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It was the cool -beaded Mortimer who
organized the defense, for Scott's Cel-
tic soul was so aflame, fat all this
"copy` in hand and more to come
that he was too exuberantly boister-
ous for a commander. The other with
his spectacles and his steres face soon
had this servants in hand.
" Tali henna I Egri 1 What the devil
are you frightened about? Put the
camels between the palm trunks. That's
- right. Now get the knee -tethers on
them. Quiev I Did you •nbver bear bul-
lets before* Now put the donkeys
here. Not much—you don't get my
polo -pony to make a zareba with, Pick-
et the ponies between the grove and
the river out' of danger'S way. These
fellows seem to fire even higher than
they did in '85."
That's got home, anyhow,"said
Scott, ax they heard h soft splashing
thud like a stone in a mud -bank.
" Who's hit then?"
" The brown camel that's chewing the
cud."
As Nie spoke the creature, its jaws
still working, laid its long; neck along
the grbo,ad and closed its dark eyes."
" That shot cost me fifteen pounds,"
said Mortimer, ruefully, " How many
08 them, dp you make?"
'. Four, I tbimk."
"Only four Bezingers at any rate;
there may be some spearamen,"
"I think not; it is a little raiding
party of riflemen. By the way, Aner-
ley, you've never been under fire be-
fore, have you?"
"Never," said the young pressman,
who was conscious of a feeliaglof ner-
vous elation. i
"Dove and poverty and war, they
. are all experiences necessary to make
a complete life. Pass over the cart-
ridges. This is a mild baptism that
. you are unidervoing, for behind these,
camels you are as safe, as if you were
sitting in the back robin of the Auth-
ors Club."
As safe, but hardly as comfortable."
•- said Scott. "A long glass oft hock and
seltzer would be exceedingly accept-
able. But, Ohl Mortimer, what a
chance I Think of the general's feet-
ings when he hears th•tt the first ac -
,.:
tion of the war has 1)een fought by the
press column. Think of Reuter, who
has been strewing at the front for a
week 1 Think of the evening pennies,
just too lata Por the* fun 1 By George,
I ' that ,slutg brushed a mosquito off mel"
" And osis of the donkeya is hit."
"T.his Is sinful. It will end in our
� havLng to carry our own kits to Khar-
toum."
"Never mind, my boy, it Mi goes to
snake copy. I can see the headlines-
-
*. 'Raid oilCbmmunioations:' 'Murder
I. of British Vogineer:' ' Press Column
i` (Attacked," Won't It be ripping?
"I wonder wcbat the next line will
be,' said Anerley.
Our Specie•! Wounded,"' cried
Scott, rolling over on to his back.
"No harm do'ntt," he added, gathering
himself, lip again; "only a chip off my
knee. This Is getting sultry. I con,
Less that the ldpa, of that back room
at the Authors' Club begins to grow
r' upon nae." .
. 'r hhvA oc>yne diA;tbylon.n
11
,biiVULMA- negro l
Two, more I Dingas by the Took
of them. Just the same chafes we got
our black battalions from. As long as
they get a fight they don't mind who
it's for. But if the idiots had only
sense enough to understand they would
know that the Arab is their hereditary
enemy and we their hereditary friends.
Look at the silly jugglins gnashing his
teeth at the very men who put down
the slave trade l"
"Couldn't you explain?"
"I'll explain with this pistol when he
COMBS a little nearer. Now sit tight,
Anerley. They're off I"
They were, indeed. It was the brown
mast with the green turban who headed
the rush. Close to his heels wasthe
negro with silver earrings—a giant of
a man, and the other two were only a
little behind. As they sprang over
the rooks one after the other it took
Anerley back to the school sports
whon he held the tape for the hurdle
race. It was magnificent, the wild
spirit and abandon of it, the flutter
of the chequered galabeeahs, the gleam
of steel., the wave of black arms, the
frenzied faces, the quick pitter-patter
of the rushing feet. The law-abiding
Britons is so imbued with the idea of
the sanctity of the human life that
it was hard for the young pressman to
realize that these men had every in-
tention of killing him, and that he was
at perfect liberty to do as much for
them. He. lay staring as if this were
a show and he a spectator.
"Now', Anerley, now I Take the
Aral) I 'cried same body.
):be put up the gun and saw the
brown fierce face at the other end of
the barrel. IHe tugged at the trigger,
but the face grew Larger and fiercer
with every stride. Again and again
he tagged. A revoilver shot .rang out
at his elbov, then another one and he
saw a red spot spring out on the
Arab's brown breast. But he was still
coming on.
"Shoot, you ass, shoot I" screamed
Scott.
Again he strained unavailingly at
the trigger. - There were two more
pistol shots, and the big negro had
fallen and risen and fallen again.
"Ccwk it, you foot I'' shouted a
furious voice, and at 'the same instant,
with a rush and flutter, the Arab
bounded over the prostrate camel and
came down with his bare feet upon
Anerley's chest. In a dream he seemed
to be struggling fra,gticaily with some
ome upon oris ground, then he was
conscious of a trewendotis explosion
In his very face, and so ended for him
the first action of 'the' war.
i • • •' • •
"Good-bye, old chap. You'll be all
,right. Give yourself time." It waa
Mortimer's voice, and he became dimly
conscious of a long spectacled trace and
of a haavy hand upon his shoulder.
"Sorry to leave you. We'll be
lucky taow if we are in tim,'e for ,the
morning editions." Scott was tight-
ening his girth as he spoke.
"We'll put in our wiro that you
have been hurt, so your people will
know why they don't hear frol'n you..
tf Reuter or the evening pennloaoome
dp don't give the tbing away. Abbas
will look after you, and we'll be backT
to-murrow afteirnoon. Hye-ilyc l'
R WAR R
I1>t�Jd�
THE
THREE CQtRESPON DENTS)
An Incident of the Soudan Cam,oaigm.
