted their customs
generally. II was very pleasant
vacation, ANA would have been thor
oughly enjoyed had not there been the
very uncomfortable feeling that should
the negotiations fan through he would
be put out OF the way with small cere
mony. In the end he got his relense.
although It almost led 10 bloodshed
among the trlbesmon. and with great
ceremony was conducted into Tangler
Thus ended the adventure which
merely shows that the Balkans have
not a monopoly on the exciting incl
dents OF the modern world.