Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-02

|of the magnolia, and procssdsds u
Initiate its adjustment. Being sailor
and therefore an expert In the hand
ling OF ropes, he made . far better sat.
tempt ut IL than might have been AZ
pected, but the end slipped before b
had zone mile on his way. and BE-
tween slipping and readjustment VA
a constant torment to him. eA@
But 1t is characteristic OF the man
that throughout all the stormy time
that followed be stuck to 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. evsn
In the wilds Of the Atlas foothills,
otherwise than immediately neat.
There were pockets inside the tellab
and for while he stored \ uniform
jacket and cap In these. But 40 the
desperate nature OF his errand was
more and more borne In on him - he
climbed the steep paths and got
farther and farther into the mountains.
he recognized that he would need
every ounce OF his wiry strength X he
was to win out in his enterprise.
It was not doing his duty to his
owners to handicap himself even with
the extra weight OF coat and cap9O OF
British cut, and so with . sigh ut part
ing with them. he stepped aside into
the bush (when he came on marks
that he could rerr1ember) and hid them
under a convenient slab Of limestone.
But 1t presently began to- appsar thAt
Sidi Mahommed BerEash had NOT
spent time on the Wangaroo without
forming a pretty shrewd estimate 81
her captains capabilities. Captain
Kettle walked briskly up to the top
Of rise, looked down into the valley
which lay between 1t and the next
spur Of the mountains and To-, soattered
as far az the eye could reach each
way were men In ones, in ftwos., and
here and there In groups of fve or
six; guarding the marches. '5s'g
The little sailor dropped neatly into
cover and pulled vexedly atahis red
torpedo beard. His squat shadow aat
promptly and compactly beneath him.
The sun was high overhead Aand tine
day was blazing hot, and on some
such baking day as this hre had
cleared the hillside below him. Even
as he sat there and watched. nav sof
wind stirred up the charcoal dust ana
sent small cloud of it whirlingt rounu
his roped head. ss
cit would take me an hour, ne
calculated, ito get down. to that line
Of men. and in the meanwhile theyd
REQ re Fefore I'd stepped out q dozen
yards from this ridge, and would close
un ready to say how'd ye.do all to-
gether. Ny holy James. but that saint
means business. That's whole army
he's got spread out down there. Ills
going to take me longer to arrive lat
the beggar's door than I'd reckonAd
i on We'll, one things certain--I cant
go full steam ahead till the suns
switched off again, and SO guess I'LL
be sound thing to take watch below
while there's chance"
4, He turned at right angles under; re
shelter Of the ridge, and presently
came across an overhanging flap Of
llimeston with it's front. marked by
bush. which gave both an emcient
cover from the sun, and shield
against the inspection OF casual way
farers. and under this he stretched
himself luxuriously.e wriggling his
body down into the inequalities sof the
warm rock.
(To be Continued) sf