The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-31

ment in Wayne 5 pocket. our lives and
! those of Lady Blanche and Rctta Cor.
ticc would not have been worth snap
of tho finger. But he didn I or cOuIdn Z
suspect that much Nor did il take him
long 10 decide. but hc WAS as cunning
as tho old serpent himself.
All right. - he asscntcd, showing his
teeth, ''you 90; reach boat; tell wherc.
But white women stay here see YOU tell
truth .
The old rascal S meaning WAS obvious;
! He would send us under escort back TO
secret of the pyramid Meanwhile he
would hold The girls as hostages 10 sec
that We PLAYED faIrl OF course, that
didn { suit our book N ali.
NO. vou don ~ Wavuc and Cor
tice exclaimed in unison; 'all 20 or all
II stay, Scc.' And they turned their
backs on the shcik
| Whether he would have given in. or
whether he would have tried TO extcrt
the secret from us by force, there il
| no telling. for at that instant sur
prlsing diversion occurred.
! From the direction Of the oasis there
arose a confused din of shrieks. shouts
and gnnsbots, and we could see the
| trlbesmcn running wildly about. bran
dishing their long guns or untetherlug
their horses. Our shcik gave one look,
uttered muttcred curse in his black
beard. and with the eight or ten fellows
who had been our iailers, set off on
n wild race for the Arab camp.
The cause of the disturbance now
lappeared on our left. With the rising
sun at their backs there came riding
at n smart gallop over the desert
troop of khnkiclad Tommies with an
officer at their head. flankcd by a trum.
peter and color bearer; their drawn
sabers flashed in their right hands. while,
the clank Of scabbard and chain was
the sweetest music | had ever heard.
They were almost on top of the oasis
when we first spicd them, and even as
we gnzcd they rode right over and
through the camp. sabcring the fleeing
Arabs right and left. Only a few tribes
men escaped, and it gives me pleasure
TO record that the head fuzzy wuzzy Of
them all went down with q neatly
clovcn pate at the hands of Capt. Bar
clay. who was in command.
The fracaS was all over when we
four arrived brcathless on the scene.
and were received with open arms by
the ladies-at least. two of us were,
Lady Blanche almost falling into the
arms of Barton Cortice. while Retta
seemed to need supporting by Lord
| Wcstbury Wayne.
Well, the story of our rescue was
very simple, after all. Our passage up
stream and our failure TO return had
been noted, as Forbes had foreseeu.
But. better than all, the captain of
our dehabecyah had escaped and made
his way on foot to Korosko, whence II
message was forwarded to Assouan that
the tribesmen were ''out. y Lastly. the
sheik s messengers with our letters
were captured, our plight and place of
detention thus becoming definitely
known But ours was a narrow cs-
cape, Captain Barclay assured ms.
! However, twenty-four hours of rest IN
the oasis, a taste of dceently cooked
food. and above all, a plentiful supply
of tobacco, set us men on our feet once
more,
But before proceeding down the Nile
on the gunboat we made a trip to the
pyramid with Captain Barclay, and
brought away Pharaoh s mummy-thc
stone sarcopbagus was more than We
could manage without a proper con
! vcyaUce.
In the Egyptian room Of the British
museum you may see both mummy and
| glrdle, and ! wear one of the scarabs
as a watch fob TO this day IN memcfy
of our exciting and unique experience in
| the Land Of the Lotus.
Next week-''Th Great Buddba
! Ruby -