MY QlfEST OF I IIK ARAB TTOKSK 



hcoiit of llie (jiKslIoii to tliliik of Ills son's join- 

 iTi^ Tnc, ns lie wiis six feet Coiir Inches, weighed 

 215 |)oun(ls, and wonld, nalnrally, he in the 

 way. J called uj) the ofliee on [he 'phone and 

 the young innn himself aiisweivd. 1 1 is father 

 hadn't s|)()ken to him ahout the trij), hnt you 

 could actually hear the interest accumulating 

 in his voice. As 1 finished telling him what 

 his father had written me, he said, "All right, 

 we'll let it go at that; just count me in." 

 I asked him when he'd he ready, and he said: 

 "I'm ready now; I'll he up to sec you in live 

 minutes." 



J heard his telephone receiver droj) off 

 the tnhle and smash on the (loor, and I came 

 to the conclusion that he'd rung oil*, as I failed 

 to get any moi'c communication. And that's 

 how Moore and Thompson came to he on the 

 tri|). ^'ou'll heai" more ahout them later. 



So, with a week's pre|)nration, we sailed on 

 the French line, July the .^tli, 19()(;, for 

 Havre, armed with powerful rilles, good let- 

 ters of credit, and a i'cw othei' lesser necessi- 

 ties of life in the desert. Hefore I left home I 

 had in my stahles all the horses that remained 

 of the diicago importation, exce|)t the gray 

 mare, and one of her daughters tliat was owned 



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