BY A. CONAN DOYLE,
It was a, ;broiling afternoon, . and
" Afterwards will do. We're having
tbose 4,hin Wills of foam round the
' a 'appy day with. Fuzzy On the rush.'
black glists•Dinq :eoks of the Nile bowl-
1 wish he would rush."
dens looked ctitigLtfully cool and al-
" They're oonting nearer."
luring. FInt lilt w'uuld not be safe to
"This is an excellent revolver of
bathe fbf some hours to come. Ther air
mine if it didA't throw so devilish high.
shimmered and vibrated over the bak-
I always aim at a' man's toes if Iwant
Ing stretch of sand and rock. There
to stimulate his digestion. 0 Lord,
was not a (breath of wind, and the dron-
there's our kettle gone I"
ling a!n'd piping of the insects inclined
With a Doom like a dinner gong a
one for sleep. Samewhere above a hoo-
Remington bullet had passed through
,Poe was calling. Anerley knocked out
the kettle and a cloud of steam hissed
kris ashes and was turning toward his
up from the fire. A wYildi shout came
couch, when his eye caaghb something
from the rocks above.
moving in the desert to the south.
1 " The idiots think that they have
It was a horseman riding towards
, blown as up. They'll rush us now as
them as swiftly as thei broken ground
sure as fate; them Lb will be our turn
.,.-,I
would permit. A messenger from the
' to lead. Get your revolver, Anerley"
army, thlouablt Anerley; and then as
" 1 have this double-barreled fowl -
he watched, the slum suddenly struck
Lug -piece.`
the man on the side of the head, and
Sensible man I It's thee, best weals -
his chin flamed inlbo gold. There could
on in the world at, this sorb of rough -
MIA be two karpbmia-n with beards of
turd -tumble work. What cartridges?'
such a color. It was Merryweather,
' Swan -shot." '
the engineer, and he was returning.
" That will do all right, I carry this
What on earth was het returning for?
big bore double-barreled pistol loaded
He had been so keen, to see the gen-
with slugs. You might as well try to
eral, and yet he was%comiag back with
stop one of these fellows with a pea -
his mission unaccomplished. Was it
shooter as with a service revolver."
that his pony was hopelessly founder-
" There are ways and means'," said
ed? it seemed to be tmovinlg well. Aner-
Scott. " The Geneva convention does
ley picked up Mortirmer's binoculars,
not hold soulth of the first cataract.
and a foam --spattered horse and a wea-
it's eary to make a bullet mushroom
ry koorbash-cracking mean came can-
by a little manipulation of the tip of
tering up the cearter of, the field. There
it. 'AT-he,n, I was in the broken square
was nothimi; in his aiplpearance to ex-
at Tamai—"
plAin the mystery of his return.
"Wait a bit," cried Mortimer, ad -
Then as he waltched them they dIp-
justing his glasses. " I think Lhey are
ped down into a hollow and disappear-
coming now."
ed. He could see that it was one of
" The time," said Soott, snapping up
thtose narrow khors which led to the
his watch, "being exactly seventeen
river, and he wanted, glass in hand, for
minutes past four."
their immediate reappearance. But
Anerley Chad been lying behind a
minute passed after minute, and there
camel staring with an interest which
wns no sign of them. That narrow
bordered upon fasci-pation at the rocks
gully appeared to have swallowed them
opposite. Here was a little woolly puff
up. And these with a, curious gulp and
of smoke, and there was another one,
start he saw it. little gray cloud
but never once had they caught a
wreathe itself slowly from among the
glimpse of the attackers. To him there
rocks and drift in a long, hazy shred
was something weird and awesome in
over the desert. In an instant he had
these unseen persistent men who, min -
torn Scott ani Mortimer from their
ute by minute, were drawing closer to
slumbers.
them. He had heard them cry out when
" Gert up, you chaps 1" he cried. "I
the kettle was broken, and once imme-
believe Merryweather has been shot
diatcly afterwards an enormously
by dervishes."
strong voice had roared something
"And Reuter not beret" cried the
which had set Scott shrugging his
two veterans, exultantly clutching at
shoulders.
their notebooks. "Merryweather shot I
"They've got to take us first," said
Where? When? How?"
he, and Anerley 'thought his nerve
. In a few words Anerley explained
might be beater if he did not ask for
what he had seen.
a translation. -
" You heard nothing'?"
The firing had begun at a distance
" Nothing." I
Of some hundred yards, which put it
" Well, a shot loses itself very eas-
out of the question for them, with their
Uy among rocks. By George, look'at
lighter weafions, to make any reply to
the buzzards I"
it. Had their antagonists continued to
• Two large brown birds were soaring
keep that range the defenders must
in the deep blue heaven. As Scott
either have made a hopeless sally or
spoke they circled down aarl dropped
tried toshetter themselves behind their
into the little khor.
zareba as beat they might on the chance
" That's good enough," said Morti-
that the sound might bring up help.
mer with his nose Between the- leaves
BaL•, Luckily for them, 'the -African had
.' of his book. "'Merryweather headed
not taken kindly to the rifle, and his
dervishes stop returned stop shot mut-
primitive instinct to close with his
slated stop raid communications.' How's
enemy is always too strong for his
that ?"
sense of strategy. They were drawing
" You think he was headed off lit"
in, therefore, and now for the first times
" Why Ilse shbuld he return?"
Anerley caught sight of a face looking
" In that case, if thely were out in
at them from over a rook. It was a
front of him and others cut him off,
huge, virile, strong -jawed head of a
there must be several small raiding
pare negro type, with silver trinkets
parties."
gleaming in the ears. The man raised
"I should judge so."
a groat arm from, behind the rock and
"How about the 'mutilated I"
shook his Remington sit them.
' "I've fought against Arabs before."
"Shall I fire?" asked Anerley.
"Where are you off to?"
"Na, no, it is too far; ydur shot
"Sarras.'
would scatter all over the place."
" I think I'1L race you in," said Scott.
"It's a pioturesque ruffian," said
Anerley stared in astonishment at
Scott, "Couldn't you kodak him,
the absolutely impersonal way in which
Mortimer? There's another I"
these men regarded the situation. In
A fine-featured brown Arab, with a
' their zeal for newts it had appartntly
black pointed bearti, Nvas, peeping from
never struck them that they, their
behind another bowlder. He wore the
camp and their servanits, were all in
green turban which proclaimed him
the lion's mouth. But even as they
hadii, and his face Showed the keen
talked there Dame the harsh importu-
nervous exaltation of the religious
nate rat -tat -tat of tan irregular volley
fanatic.
from among the rooks, and the high
They seem a piebald crowd," said
.. .keening whistle of bullets over their
Scott,
heards. A palm spray fluttered-dow:n
" Thi• last is one of-{tiv-r.s,
ambntgst them. At the same instant
Ing Baggara," rens rlren---itiiF.`.
a dangerous
the six fri'.'htened servants came run-
Hes man:"
Ll.- ---.. ___a.s-.. _-- ....
