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Explorer Undertakes Task of Tracking Treachery in the Desc
want me 10 DO with

him?''
suggested, as delicately as could,
that that was question to be decloed
by the court. and not by the accuser.
After a whispered conversation WITH
the police officer across the table. tne
mamur announced that he intended TO
put him in prison and send him, wnen
the camel-postman went, In aDoW
weeks time. to Assiut to be tried.
The attitude of the men toward
Qway changed completely after his
trial. There was no longer any need
to be afraid Of him. Their resentment
at his conduct in the desert had had
time to cool down.
He had been bullied by fellah ma
mur, been forced to confess in public
that he had disgraced himself by
getting lost in the desert, had beer
arrested by a Sudani and publicly
paraded through the oasis dressed as
n fellah. His humiliation was CON-
plete and could scarcely have been
more thorough. The bedawin instinct
for revenge had been amply satisfied
So far as I was concerned. was
feeling rather sorry for my erring
guide, to whom I had taken "a strong
liking from the start, for he had ONLY
been made a tool by the Senussi. who
were the real culprits. So having ono"
got him convicted. told the mamur ]
did not want him to be severely pun
ished, provided that "the quality os
mercy was not strained"
Dahab told me Qway was confined iif
irons and being fed only on bread ana
water. SO / sent him some tea anJ
sugar. with a message to the police
that they might take the irons or
and that I would see them before J
left the oasis.
Dahab asked for money TO buy =.
quite unnecessary number Of eggs TO-
my consumption. never inquired
what become OF them all: but the
same evening he asked for leave u
go to the doctors house, and started
of with bulging pockets in the dire
ton of the merkaZ.
lie came back again with the.
empty shortly afterward. saying tha,
he had been told that Qway was 10
signed and very prayerful. Tie
Sudanese. as I afterward heard. sen
him some cheese ana lentils, to whi,,
Abdulla added n handful Of onions. s.
altogether Qway must have rather eU-
joyed himself in prison.
Copyright. 1928.l
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have a look at the old track lac had
made himself on his previous journey,
to make sure that Qway was keeping
to his share of the arrangement by
following it toward Jebel Abdulla.
On reaching his track he saw no
sign of Qway having passed that way.
so becoming seriously uneasy. he rode
back along 1t hoping to meet him. At
a distance of only about a day from
Jebel ell Bayed he found the place
where Qway had turned back. which.
as he had told him he intended to go
for another two and Il half days
farther, convinced him that something
was very seriously wrong.
He then apparently became panic
stricken and came tearing back along
his tracks to make sure that we We're
coming out to meet him and that the
depot had not been interfered with.
1t struck me that Qway'S track lay
to the west of cur camp, so / sent
Add er Rahmann off to see if he coulo
find anything. while Abdulla and /
packed UP and loaded the camels. Abd
er Rahman returned in great glee to
announce that had been right in my
conjecture. and that he had found
QWays track; SO we started out to
follow II.
AS we continued to follow the tracks.
presently it became evident that Qway
had been considerably perplexed. Sew.
aral times he had halted to look around
him from the top of some slight rise
in the ground and had then ridden on
again in the same direction, and re-
peated the process.
But that bit of desert might have
been made especially for the purpose
Of confusing an erring guide. AS far
as could be seen in all directions
stretched a practically level expanse
Of sandy soil, showing no landmark to
guide him except where the great
black bulk Of Jebel el Bayed heaved
itself up from the monotonous surface.
Qway at last had evidently given up
the problem. He had remounted his
camel, ridden around a circle "a hum
dred yards or so in diameter in a final
attempt to pick up his bearings. and
then had made off at a sharp trot to-
ward the north. Add er Rahman was
in ecstasies.
"Qway's lost, Qway's lost" He
turned grinning delightedly to me. Il
tod you was a better guide than
Qway."
Then he suddenly grew solemn.
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Qway broke down, stammered, ana
generally got into q terrible mess. At
last the mamur. having elected from
him in turn the fact that there was
one afrit, that there were two, that
there had been a crowd Of them, and
finally that there were none at all,
went on to the next stage and asked
what had happened afterward.
