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Show DUO THEIR OWN GRAVES. Lord Kitchener, who is now commanding com-manding the British army In India, lias a remarkable knack of picking up foreign for-eign languages and native dialects. In Egypt he proved himself able to learn the local dialects of the fellaheen within with-in a few months. He was fond of disguising dis-guising himself In native costume and mixing with the people, much ss Kipling's Kip-ling's Strickland Sahib did In India. Veterans of the Suakln campaign tell of an incident which Illustrates this rare gift of Kitchener's and also his unrelenting discipline. The British were throwing up earth works, on which many of ihe natives were employed. One day two strange fellaheen came Into camn and olTertd their services. This was considered suspicious, sus-picious, but in answer to all inquiries they protested their loyalty to the British cause. They were set to work with shovels. Presently they were Joined by another native, with whom they became Intimate during the day. Toward evening the third native disappeared. disap-peared. Soon afterward the two strangers were summoned to headquarters, where Gen. Kitchener received them. "You are spies," he said, briefly. They were about to deny the accusation, lut they looked at him and gasped. The British General was the native trench-digger trench-digger with whom they had been plotting plot-ting treason during the day. "Take them out." said Kitchener to the guards, "and set them to work to dig a hole big enough for two." This wns done. When they had completed com-pleted their work the two spies wtre shot and burled In th grave they had themselves dug. Chicago Chronicle. |