The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11
By ALAN DE GRACIo MARKHAM
Copyright. 1910, by the New York Hs,
aid Co. All rights reserved.

Bedouins had appeared on the horl,os
and then vanished and as the darI Isool.on eaea
down ! said to Tolliver: ~ns
II should not be surprised II ,o,,..,.
will wind UP this game" sn'
NO, II looks that way. | dom, %.
much. but let's give them hell-fron, -.
handle as long as we can hold out ". g
has been good fun so far"
Big Attack Comes.
About mldnigh, came the expecfaa >,
tack and II was mos, cleverly piannas
No American indian maneuver oI'e,
men rode over tho western skv Iirs
mounted on came!s and horses, as W.
could see with the glasses. and that ,hss
were fully aware what sort OF n,arxy
men and rifles We had was shown h~ ,h- ss-
respectful distance the troop kent cn,u7
ing as near as they dared TO come vi,h,
out drawing our fire. nine distinct srour,
separated one hy one and circlinS totIs
last one even being In the northess.
At a signal shriled from the cen,s-
each little troop OF about ten men d.sh.;
down on the camp II is needless ~
nor. worn out as We were. could NO kesn
our heads and nerves steady enough ~
concentrate on. one group, Our fire u,.
very ineffective and when they were n1s.
enough they poured in a hail OF sIuv,
and bullets. In two minutes time oSs
of the blacks and one II the Orosn,
were badly wounded. Tolliver had a rin
down his thigh and several Of The ami.
mails we're disabled. Suddenly Rsr
Matoulous cried out that ne saw Ros.
bud al least recognized his horse Tai.
liver caught up his rifle once more and
following the dragomans finger made
out the Basan. The rifle cracked and
Rosebud threw UP his arms and rolled
off over his horse's hips.
AS the groups concentrated they IA
gan 10 feel our FIRE. and at signal they
| Ia II
mer posts. In an hour they repeated the
maneuTer and this time trey go, two
more Of us and I had a half spent bail
buried in the muscles OF my bad shou
der Things, looked very bad indeed,
when suddenly there was excitement en-
their right grand shift OF front and
Ben Matoulous pointed cut large BODY
Of men approaching from the southeast.
! They were riding like the wind and when
near enough for their cries 10 be distIn
| coIishable the last OF the Omans with Iis
announced that they wer, his coun;ry
men. Apparently il was merely q mat
| ter of whether or not ons, or the o,hs,
| party murdered and looted US but Bon
Matoulous ieaped on n horse and Was
a way toward them. answering their tribal
calls. They swsrved in our direction ana
! in ten minutes We We're surrounded by
| them. II was pleasant 10 find thar we
| had been in no danger OF being ralded
at their hands. Two OF the guards who
| had vanished from the eastern entrance
! 10 the gorge four days before on the oc.
| casion of the first attack were omans
| and had made their way 10 their fellow
| tribesmen. so that the expedition was
! practically a rescue party.
! II was a rather costly one. however
! After a brief brush with the other band
! the Orans returned. and an hour befors
/ daylight we moved on with them 10 The
! southeast. II was two weeks before Toll
| liSer and | could leave them 10 proceed
! 10 the coast as the sheik seemed ben
| on keeping us with him. what his pur.
| pose was we had no Idea. but we wers
! helpless. and, anyhow. We were in SAD
need Of recupera ton. At tne end Of tyc
weeks he signifed that he was willing
We should depart, and suggested the, va
| halve with him our gold and matrices
| | WAS amazed al the alaCrity with which
! ToIliver accepted this. without even CIV
! ing me glance or consulting me in AM
way. I had been laid up in the CAM
| by the springs. where the shelk alTayi
made his headquarters at that season o.
the year, and so | did not know all thai
! had geeD going on.
! When the stuff was brought in from
| our effects for division, / was amazed e
see how IT had shrunk. Half the matrice
were gone and four ffths Of the coi
| Tolllver did not seem to mind IN the Ieas
| and as soon as we We're on our way tot
! me the secret. Bit by bit he lad ic.
duced the piles himself distributing III
, stuff among our things so that tho she.s
got only one-tcnth Of what We had.