The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18

WINE they were felvadinE l shot all o
them.
I then killed tho camels to prevent thei
straying home and alarming the rest o
the tribe. who 1 felt sure were not IA
away.
Hearts!ck. I turned my attention to Mn
Hetzel. She was In great pain and faintet
several times.
1 dressed the injury a. well as l could.
1t seemed that we were doomed to grad
up by hyenas
An day long she lay on the sand. while
| kept watch for the approach Of hcip.
When night came ] made her as comfor.
able as possible. and sal down to watcf
the night through.
OF those hours. hut you can imagine th'
delight with which ! heard these words The
next morning: i
~"IIetloa. friends. What's The trouhle?"
Al dawn. a single camel rider had ap;
psared suddenly before MS. and I was nboai
70 shootehim when his friendly greeting
saved him.
He was an Arab ch!eftain. and showed 0
Willingness to help us. He promised to re-
turn TO Ansora. whence he had como. ana
bring assistance.
AT the end Of that day he came back with
two camels, bearing n litter swung betwecn
them. .
AZ IiliS my VIE was transported 10 t1s
city. while l pushed our wheel. IS
j hoped that the two months overtime
We had 10 our credit would suffice for her
reco"ery, but that brush In Arabia proved
our undoing.
1t is against the Mohammedan religion n
practice medicine. Thu Arabs believe tina;
all ills are punishments inflicted by Allah.
and that 1t p sacrilcge TO attempt to undo
the work Of God.
Thus 1t happened that there were no, sur
Eical instruments in Angora. and we gould
only dress m wife's wound afresb and
start for Alexandria.
She was a month in the hospital there.
ard tire wound was apparently healed when
we rssnried the Journey to Cairo. Egypt.
On the way the injury was aggravated ami
she'was compelled to lie for six months In
a Cairo institution.
Doctors Wilde and Morrison. two English
surgeons. operated upon her. inserting
gratis of chicken flesh into her limb. But
10 this day. when the weather is damp, it
Is difficult for her to walk.
Cairo is a wonderful city: its social func-
tons magnificent and its surroundings awe
inspiring in historical significance.
"a -Four things impressed me there: The
Sphynx, and the pyramids; the splendor OF
the Khedive's social functions and the turn
ing of the Nile bridge.
LOWERED THE CYCLING
RECORD OF EGYPT.
While waiting for my wife's recovery. I
cast about for means OF occupying my time.
and having heard that the Khedive had a
fine race track at Alexandria. 1 determined
to attempt to break the record OF the cycle
champion of Egypt. which title had been
held by Signor d'Esposito for twelve years
prior to that.
pers. and on the appointed day the Khe-
dive and his court: Lord Cromer. the Brit
ish power in Egypt. and many ~well-known
persons in Cairo attended.
There were perhaps l5.eo0 persons on the
grounds. l had been warned by many ma
tives that in case l failed to beat the record
my wheel would be destroyed in punish
ment of my presumption that ! could beat
the favorite of the Egyptian cycle world.
l was determined to win at all hazards
and l did. after the supreme effort of my
life. D'Espositots record was l minute and
45 seconds for one kilometer. / had made
arrangements to run five kiiometers. for,
which distance 1 beat Signor d'ESposito by
three-ffths Of a second While the victory
was by a narrow margin. the Egyptians
were pleased and carried me from the
course on their shoulders.
Tn following day l was summoned to ap-
pear before the khedive In his palace At
Mattirir. where I received . great honor.
! was presented with a scarf pin set with
u dInS Uldue Va Az LILO UOAo L NhO
mummy Of one OF the Khedive's ancestors.
Rameses the Great.
I had opportunity to observe the splendor
OF the court.
Returning to Cairo. I learned Of thu 20
,cial doings Of Baron Rothschild. Of Frank
fort-on-Msin. Although the city was wit
Messing the most splendid Of the seasons
Affairs. the Baron was not satisfied with the
exclusiveness OF these and had erected two
huge silken tents about eighteen miles from
the city. whre he could receive such dis
tinguished friends as he elected to honor
with invitations.
In these tents he had every possible con-
ception of civilized luxury, and the papers
were full Of stories of wonderful things done
and seen there.
1t was said that he paid f5. 1000 Of English
money to get electric power and light to the
tents. from Cairo. Another remarkable
sight Is the turning Of the Nile bridge to let
large vessels pass. This ponderous opera
ton is only performed now and then. so
that countless carriages are collected Just
before the turn IL made. waiting for the OPP
portunity to crosA
PRESENTED WITH AN
APRON OF PEARLS
After Mrs. Hetzei's recovery We resumed
'oIr Journey m the direction Of Suez. In the
Holy City OF Mesched the Shah presented
ALiV "hN Vh = - ukl0
worn only by the nobility at religious serv-
ices.
II il Of pearls and hyena skin. and cannot 4,
be purchased for any sum Of money. The
Shah IL a great traveller and conferred this
honor upon me an a tribute to my attempt
70 encircle the globe on a wheel.
In order not to make this sketch too
dong. I will skip from Persia to Bombay.
India. where We were entertained by Mrs.
Tellery. an American woman. who presented
US with a young gorilla
The animal died while We were in India
had carried him hundreds Of miles on
our wheel. into the interior. where We went
in order to learn something about the Mo-
hammedan and buddhist religions.
There 10 not much left to tell. except Of
our great disappointment at being inter
rupted In our journey by the Boxer war.
It was the American Consui's duty to stop
Us ut Kahara, and stop US he did IN spite
OF our protests. Oficial records show that
we travelled $500 miles.
Mr.. Hetzel and his wife seem none the
worse for the trip. with tho exception Of
her wounded limb. which. II is feared. will
never be fully healed. Their eyes are clear,
their appetites good and they never lack for
eager listeners when they relate the story
of their curious honeymoon.
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