It was the cool -beaded Mortimer who
organized the defense, for Scott's Cel-
tic soul was so aflame, fat all this
"copy` in hand and more to come
that he was too exuberantly boister-
ous for a commander. The other with
his spectacles and his steres face soon
had this servants in hand.
" Tali henna I Egri 1 What the devil
are you frightened about? Put the
camels between the palm trunks. That's
- right. Now get the knee -tethers on
them. Quiev I Did you •nbver bear bul-
lets before* Now put the donkeys
here. Not much—you don't get my
polo -pony to make a zareba with, Pick-
et the ponies between the grove and
the river out' of danger'S way. These
fellows seem to fire even higher than
they did in '85."
That's got home, anyhow,"said
Scott, ax they heard h soft splashing
thud like a stone in a mud -bank.
" Who's hit then?"
" The brown camel that's chewing the
cud."
As Nie spoke the creature, its jaws
still working, laid its long; neck along
the grbo,ad and closed its dark eyes."
" That shot cost me fifteen pounds,"
said Mortimer, ruefully, " How many
08 them, dp you make?"
'. Four, I tbimk."
"Only four Bezingers at any rate;
there may be some spearamen,"
"I think not; it is a little raiding
party of riflemen. By the way, Aner-
ley, you've never been under fire be-
fore, have you?"
"Never," said the young pressman,
who was conscious of a feeliaglof ner-
vous elation. i
"Dove and poverty and war, they
. are all experiences necessary to make
a complete life. Pass over the cart-
ridges. This is a mild baptism that
. you are unidervoing, for behind these,
camels you are as safe, as if you were
sitting in the back robin of the Auth-
ors Club."
As safe, but hardly as comfortable."
•- said Scott. "A long glass oft hock and
seltzer would be exceedingly accept-
able. But, Ohl Mortimer, what a
chance I Think of the general's feet-
ings when he hears th•tt the first ac -
,.:
tion of the war has 1)een fought by the
press column. Think of Reuter, who
has been strewing at the front for a
week 1 Think of the evening pennies,
just too lata Por the* fun 1 By George,
I ' that ,slutg brushed a mosquito off mel"
" And osis of the donkeya is hit."
"T.his Is sinful. It will end in our
� havLng to carry our own kits to Khar-
toum."
"Never mind, my boy, it Mi goes to
snake copy. I can see the headlines-
-
*. 'Raid oilCbmmunioations:' 'Murder
I. of British Vogineer:' ' Press Column
i` (Attacked," Won't It be ripping?
"I wonder wcbat the next line will
be,' said Anerley.
Our Specie•! Wounded,"' cried
Scott, rolling over on to his back.
"No harm do'ntt," he added, gathering
himself, lip again; "only a chip off my
knee. This Is getting sultry. I con,
Less that the ldpa, of that back room
at the Authors' Club begins to grow
r' upon nae." .
. 'r hhvA oc>yne diA;tbylon.n
11
,biiVULMA- negro l
Two, more I Dingas by the Took
of them. Just the same chafes we got
our black battalions from. As long as
they get a fight they don't mind who
it's for. But if the idiots had only
sense enough to understand they would
know that the Arab is their hereditary
enemy and we their hereditary friends.
Look at the silly jugglins gnashing his
teeth at the very men who put down
the slave trade l"
"Couldn't you explain?"
"I'll explain with this pistol when he
COMBS a little nearer. Now sit tight,
Anerley. They're off I"
They were, indeed. It was the brown
mast with the green turban who headed
the rush. Close to his heels wasthe
negro with silver earrings—a giant of
a man, and the other two were only a
little behind. As they sprang over
the rooks one after the other it took
Anerley back to the school sports
whon he held the tape for the hurdle
race. It was magnificent, the wild
spirit and abandon of it, the flutter
of the chequered galabeeahs, the gleam
of steel., the wave of black arms, the
frenzied faces, the quick pitter-patter
of the rushing feet. The law-abiding
Britons is so imbued with the idea of
the sanctity of the human life that
it was hard for the young pressman to
realize that these men had every in-
tention of killing him, and that he was
at perfect liberty to do as much for
them. He. lay staring as if this were
a show and he a spectator.
"Now', Anerley, now I Take the
Aral) I 'cried same body.
):be put up the gun and saw the
brown fierce face at the other end of
the barrel. IHe tugged at the trigger,
but the face grew Larger and fiercer
with every stride. Again and again
he tagged. A revoilver shot .rang out
at his elbov, then another one and he
saw a red spot spring out on the
Arab's brown breast. But he was still
coming on.
"Shoot, you ass, shoot I" screamed
Scott.
Again he strained unavailingly at
the trigger. - There were two more
pistol shots, and the big negro had
fallen and risen and fallen again.
"Ccwk it, you foot I'' shouted a
furious voice, and at 'the same instant,
with a rush and flutter, the Arab
bounded over the prostrate camel and
came down with his bare feet upon
Anerley's chest. In a dream he seemed
to be struggling fra,gticaily with some
ome upon oris ground, then he was
conscious of a trewendotis explosion
In his very face, and so ended for him
the first action of 'the' war.
i • • •' • •
"Good-bye, old chap. You'll be all
,right. Give yourself time." It waa
Mortimer's voice, and he became dimly
conscious of a long spectacled trace and
of a haavy hand upon his shoulder.
"Sorry to leave you. We'll be
lucky taow if we are in tim,'e for ,the
morning editions." Scott was tight-
ening his girth as he spoke.
"We'll put in our wiro that you
have been hurt, so your people will
know why they don't hear frol'n you..
tf Reuter or the evening pennloaoome
dp don't give the tbing away. Abbas
will look after you, and we'll be backT
to-murrow afteirnoon. Hye-ilyc l'
R WAR R
I1>t�Jd�
IQ* Allan. The whole force, he said,
Anerley heard it; all, tli uugh he did
,L� IF IDIONTIE t11 Il t ill*
deeply lamented the death of that
gallant o*fficor. Ike was very popular
not feel energy enough to answer.
Then, as he watched two brown
.-�.
