The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11

Among the adventurers who roam the
earth. sword. rife or prospcctors ham
mer In hand Alan de Gracio Markham
is known as one Of the men of widest
experience. He was born in Placsntia
Bay Newfoundland. and educated I'm
Dublin. leaving college 10 Join Sir Evelyn
Wood 5 expedition against the Iulus. and
receiving among other wounds stab
from an assecai. which peeled the flesh
from his forehead. leaving peculiar
white line all the way across lust above
his eyebrows that caused him 10 be nick
named among his fellow adventurers
Horizontal Markham.
He was the military officer of the
Ningchow. recently wrecked in Alaska
under the name of the Princess May.
when She set out from Annoy with crew
OF oriental adventurers enlisted 10 nght
the PIRATES OF the South China sea.
He was The leader Of the expedition TO
rescue Ian Perdcards when that gentle
man was held captive by Ralsuli but
the Spanish authorities would not permit
the bold band 10 take ship from BARGE
Iona. and before the matter was ad-
justed the captive was freed
Ele chsnced 10 he in Amalfi at the
time Of the earthquahe al Messins. and
gathering a chosen few on board q fish.
ing boat. he put into both Reggie and
Messina. and did valiant work among the
toppling buildings. rescuinG the unfor-
tunate victims.
Somewhere in she southwest of the
United States there is cowboy by the
name OF Taylor Tolltver. whom / would
like to rejoin He and ] faced death
together. night and day for two weeks,
in the heart OF Arabia, and but for him
| would not be alive to tell this story.
Beyond the fact that he had emigrated
from the mountains OF Tennessee To
Texas, worked there as q cowboy and
enlisted 10 go TO the Philippines in one
Of the volunteer infantry regiments raised
by the American government in 1898
! know very LITTLE about him He had
been honorably discharged when his regi
rnent was mustered out. and instead ot
going home. as most Of the volunteers
did. by the military transports 10 san
Francisco. he chose 10 come around the
other way. that he might say he had
been around the world
| met him in Tho smoking room OF the
r. & o. steamship from Singapore and we
PLAYED cards together.
Armenian jewel merchant by the name
of Dnadjian. He had caught cold in
crossing the IlmalayaS that had devcl-
oped into consumption and he was try
ing to gel home before he died. The man
had been In some OF the corners of Asia,
where l have always longed 10 go, but
his days of gem gathering were over.
that was plain. Because We did not shun
him as most Of the tourists did he spent
every possible hour of the quiet trip
with us. and when we were passing
Socotra island the day before we We're
10 reach Adon he told US bit of kuowl
edge which he had been treasuring for
years and was glad now 10 give 10 us,
as he hoped We might make some use
OF It.
Back Of Jidda on the coast OF the Red
sea. lies Mecca. the Mecca Of the Great
Prophet. and southeast Of Mecca. In the
southern end OF the Nedjed part OF the
great Arabian desert. is bitter lake.
called by a number OF names. but. AS l
found referred TO among the Arablans
as Jehayel. Dinadjian said he bad been
there and tina, the sands were rich in
turquoise matrices and in free gold. but
that he had always been too intensely en-
gagged TO return. Furthernore; his be.
seriously with his obtaining any salts
factory proprietary rights.
To organize an expedition on short no.
tice was no easy matter, and though tho !
British resident advised us very strongly
against going into the interior without
strong bodyguard, both Tolliver and my |
self were OF the opinion. after looking
over the available bodyguard material. !
that we would be better OFF entirely /
alone. That however, was impossible.
We must have attendants after we left |
so Ne began by hiring half
Greek. half Egyptian dragoman named |
Ben Matoulous.
AS to the Quitting.
Next We took on q cook who was ia
mliar with The Mohamnlcdan religious
calendar and food prohibitions accord !
ingly, as we'll as how TO present white |
mans mess. There were three former |
\ AbyssInlan infantrymen in Aden. having |
been brought there among the people |
saved from a slocp that foundercd in |
the Straits Of Bah FL Maudeb. and some |
thing prompted me to take the three |
along. l was very glad afterward that /
] did.
AS for the transport men. We thought |
II best 10 proceed TO Jdda and trust To |
finding something very excellent in thelr |
line among the men who did the work of l
Mohammedan pilgrims TO Mecca. |
ON arrival AT Iidis We found an abuud- |
ance of Arabian camels and hcGscmep |
well mounted and fairly well armed. !
had obtained twelve Ren'inGtons in iGen. |
With abundant ammunition. and 10 such