The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-22

beaute du diable, young, and powerfully
built-and the brOwn-skinned white
clothed Mohammedan, bOny, tail, and
gray with hardship looked up at the
occupants of the ledge. Iris, slim and
boyish in her male garments, was
dwarfed by the six-foot sailor, but her
face was blood-stained. and jerks wore
a six weeks stubble OF beard. Holding
their Lee MetfoTds with alert ease, with
revolvers strapped TO their sides, they
presented a warlike and imposing tab
Ieau In their inaccessible perch. In the
path of the emissaries lay the bodies Of
the slain. The Dyaks leader scOwled
again as he passed them.
''Sahib." began the Indian, my chief.
Taung S'Ali, does not wish to have any
more of his men killed in a foolish quar-
rel about a woman. Give her up. he
says. and he will either leave you here
in peace, or carry you safely to some
place where you can fad ship manned
by white men,"
"A woman?" said jerks. scornfully.
That is idle talk! What woman is
here?'
This question nOnplussed the native.
THE woman whom the chief saw half
a month back. sahib."
"Taung S'Ali was bewitched. / slew
his men so qickly that he saw spirits"
The chief caught his name and broke
in with a question. A vOlley Of talk
between the two was enlivened with
expressive gestures by Taung s Ali. who
several times pointed to Iris, and jerks
now mathematical his thOughtless folly
in permitting the Dyak to approach so
near. The Mohammedan, of course, had
never seen her, and might have per-
suaded the other that in truth there
were two men only on the rock.
His fears were only too well found
ed. The MUssulman salaamed respect
fully and said:
Protector of the poor. 1 gainsay your
word, but TaUng S'Al says that thu.
maid stands by your side and is none
| the less the woman he seeks I'm thar
she wears a mans clothing"
He has sharp eyes, but his brain
! is added" retOrted the sailor. Why
does he come here to seek a woman
who is not of his racer Not only has
he brought death TO his people and
narrowly escaped it himself, but he
must know that any violence offered TO
us will mean the determination of his
whole tribe by an English warship
| Tell him to take away his boats and
never visit this isle again. Perhaps l
will then forget his treacherous at
tempt to murder US whilst we slept
/ last night
/ The chief glared back deiantly,
whilst the Mahommedan said
"Sahib. it is best not to anger him
| too much. He says he means to have
/ the girl. He saw her beauty that day
and she inhamed his heart. She has
cost him many lives, but she is worth
a sultan's ransom. He cares not for
warships. They cannot reach his vii
/ lage in the hills. By the tomb of
! Nfzam- ud-din. sahib, he will not harm
/ you if you give her up, but if you re-
fuse he will kill you both. And what is
one woman more or less in the world
/ that she should cause strife and blood
1 letting?"
! The sailor knew the eastern charac-
/ ter too well not to understand tive
mans amaZement that he should be ST
solicitous about the fate of one of thsk
weaker sex. It was seemingly useless
/ to offer terms, yet the native was
| clearly so anxious for an amicable set
| tlement that he caught at a straw.
You come from Delhi?" he asked.
"Hoonored one you have great wis
DOM"
None but a Delhi man swears by
/ the tomb on the road to the Kutub.
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