New Britain herald., 1919-08-05

hall from her dining room, where she had locked herself in, and just as we were driven out of doors, we saw a blow aimed at her head and she fell to the floor. This was the last we saw, then, of any one in the house where 1 have never since set foot.
 "Once outside, our assailants en- deaEored to drive us down to the stables, but we managed to make our way toward a guardhouse, where a, couple of government soldiers were stationed rather as gatekeepers to at tend visitors than for any purpose of defense.
 By lamp in front of this build ing We saw our guards, our gardeners, and our native servants under cover of the rifles of another party of mountaineers, while little apart stood their leader, man of fine presence, attired in the handsome dress worn by the native gentry. One of my men was representing this per SOnage bitterly for this unprOvOked aggression.
 The leader of. the mountaineers raised his hand and, in low but em- phatic tones, declared that if no res | cue were attempted nor any dis ! turbance made, no harm would be- 1 fall us and in a few weeks we should l be safely back among our people, 1 adding, I am Raisuli' the Raisuli''- | this, as I afterward discovered, be- | ing his clan appellation, since thls | chereef, or native nobleman, is known | among his own followers as Mulai Ahmed ben Mohammed, the Raisuli "On hearing him declare his name 1 felt at once that the affair was more 1 serious than 1 had hitherto antici- 1 pated, since the presence of this in surgent chieftain meant more than a | mere summons to surrender any l money or vaIuables in the house, and ! that some political object had prob ably dictated this attack.
 'Raisuli had indeed been reported to be on the warpath for some time past, but as his operations had been confined to outlying native villages or to the smaller towns, no one imagined | he would attack any one in the inn mediate neighborhood of Tangier- where I myself, as president of an | international commission that admin istered the affairs of the town, was i in a position to requisition by tele- phone the entire available military 1 force.
 Approaching him, bound as I was and in evening dress, I said to him in Arabic, T know you by name, Rais- 1 uii, and 1 accept your safe conduct, but we cannot go with you thus We | must have our OVercOats, hats, and 1 boots.'
 Which of your servants shall l have released to return to the house
 
 uli.
 II selected Bourzin, the younger of the guards, on duty that evening. On indicating Bourzin, his bonds were cut and he was released; but as he did not immediately re-appear, Rais- uli became impatient; still he allowed another of my servants a Spaniard also to be released. and the latter quickly executed his com ission. We had not time, however to put on our boots before we were hurriedly made to mount.
 Several of our horses had beer brought up from the stables, but either because it was feared tha Varley might escape or because he had been wounded, he was put upor a mule which the mountaineers haC brought with them, while 1 was al lowed to select which of my animals I would ride. As I apprehended ( long journey, I chose the younges and most spirited of my horses.
 AS Mrs. Perdicaris endeavored tt join us, one of the mountaineers seizing her, threw her violently back 1 ward, down a half flight of ston steps onto the pavement, while Mrs Varley was pitched on top of her.
 Needless to say, the ladies waited in vain for our return, and when a last they ventured out onto the per gola all was silent. We had disa D