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Show ONE NIGHT OF TERBOli. ' tXPEAIENCG OP A TRAVELER IN AN UNCIVILIZED LAND. 4Tunijlng Thragh KurillMan n Man IUI Anf m Tr It rani TrlH. AwnWriMl frtM ftnnl S!tfi IU It lutb4 m4 lt Knf4 nntl ltnn.. "Talk Bimtit cirrtfncf that tarn eo' hilr grty In night" al1 a pen tlfron who curling lockt were m VUckMtho tMdltlun. MTrn't wlrifri "I litut one once which, accord in f to tlit authorities iflif bt (4 Intra mide me not only j,rjr. Lot UMIicaJttl, If tlio tr-(llUotin tr-(llUotin ara rij(bl, which 1 dun't bellm ' Ihfy are. j "It wa In KunlltUn that ny m perl I enc occurred I ai travtllnj through that foriaktn conntrjr inertly fot the jtunoteof WflnR it, ami Iwiu ccota t.lrl bjr bat two men Jean, a French want, ccmMnlng in Me otu nonnl Xiy all Urn orllncie of cook and ralet, ami a lVuwian ftnlie natntl MulU, a bom I had tng.icc-1 for the trip. We l.ivl two horc and nn m. which Jf in rodeaud ou which he cirrIM thr uttn alia htcnwirjr to the culln. Wobftl boon lu KuruUh territory for four Uy, bed pitted through t errral village., and 1 waaJuitWir.nir.ij to think tlte Kurds j wore a rretljr decent tort for a half $xr afo fwjile, when one night we came to ft j little town that I nerer laccecdI In I CnJInff on any map, uid I decided to put op for the night "1 mw Ui hoed wan of tho rlllase, and dotplle the fact Out hewaiaavli Ulnou n ruffian im 1 had Trr latt. Mj Uorda were thor of Ktlcome and liPtpf tal.tjr. How 1 timl hrr heard of actuul 1 rlRanJflsoainonKtheKurdi, who, while they nro itmlLarharlo and Ora, are wtill Ally a race of thfphtrda and mall fan&fti. So whm the bead man a allied man lint I folt txtnarkablytecuro and ralhrlUnWul,ilfplte tho fact tint knew I ahould hare to pay Ubenlly for iny acvuiiituodatlona. 1 buiight a hct aud Jmu toon tranaforined It Into a aarory iUw. Bopir over, I ainoked n text plpee, and rolling my Kilt luatrar-tllutf luatrar-tllutf nig lir dtwn on a cot of 111 rkicII ln tl.ecpskln to alwr. AWAKCttD rrou I UUP "I did alp, and aoundly, too. The frit awakening I had vat when a ebrill hrlek runs lu riiy can, and I Jumped up to find myaelf rtrrotml'lby burly ruQl ana, axued 1.IU1 ftrocluu look luff antree, and to pro oimof their number vlthdrawhU cnnnpiliinl blade from the bmut of my 1'mlui guide, who lay aiho bad filUn on awjikrrilnc, acror hli fulItL Jean waa Su the graip of two incro of the party, and to frlghttuod that be could hot rpeak. I waa aure at tnt that they Intended nothing 1m than to lnitantly dUtutcb both of ua, but aa 1 heard Ihtm paileylr anl dliputtajr 1 pathereJ l.ov They ranucked tlu placo, took crrrythln; we bad except our troufen, lied tie tightly and departed "TLe but waa vuUrely cloaneil out ai far aa our effecta wero concerned jwrt matitcatu, rcvclun, ruK, con tat r en Jeana cooUay utinalls were gone. In agony I lay till daybreak, aud then, hearing aome one paulug, I ahouted at the top or myoIc. A Kurd entered, and he waa not of tho vUltlng party of the night before. Kow I didn't know a word of KnAlih, and poor lluftl wai dea 1. I finally made him to understand that I wanted to be released, but be only (rrlnned and ahook hit head. Then, remembering the uauie of the culef, I repeat M It wreral times He finally thuflM fcIT, leaving me In an agony of ani'Mbie aa to whither he intcuded going to that puraonage or not. After half an honre wait, howerer, the chief appeared. Uo gare aome order, aud we wero linme dlatcly cut loone, "Once my baud were fret, I inccced ed In explaining to Liin finally by pantomime panto-mime what had occurred UoMKiued to understand, and etnt for someone ela. iirtr rno rurjtut. 'The party feut for appeared erent callj-. He wwu't a Kurd, but a Tertian, and he ajekn a little l'rrncli. 1 told hlru of the ontrage and he told the chief. Then he rtpUcd tj 1119 that the chief said be could do nothing, u the robbers mutt Uof another bnnd or Tillage. Tht I greatly doubted, at t waa anro I bad tern tuoatleaat of my atullanta loitering around when we arrived, but of that 1 deemed It U at not to apeak, I Implored the chief to giro me an escort brick to the last town 1 had left and where two KuglUhincn and their rvtluue were ttop plug. 1 kuow one of the Kngtlthineu, and promUel to amply reward him If he would do so, lie finally contented to that and furnished me n it It a guide and two a.nr uptm my awearlng to htm tint I would pay the mnu, he alto agreeing if he could get track of our aksalUnts to vialt summitry punlthmeut on them. "Ho Jenn and t finally aet out, and the neit day, hat lew, coutleu, ltennllcta and tienily starred arrived at the head town vt tho section, whrre 1 borrowed some supplies from my friend, aid the Kurd , who had accompanied us about teudol Uraof American tutney In IVntian sit Nrr, and whence, rehabilitated in tor rowed rattntnt, wt setoff for the Tertian frontier, 1 afterward learned that our I frfondibf tho KurdUU vfllve were no- I tort ous robWre and murderers, and tlmt the chUf Mmsflf had Iwen teen later I wearing my tout and riding my horse. I'll Ull ou I never crowed the Kurdish border ailn, aud 1 dou't -rrr Intend to Hike tratrl, but In tho future I'm going to keep under tho fhg of tome tirilized or tuulcivlllicd nation," Chicago Chi-cago 'if met. |