GEN• LOCKH'ART TALKS AI30UT THE
with tho Men. Appa,reittly Sir Henry
sleek
ponies with Chair yellow -clad, riders
DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN.
took a wrong turn, of the road when
quite close to his escort. Then either
dwindling among the rooks, his arena-
,..-,1
his horse beoatute restive or he attempt-
orY cleared suddenly and he .realized
that the firth great journalistic chance
The Aik'iditi Are Now the nos& of Friends *or
ad to take a shout ot4t, and was shot
down by this few zneu who were watch -
of his, life was slipping away from 'him.
tbbu+ nritW4—sdiet►l& ]!fetors Thorollg4ly
lig the march off troops algng the
It was a small fight, but it was the first
Beaten -They Aro dpiendtd Fighters—
.the
road. It was a most regrettable ac -
Of the weir, and the,bl
p
for
Sir Havelock. Afblan's Death.
oident, but nobody was to blame.
J101118 was allathirst neww They
GeneralSir William Lookhart, who
As to (he cause of .the outbreak, it
would have it in the Courier; they
have it in the Intelligence, rand
has just returned to England after eon.
long, vibrating neck with his stick, and
nut a
Hirt a 'word in -the Gazette. The
ducting the operattions against the
THE SPANISH SOLDIER.
through brought him to his feet,
Afridis on the North-West frontier of
black racks and yellow sand were.'•
though he had to'throw his arm round
India, gave a press representative some
lie is Slouchy and !Lazy and Dirty, But
the stem of a palm -tree to steady his
swimming head'
interesting particulars of the oam-
Can Flghb ,
Thom was the big black man lying
Palgn'
The little, lisson t linesmen, who in
where he had fallen, his huge chest
Many people in England, he said, do
all .human probability are destined to
Pocked with bullet marks, every wound
not seem to realize the complete sue,-
meet in mortal combat the sturdy
rasetted with its circle of flies. The
Arab was stretched out within a few
cess of the expedition. When I eat-
soldiers of "Uncle Sam" would be in
Yards of him, with two hands clasped
Bred the Afridi Tirah the tribe was
despair of an german
English or a
over the dreadful thing which had
in a state' of open revolt, while to -day
staff of officers, says the London Mail
been his bead. Across him was lying
they are our best friends on the &on_
Watch him as he slouches along; hie
Anerley's fowling -piece, one barrel die.
ohargedreff ether Ott half cook.
tier, and wou.td go anywhere and do
tunic faded, . torn and probably miau.
Scott effendi shoat him your gun,"
anything for us. In fact, nothing
a button or ttwo;•his red trous.
said a voice. It was Abbas, his Eng-
vvoan ald give thegrpater pleasure than
era frayed pod threadbare; his feet
fish -speaking body -servant.
.Anerley groaned at the disgrace
to be allowed to fight some other fron-
cased in the clumsy hempen sandals of
the
of
It. .He had lost his head so completely
that he
tier tribe, When I left the country I
"'as
country; and his hands muffled in
huge green woollen
had for,gotten to cook ,his gun;
�u off at the station by many
gloves, between the
and yet he knew that -it was not fear
of Chia chiefs,,who were most enthusias-
top of'whteh an;l the sleeve of his tunic
but interest which had so absorbed him.
H113 put his hand up to his head andyip
tic and effusive in their offers of ser-
is usually to lie seen two or three in -
eh� of baro,
belt that a wet handkerchief was
and friendship, The Afridis area
brown, sinewy arm. He
bound round his forehead.
fin's, moa•nly race, handsome and brave,
carries his rifle anyhow; at the trail,
" Who re are the , two other der-
without an trace of subservionee or
Y
s' •the stage, muzzle foremost, slung at
vishes?"
"They ran awe One
y' slot shot in
cringing. They admit that they have
his back. Not an inspiring picturel
Far from it.
arm,"
"What happened
been tharoughlY beaten, and they take
their defeat
Nevertheless, that the
Spaniards can fight, and fight
to me?"
"Effendi
like men. The lesson has
well,
gat cut on head. Effendi
indeed been a severe one, and it is not
too' on occasions, has been proved on
catch bad man by arms and Scutt
shoot him. Facie burn
likely that it will ever have to be
many a �Slood-stained field. At Tg-
Ig -
ba"effendi very
bad."
repeated.
nalada, one of the fiercest battles of the
Anerley became conscious suddenly
that there was a pringling about his
But this must not be taken t.o mean
late Carliat want an entire battalion
had to choose between
skin and an overpowering smell of
burned hair under his nostrils. Ile
thalt the task was tin easy one, for I
.n assure you that the campaign was
annihilation AIId
surreuder•, and selected the former.
Pat his hand to his vuustache. It was
anything but a walkover. We are so
Despite, ilia shuffling
uaa g gait, too, lie
guns. .His eyebrows, too? He could
inclined in England in these da 's to
nlarc,hea well and uncomplainingly,
noit find them. H'is head no doubt was
very near to the dervish's when they
regard all aur little wars in the light
g
In fact the Spanish "'Commy" never
setynis to tire,
were rolling upon the ground togeth-
cf triumphant processions, that there
and he is seldom outt
of tela fir'
or, and this was the effect of the ex-
is apt tO be impatience at a protracted
plosion of his oma gun. \Fell, he
would have time to grow some more
campaign. In the present case the
TWO MOALS A DAY,
hair before he saw Fleet Streetagain.
country was of the most difficult na-
served at 9 a. in. and 5 p.m., const Iinto
But the out perhaps was a more seri-
turn, and we were opposed by a force
the regular commissariat allowances,
vias natter. Was it enough to pre-
vent 'him from
of
but, in addition, he is served in some
getting to the tele-
graph office at Sarras? The only way
EXCELLENT FIGHTING MEN
corps with coffee and soup in the early
was ie,, try and see.
who were in the main well armedTo
morning. Bread, and bread only, at
But there was only that poor little
Syrian gray Of his. There it stood in
.
give you one instance. The great loss
the rate of a pound and a half per man
Per day, constitutes
the evening sunshine with a sunk head
"" Sustained during the march down
the Government
ration,
find a bent knee, as if its morning's
the Bara valley was inducted by a very
Any additional food he has
work was still heavy, upon it. What
hope wa`3 there of being able, to do
few men armed with Lee-Metford
T buy from the regimental canteen.
