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Show aapssaeMae mwmmmmmm asp-MMMse PSM aMMMMM m uw MMae ot TUB PHILADELPHIA AIIDUCTOna. (Knight Flnley. Oscar 8. Dunlop, lace, arrested for abducting a woruai Jewelry and to sign checks for whs earrings to tho viiluo of $2,000 and $S5 In money. Then the bandits lowered the prlco of freedom to $7,000. Finally Fi-nally they agreed to let her go if she promised nut to inform tho authorities au-thorities of the kldnnplng and would give them checks hearing hor endnrso-ment endnrso-ment for the sum of $l.luo. Tho qunr-tet qunr-tet represented themselves as the worst gang of burglars that over Invaded In-vaded I'bliuili Iphla and threatened to murder Iter If she Informed on them. The liuprlsoncd woman wns In a wretched stnte of mind, rearing her llfo might bo taken nt any moment. She was lit. go finally and sent away in a closed carriage so as to coufuso her as to tho locality. She said she suffered tortures whllo In tho power of tho kldn.ip'is, being bound and gagged miring her four days' confinement. confine-ment. Alidneliini Arrested, Upe:i her ro ei.so tho woman told the particulars to her lawyer, who engnged iue siieriu hi mini uown the guilty, and soon the four accused wore brought In. The flmt wns Knight, a stenographer stenog-rapher on tho Philadelphia North American; then Dunlop, a barber, and Wallace, a society reporter on the Philadelphia Press, and lastly Bloan. the leader and a bad man generally, who has been concocting evil schemes for years with the Idea of getting rich out of them. He Induced the other oth-er young men to go into the Goodrich Dlot, believing there was big money la . . KNIGHTS OF THE DESERT. Thaujh Always four the Area ta a , , , I'leturesque reraoau Tie Arab of today Is one of the most faajnatlng creatures to be met with, especially If you meet him at home. Tla oases are little Islands of beauty set In a sea of sand, consisting of a multitude of palm trees, growing whtre there Is sufficient wster, for the Anbs say that the palm "stands with lis feet In the water and Its head In tht fires of heaven." Without the pain the drsert. Indeed, would be "uninhabited "un-inhabited and uninhabitable.'' There are some SCO oases In the Sabots, Sa-bots, ot various sites. One of the chief Is Piskra. which has not less thsn 'iftovo palms, and from which we get larte quantities ot our dates. To see after hours of weary traveling so miny palms In such a setting Is a sight ss Impressive as It Is beautiful, ear the Harmsworth Maxaslne. The French Sahara cover 123,600 square niQea, and 60,000 Arabs live In It In Howsrd Bloan and Henry E. Wal-n Wal-n and forcing her to surrender her t money she hsd In tho bank.) tlo oases they build their houses be-0'ath be-0'ath the palms, which afford much-seeded much-seeded shade frum the hut sun. Bun-dried Bun-dried mud bricks are the chlaf thing cd In making these houses. Pslm trees provide any timber necessary. The houses are two stories high. But for the low doorways one would ttink they were high walls only. All tbo Internal light lu obt.ilned by openings open-ings on the courtyard round which tho "e Is built. l"o Arub home Is somewhat of a prison fur the women, who nro rarely wen abroad. They take their walks upon ti, t.lt ri.ufs, which are common to all eastern lands. Hut few Arabs live III holism. They are great wanderers. wan-derers. Wherever you trove! In Al-li'i's Al-li'i's you nje oHvnys meeting largo caravans on the move. These Hetoultis live In tents, which nre simply camel cloths stretched over houghs. For the n""t port they nre poor and live on the produce of a few sheep and goats. |
