Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

-.
struck again until his arm tired with continued
effort The pressure of horses bodies the attack of
fierce antagonists the wild yells of the trbesmen the
constant calls to Allah and the sounds of artillery sud-
denly whipping out into fierce explosion were all
thrust through man and drawing back when,
Kaleidoscope in rapdity, he another striking
at him and for instant almost knocked from his
saddle and blinded by gush of hot blood from a
wound he had sustained the top and side of his
head.
He dimly realized that the Berber who had struck the
blow sagged off his horse in white heap and that his
own animal was leaping sidewise to avoid stepping
on the body: He clutched the high Turkish pornmel
dizzly but felt his returning and, still carried
onward in the attack, that his defender was
Sid Suleyman, to whom he again owed his life The
Arab chung to him as they rode forward until they
were in the midst of their men and then
thrusting canteen of native liquor into his hand
yelled:
"Drihk and bathe!"
fiery liquor poured over his wound brought him back
to keen consciousness sharply if it had been am
monia His of touch told him that he had sus-
tanned nothing serious than ragged cut through
the scalp, and, holding his saber under his arm and
still keeping in the midst of the charging troopers he
twisted his handkerchief round his head He was strv
ing to gain the fighting outskirts of the troopers when
he heard loud cheers ahead, and before he compre-
pended had gained an open place where there were
!OelIieH. Inc SHOUTS OF were kept and
began to comprehend the cause.
RUHAMMEI had made a great mistake! His thin
line had been cut in two, and the Kaids army was
joining the relief of white figures shriekinp in
enthusiasm, rushed out to Them and as far as he
could see stretching back into the dawn were the
forces of the Sultan. He gained the Kaids side and
gathered from the excited explanations of the officers
around him that the Sultan himself disregarding the
kads request for only fifteen hundred men, had rushed
forward treble that number squirting them to haste
by his example.
The fierce movement around was continuous as
troop after troop of the Sultans army massed forward
IN orderly confusion Back in that battle zone through
which they had passed the noise of conflict was dying
away. With the old trick of the American cavalrynan
Dick got to his feet top of his saddle and from this
altitude looked back over the intervening heads The
Berbers had abandoned hope of stemmng the tide and
were hurrying off the plain endeavor to con-
centrate their forces Both armies were twisting and
moving in effort to regain order The Kad was CIV
ing sharp commands to those around him and had as
sumed full control The guns of both sides had ceased
firing and the American surmsed that the batteries
were taking positions. Back in the ranks of the
achievements a sudden balloonlike structure was
lifting up and from its gorgeous markings was plain
that the tent of the Sultan was being raised
He dropped down to his seat in the saddle before he
was aware that Clarke was coming toward him.
'Lord!' exclaimed the Englshman. "Some of them
got you, did they? Bad?"
No. Sid Suleyman has me in his debt again."
The American not that the red stains on
his face made him appear desperately hurt than
he so failed to understand the look of relief that
came over the Kaid's face.
Don't mind me-, he said, and then, "What do YOU
want me to dor"
The Kaid looked at him sharply and spurred his