Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-28

different languages quite sstouhded
me-ihsTe MAS the young glFl who
had studied hisfoglyphies iof . lev
months and who carefully corrected
your Eighty eommenis, the eomplsr
esnt. clever. eonlented tngllshman
who said II Mas dreadful the way the
Americans spoil their women. and
that the tour Was topping. two
couples OF nswly.weds one was al.
ways running into behind a pillar in
. temple or glimpsing in a dark cor.
nef OF . tomb. the wealthy widows
1.-TWO OF ,hfsel. the eaus,ie Scotch
man. the nefyy English couple. and
others.
And las, but not least. there was
Mahmoud Ahmed. our genial. good.
humofed dfagomsn. or guide. who
attended TO Il that We should see
everything. He was glorious in silk
and broadelo,h faiment. lie had
been 10 the Worlds fair in Chicago
and his Ladies and gentlemen, this
wa-a.a-a.y, IL YOU please" led US 10
all the interesting sights of upper
and lower Egypt Before each ad.
venture he made a speech at meal
time. telling us wha, We would see
aud closing with the same three re-
marks. the FIRST about 'baeksheesh''
TO the donkey boys; the second.
Monuments tickets very much
wanted" the third. "Gallop,ng
donkeys not allowed"
] foolishly faneied this was 10
save the donkeys. but soon learned
Il was TO pro,ee, the company in case
OF accident. "f
Speeding" in Egypt.
The business Of donkey riding
started out the first afternoon. Most
OF the donkeys were so little one felt
as though one ought TO carry them
instead OF vice versa. My first
donkey was named Yankee Doo-
doo"-him very fine donkey" He
had an odd little run. which
thought was because OF his short
steps, and his walk was a crawl. |
started at the head OF our cavalcade,
but soon found myself the very last
one. | looked back at one time
when he was running and discovered
his cause OF speed was not from
within, but from without-ti,at here
! was riding over the roads II Egypt
with my donkey hoy running behind
with both hands pushing the donkey.
All went well at the beginning OF
this first ride with the largest men
on the smallest donkeys, many Of
them with good luck strings OF gay
beads and sleigh bells around their
necks, j. e. the donkeys). Then a
certain charming lady, when her
mount stumbled and fell, calmly
took header over him into the dirt.
The donkey boy caught her head
and kept it from the road, but just
then the donkey rose beneath her,
and she maintained a most undigni-
fed posture, displaying an assortment
of lingerie. She was not hurt, but
her husband was considerably
shocked.
Most donkey drivers talk some
English and the trend OF their re-
marks is usually about some back
sheesh TO buy clover for Oshkosh (oi
whatever the donkey's narne), .or Z
little extra backsheesh from your
hand to mine" for good luck. The
good luck was all for the boy and
not you, and it is sad to state
that although backsheesh was otter
given for clover for Oshkosi1-Osh.
kosh seldom got the clover.
Many people took falls from their
donkeys. One of our immaculate
Egyptian princes had a great spill in
a luckless part Of the TOAD, ths
donkey rolling over him. He arose
immaculate no longer, calmly picked
up his tarbouche and continued the
trip. A tall, lanky man went over
the head of his donkey and stood
in the road in front, for all the world
like the clown in circus.
Now Z Donkey Expert.
rode donkeys until / was lame
and rode them until l was over the
lameness. l rode in high, carpeted
saddles that tilted backward and that
were loose, and when the .stirrups
were tied on with cord, and in one
heavenly place | rode in an English
saddle. l rode fuzzy donkeys and
shorn ones and those which were
shaved in beautiful patterns on leg!
and back. Most of them were somno.
lent, but one animal I rode was ,
fiery beast. Merry Widow-hin
very fine donkey" He galloped
through the crooked winding street.
Of 4 native village-he nearly brushed
me off on the corner Of a mud hous.
he ran into boy with baske'
Of bread on his head upsetting both
he caught my foot in the stirrup O
another mount, and nearly pulled
me in two before I could get hin
stopped or the man could get hi!
donkey speeded up enough to extri
cate me.
He got so far. ahead that in on,
place we took wrong road and fol
about half an hour l rode on tn,
desert, the only European in sight
There were several gamooses OF
Egyptian cattle, a train of hay-lader
eamels and one Egyptian mounted OF
4 camel, who rode disinterestedly by
I never rode one donkey over which
I had the slightest control, most o
them merely walked, going to sleer
as soon as one got on. After the frs
ride about half the people on tn.
boat complained Of the hives, ane
regarded their diet until they dis