The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-03-12
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of his service In Algiers as he lay
there at the entrance of the sheik's
tent. with the night of looming shadow
and redeemed freight and picturesque
movement before him. Hours of reck-
less. headlong delight. when men grew
drunk with bloodshed as with wine;
hours Of horrible, ~unsuccored suffering.
when the desert thirst had burned In
his throat and the Jagged lances been
broken off at the hilt In his flesh. while
above head the carbon birds wheeled.
waiting their meal; hohrs of severe
discipline, of relentless routine. of BIT
ter deprivation. of campaigns hard as
steel In the endurance they needed, In
the miseries they entalled: OF military
subsection, stern and unbendi1g. a yoke
of iron that a personal and pitiless
tyranny weighted with persecution that
was scarce less than hatred; OF an i'm.
plicit obedience that required every In
stinct of liberty. every habit Of early
life. every IMPULSE Of pride and man-
hood and freedom to be choked down
like crimes and buried as though they
had never been; hours of all the chance
full fortunes of a soldiers life In bill
wars and desert raids passed in mem.
Dry through his thoughts now where
he was stretched. looking dreamily
through the flm Of his %chibouque
smoke at the city of tents and the
c%ouchant forms of camels and the tall.
white. slowly moving shapes Of the
lawless marauders of the sand plains.
us my life worth mere under the
French flag than 1t was under the
EnglishT" thought the c%hasseur. with a
certain careless. Indifferent irony on
himself natural to him. There | killed
time-here | kill men. Which Is the
beIter pursuit. | wonderY"
He wns more silent ard more medi-
tntiye than seemed Ia keeping with
a wild lien OF the c~hasseurs. whose
daring outdared all the fire enters and
whose negligent deyilry bad become q
password all over Africa til What
special exploit has be done tcdayT"
became the question put after every
skirulish or expedition. But he was
much more of a soldier than a thinker
at any time. and. instead of following
out the problem OF the worlds uses
of its two raw materials. time and
men. he found a subject more con.
genial In the discussion of stable sci.
ence with the emir. =
Tho nfoif xxse . IN. - onnpt xr,h.vA
the talk of wild pigeon blue mares
and sorrel stations closed between the
Oiled and his guest. and the French
soldier. who had been sent hither from
the Bureau Arabe with another of his
comrades. took his way to the black
and white tent prepared for him.
AS he opened the folds and entered.
his fellow soldier, who was lying Oh
his back with his heels much higher
than his head and a short pipe In his
teeth. tutnbled himself up with a rapid
somersault and stood bolt upright. beg
pardon. sir! | was half asleep"
The chasseur laughed a little.
Don't talk English. Somebody will
bear you one day"
"What's the odds II they do. sir7"
responded the other. "lt relieves ones
feelings q little. All OF 'em know I'm
English, but never a one Of EN- knows
what you are. The name you was
enrolled by won't really tell 'em MOTH
Ing. They guess It amt yours. That
cute little chap. Tata, he says to me
yesterday, You're always a-reating o.