New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-10

Of such travel with IN unconcorn which
invariably brings her away in safety.
Miss Jclb and y. her friend, whose
jrJrncv in Asia Minor is described IN
this Volume. encountered cold and hun
ger and dirt and threatening brigands
and fanatics with admirable spirit; they
know little Of the Turkish language. but
got on comfortably with that littlc; and
the" apparently enjoyed their expert
cnc"s. whether pleasant or unpleasant.
Through Aratolia TO Mcsopotamia and
Gown The Tigris on a gOatskin raft and
across the Syrian Desert to Palmyra
and Damascus they travelled. and highly
entertaining is the record thereof
After being i'm the saddle through long
DAYS Of cold rain the two women were
not disposed to quarrel with the nth OF
the khan. or inn, which provided At least
a fro At the end OF such day tn,
author felt that warmth Is the one thing
in the world that really matters. II
tasted much food that day. There was
not much To sit upon the stool had got
very hard. The room was dirty and
bare, and the smell OF wet animals came
up from the sheds below; bat the fire
made UP for it all. one felt one had
really got all one wanted, and / would
not have exchanged that fire for the best
Of meals or the downest Of bcds.' one
rig of t.s I..,a . ,...tl i.
spent in a khan i'm which no food vas To
be had. Investigating their own stores
the author found q wet and Shiny MKT
iro NJ few bars of chocolate soaked i'm
BOyril from n broken bottle. a little to,
and rice and native jam made with
grape juice, and protein flour reduced tn
paste by the rain. The rice. chocolate
Bovril ana protein were boiled togctbc.
with an onion contributed by HassJn
the chief factotum among their attcnd-
ants. y nasty mess, indeed, and IN.
other English woman, after trying few
mouthfuls, pleasantly remarked. "Wa
must leave some for the men" and
started to chew piece of native lcotb-
cry bread:
could not ind IL in my heart to tell bor
me history OF That Identical piece OF bread
"W'H hdd been following with some in
lcickt Tor general days. II was aIwova
tGIn1nB up. ana ! recognized IL by n
black burnt mark resembling "A ngiIr.
II had nrst appeared on the scene early
IN the week, We had been enjoying n Law
lsh spread OF chicken legs and dried figs
ana Win Wasteful Squander 1 had rejected
II as being less palatable than other bits
Inc men had tried IL after me- pinching IL
WIN their grlmy fingers, but being unsatls-
ned with the consistency they had thrown
II, along with other scraps. into "A bag
containing miscellaneous cooking utensils
The next day II had appeared TO swell the
aspect OF our diminishing supply and had
been left on the ground. But as We rode
away Hassan's economical spirit overcame
him, he dismOunted again and slipped II
into his pocket. where Ii lay I'm close prox-
unity 10 various articles not calculated 10
increase the savoriness Of IT'S flavor. | was
determined 10 see its end. and when Y
laid down half-no doubt meaning il for
my share-I threw IL on the fire.
It's hardly the time 10 waste good food, "
said X
The cook picked It out. blew the ashes off.
and rubbed Il with his greasy sleeve. He
offered II 10 me
Eat II yourself / said maensnimou.ly.
Il have had enough" But he Wrapped il
carefully in one OF the dirty linen bass
ana put II on one side.
"Jarin' (To-morrow). he. said. And so
we sit: \ mass OF wet clothes, saddles,
cooking pots, remains OF food, ends Of Gig