This is kept by a civilian,
thirty-five :miles of heavyrifles,
going upon
who marched parallel with us at
but the scale
Of Prices is regulated by
that ? It would be a strain upon •the
a considerable distance. Perched u
up -
a regimental
committee. Very little meat enters
sorties of his companions—
and they were the sw•if,'test and most
oat almost in,weessible hills, these few
men at a range off 1,000 or 1,500
Into the Spanish soldier's dietary,
Perhaps this is the reasoin Lis
enduring in the country. The most
enduring tThere
yards,
did considerable damage. To have
wounds
heal so rapidly and easily. A clunk of
was one creature
mare enduring, and that was a real
cleared the range as we as
would have taken avery long time.
dry' flack bread, a little oil, and a clove
of ,garlic suffices hila for the day.
trotting camel. if he had had one he
It was for all the world like fighting a
If to this he is able to add half a
might have'gott to the wires first after
all, for Mortimer had said that over
nno�quit.o. The Afridis are very keen ,
sighted, and the best
itin(of w•inetha,t looks"like red ink and
tastes like vinegar
thirty mites they had the better of any
cragsmen I I
have ever seen. They never threw iin
and water, he is
clover, One thing, however, he will
horse. Yes, if he had only had a real
trotting camel l And then, like a flash,
away a single shut, and in their hands I
the Lee-Metfurd rifle is a very deadly
?lever ocasenL to do without, and that
- his cigarette, Tho number of these
0111111Q,DQowtimer's words: "lt is the
kind of boast that the dervishes ride
weapon. i
Im face off all these difficulties and
an average Spanish "Tammy" will con -
same in the COUI•se of rthe day Is ap-
"lien they make their lightning raids."
hardships, the behavior of the Eng-
palling. He rolls t hear himself, using a
The beasts the dervishes ride! `'hat
hadthese dead dervishes ridden? In
fish and native troops was all that
could be desired. I cannot speak too
yellow, dry, dusty -looking tobacco
which possesses no more flavor to
an instant he was clambering •up the
lightly of the endurance and smartness
an
F'nglish smoker's palate than would
rooks, with Abbas protesting at his
heels. Had the two fugitives carried
Of the men.' They constantly had to
make long marches under a harrassing
so
mo't'h chopped straw.
In theory every Spaniard must serve
away all the camels, otr had they been
fire, and were Often up to their knees
Ins twelve years in the army; but there
content to save themselves? The
brass gleam from a litter of empty
in icy cold welter. Directly the force '
reached a bivouac a large number of
is a wide difference, in this Case at all
events, between theary and practice.
Remington cases caught his eye and
showed
men had at once to be sent up to the
TO begin with, any citizen can dis-
where the enemy had ,been
crauching. And then he cold have
u
neighboring heights, which they had
to hold all night. They were practi-
charge his liability to serve by the
payment, in a Iump sum, of 1:.' 00 pese-
shouted for joy, for there, in the hot-
law,
Bally never free from.! the sniping that
tas. This sounds a good lot of money.
souse little distance off, rose the
high graceful white neck and the ele-
was forever in progress, day and night.
THE CHARGE AT DARGAI,
But it takes twenty-five pesetas to
equal an English sovereign, so that he
gent head Of such a camel as he had
never set eyes upon before—a swan-
was a most brilliant affair, and the re-
really has to disburse only about £48.
Enormous numbers, even of the -
like, beautiful creature, as far from
the rough, clumsy baggles as the
suit of that engagement was to pre-
vent similar apposition at other passes. 1
peas
ant class, have taken to availing them -
selves the
cart-
horse is from the racer.
The beast
But for the vidtory at Dargai we
should havehad another fight Sam- �
of privilege. There has
even sprung up in many of the prov-
was kneeling under the
shelterOf the rocks with its waterskin
at
lia Pte'
ince9 a special class of village usurers,
who lend the "smart
and bags Of doors slung over its
shoulders, and its forelegs tethered
There have been various criticisms
Passed as to the conduct of certain por-
money"—at a
ruinous rate of interost, of course—
t•o young men who have been "drawn."
Arab fashion with a rope round the
knees. Anerley threw- his leg over the
tions of the campaign, and i have been
blamed for not making a simultaneous ,
Benefit clubs, having the same. )ject
in view, a:re also rife in the agricul-
front Pommel while Abbas slipped off
the
advance along two or three lines. The
fatct of the rnoltter'is that the number
t:ural districts, This has the effect
cord. Forward flew Anerley
towards. .the creataxtas neck, then
of troops at my disposal were fewer I`
of increasing the, bipanish revenues; but
from.a military point of view it is
violently backwards, clawing madly at
o. _ i.
amvthina, which ---hi- -... -_a
than was generally supposed. A large I
pr'o'portion of the troops in reserve at I
deplorable.
"s '""'ycu
It loins, he was thrown forward again,
all counted in my Force, - were
But 'the camel was on his legs now,
rally for the other expeditions that
and the young pressman was safely
seated upon one of the flyers . of the
were takingy
the frontie, Placesimultaneouslyon
the
desert. Lt was as scilla as was
Afridi Tirah I had only between nine
swift, audit stood oscillating its long'
s
and ten thousand men. The rest of
no
nook and gazing round with its large
the force was distrihuted along the
brawn eyes, whilst Anerley coiled his
line of communication, which was very
legs round this' -peg and grasped the
liuble to be attacked at any moment.
curved camel -slick which Abbas had
This forts was barely sufficient for the
handed up to him. There were two
work to be done, and had I advanced
bridle cords, one from the nostril and
along two or three lines f should only
ane from the neck, But he remembered
.have hada more handful of. mein left.
that'. Scott had said that it was the
In addition to that, all the other roads
servant's and not the 'bouse-I)ell, which ,
were far more difficult.
had W be pulled, so he kept his grasp
As to (he cause of .the outbreak, it
upcm the lower. Then be touched the
is gaUe a misuace, to suppose that the
long, vibrating neck with his stick, and
Afridb; are naturally fanatical. They
in an instant Abbas' farewells seemed
are warlike and disposed be restless,
to, come from far behind him, and the
and [he trauhle wascausad by a wave
black racks and yellow sand were.'•
of unresL, the resuLt of the teachings
dancing past on either side.?slid
the Mullahs, who are, of course, fan-
(To be Continued.)
aics. Dioulitless these men made the
best use Of the Turkish victory, and
__._-_tel
per:sua,ded the Afridis that the Chris-
_ __
tian races were degenerate.
SMOKELESS FIRES.
