Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-12

inn and Hu!d me to 20 dGwn$tlir& ut
,uncr: and | cn,ild do nothing bit obey.
All that day nnnc nf the women would
speak To me. hut linc" t!la: was
being discussed freely and in E3nc Ia"
p'casant u fashion. could hear t'!-
word Madame vcrW frequently ana
then would come that annoying c.ic!:
ur tho tongue and teeth and passing oi
the palms uf tho hands over one
janothcr 10y which the Arabs express
their disgust. Even my pitcher "i
water. which was nearly always pat
near me. was not there that morning.
The uprising was moro nr less -ri'-
c,,al in that part of McsopotHmit. The
Arabs hoped TO drive the Eng lisa on;
altogether y false I,Imnr Of the fal!
CT lsaEdad and dcscrtiuH 0f the British
lIrCugh Il numcnt Of real danger tn
Mrs. Buchanan in Shabraham. vi hen
the hnrscmcn arrived with the rum0r.
tho natives were stirred To great cN-
c.trmcnt. "l!agdHd has fallen. Big
dad has f,llcn!" Immediately tberc
was Il dcafcning noise" runs the ac-
count. The excitement had grown
tremendous and the shouts were deaf
cning. The women quite entered in
to The spirit of the thing from their own
roof: and from every neiGhborhood
housclup came cries Of rejoicing ana
shril scrcamg.
Her Life Attempted.
THE women on our roof were now
half mad with joy. shouting TO one
another. ultcring their war cry ana
calling down encouragement, each wo-
man to her especial man in the court
yard below The Arab women arc
very martial when aroused. We were
i'm the dark but the mems courtyard
was llupncd with hurricane lamps
T~ he fight Of these the men, having
formed in circle, their swords ana
dasgc-s barred and brandishcd high in
tho air. started at Z run round. follow
ing each other close and shouting:
"Bagdad has fallen; Hassitn, Hoseln:
The cclcbra tiun went on all night and
the next day and subsequently dlcd
down only to break out again with I
repetition Of the rumor. Mrs. Buch-
anAn was in the courtyard when
word was brought a second time. 'Thc
excitement grew fast. Then some nr
| the ,flcn drew swords and shouted,
someone fired Il shot inln the air.
Screaming, Sprang up and tho next
moment was running for dear life up
the stairs TO the womans roof. None
of the women came up to the ROOF.
Presumably they had Il coed view from
the donr Of the courtyard and LOOK
their share uf the proceedings from
thrir own quarters.
'I was still cruuching against the
farther wall when | saw slowly come
M over the wall from The mems side
q head and tho end Of Il rifle mll"Zic.
Ais heart seemed to stop heating. !
watched, Fascinated with sheer terror
~ thn apparitinil continued to rise
,uul, ilIr rrilr T"I;; Level wilh tn" top
nf the wall and u mans head ana
shoulders wrlw visible.
Ills eyes were lunkinE straight i'll
irn". L could Just max" ont his fr;' =
IliIrc# in the rndinr light. Evcry nerve
in my hudy grew tense and slowly
pull,d myself down until WAS al
mnsi Oh lic floor nf the r""I.
IN shot rang out *Dry mud
from the wall, about ii foot hh"Fc
suat,rrrd all over mo. sank. III
heap. Immediately the man *IIIan% M
ON the wall GIv;, Il shout, waved MS
rifle i'm Tie air and rushed mif To join
the others. Far u" unnrrrrl /" slI'
Iay pruS,rnlc on the roof. crying and
IHsking myself again and again ""hE
isn't it :lll over?
Too Late.
This incident WIS l;Ic ciil!hX oi MI"
l;rcIIHnanS mi:;!nrIuncS ":i Il prisoner
Ig; the Arabs for more tnHn :; month
l1Irhnu.h there WAS much that WI:
;a'artninS and full of danger for hci
'Ihrrraf,"r. The shrik decided tn mpvf
hi, prisoners 10 Il new prison ;iht
the Journey was. made through fight
iuw, Hn.I.y mubS in The streets nI IN.
town. Confined here under guard
the unlr woman ;:nnn% other pTS"nr"!
nr y:riuIS nHtiumalilh$. she spent lIi[
, rrn,IindrI. Of her captivity. TIL" cN'
rntH that new went on in SlEi t;ifbHi
were Ilnknuwu To the prisoners. lhH!
could only Sr.c and hear the cEcll"nlcn
uui&itCa their pi'i%nn. hlli knew u"
iIlr cause Of it unit! on" d;t% hirplinr:
l,ry:,n t. rll,,nr overhead and tn" S"uEt
of l:ritish shells falling into the l""T
made known the fact that rtlic
column WAS coming lu rescue them
II could say littlr." she writes "l ne
feelings Hi the time Of the rescue, ""H
,ri,l on The thought th*t kept runnIn;
in Inv mind: The English como tn
lltc rmr mo: leave my Salih h"liin"
N last VIC RI out in the open r"It
nuaiu. | SIw Il car coming toward
] me. SlippuSr that tn mHny this Whili'
= anpcar tn hr tilr climax. have hrr'
i asked, what did yuu Ito, throw %"''
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