New-York tribune., 1910-06-12


fes his alteration Wherever ne looked below the
figures of men bent forward and back, and over all
came the call of faith. Where yesterday had been
an empty plain enCampment OF NIFTY
FIVE hundred men which the yellow current of the
little river seemed have cut off from its opposite
bank. 1t spotted with gorgeous color,-here
a division whose predominant tone was Verm1l1On
red, there one forming a green Splotch' III the
distance were half clad in blue, and beyond them
others striped with orange flame. As II to accen-
t1ate the difference between uniforms, the whole
encamDment was bordered in white where fierce
nomadiC warriors farmers, and nOndesCrlpts had
Joined the force of battle test their steel against
the mountain hOrdes. These were the men who had
sworn to bend neck to Berber rule
The American felt much alone in the midst OF
this warke preparation in which he felt he had no
part He entered his tent to find that sometime
in his absence the Kad had risen and disappeared.
The orderly who had been assigned appeared soon
after with smoking breakfast which he ate hurried
v his thoughts being Centered what might happen
outside no event of which he wished to miss.
For a full hour after he had finished his meal he
watched the movement, regrettlng that he could
not visit that other camp and annoyed that so far
on this day he had not seen Sid Sueyman, who he
felt certain would conduct him over the plain below
A if in answer to this ANNOYANCE, a voice spoke
n so unexpectedly at his rear that he swung round
with start, to face the Kaid's Captain standing
behind him.
Would the Captain likefor to go to them camps?"
Dick ignoring the broken English to which he had
become accustomed, admitted that his desire led
that way and accompanied by Sdi Suleyman
made his way down the hill. On entering the out
posts he had expected nothing less than the fierce
questioning look that the followers of the Prophet
invariably bestOw upon the unbellever What was
his astonishment to be met by two officers who
promptly Saluted him and, he advanced, the
soldiers invariably stared at him respectfully and
lifted their hands to turbans punctiliously as
they could have done had kad Clarke himself
passed between their lines.
He observed the evident pride with which his
companion escOrting him, and then surmised
that Sidi Suleyman advance agent had ex-
Cd hat wit
inasmuCh a second ka1d Clarke another great
foreign Kad and master of war had been brought to
the scene to fight for the honor of the Prophet
Everywhere he observed that the men, although
displaying rigid discipline, wiry. clean and
well kept, and that their arms fairly modern.
There was a sense of alertness about them which
indicated that in time OF necessity they would prove
rapid in action. and so. reasoning to himself he
concluded that the religious spirit coupled with
accouternents should make them formidable sol
dierS.
In passing through the batteries, he shook his
head in q dubious way He had never seen such a
mixture of guns. Some of them were very anti
quated, two mOrtars suggesting the Civil
War in the United States. Farther on he came to
two other mortars which undoubtedly relics
of some Spanish campaign, inaSmuch as they were
made of bronze and profusely decorated and en-
graved. In all that of artillery he discovered
bare half-dozen truly modern guns of the death
dealing quality, to which he. officer of an in
tensely modern army, was accustomed. He came
to the conclusion that the small arms were infinitely
more efficient than the artillery. and now under
stood the peculiar formation of Hamilton Clarke 5
camp.
HE had passed through the division comprising
- the MelIneZ troops skirted the base of the
hill where the headquarters detaChmentS were sit
uated and was well into the heart of the Marrakesh
relntorCements when his attention. with that of
others, directed toward the river front Mount
ing a cannon that he might above the heads of
the intervening soldiers, he stared as the others
stared I,,,r,