Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-13

he is sure not to do If he desfrs, -
ceaiment He viii lie down y
sand and pull mis- barracan ov'. y
| dark body. "
In the morning. having bsr,..
dead sentry, we proceeded on
ney, re-esta blishing our csun Z. ~
evening. was at a loss n
why the sentry had been sh,. '.'s
during the night. being awake -
thinking about what might hsv. a
his murderer's purpose when
startled by another crack. 7 a,o..
find that another sentry had beso ~ y
ed. Again I deployed nv mon a -
for the assassin. but not IIvsn. -. -
ture was TO be found. He or .bs-
excellent hiding ground amone :
sand pillows. and the night was a..
1t was now plain to me tbs, a
Arabs who had visited us had d..
TO discover the number OF op- -.
They had decided 70 reduce II ne -
ing on man every night until ~.
had killed so many OF US that a..
would feel warranted in attack,n, !.
II they could appropriate an outs, I.
would be a fine property for them
/ confess | was staggered nv r..
device. However, set myself m ,...
stratagem by stra IA gem. The a..
night. after dark, ] put stake IN a.
sand and on it fixed p dummy s.r..-
by tying some Of the fodder we cars.
for our camels about it and wrappr,
the whole with barracan. Then
tiug hole. and after warning mr. ~.
to sleep with their arms beside ,h.-
and turn ont on hearing shots I ~
into the hole with my rife. in,ess.,
to do the watching of a sentry ruv,.S
Fortunately for my purpose tss,
was a moon, though over it were ~
clouds. It enabled me to see any ~.
ing object within a reasonable n.
lance from my camp. I had beeu FIN.
hours or more In my hole and WI
getting cramped when 1 saw on n
sky line of a sand billow some distsp1
from me black spot. 1t moved SO.
ly down the side of the billow tcEsa
me and, getting into compsratirs,
level ground, wandered about asa,
emily without any definite PURPOSE
I was not long in discovering tia,
it was some animal of the desert IN
search of food. 1t would scratch Il
one place, then in another, occasionally
digging a hole In its wandering
was constantly drawing nearer nv
camp. When it got within a couple Of
hundred yards it stopped and sat on
its launches facing the camp. At that
moment the clouds on the moon thics.
cned. and I could not see the brute
When the sky lightened again 1t had
disappeared.
/ was thinking that it had goEs away
when heard crack and my dunn!
sentry, the support of which had tesz
fixed in the loose sand, toppled orer a.
an angle of about forty 4degrees
was bout to jump out of my hole and
run forward when it occurred to me
that the animal I had seen was nan
covered by the skin of a wolf: that
when the moon was darkened be had
got into q hole and shot my dummy
Had not 1 better wait few moments
to see if he would leave his hiding
place? | did so. and fortunately my
men slept so soundly that they did not
Interfere.
1 had only to wait a few minutes
when 1 saw the animal walking le-
surely away. Springing from my nole,
ran after the beast, and when had
got pretty near to him I stopped. TOOK
f,,I ,;r 7
lad hit him, for L saw him roll over
At the same moment one of my men
'ame running toward me, and he was
shortly followed by the rest we
'ound an Arab in a VOLTS skin, deaa
With my whole force | secured ths
lesert in a circuit of half mile. o.
ound not human or brute ce1t
Doubtless confederates Of the MAJ
lad shot were not far away, but pfoF
bly, had seooped out the sand. g0t I
he depression and covered themselves
eaving only their faces exposed
The next night we dug holes SIT
ounding our tents, and put man
ach hole. getting into one myself
new, the Arabs stratagem ha'hs
cen interfered with, they woula %
e likely to continue it, but l fes'e1
hat. having reduced our force bJ I'D
len. they might think 1t feasiose
dopt some other ruse to get near
-ithout our being aware ofNeher y n
roach and rush us. But We pssse-
ne night without seeing anything
apt the sand and the starlit nea'e-N
lie latter. in contrast with the foeoa,
r double splendor. Our enemies W.
Their given up their intention OF
tempting to lull us into false
ty. Every night during the res'
ir Journey to the next oasis poss- II
yards in holes, but we were ne' w
,rbed. II
.fter moving southwark to the frsE
sixth degree north Of the eqc'e
lrned my eamels' heads to tee
ard TO Tidikelt and thence M
e Mediterranean sea through
1t may be asked. What was the r.
" for? Simply TO crafty my o. y
experience one of the many "a.
10 parts OF the globe and STUDY
.culiar peoples 10 be found tnefe n