Perhaps the most difficult part of
the campaign was the negotiations at
`
6ui7iLia foul H'llhout bombe and a Creat
the conclusion of the fighting. For
this f,ucpose 1 employed as 'go lye -
Flavin•,; all Consnniption.
twoe,ns''tile native officers of our army
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon-
belonging to the various tribes. These
don Times has given somegtarticulars
men took their lives in their hands
Of a new invention by one Carl Weg-
and went to the enemy end told them
very plainly that it was useless for
ener, which has for its object the elim-
them to fight
iaation of smoke from a furnace, ac-
AGAINST THF, ENGLISH,
campan(ed by a notable Saving in the
Max y Of these officers were man of
ean,"uMPtion of coal. This invention,
the ,greateyl ability, and they were all
we are told, is shortly to Ire brought
of the greatest loyalty. The great
ish
before the Britpublic in the form
argumeut, in favor of complete sub -
mi-,siCm was that if the campaign mus
Of the usual limited company. The sac-
continued Lhey would be unable to sow
cess Of the system depends upon feed-
far the autumn harvest. Great dif-
ing the furuac•e with powdered coal,
fictitty was experienced in, the eollec-
instead Of the, "well screened" tum
tion of the full numbex of rifles de-
manded, which was 800 from the Af-
whi.ch have hitherto been regarded as
ridis and 500 from the Orakzi, a neigh -
the most advantageous form of sucb
boring tribe that joined the Afridi. The
fuel. The coal -dust is fed. into the
Afridi themselves are divided into sev-
fire tram a container in front b y
en or eight different. sections, who are
always at war with one another.
merits of a tube which terminates do
Tbese various sections could not agree
a revolving sieve. 'This sieve is kept
in motion by the draught, and has the
ag to the payment of arms and money,
with the re.,,ult that a party bringing
effect Of scattering the fuel over the
furnlics in such away that it is at
in arms was Often attacked on the
road by another section of the tribe.
once Inflamed without smoke and with
very little ash. Coal of comparatively
On one clots ion a few men arrived with
low quality can be economically used
out any rifles. They stated that they
had been attacked, and that their ton-
in this powdered form, and the only
drmwba )k to the process seems to be
tributloral of rifles had been carried
the necW-city for using a separate ma-
off. Of course, I sympathized with
them, but insisted ulicla the full num-
Chine for grinding of the coal to,pow.
der.. On the other hand, the
ber being produced, and they had to
slack
or dust which forms a necdsaary by-
return laud obtain therm.
When the campaign ended there was
product of the coal indusltry will find
a very small stook of provisions and
here a field for employment which will
forma�'e in thec—ountry. All the for -
be much appreciated by. owners of
(nines Abid merchants generally.
tified vdlttges, with their towers, were
the
------ *'_
destroyed, said mast of cattle cap-
ap------.,'_ tu.red ar sold to neighboring tribes.
The cold season was just coming on,
0onfusion--You are unusually silent
lipid so we left snot' has tallin j 99n t 0
to
said the lruperstitious wife. to anything
higher ranges. I wad very gls
worrying you f Well, I won't oxsetly
leave the highlands. During the, gAfn-
stiy that >< ttnx worried. But I am
the weather was cold, blit bright.
The health d the (troops Was excellent,
puzzl6tl a groat deal. A few minutes
and coving to this wond6rful air the
0961 I saw the 13®W moon over my 'left
wounds of the soldiers healed mar-
mar-
,
ahau,ldbr tLnd,'the Itaxtmintitd I
veltolinty: ' '
up a horseshoe. Now, what kind of
Ia conoltiAon t5ir William Lookhart
Eat* am I going to have#
raf6rrad to the deaith of Sir Have -
DO DIVINING RODS DIVINE?
19lnne/Lees Waler U Located by Their Use
and >Mmetlnic•s Yol.
The pros and cons of the theory of
the divining rod are again being dis-
cussed in the English newspapers.
The tuperintendenl of a fire brigade
testifies to a case within his experience
in which a water finder was commis-
sioned to operate on an estate of the
existence Of which he was previously
ignorant. He got to work, soon found
the presence of water, and, fixing upon
the nearest and most conveniently
placed spring, gave the probable depth,
at which water would be discovered
in sufficient quantities as 75 feet. At
70 feet the walter same in, and at 77
feet Operations had to be stopped, as
the flow became too heavy. Some of
the tools had to be left in the well, as
there was not time to remove them all.
The well r.upplied the cattle, horses,
and pigs of the farm on which it was
bored through the dry summer of 1890,
never failing in its flow. Twelve
mcmilis after a second well was sunk,
barely a stone's throw from the first.
The kvater finder wtu9 asked if one
stream would affe,,t the other, a.s they
were so near. 11- replied; "No, they
are two dist* i,+t iy different streams,
Iunning in ,/fferent directions." The
second well was as Successful as the
first. This correspondent regards the
power to find w-ater as Lite result, of -a
force, ma:gnetio or otherwise, over
which the finder has no control, and
which he i:3 unable to explain, He at-
. says that the olseration of finding
water pruduces a marked degree of
aervou,s fatigue in the operator.'
On (lie other hand, the discomfiture,
is announced of a professional water
finder who, made a tour in the Island
of Jamaica, where in the dry season
water is a precious )won. He travel-
ed through tba island, rod in hand, but
met with little success, , At one vil-
lago in the Santa Cruz Mountains he
pegged out part of'tho course of a sub-
terranonn stream, and then retired ,to
lunch at a neighboring hotel. In his
absence same wags removed his pegs
nerd lined ant a totally different
coarse. On his return the diviner hook
up the new direcitiod and continued it
for' 100 yards, not discovering his mis-
take until it was pointed out to him.
Dna point where he predicted water at
b depth of 40 feet there was no sto
of (t when 1.50 feet had been bored,
nmd after going down 200 feet the borer
;s tild 7ggt be extradted. T,,hb saline re-
salt weti'rreil In "Uy othz r $1a6d;
ams finally the diviner left the Island
abruptly. People aro novo asking' who
Is oresponsiblie for the money paid to
him. ,
Nlatls, ! Is said, may be driven Into
hard wwd without bending if they and
first dipped to lard or oil.
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TENGENP�RAiS1
HOLD THE HIQHF,ST RANI{ IN THE,
SPANISH ARMY.
r-,.-,
Charactorlaticrf of Dpwluiruez, flse Rivera
atad Caosata—Nearly Niue hundred
ticnrrale on the Rolle.
