The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26
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BY ROBERT nnonEarox


 London. April 25.--Viscount Mount morres, an Irish peer. has had an anus ing adventure with a party of Moor ish brigands, whom he outwitted very much in the same way as Ralsuli out witted Kaid Maclean.
 Lord Mountmorres was cruising off Cape Juby in a small schooner when party of Bedouins came of in a dingy, and told him that the "Baleine,'' a French steamer. had gone ashore twelve miles to the south. and that the captain and crew to the number of nineteen had been captured by wan dering brigands. The local Kaid was well disposed towards the prisoners. but he was helpless against the brig ands who threatened to kill the French men on the spot. The Kaid was unable even to converse with the captives, and he was in terror lest they should at- tempt to escape, in which case the brigands would have massacred them to the last man.
 The Kaid sent a message to Mount morres begging for help, but warning him that if he attempted to rescue the Frenchmen by force. they would all be killed. Mountmorres thereupon set sail for Las Palmas, where he reported the affair to the British and French consuls, and the French consul com : missioned him to return to Cape Juby, and negotiate for the release of the prisoners.
 When Mountmorres got back he found that the brigands were divided into two parties. One party claimed to own ten Frenchmen. the other party claimed nine. Those with the ten de- manded ransom of 10000 Moorish dollars per shead. the other held that their nine captives were worth 30,000 Moorish dollars each. The total ran mfTVAn Asnraaa .A Al
 A debate ensued Mountmorres re- piled that the brisands would not get SS.000. The dispute lasted for hours the Kaid acting as Intermediary. FL nally Mountmorres offered &1,000 for all nineteen prisoners. and added that 1t must be accepted before sundown, and that he would wait on board his shin. The Kaid warned Mountmorres that now that the brigands knew that he would not pay a large sum they would attempt to seize him if he came ash ore again.
 The brigands made no reply that night. But on the following morning they signalled the schooner. Mount morres stood in shore, and at last boat put off carrying an ernissary from the brigands rowed by three servants of the Kaid. Mountmorres took them on board, asked them politely after their health. and told them they were his prisoners.
 Leaving the bFigand on q board. he went ash ore and met two of the brig ands at the Kaid's house.
 T am going to hang your man at once," was his salutation. The horri- fled brigands replied immediately that they would accept the $i.000.
 "It is too late now" said Mountmor- res. the negotiations are off, But I will agree to exchange my one brig and against the nineteen Frenchmen. The brigands protested that it was an unfair bargain, but Mountmorres stood firm. and the nineteen shipwrecked men were duly delivered on board his schooner, unharmed and much enter tained by the manner of their rescue.
 Woman Globe TrOtter.