Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-30

! themselves and mono tn rest All night we
| marched down the long slope, only hl,inE
| Tor half an hour before daylight To- cat
| something and rcnrraugn the loads on the
| baggage beasts, which now. / noticed were
| guarded with extra care. When we were
starting again Marut came 20 us ana re-.
| marked with his usual smtlc, on behalf Of
| his brother IIarut. who was otherwise en-
! gagged, that II might be we'll If we had our
| guns ready since Wa were entering the land
| OF the elephant Jana "whD know but that
we might meet him?"
cor his worghlpers on two legs" I sug-
| gcsted, to which his only reply was q uOd.
! SO we got our repeating rifles. some of the
| first that were ever made seryiccgbIe but
| rather complicated weapons that fire five
| cartridges Hans. however with my per-
| mission, armed himself with the little Pur-
| dcy piece that was named "Iutdmbi" the
| Singe-barrolcd, mU22o-luadiug gun which
| had done mo So much service In earlier
| days, ana even ON my last journey 20 Pom
| g0land. Iio said that he was accustomed to
| ii and did not understand these urwfauUled
| hrcCChlOadcrs, also that n was "uCts,"
consented, as ! did not think that it made
much difference with what Kind of rifle
| Hans was provided AS a murksmau he
had this popularity: IN to hundred yards
or so he was an excellent shot. but beyond
that distance no good at all
\ quarter Of an hour later, MS the dawn
was breaking we passed through q kind of
neck of rough stones bordering tho Fat land
ana emerged in conn-rt Ln,l,. ON A., t,,,
edge Of tho grassy plain. Here the word
clear to mo ms som No / ,,,1s ,,,t IL .i
rocks For there rlorcbirrr rorr,I,. t
baIF q milo ayvay- ,g,ro er,, roG ,,'
robed men. 4 large pronorti,n or tbos,
were mounted the rest being foot soldiers
of whom moro We're running up every min
ute apucarinrr ont Of busb maj ,r.,,,,. ,,,,
the hillside apparentIv IN dfgnnt, ann ,In
s,ra These neonIn ,,.r,, ,,,rT, I,r.,,t.' 80,
with fuzzy Hai. llnoD which tho,. ,,.,,,9 w.,
boaddress Mn seemed ~ Lo o,,r,.I ,,..,f
spcars
two borsenon dashed ror,,9rl r " " len ,I'gl,'
bore a white nag in token that tbry cam. ~"
parlcy our advance guard allowed trar,
to pass and they gaUoped ON. dnI,rfr,r I'm md
out between the r3r7eIs vim ,y,rl,r.,.fI rI-IIt
till at length they came to where we were
with Uarut and Narut. ana milling mn t5afr
horses so sharply that the auirlaIs almost
sat down on their launches srIut.d h,
raising their snnlr.t ~
Thev were ver,, fine rogr,;r,- ,.i,-...- non
fectIy black IN color win nnr,rniI ,,st ~
rorIntcnanco n,d Il o. ~ ''-7 ,'' 80 80 Va Va
huur, down IN, tIi,. sti,I r,''' WY"
ing was Iirb+ ,,,,gist,,rr - -
Brecrhes ,hat rc.s.,,I.ri - ~, - ''..'
sandals and an a,.r.,,,, ..'' "a ,,' ,g'2'
chains which s.cr,ei r., a., ,,,I ] .]'l,,u
silvar,- ,,a,,I ,I,, - 80" "' ''','p
acros9 tTe - -" It''l t'N"'
consisted 90 ~ - ''''N, "''I ','"7
rarricJ l. -, 80 '''',''-' 10 .i'"-
stroigbt - 49, N'II'H an" u
from a bnIt g,hi, a SMo.u SN5pp,lue"
,,...l aus 90 "71'tl'l"ru AFTER
rr,,,,t @ 80 '"u regulation cavalry equip
,,,,T.1 't''"S '.'e7e people IHe looiWen
- ~" " '"u''eI spear, round leather
ana w. - IT,oNt"B L1F'lnS or hEseE'ls
ga" " S"INtu hhie with a horn handle.
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