KAID MACLEANS NARRATIVE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 152, 18 June 1908, Page 4

KAID MACLEANS NARRATIVE

Ju tlie May issue, of (lie London Magazine, Sir Harrv .Maclean, tolls the stm-v of hi. •' Seven* Mouths a- Hamuli's Prisoner.'' It is a stirring narrative, am! he-ides giving a rare insight into Uie peculiarities of Eastern methods, '.'aartiele serves to emphasise tlie rcinarkahle extent to which tlie enterprise ol London piildishers is carried. Jn this ca-c the proprietor ol' the London Magazine sent a special representative nut only to meet the Kaid a lid gel the exclusive n-e of his experience, hut also to a..-ist in negotiations «Inch led tn I lie release ol .Sir Ham. The narrralive of the Raid show- [hat he knew he was undertaking a cusiderahlc risk when he started otil to personallv interview the reliel chief at the special reM»''st „f the Sultan; hut when he had | I lie -w.nii a--ortion tinin liai-aili that lie would lie .piite safe, the Kaid thou' I hilt he could safely and conlident' ,-"t forward, lie did ,o. onlv to ti- -i.v p> sell trcnchcroii-Iv dealt will •"! liini-pri-oned. Here are some ■■ and iniiriicl- limn hi- diary, v' typical ov I mental and physical [f -liicli show the 'had to undergo:— rturc the captive Septi'inlier 27. ' the guard) onle- Arrar (the captain of riecause there red me in leave my tent I'iJil him » is none fur the guard, i out. .lu would have to carrv me l >cto' Arr' ncr 13.—Si Ahsulani came with <-' <r and the guard tu ask me to ho •"-■nds. Jf von saw Arrar von would I'luni: What a nice man! The evenings arc awfully lung. I'nlil you try it, wTu c«n.'lot imagine huw hard il is to li'avc liol'ody tn talk to. fidiilier in—While 1 was writing thi.-, ui'uiiing a l.ig gale turned inv tcnl right over, and Mattered all inv posse-ions. 0ntu1,,.,- -JIL-My hread and huHcr have l.ccu >(., leu. The nun -av it inu-l I"' ■< dog. hul I think the die: li.i- onlv hvo leg-. f,„. ),e opened a ha-kel and look one loaf and llic Imtler without upsetting anything. <i.-t«l,ci- il.—Two men came and lohi '«(• llley had lieeii hired to calls 'ml. I wa- not to mind. ,\eailv all the ••Id men of the guard have left, and now my custodians'arc all young. Thcv like lo come inlo my lent when I am a'-h-ep, and give in,' a'shove and -av; •• X„w. I hen. son of a Kailr: Cod hum v..iir father! lici up: we. waul to start. 'The Sl,crecf-.i:ais,i|i-is going („ show yon if you can play wiih him."