Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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06, gfe 1 Fx' 1 2 ri, ! N. 51 Vi Nt fi L v . . Q81 v. 4 . i Farmers and Merchants Bank CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PRoF1Ts 365,000.00 SAFETY SERVICE SATISFACTION HIGGINS FOR HARDWARE churn. Ted turned and approached a dockman, and by means of a few francs learned that the ship had sailed for Port Said. He also found out that no steamer would leave for Port Said in several days, but that a small sail- ing vessel was going early the next morning. Summoning a cab, he went to the nearest hotel. Standing on the dock in the gray mists next morning, Brooks managed by long parleying to secure passage, altho this was not the captain's reg- ular business. The voyage down the Mediterannean was interminably long and slow, but Ted curbed his im- patience. Finally he arrived at Port Said. The collector of customs in- formed him that a man of Eaton's description had hired a caravan four days before and set out for India. Ted located a garrulous Arab who finally agreed to hire out his caravan. Purchasing desert clothes, Ted, well armed, set out early the next morn- ing while it was yet cool. The rock- ing of his desert ship made him a trifle sea-sick, but he soon became used to the motion. They rested in the heat of the day, taking up the journey as the day cooled. Iourney- ing thus, they cut straight across the Arabian desert into Persia and across the Salt desert of Persia to Ispahan. When they reached Ispahan, the car- avan, men and beasts, were exhausted. Ted only was indefatigable. Con- sequently he paid off his Arab friend and hired another caravan. Soon he heard cheering news, namely, that Eaton's outfit was only two days ahead, and that they too were tired. Moreover, being financially unable to get a new caravan, Eaton had forced on his first one at the point of the gun. Abdul Khan, Ted's driver, also con- fided that he had heard Eaton was going to Tibet instead of India. So off they went, across the remainder of Persia, across Afghanistan, and into Tibet. As they went thru village after village he learned that they were getting nearer to the Bagger. At Sak, they found a group of almost dead Arabs, who at the threat of peculiar Oriental tortures from Abdul Khan, admitted that they were of CContinued on Page 845 70

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