The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
A PRISONER or RAISULg.
Treatment Ion PerdicaFfs and His Servants
lReceived From Arab Brtgands.
Ian Perdtcors In YouA's Co mpanfon.

Ian Perdtcars IN YOuth's Co npanfon.
When we had been mounted upon the
animals hastily prepared at Raisuli's COM
maud, Abd-Es-Selam and Ben Asa both alike
volunteered to accompany US. I chose the
former, as having bsen the longer in my
service. And 4 most faithful attendant ne
proved, especially when late the following
day I was badly hurt as both saddle girths
and stirrup straps broke when my spirited
horse slipped Upon a rocky slope. I could
not control his course. for although we had
been unbound on giving our word not to
attempt to escape, yet as We were not al
lowed TO hold the rtins. our animals were
at the mercy Of the Moors who ned them.
was, moreover, too faint and weary to
grip on with hands and knees. conse-
auently I came on with the saddle. feared
that ] had fractured my thigh, as l fell
backward upon the solid rock.
After this serious mlshap ! was more
than ever dependent upon my faithful at
tendant, since my stepson, my other com
panion in misfortune, had been wounded
in the fray with the ~brigands.
We yet had a wild Chamber Of many hour
up the steep ascent to the crest Of Mount
Nazul. Late in the evening Of our second
day the men halted TO wait for supper TO
be brought from a distant village, and I
instructed Abd-Ee-selam TO lay me upon
a bank Of sweet scented heritage, where I
could rest my aching limbs.
Our rufisnly escort evidently thought I
had fallen asleep. as they gathered about
Abd-Es-Selam and roughly questioned
him as to our mean and u I
heard the boys voice CULVER with fear a.
he tried to parry their demands. but al
though they threatened him with violence.
they could extract nothing but that We
were kind TO the poor q that Allah would
punish our assailants, Had not Raisuli
been m~omentarily expected. thess wild
fellows would doubtlessb have passed from
threats to actual violence.
When at last No reached the wrstched hut
where We were at first confined Abd-Es-
Selam. after stretching q mantle for mo
up on the ground. betook himself to his
devotions with such persistent fsrvor that
my companion asked impatiently whether
I could not induce my attendant to leave
of, so that We might indulge in q little much
needed sleep.
And to h are We TO appeal for
suocor1' exclaimed Add Es-selam. who
but God can keep these rufians' hands from
our throat a.
Before our exchange was effected we had
sufficient proof that our attendants estl-
mate Of these followers Of Rsisuli and OF
their absence OF all respect for the lives
Of eyen the most innocent victims was
justified.
Eightssn months prior to our capture two
children Of some Spanish peasants, a girl Of
is and a boy Of II. had been carried OF
by one Of the men Of this very party. and,
al We accidentally learned on the eve Of
our departure, had been detained In The
room We now occupied. Whom the pres
sure excrted by the Spanish Legation
alarmed the captor OF these helpless crea-
tures he had deliberately vi He'd them
and buried their bodies near where our
horses were now tethered.
Raisuli himself had nothing TO do with
this ghastly incident, nor was he at the
time OF this tragedy near the place.
Moreover. the impression I gathered.
despite the alarming aggression Of which
we were ourselves the victims, Is that
Raisuli is far superior both in character
and intelli gence not merely to these wild
followers but even to the majority Of his
oountrym O.