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

About midnight cnmc the expected attack and 1t wns
most cleyerly planned. No American Indian ma
noeuvre could have surpassed IL. At least one hun
dred rode over the western sky line mounted on
camelS and horses. could see with the slnsseS
and TINT they fully what sort of markSmeu
and rifles had shown by the respectful dis
tanCe the troop kept. Coming near they dared
to come without drawing our fire nine dStlnc groups
separated by and circllnS mp took up positions
the and north the last one even being III the
northeast.
At a signal, Shrillcd from the centre. each It'll"
troop Of about dashed down on the camp. IL
Is needless say that could not IRE on all ot them
nor worn out aS we were. could we keep our heads
and steady enough to concentrate on one group
Our very ineffective and when they were neal.
enough they poured in hall Of slugN aud bullets In
minutes time of the blacks and our uf the
Omans were badly wounded. Tollivor had n rip down
his thigh and several of the animals disabled
Suddenly Ben Matouous cried out that he Rose
bud at eost recognized his horse, Tolllvcr cnught
up his rife and. following the dragoman,>
finger, made out the Hnsan The ride cracked and
horSoS hips.
As the groups concentrated they began to feel our
Are and at signal they whrled and Sulloped back TO
their former posts In hour they repeated the
mnnoeuvrc. and this time they cot two more OF Vi
and had half spent bull buried In the muscles OF
my bad shoulder. Things looked very bad Indeed
when suddenly there WAS excitement their right,
grand shift of front aud Ben Maoulous pointed out
large body of men approaching from the southeast
They riding like the wind and when near enough
their cries 10 be diStlngulsbnbc the last or tho
OmanS with announced that they were his coun-
III II
the other party murdered and looted US,
but Ben Matoulous lcaped on horse and was away
toward them, answering their tribal calls They
swerved In direction and In ten minutes We were
surrounded by them. 1T pleasant 10 find that we
had been In danger of being rded at their bands
Two the guards who had vanished from the eastern
entrance To gorge four days before the occa-
sion OF tho nrst attack were Omnps aud had made
their way TO their fellow trbesmen, that the ex-
pedition was practically a rescue party.
IL was rather costly one, however. After brief
brush with the other band tho OmanS returned and
an hour before daylight we moved on with them to
the southeast Ii two weeks before Tollivcr anu
could leave them 10 proceed to the coast, as the
shek seemed bent on keeping US with him. What bis
lmrposc was we had Idea, but we were helpless.
and anyhow, In sad need OF recuperatlon.
At the end OF weeks he sigDi6ed that he wns
willing we should depart and suggested that we havs
with him our gold and matrices. was amazed at the
uacrity With which Tolliver accepted this, without
even giving glance or consulting me In any way.
had been laid up In the camp by the springs. where
the shek always nude his headquarters at that sea-
son of the year. and SO l did not know all that had
been going on
When the stuff brought In from our effects for
division | was amazed TO how II had shrunk.
Half the matrices gone and four-nfhs OF the
gold roTliver did not seem TO mind In the least and
ns soon as way told me the secret
Bit by bit he reduced the piles himself dlStribut
Ing the stun among our thugs so that the sheik got
only one-tcnth OF what we had