However deficient Spain may be in
paval officer$, of whom she does nut
Possess a sufficient number to equip
the ,deet of auxiliary cruisers which
she proposes to put into commission,
lathing she Is certainly not in field
officers for her land forces. There are
nearly 800 Generals, some of them be-
longing to the reserve forces, treat most
of theist on the aetivo list and draw-
ing full pay. Ia fact, Spain possesses
a Snffdelent aumi.?er of Generals to
command the combined armies of all
Europe. There are Colonels, Majors
and Captains in proportiuu, and, in
fact, there is no puwer in the world,
nut even Germany, that possesses such
an extraordiaary nwtaber of , omudS-
Si„ned officers in relation to the size
of the army.
At the head of the list are tea Cal,
tains Generals, whose rank is, equiva-
leat to that of field marshal in other
foreign armies. In several instances
this grade is of a purely honorary
character. It is hold by the young
Kin;,, who is a boy only 12 years old,
and likewise by his grandfather, the
old es -King, Don Francis of Assisi, the
husband of Queen Isabella. He is a
dwart in stature, and only a little
taller thttu his grandson, thug Al-
funso XIlr. Indeed, it is difficult to
conceive anything less warlike• than the
spectacle presented by King Francis,
when arrayed in the gorgeous gold -
embroidered uniform of a Captain
General, his squeaky falsetto voice be -
in,,, quite as much out of keeping with
the military profession as is his ap-
pearance. As regards the toy King,
the Queen Regent, who is a sensible
woman, has turned a deaf ear to all
the suggestions to the efiaot that he
should appear on, stats occasions in
the uniform of a Captain General, and,
instead, she has him always garbed in
the trial, natty, and exceedingly sim-
file uniform of a cadet of the military
school of San Idalfunso, which has not
ah situ of gold lace about it, the only
emblem of his royat rank being the
insignia of the Order of the Golden
Fleece,, whdeh peeps forth from the col-
lar of his tunic. Among• the other
Captain Generals are Gen. Blanco, Mar-
quis of Pena Plata, who is now in
chief command in Cuba, and who is too
well known to need more than passing
mention; Martinez Campos, who, as one
of his predecessors at Havana, is equal-
ly familiar to people in this eutLntry;
Gen. Primo de Rivera anctf Gen. -Lopez
Doaninguez,
SPAIN'S FOREMOST GENERALS.
It is Gen. Dominguez who is gener-
ally regarded at Berlin, Paris, Vienna
and other military centers as the clev-
erest and strongest of all Spain's gen-
erals, and who in any grave emerg-
ency is likely to be invested with the
chief' command of the Spanish army,
or else with the portfolio of JlinisLer
of War. H@ has been justly described
as a mixture of the celebrated Rus-
sian General Skobeleff and the French
Geu,�ral Cnanzy, and like them be is
the idol of tll� rani, an,! file of the
army to which he belongs. He is a
nephewof the latae Marshall Serrano
w"bo rose from the humblest beginning
to be Dictatur,-Regent and President
of the flel,utilic of Spain. He has been
the aiathor of nearly all the reforms
that have taxen place i;r the last twen-
ty years, and in conse,gt*ae,o has come
to be looked .cation a9 tale soldier's
friend. If he hwi been kelt in the
background of late years itl, is because,
Ministers and even the court dread his
popularity and his ambition, and fear
that the latter in a momenr of crisis
might lead him to avail ,himself of the
forester to secure suoh dictatorial Pow-
er as that repeatedly possesse(i by his
uncle, Serrano.
THY; YNTRIGUING PRIMO DE
RIVEIT,A,
Infinitely lees fropular in thle arm•v,
built more liked at rourt, is Capt. Gen.
Primo de Rivera, tire very type of the
polished scoundrel, wh,s by his smooth
tongue and talent for intrigue has
managed to win to a marked degrees
the confidence of the Queen. Indeed,
she has apparently forgotten the cir-
cumstances which led him to ate shot.
at some eight years ago and severely.
w•riunded by one of hii officers, a Mo-
jor who had heen subjected to perse,
cution of the most incredible charac-
ter at the hinds rA\the General al. the
instigation of a demi-mondaine w`hn.9a
auger the Major h,id incurred, and „hn
ha.ci the General completely under her
sway. The yLijor, who was driven by
desperation to the act, was sontenced
to death and executed, leaving a wife
and children in a penniless condition,
while the Queen seems to think that
the General was shot at and severely
wounded while in the performance of
Us duty, and therefore, possesses it
claim upon her good will. Fven Wey'ler,
with his brutality Is preferable to
Primo de Rivera, for while We,yler will
have a man hanged or shot, giving the
order for his exer mlion with a. rzross
oath or. coarse gibe, Primo de Rivera
will order the most fiendish foriures
to be inflicted, cow^hing his instruc-
tion in the most enurtpous, sauve and
gentle language. smiling genially the
i�, hife. Only t.hrrse vvhn have been out
in the far F'a9t, and w -ho have know-
ledge bf the atrorities crnnmitted by
his orders aha -1 under big very eves
wherl Trp ware viceroy of the P11ilip-
pine Tslands can realize the, true char-
acter of Chiu mii.n.
CAFROLA, THE AfSCTPT,INARI.IN.
Another General who is likely to
make his name known abroad if the
present war Iftst9 sufficiently long is
Cm9sola, one of the few offdeers whn
have never been inavlicated in any pro-
nunciamento, He has sometimes been
called the Spanish Moltke, owing to
his ceaseless and indefatigable activi-
ty and to his remarkable silence and
reserve. This peculiarity in a country
where loquacity and gesticulation are
the order of the day Is sufficient to
cause people to look upon him as a
kind of rara avip. He is a stern and
upright soldier, who, to quote one of
his own rare remarks, "wants to make
the army loyal to its Ding and coun-
t•;, wltti its face to itis enemy and
Its F,ipak turned upon political strug-�
Carola Is go etri�
dtdisolplinarlan
that while Mnister of Wlar he actrial-
ly Placed bid Mot. 064. Martinez Cam.
