, 1908-08-19

shoot.
Not content with threats and abuse bv
day, they took pains that l should not sleep
at night. Tom-toms we're beaten to keep
me awake, and when I expostulated they
added my tin bath to their Instruments of
torture. When news came of the approach
OF Mer&nTs expedition (sent by the Sultan
from Fez) my troubles broke upon me anew,
amt in q moe violent form. | was taken to
a garden close to the saint house, and put
into a soldiers tent, with not IT single thing
in It. | slept on The ground. Next mora
ing the people tlocked about me in n fierce
state OF eXcltCm nj, and overwhelmed me
with abuse ana reviliug. They cursed me
for n dog of u Christian, aud declared that
If harm hefel their saint or any OF their
possessions from the troops they would do
all sorts OF horrible things to me. The
guards saw tina I was losing patti nee under
these attacks and strova to aprease the poo
pie, crying: "Baralla Baraka p C'Enoush
Enough ~. Fearing That I might be slain
in the night by this infu, lated mob, tue
guard escorted M to a wrotchtd tumble
down hUf, where | slept. As the punitive
force drew near, the excitement increased,
and with it the rage Of the Tribes. RaisuIi
had collected four hundred armed rufians,
who came to my room and demanded to see
me. My guards were aiinid. and refused,
whoren9on the men stlrte& i phil down
tn walls ia order to get Mt me. Word WAS
sent to Raisulj, who hastily despatched pne
of the shereofs, OF sons of the Prophet, to
eXpostu'nte with them. As they would not
be content "with less, the sheieef agreed
thet l should be placed at the door of the hut,
on c, ndition that they did me no violence.
| Wa accordingly taken out and placed at
the GCpr, while these ~rutfians crowded III
front and cursed and reviled me,
THE GRILL IN TIT sun.
dog Of Il Curistinn - they c,ied, draw
ing their daggers and furnishing them under
my eyes. Dog of q Chr stian Let us strip
him and set hinf to grill i'll the sun " Five
times | WAS taken Gu and set before them
and all through the long day | stood with
out food, while they tireate eI aud reviled
and dashed Themselves into a frenzy. You
have slain my son ! You have killed my
wife Thou son Of 4 burnt father We will
cut thee to pieces - Through The long, hot
hours stood under this toireI ia terrible
ordeal l thank God hat l did no finch or
give them the satisfaction Of knowing how
great was the trial and the torture. At
night they went away, and the guard SNUG
gled me out of the hut back to ny tent,
where | slept on the ground without food.
| WAS reused very cary the following morn
ing, the guard telling me / must leave the
CIIb * CWN tH'IN s'NfNAC, VI JiIGA NV'IL
as5ureGly kill me. / was taken back to tho
hut, mud one Of RaisulI's creatures entered
and threw Mt my feet the head Of a man.
"Wou.d to Goi it were yours !" he shouted,
Ms the gruesomo object rolled towards me.
1t was the lead of one Of my kaids, who had
Just been slain in the attack on Eel khmes,
Early next morning | was removed to my
tent, and once more underwent the ordeal
of threats and abuse. Happily the men had
to go and fight The m'halln. and could spare
only a coupe of hours at this sport of bait
ing u Christian,
When the troops retired people again
showed a disposition to BIZ kindly. AIrar.
who was in charge Of the guard, reported
this to RaisuIi, and l was taken into the
hills once more. My new prison was a hut
with broken walls and the fragments of q
roof. -Four Moors shared the room with me
and assigned to me a space GIFT by 3ft, with
a manure heap at one end. Dat OF these
grave-like bounds / was not allowed to move
for five weeks. My medicine chest, some
cigars, and paper and pen were my sole pos
sessions. A thin carpet spread on the ground
was my bed. | was suffering from a severe
chill, and asked Raisuli to let me have one of
my matre sses, but he refused :. and | Law on