The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-04

camp. / cmptled my maEazinc into them and then
ran with all speed to keep from being cut OF. ter
raed camel came swinging toward me and barely
got his way 1t that the cries of the
attacking party echoed In kind by the In the
camp. and suddenly as drew near saw that a body
OF leaving the shelter of the camps de-
fences and charging the enemy. No the cries were
tribal calls, The whole Ncdcdan Basan faction
deserting the enemy.
A pretty OF affairs indeed. I showed another
clip into my ride and stopped running long enough
send every bullet into the treacherous crowd then
ran for my life AS leaped the piles of goods
we had arranged as permanent brcastworks
Of the Oman boys drove ylcously at with his
knife but missed me. and then. seeing who II was.
would have fallen on the ground AZ my feet II ] had
permitted him Tollivcr was having bard Job get
ting the proper ammunition distributed Thank our
the dcsertcrs had left with only few charges
each.
The functurc between the attacking party and tho
dcserters unfortunate manoenvre for them.
II broke the force of the raid long enough for us to
get started into really eGcctual firing and we madc
Ii hot that the whole party with Wild wells dashed
on to side, and 1t too dark 10 moSe
them out wc stopped firing
Toliver's Courage
The three men who had been at the other entrance
had vanished That left us nine mon In camp against
possible fifty or sixty. Sighting the ReminstopS ~
the exact range for tho Abyssniaus and doing very
careful work ourselves. TolIiver and lea on umkiu=
II hot for The band. They not well enough armed
to reply effectively. the best 6cc they had coming
from my men in their midst and In ten minutes
we had driven them to cover completely They couid
shelter their animals among the rocks and though
dslihcd 10 put down such fine creatures. We bcEan
them. That settled the matter. They thej:
position untenablc and nj signal cry thr Uaoi"
band dashed into the open sETling the north Stdc 81
the dry lake and vanished into the wheHcc they
had come. with the loss of but
There question about what must do. II
only matter of time till they could finish
Tollivcr and did not even consult Picking our brst
animals and packing only eypeditouary necessities We
abandoned everything else
shall try TO take the stuff said Tover. point
ing 10 the result OF work
I'VE certainly Will" said l. and did
In less thun fifteen minutes after the last shot vaS
fired or for The entrance 10 the other gorge
The BetouinS could not follow and uvcrwIclui ~
with their numbers without paving hcnYy price for
their victory. AZ the first sign of attack Hl need
do stand and let them come In slender column,
the only way they could attack In the dry gorge Ii
they meant to barass us from above they would haze
to mount the cliffs and circle The dry lake The
natural thing for them TO do would be TO follow along
the cliffs until were forced 10 camp in some SPOT
where their clrcling ralding methods would be eI-
fcctive.
1t was miserable flight straight into the very heart
of the desert We had taken NIL hands into council
after We were safely started and the unanimous Le.
clSion was that IT best TO push little to the
north and strike the route 10 katn The
yihcSmcn were OF the opinion that since we had in
nicted heavy loss on the NedjcdanS they would
go to extremes for vengeance. Also our arms, ami
mails the gold aud matrices would make fine loot.
The first day | had bad riding tull among the
rocks and dslocated my felt shoulder Tolliver and
ono of the Abyssinans got It back but the suffering
In CONJUNCTION with the heat something frightfu
The second day we made dry camp out on the un
dulatinr waste of sand between two low clumps o
rock Better ground for which we had beeu aiming
Ind proved 10 be rcrc1tlng Illusion and completely
exhausted both and animals. were glad t'
reach even the rocks. Before sunset three different
bodies OF Bcdoulns had appeared the horizon nnG
then vanished. and The dark came down said e
Tollvcr:-
81 should not be surprised If tonight will wind III
this game"
mo IL looks that way. | don't care much. bu
lct's give them hell from the handle as long cal
hold out 1t has been good fun so far"