PM under arl'rod, betides Ne'veroly re-
prlmanatng htm, fd'r Ifavinrdwed
If, hits eaftetty as �ltatii Veral 6i
Madrid, to talks t* Odukterelp [robs
the Princess Eu,lalie in dlYty *bRono,0 t11R
the Queen from the �laitttii.. ,i�•t't$ndA
Campos togli; the grolliall taitat, Inas,,
Much pts Dog Antonio, h
'Cite at�baaact of
Princess Eulalie, was, * mese .Qtaptalil,
of cavalry, forming kart of th'e
drid gtlsrlson, it was rldlgWou.( to ex.
spcat hIm to wu.ke ,tris dally refract and
to take the Countersign froi..�h the wife,
Of one of his subaltern of.fIcero. Nor
,m
titlOz Campos, indeed, ade rsucit a,
furls about the matter when, the Queen
returned that Cassia had to resign,
greatly to the sorrow sad dismay of
the army, over 10,000 officera of which
thereufrwin joined in a, 8TAboorlption to
Present hint with a, magnificent sword
of 4quor as a testimonial of their es-
to6m and regard,
Men of the same type as Cassola are
Gen. Correo, the present Minister of
War, and Gen. Azoarraga, ,who be-
came Premier on the assassination of
Canvas. Azearraga, it may be re-
membered, while Prime Minister, had
the rank of Captain General, to which
he was entitled by seniority, pressed
upon him by the Queen. But he deolin-
ed to ,yield to her argautents, taking
the groutnd that it was not in mo-
ments of a national crisis, such as
the Cuban trouble, w hick Spanish arms
bad failed to solve, that one otught to
th k of creatine* new Captain Goa -
e rals,
FLASHES OF FUN
Some men can take a drink and leave
it alone, but moot of them want an-
other one or more to keep It com-
party.
Anyway the pedestrian busthe law on
his side. Oh, Of course; but he has
the wheeLman on his neck.
The Boozed—A good laugh's the
healthiest thing imaginable, Tile
Bruised—Nat when it's on a biggor
man I
He—Yesterday I exohanged thoughts
with the famous Prof. Saduka. She
—That explains it. I found him very
ti re ,ame.
Handout Harry—Yes, marm, I lost
me arm in the revolution. Mrs. Kind- .
heart—What revolatian ? Handout
Harty—The revolution of a buzz -saw,
marm.
Mr. Fizzingtom is quite a linguiat,
isn't he? I never knew it. Oh, yes,
he talks three languages. What are,
they ? Horse, baseball and golf,
Clara—lir. Castleton asked me at
what time you wero likely to be alone,
as Ile, 1,anLed to call upon you. Maud
—What did you tell himil I said any
time.'
Mr. L'lul,bers-1o, my dear, you can't
judge a %, olnan's position by tier jew-
•el r,y, mrs. 111uhliers-1 guess you're
right, I.ut it's a pretty fair indication
of her husl•and'a.
Floriculture—Henry, don't you feel
well enough 'to cut the grass this af-
tern,xun? No, dear; but if you say
so I'll take a hoe and weed a little
among the flowers on your new spring
hat.
Mother—I'm afraid Mr. Crisscross is
not serious in his intentions. Daughter
—He is awfully bashful, you know, 'but
he is Offering himself piecemeal. Last
night he waute.d ewe to take his arm,
Seemed to be some trouble at the
Bugle Office this morning. There was.
They tried to speak of Battles' wife
as well !known in polite circles, and
the printer made it police circles.
Dentist, to assistant, who has just
admitted a young woman from the
waiting room—Was it her turn? As-
sistant—NO, i;ut I hurried her along
because she said the pain was passing
away,
Dumley—How much do you ask for.
that piece of land? Robinson — I'll
sell it to you for a more song. Dum-
ley--To the tune of Robinson—Five
thou -'and doilars, Dumley--Oh! ono
of Ntelha's songs.
Excuse me, but it. seems to ore that
I must have met you before, Are
you no( a brother or a near relative
of ylaj. Gibbs? No. I am Maj, Gibbs
myself. Ah, indeed, that explains, the
remarkable resemblance.
Good Advice.—M,v son, said the aged,
politician, it is lyetter•, especially when
yauAre Talking about the enemies in
your own party, to use only soft and
honeyed w-orda. They are much easier
to eat, should occasion arise,
Then the Premier Fainted—Sagasta—
Well, your majesty, we have one hope
left. The rainy season is about to be-
gin in Cuba. 'the Queen Regent—Ah,
,error, it looks to me very much ag if
the reiguy seas„n was about to end
there. ,
Force of HalAI.—Poor Sivins! He
can't forget his early ways. 1 heard
same one say he h'tndled golf stioks
ai if they were pickaxes. Worse than
that. Let him have. his stick in lire
air for a stroke and he'll drop it if the
noon whistle blows.
Fuddy—Do you think it's possible for
two persons to live on a dollar a day ?
Duddy—If a dollar is as big as it looks
in the eyes of some men. ( should say
that t.wo persons might live on it in-
de.finitel;; and have plenty of room to
walk ar0111I.n4 in.
ODDS. AND ENDS,
It is a C'binese custom to inaugurate
a bwdaem venture with a display otf
fi rew•Ork-r.
Before rain, -,rails craw: ul:on leaves,
Lf tare rain is going 'to lye light they,
lie on the outside of the iBaf, if long
rad heavy they get on the under side,
A shoemaker says wd°w•ear away
lutto two inches of shoe bather In it.
dear. A pair of boots that, would "last
a lifetime" iv,)uld cansequently have
'.q tic provided with moles from eight
.o nine feet thick.
The new oxygen treatment for
acmrttrts is regarded by tire. medical pro-
'o'+sion as of (lie greatest value and
is a distinct advance in surgery. Not
mly does it bring about healing in
;uses that. seemed hapelivis, but thr
few akin is wholly unlike scar tissue;,
t is soft., th ok, smooth, fair, looses,
varm shin, not ridged or seamed, ane,
rardly to be distinguished from heal•
sty structure,%,
Bamboo is of universal mw in rlrina,
rhe windows sire delicate lattice worly
A ba'm'boo a,nd. the furniture Is of glen,
ler bamboo, bent and oarlud and plait -
1d. The water bucket is a. good big
stalk, sawed off just below the joint
said made as deep as lis needecj abrrvq ,
t. For a bottle
it. w ,loopier piece Is
E� aua treated in Ww rarttme way. It
rt lrrnIfe is mislaid itd sharp edg(t.
)f baid./0Yq, ci1Mt ItL th C616does juAt as
N611 torr everything, bxcept cutting
Ahlbolo, as If it were ,steel. Fi'uagen
A kept off by oixigAg the Wtlo tender
%Moots font tis they psttn ,from I he
rffiouad and clicking t'U-*`'like aspara»