Lady Among the Arabs.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 258, 30 November 1903, Page 2

Lady Among the Arabs.

WEIRD WAR DANCES. I have to-day interviewed Mine Messonier, who. with her two daughters, was by the ill-fated tlmrgeues Reunis steamship Admiral Gueydo-n to join her husband at Aden on Sept. 25. She thus related her experiences :—"At midnight on July 30 we were awakened by the noise of the bursting of the boiler I rushed on deck, where all were collected. The captain stated that the ship was on lire, but assured me there was no danger. "What struck me most was the tSTT% *' lth wWch one and all faced the danger of a three duvs' .ournvy towards the Arabian coast. (L \T '.T au * ht With fearfu ' anxiety oi the two cruellest elements of tV", an ' d water-hod to be battled with, our relief was intend settled down to await rescue. Pri i ™ Adm ! ral Gueydon was beachfin , J -f rdS from thc sh °™- We iiiMlo daily trips and brought off provisions, wines, and dotl Q f ille Wat was Intense ami ti,„ mosquitoes kept us livelv w . S ««Ple provision S, *« lad sheep and one cou- J " Llua " B foui killed every Satu"d,v ,?, / heep We the cow for a rah??' i *", kept -ter ; , 5 ■ Jy. ««« e«n' e t £ p 2r fl'ien<i"i«hts and held amusement. Armed with ,i our chesters, spearsoL , m ° ld Win ' tod knives tilt Chly orn «niensrinht «„ hj,„ J Pnwmtcd a stran™ A'^i^KfS nißhts ' *& hillside, goine thrm J "»"»■' the !»-tswlfi?s?\te'Cff r t;?Tr V& - «S ship i ent a wrtrt I,l + ? burn " se ene. It was s-ad hT.t ffht , to th <> The burning IZ'nntT UstirHn Sbut t-h«'2 I 0!, 8 of P^owe should never bTre th the Sheik of Merhat ? CUed ' but then lispelled our Ss LIT d ° Wn a,ld «««. intel% e „ c^' S Urteous--5a r 5 "!-saw s s "ifenai to passing ships. coiX wT aa " i,,g we en- = ros, which .S^.SSWi