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in the neighborhood, if I wished to have her stop with me 
in camp. I had to use considerable diplomacy in this 
case to avoid accepting the man’s offer and at the same 
time not hurt his feelings. 
After we had been two days at Sheikh Husein, all but 
fifteen of our boys rebelled, saying they could not stand the 
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cold, and were going home at once. We managed to get 
the rifles away from the leaders of the rebellion, and then I 
told the boys that if they wished to return home they 
would receive no pay, food, or rifles. One by one they 
gradually returned to their work. The ringleaders were 
given extra hard work, and their rifles were kept from them 
for several days. 
On the 25th of September some thirty Abyssinians 
visited the camp, to whom I gave a few fancy beads and 
looking-glasses. They and the Gallas are very fond of 
