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

dubbed him Rosebud and. permit me
to say. he was rare flower His body
was lean but powerful but his legs from
the knee down were thin laths. though
shapely. and his foot was small. This
thing is often seen among people VINO
live i'm the saddle almost from childhood
The day OF the first trouble we had
made Il dry halt shortly before noon to
prepare 10 make two rapid night marches
10 abundant water, which the guides SAID
could be found In some SorgeS southwest
OF Lake Jchaycl. Rosebud came swag-
gering by and rudely jostled one OF tho
ADyssinlans. almost knocking him of mis-
feet The Abyssinian. named Robert
turned around to see who had done IL.
Rosebud spat IN his face. Robert was
unarmed and Rosebud had both pistol
and short sword In his Sirdle. but the
eX-nfantryman. calling TO mind his Brit
ish boxing lessons let drive with his right
in swinging upper cut that laid Rose
bud fairly across the neck OF a kneelins
camel.
The Fl Hasa man was not unconscious
bti for a few seconds he was helpless.
very largely from surprise. perhaps
Robert snatched the short sword and
would have finished him had not TOLL
yer run in and stopped the fight.
All afternoon bad blood grew 1t was
plain that we were going 10 have trou-
Oman and Asir were few In number
compared 10 the Hasgns and NedJedans,
and though they were spelling for a
fight they remained passive in word and
u,
were allied with the Abyssinians. not
because they liked the black men, but
because they realized their drilled ef-
ficlency.
Trouble Is Breeding.
Very plain indeed were The stra ined
relations when the caravan set out at
moonrise. The free mingiing OF the men.
the rough good -natured jibes. had given
place to silent grouping Of the parties
according To their affiliations. 1t even
seemed that the camels understood That
the happy family was such no more.
We made good progress. however. and
half hour after sunrise camped on the
western side of a pillar OF rocks which
rose like a business block out OF the
sandy waste.
BY keeping close to II we should have
shade Till noon and could then move TO
the northern side and on around TO the
cast. the sole disadvantage being our
necessity for living ON our shortened
supply OF frcighted water and OF being
showcTed with sand every time the wind
stirred
il was late in the afternoon and l
was sound asleep under my fly when
heard the crack Of a rife. and sprang
TO nay feet in time 70 see big NedJedah
called kouf staggering back, back from
before UolliCer. tearing al his burrouse-
Cartridges dropped from him every step
ne took. He had been stealing ammuni-
ton from three sleeping Omsus. and
Reb- iedcl, an Asir man. mad seen him
and wakencd Tolliver. who stopped to
ask no questions. but shot him in the
neck. ] caught up my magazine rifle
and swept my eye over the other men.
Most OF them were still asleep. and the
sight OF The TWO OF US on the alert pre-
vented any demonstration. l<ouf was
hard hit, but not mor;ally so, and strik-
ing a horse came 10 a short stop and
seemed TO recover his faculties. He saw
Toliver standing rifle in hand twenty
Yards away. and the expression OF mad
dened deviltry that came on his face WAS
some what well worth seeing. Whrling
10 the other side Of the horse. he began
calling hoarsely to his companions lie
caught Up q jineal and leveliug i, over
the animals back. was in the act OF fir
ing when rolliver. throwing his rifle 10
shoulder once more. sent a bullet through
Koufs head. The jingal went into the
air. The slug clattcrcd among the rocks
overhead and Kour fell dead under the
hoofs OF the prauchg mare. Rot another
man in tho now awakened company made
tho slightest hostile demons ira ton.
though the faces Of MANY were black
with hatred. anger and vengeance.
Markham. | reckon We better round
up the ammunition anu sleep one at a
time after this. Think so?' awled
rolliver.
Without further ado we stripped every
man Jack of them AT the muzzle. did II
half lauehngly buL quickly. all save the
Abyss!nia and packing each kind of