Qway explained that after leaving
the depot he had ridden for two days
to the southwest, and then had turned
back and circled round Jebel ell Bayed
and finally ridden off 10 the east.
1.-The east?" said the mamur. II
thought Dakhla lay to the north"
1.-THE northeast, Effendim." correct
ed Qway. Rather north Of north.
east"
"rhen why did you go to the east?
Were you lost?"
Qway stammered worse than ever.
Two tears began to roll down Qway's
cheeks and his great gnarled hand
went up to hide his twitching lips.
"Yes," he said. with a great effort.
II was lost"
But you are a guide. And you got
lost"
YES" stammered Qway. To have
TO own to a mere fellah that he, the
great desert guide, had lost his way,
must have been most intensely HUI
initiating.
No Egyptian could have resisted
such a chance. The mamur began to
question Qway infinitely as to where,
how and when he had got lost, ana
to the exact degree of lostness at each
stage Of the proceedings; and Qway. TO
his credit be it said, answered quite
truthfully.
+ When he could rub it in no further
the mamur began to question him as
to the remainder OF his journey. Qway
described how he had had to 60 two
days without water and had almost
ridden his camel to death in order 70
get back to our tracks, and how he
and his camel had eventually man.
aged to get back to Dakhla more dead
than alive. The mamur put few
more questions to him, then told him
again that he was q traitor and that
his work had been like pitch"
y: x :: y
A TTER hearing Abdulla's story. the
, u mamur concluded that he had
heard enough evidence.
Il find that Qway is a traitor" he
said. His work has been like pitch
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as horse trading or the
roulette wheel? :
Because it is a game that any Of us
can play. Because the field is almost
unlimited. And because the stakes
are large in personal satisfaction and
often in hard cash.
The half.forgotten table in the attic
Of an ancient New England farmhouse
may turn out to have a value well
along in the hundreds of dollars.
Dust colored engraving in corner
of an east side second hand store may
be worth close to their weight in gold.
The game of discovering these gems,
bringing them into the light, selling
them for 10 times or 100 times what
they cost, has all the thrills for your
dyedin.the.wool antique hunter, anna.
teur or professional. that backing a
winning hundredto-one shot has for
the turf follower: or that cornering
the market has for the wheat spec
ulator.
One amateur devotee Of this new
and ever popular sport, Nine. Jutta
Bell -Ranske, Il teacher of voice culture
by profession, declares the continued
suspense Of antique hunting explains
its attraction for her.
"One never knows what is going to
happen next" she declares. my
most exciting adventure OF the sort
started in Venice. / had gone into a
little shop to buy some postcards and
drawings. AS the shopkeeper was
wrapping up any purchases, which
were to cost me several hundred lire.
I noticed a little modern colored en-
craving lying on the counter"
Don't you think you might throw
this in?" l asked.
. In ,Ys,
he exclaimed with a shrug. That en-
craving is valued at 80 lire, and how
can the lady expect me to make my
business pay If I give my customers
presents OF such value? But he
added apologetically. turning to the
shelf behind him, L have here an en-
craving which l had intended to use
for wrapping paper. To this the lady
is welcome And he included it in
my package.
"I gave no further thought to the
piece Of wrapping paper until after
my return to London. where I was
then making my headquarters. One
day took the package, just as it had
been done up by my Venetian friend,
to an art shop. where I intended hav-
ing the drawings framed. AS the
wrappings fell away, the clerk who
was waiting on me glanced with sur
prise at the engraving which had been
thrown in. I noticed her interest and
inquired, What is that thing?'
''The clerk took the yellowed paper
| to the rear Of the shop, where she con.
suited with the proprietor. In a mo-
| ment she returned, accompanied by
the latter.
