The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-02


foot OF n big cottonwood, thought for
minute, and then eased him or his
Jellab, dagger, powder-horn, and head
gear. Then he sat him down face TO
the tree with his legs straddled found
the rocts, and making fast one end
Of a Jellab rope 10 one wrist, hauled
up the other 10 Il as close as II would
draw, and made fast again. so that
the man sat nuEEling and Guiding the
tree and perfectly impotsnt 70 release
himself
You also" Captain Ke,tle an.
nounced, have my free permission 10
mediate on the evilness OF your deeds
until return 10 interrupt the chain
OF thought Now I wonder how am
going 10 dress"
The ropes OF twisted white WOODEN
fabric which the lower class Moors
land their neighbors the Berbersj
wear wound in coils round the head
are insecure even on themselves and
the present writer can testify IL TO be
the most exasperating wear for the
ordinary white man. Either II Is too
tight, In which case the skull, baked
by a vertical sun. seems visibly TO
swell; or IL is too loose, and its
snaky coils began TO slip adritt almost
from the first moment OF their read
/ Jus;ment
Captain Kettle took on His coat ana
Tut on the jellab The Moor does not
wear trousers. or for that matter
American boots. but the jellab was
long and covered these, and the little
] sailor decided that he would feel lone
ly without them. Then came the turn
for the elaborate head.gear.
/ He examined with care that OF the
Moor who was triced up to the branch
| OF the magnolia, and proceeded TO
initiate It's adjustment. Being a sail
! or, and therefore an expert In the
handling OF ropes. he made a far bet
/ ter attempt at IL than might have
1 been expected, but the end slipped be
| fore he had gone a mile on his way,
and between slipping and readjust-
ment was constant torment TO him,
Bat II is character istic OF the man
that throughout all the stormy time
J that followed he stuck 10 II patiently
till he mastered the trick. He refused
/ TO admit that an inferior race had
skill which he could not acquire. and
+ he refused also TO appear abroad,
,
hills, otherwise than Immediately
neat
There were pockets inside the jel-
I lab. and for while he stored uniform
jacket and cap in these. But as the
desperate nature OF his errand was
more and more borne in on him as he
climbed the steep paths and got far
ther and farther into the mountains.
! he recognized that he would need
every ounce OF his why strength If he
was TO win out in his enterprise.
IL was not doing his duty TO his
owners TO handicap himself even with
! the extra weight OF coat and cap OF
! British cut and SO with a sigh at
/ parting with them, he stepped aside
into the bush when he came on marks
that he could remember) and hid them
under a convenient slab OF limestone.
I But tt- presently began TO appear
that Sidi Mahommed Bergash had not
/ spent time on the kangaroo without
! forming a pretty shrewd estimate OF
her captains capabilities. Captain
Kettle walked briskly up to the top
OF rise, looked down into the valley
which lay between II and the next
spur OF the mountains and 10, scat
tered as far as the eye could reach
! each way were men In ones, In twos
and here and there In groups OF FIVE
or six, guarding the marches.
| The little sailor dropped neatly into
cover and pulled vexedly at his red
torpedo beard His squat shadow sat
promptly and compactly beneath him.
The sun was high overhead and the
day was blazing hot, and on some such
baking day as 'this fire had cleared the
hillside below him. Even as he sat
there and watched, Jaw Of wind
stirred up the charcoal dust and sent
small cloud of 1t whirling round
his roped head.
1T would take me an hour" he cal
culated, Ito get down TO that line OF
men, and in the meanwhile they'd see
me before I'd stepped out dozen
yards from this ridge, and would close
up ready to say how-d'ye-do all to-
gether. My holy James, but that saint
means business. That's q whole army
1 he's got spread out down there. It's
going to take me longer TO arrive At
the beggars door than I'd reckoned
on. Well, one things certain can't
20 full steam ahead till the sun a
switched OF again, and so guess It'll
be a sound thing 20 take q watch be
low while there's a chance"
He turned at right angles under the
shelter of the ridge, and presently
came across an overnanging nap OIL
limestone, with its front marked by
bush, which gave both an efhcient
cover from the sun, and shield
against the inspection OF casual way
farers. and under this he stretched
himself luxuriously, wriggling his
body down into the Inequalities OF
the warm rocR.
II once heard fellow say, he re
minded himself drowsily THAT he
could sleep upon everything except q
stone fioor or concrete. Well, tha'
man didn't know the luxury OF being
tired. And he didn't know either the
wisdom of storing up a good reserve
stock OF sleep when you get the
chance. took darn good care not
10 leave boot tracks on those rocks
And II they don't hunt me out
with smell-dogs. I'm safe. MISS
Dubbs, my dearest, this isn't idleness
II means that I'm at the end OF my
string But don't you fret III
get you out and or course, the
owners. too II I have TO spoil hall
Africa in the process"
For the benefit OF any reader oil
this chronicle who does not know the