Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

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endeayorng to establish record, and his answer
was "Plenty of timer However, we not able
to go without him, because he is a relative of the
Sheik of-Pamyra, with whom was not acquainted.
We had to stay We asked Faris Aga to with us to
his house, but he refused to ride the devils horse
We were therefore obliged according to the custom of
the East, to walk with him. There dozen
Bedouin Chiefs armed to the teeth, awaiting his re-
turn, hoping to learn from him something about the
mysterious geni When they saw him with us they
backed out Of our way Leaving Faris Aga and our
party, went over to the Bedouns and addressed
them in their mother tongue, which seemed to soohe
their fears. The first thing they asked was;-"Have
you seen the geni?'
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even this they did not understand for they had never
seen one. The chauffeur brought the around and
on hearing its noise they on the alert. told
them that this was our horse and that they need not
be afraid as were friends of Fars Aga and there
fore friends to his friends. beckOned to the chauf
feur called to him to stop, and by argument brought
the Bedouins to Fars Aga, who helped me to explain
the unknown thing to them. We walked to where
the chauffeur had stopped and l jumped in and out
of the before them kicked it to show them there
life in it, and tried to explain why we We're
able to go swiftly. But they wanted me to show
them the horses, where we kept them and how fed
them.
My friend, Mr.. Secaf, who is full of fun and has
had many experiences with the Bedouins, was laugh
ing at my difficulties. Seeing that my explanations
were in vain and that the Bedouns insisted on my
showing the horses, he whispered something to me,
and remembering that had under the seat Ieddy
York to take to the Orient mascot, got it out
with my left hand put the other on the horn and
said:-"Here is one of our horses" The noise of
the horn and the unexpected sight of the bear put the
Bedouin chiefs and villagers to flight Faris Aga
thought it was altogether nbecoming, If not dam
gerous joke. He afraid the BedOuins might take
up arms and seriously try to defend themselves by at
tacking Fars Aga invited them all to go into the
guests house and he called me to speak to them. l
asked their chief, Emr Miner, 10 rlde III the moor'
but he Replied
'No! AS long as my horse and camel can carry me
through the desert do not to ride anything else
Nevertheless, after luncheon he consented and took
his seat beside the chauffeur We expected some sur
prise and feared he might try to jump out. But as
soon as the car began to move he threw his strong
arms around chauffeur and held him so fast that
we were compelled to force him loose his grasp and
thus give the chauffeur chance to steer the car.
little later he came to with serious look as If
disguised with himself for not trusting to the word OF
friend.
"With your permission" he said Il will take short
ride, provided Faris Aga comes with us"
To this Faris Aga agreed, and we had good ride
at high speed, and both Of these desert bred men
seemed to enjoy it immensely The Bedouin Prince,
Emr Miner, wanted to know how much the car cost
and how many horses and canels would buy him one.
In the afternoon the women of our hosts family
were invited for a drive Unuckiy, before they had
gone far one of the tires burst and they had walk
back While changing the tires large crowd which
was not quite used to the automobile stood near
young Bedouin remarked to another, They are put
ting new shoes on the horses
Leaving Kuryatan we had to travel by a rough road
through poughed fields 1t very discouraging
start. Although we were going slower than even the