"'That thing. madam. unless we are
very much mistaken. is a first proof
of a Lawrence engraving, and worth
great deal Of money she said. And
so it turned out. The paper which the
Venetian stationer had planned to use
for wrapping purposes brought me
1900, or almost enough to pay for
/ my rather extended trip through
| Italy"
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Indians Had Implement Shops Here

representatives, still almost wholly
within the implement-making phase
Of the stone age, mythology and the
esthetic forces not yet having lent
their inspiration to the hand Of the
sculptor"
nURING his exploration Of the
Piney Branch site DR.. Holmes ran
trenches into the hills and uncovered
the ancient quarries. He found beds
Of quartzite powders yet unchipped.
lie found piles of partly Clipped
stones. the failures of the aboriginal
implement makers. and he found also
many leaf.shaped blades that had
been brought almost to the stage for
carrying away to other places, where
they would have been finally shaped
into knives. arrowheads, scrapers or
other implements.
The quartzite worked by the Indians
on this site Is in the form Of smoothed
powders of various sizes. 1t was
brought down in a past geologic age
by the Potomac River from places
where it was broken from the rock OF
the Appalachian Mountains. At that
time the Potomac River flowed into
the sea at the site of Washington,
and these bowlders-large rounded
pebbles of brittle Stone-were depoS-
tied on the ancient seashore at the
rivers mouth.
DIR. Holmes satisfied himself as to
the battering and taking methods
| used by the ancient quarrymen and
implement makers by striking the
| rounded q,iartzite powders with other
stones and chipping them as the
Indians had done: also by using bone
points in the more delicate talking
operation by which the finer edges
were put on the implements.
"Of the implements made and used
In this province" says DIR. Holmes.
perhaps 80 per cent were shaped by
fracture processes. These deal with
all brittle stone, and the shaping IS
attended by constant breakage and
failure. so that for each completed
form several abortive forms are pro-
duced more or less closely resembling
some Of the simpler varieties Of I'm
ished implements.
THE work was carried on all over
the large area furnishing the raw ma
| terial, and the articles made and used
| were everywhere intimately inter
mingled with the repectage Of manu-
| facture. So confusing were the coll
ditions that no definite line could be
drawn between the two classes OF
objects.
1.-THE discovery of the quarries in
the hills, entirely isolated from the
sites and phenomena of specialization
and Use, made the separation easy.
and led to a correct understanding OF
what may well be called the morphoi-
ogy or TAXED implementS.
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sports, has it's amusing and ironic
episodes. Nine. Bell-Ranske tells the
story Of the suddenly wealthy Ameri'
can who, having heard sung the
praises of the Winged Victory, ordered
a marble replica of the famous statue
sent to his Western home. intending
to decorate his entrance hall with
piece Of known artistic worth.
The Victory arrived in due time.
duly minus head and arms, whereupon
the angry art patron promptly sued
the express company for breakage-
and was indemnified to the extent of
81 900, which sum he refunded some
what later, when his art education had
progressed.
To the elements raging in storm and
flood down the Ohio River valley,
Elizabeth Shackleton. one Of Americas 8
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'Isn't there another Of these about
the place." she inquired Of the young
colored woman who, in the absence Of
her parents. was acting hostess.
"Yas'm," replied the girl, but it's
In the pickle barrel
''Oh. lost, you mean?" queried Mrs.
Shackleton, somewhat mystifled a.
this seemingly irrelevant reply.
NO, not lost was the answer
''but gran'mas a pow'ful hand at
maxim pickles; but they amt nobody
makes 'em as green" Then, In a
tone which indicated she was divulg-
ing secret of state. "she green's 'em
by keepin' the candlesticks in among
'em."
Since Americans have succumbed in
increasing numbers to the spell Of the
chase for art rarities. the govern
ments Of several European countries,
notably Spain and Italy, have taken
steps to prohibit the expectation of the
works of the old master painters and
craftsmen. Without these precautions
most of the privately owned European
pictures, marbles and bronzes OF his
toric value might soon be on this side
of the Atlantic. But. as the American
prohibition experiment has proved,
legal obstacles lend only to increase
the interest in a pursuit, and the art
bootlegger is becoming a more and
more familiar figure here and abroad.
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eral resources of the region was so
extensive that no deposits Of powders,
no ledge Of f1ekable stone, no deposit
Of available stone Of any kind seems
to have escaped their attention.
