Show KAID MAG MAC LEAN SOLDIER OF FORTUNE the announcement of the engagement of kald sir harry aubrey maclean to I 1 miss diss ella prendergast daughter of the late gen sir henry prendergast V C recalls the exploits of the scottish chieftain in tho the moorish empire soldier of fortune and adventurer of the best type his career has been as spectacular as it has been glorious ft forty years ago harry aubrey aubray do vero vere maclean was an officer in her maje sixty ninth regiment of toot foot poor but with tho the best blood of ills hib race but he was unable to go the pace with hla his brother officers so BO eventually he resigned his commission 4 and went to tangier lie he went to see the sultan of morocco hassan a grim old warrior strong enough for himself but worried about the succession of hla hir heir belr a puny weak boy there were pretenders to the throne who were waiting for the old sultan to dlo die to place force behind their claims and take the throne by force of arms maclean proposed himself to hassan as a commander and mill tary instructor for the imperial bodyguard who should be equi equipped ppe I 1 with modern weapons hla his proposal was accepted and maclean soon knocked his 1000 fighting men into good shape maclean Ala cLean devoted himself tor for the next fow few years to putting down brig ands and preserving order then the sultarn died and tb there a r 0 wa was a an ansur when the weak son mulat ulal abd ol el azaz was put on the throne maclean put this down sharply as he did several subsequent uprisings |