AX IMPORTANT CEREMONY 



four years old, that stood fifteen hands and 

 two inches high, which I wanted to buy very 

 much; but she was not 

 "Chubby" and H a ff e z 

 thought the asking price 

 was too large, so we didn't 

 get her. At this same vil- 

 lage, a Circassian came 

 along with a beautiful filly. 

 Whenever I approached 

 her she would stamp as a 

 sheep does at a strange 

 dog, turn and try to kick 

 me — anything to keep me 

 away. I asked the Cir- 

 cassion if she was "Chub- 

 by," and he told me "Yes." 



When HaffeZ came out, he This handsome Bedouin 

 • 1 Ui-d 1,1, V> ^.^A 4-1-.^ boy who had come from 



said Chubby i ana tne q^jte a distance with his 



^. . J. i"j u* <'X^^o " father to bring a dark 



CnXaSSian told mm l eS. iron-grey horse of the 

 -r T^ 1 • 1 'r,,^^^ family of Jelfon Stam-el- 



I saw a Bedoum whisper g^iad. The boy stood 



-TT rv? J 4-U^ l«4-4-^-.^ with fingers spread look- 



to Hairez, and the lattei ^^g with awe and aston- 



J •,^,^^^ +1^^ ishment at my Oregon- 



ran over and gripped tne ^^^^ saddle that lay on 

 Circassian by the right ^^«^^^- 

 hand, and asked him to say to God that she 

 was "Chubby." If you ever saw a fellow pull 

 loose quick, it was this Circassian. He yelled 



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