Quarrying and manufacturing were
extensive, and the distribution Of the
product extended in some instances
for more than 100 miles beyond the
source Of supply.
); !; i: x
THE Potomac Indians We're traders.
The ancient name Of the tribe
which Capt. John Smith found holding
chief sway over the river was PATIO
meek. written enormously by Capt.
Smith 'Patawomek.' The town of
Patomeck, some 30 or 40 miles south
of the site Of Washington City. may
have been the place where other tribes
brought tribute, or 1t may have de.
rived its name, as some scholars be.
lieve, from the fact that these Indians
were great traders. always bringing
things up and down the river. DR..
Holmes believes that the stone blades
which were quarried and roughly
shaped on the site Of Washington were
among the principal articles Of barter
for this whole region.
No one knows how long these
Indians had been living in the Po-
tomac Valley when they were first
found there by Capt. Smith. 1t may
have been more than 500 years. They
were mainly Of the Algonquin lin.
guistic stock, the stock of Powhatan
and King Philip. BY the art remains
Of their numerous villages DR.. Holmes
connects them with the great body
Of those ancient inhabitants whose
domain extended from South Carolina
to Nova Scotia.
1.-THE culture status indicated by the
remains here brought to the attention
Of students" says DR.. Holmes, els
precisely that Of the historic inhabit.
ants encountered by John Smith,"
DR.. Holmes regards It as a striking
circumstance that q large part Of the
studies Of this ancient people are as
sembled within a few miles Of the
Capitol of the Nation, much Of it be.
ing within the Capital city itself.
when first visited by the English, -
says DR.. Holmes, "these Indians sub
sisted largely by hunting and fishing.
and to some extent cultivated maize,
or Indian corn. They were a vigor.
Gus, valiant race. but had made but
little progress in any of the arts save
those of mere subsistence. While the
study of their art remains throws
much light on numerous episodes Of
their history, the story they tell Of
themselves and Of the industrial strug-
giles Of primitive peoples in general is
Of profound interest.
"As indicated by the remains, art
in stone-which is the leading art
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Of acorn-top andirons, choice pieces
which / knew would exactly fill an
order of long standing from one of
my New York customers. My guide
set no particular store by his plunder,
and was glad to give me the andirons
In exchange for hammock which I
bought at the neighboring village for
a few dollars"
How articles Of value to the collector
Of antiques hide in the most unexpect.
ed corners is illustrated by another of
Mrs. Shackleton's experiences. In a
cabin in the South she found a brass
candlestick Of rare workmanship.
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anxiety. AS for Qway. the
perfdious guide. l felt he
~ was quite capable of looking
after himself. and / did not
feel inclined to bother about him. The
difficulty was Abdullah. From his
tracks it was clear that he had no
hand in emptying the tanks. and |
very much doubted whether he knew
anything at all about it.
Add er Rahman'S explanation of
what had occurred was, | felt sure,
the correct one. His view that Alb
dulIa, though very strong in the
meat. was rather feeble in the head, -
and that Qway had managed to get
rid of him on some excuse and had
stayed behind to empty the tanks.
Abdulla. counting on me to bring
him water and provisions, had gone
off for a six days journey, relying on
meeting us at the end of that time.
After going as far as he could to the
south, he was to cut across on to
Qway'S track and then to ride back
along it to meet US.
The man had served me well, and in
any case l did not feel at all inclined
to leave him to die of thirst, as he
certainly would. if we did not go out
to meet him. Obviously, we should
have to follow up Qway'S track to re-
lieve him-a course which also held
out the alluring prospect of being able
to get hold of Qway himself.
But our water was insufficient to
enable the whole caravan to go on
together, and it was urgently neces-
Sary to send back to Dakhla for a fur
ther supply. The difficulty was to
know whom to SEMI. There was al
ways the risk that Qway might wheel
around on us and try to get at our
line of depots; and unfortunately he
carried a Martini-IIenri rifle / had
lent him.
Add er Rahman, of course, could
have found his way back quite easily,
but, though he carried a Martini
Henri carbine, he was vile shot,
even at close range, as he funked the
kick: moreover. he stood in such awe
of Qway that l was afraid, If they
met, he would come off second best
In the event of a row, even with
Dahab to back him up.
Ibrahim, however, cared no more for
Qway than he did for an afrit (evil
spirit) that threw clods, or for any
one else. The next morning he set out
with Dahab and the two worst camels,
carrying all the empty tanks. His in
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Abdulla looked back and saw Qway
hauling the tanks about, which struck
him at the time as rather unneces-
sary performance; but as Qway ex-
planned. when he overlook him. that
he had only been rearranging the
depot and placing the sacks of barley
SO as more effectually to shade the
tanks, his suspicious had been lulled.
For most of the first day after leav-
ing Qway Abdulla kept turning things
very slowly over in his feeble head"
and, toward the end of the second
day. it began to occur to him that
Qway's long delay in the depot was
rather suspicious; so before proceed
ing any farther along his route. he
thought 1t advisable to ride across and
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structions were to get back as fast as
possible to Nut, refill the tanks. and
to beg, borrow or steal all the tanks
and watersktns he could get hold of in
the oasis. and to bring them all back
filled with water. Having seen them
off from the depot on the way back to
Nut, I set ,out with Add er Rahman
10 follow up Qway's tracks and to re-
lieye Abdulla.
Add er Rahman was an excellent
tracker. There had been no wind to
speak of since Qway had left the de-
pot, and the footprints on the sandy
soil We're as sharp and distinct as
when they were first made.
We followed his footprints for three
days. and there was mighty little
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Much as he hated the overbearing
Arab, he had worked with him for two
seasons, and, as he had said, there is
a bond of union between those who
know the nijem."
"He will die" declared Add er Rah-
man. "It is certain he will die. He
had only five days water, and it is
four days since he left the depot. He
is not going where the water is. but
he is making for the Valley Of the
Rat It is certain he will die Of thirst.
His camel has had no water for four
days."
We followed Qway's footprints for a
short distance. But he had been trav-
cling very fast, and it was obvious that
we should never catch him up. He
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BY ANNABEL PAXTON.

w YHAT is there about an.
tique hunting that lures?
Wv What makes il as thrilling
as horse trading or the
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BY w. j. HARDING KING.

\ CR position gave cause for
\ anxiety. AS for Qway. the
i perfidious guide. l felt he
was quite capable of looking
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was off on nonstop run to Nut. ana
as our own water supply was by no
means plentiful, l thought we had
better follow his example.
Phoenix tribune., 1926-02-10

Arizona and Ell Paso District of the
California Conference Of the G. M.
E church, will hold his first quar-
terly meeting at the local G. M. E.
church. He is desirous of having all
his friends and well wishers come
out and greet him in his new role
as presiding elder. The pastor, Off
GERS and members of this church are
preparing for a great service on the
above date. Everybody invited.
i. !. i.
Teaching in Mesa
Miss Dorothy Crump recent grad
uate of the Tempe Teachers Col
lege, has accepted a position as as
sistant teacher in the Grammar
school at Mesa.
!. !. !.
Receivers from Accident
Mr.. Calvin Bobo, who several weeks
ago was injured in an automobile ac-
cident, has recovered sufficiently to
walk around on crutches. He hopes to
be able to resume his duties soon. Mr..
Bobo is an employee of the state high
way department.
Phoenix tribune., 1926-02-10

merous other civic and social or
CARNATIONS.
when l assumed the office of
mayor" said Mr.. Jefferson today,
81 announced that l would not be
candidate to succeed myself. 1t was
only after repeated urging by many
of the citizens of the city who want
to keep down political turmoil at
this time that | reconsidered my de-
cision and became a candidate. If
there is more l can do toward the
advancement of Phoenix and her cit
izens-I earnestly want to do that
81 ask the colored citizens of
Phoenix to support me because 1
know they favor the same kind of
government l do"
Two other city commissioners will
have to be selected to fill vacancies
which will occur through the expira-
ton Of the terms of Commissioners
Fred Jacobs and R. L. Boehmer.