ANOTHER PRESENT 



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of all of the members of the Khamseh, or five 

 great families. The mother was a most showy 

 animal, with remarkable shoulders and hips, 

 and the most graceful neck and tail carriage. 

 As the Bedouin owner galloped her here and 

 there over the rocks to show her off, she was a 

 beautiful sight. It seemed the Bedouin 

 wanted to sell the mother and not the filly 

 colt, but Haffez knew what he was after, and 

 bought the two at what he considered was a 

 price for the mare alone. Her former owner 

 followed us to Aleppo and then offered us six- 

 ty-five pounds Turkish for the colt, which was 

 then twenty days old. But I kept it. 



It will be remembered that the owner of the 

 distinguished mare we wished so much to pur- 

 chase had said he would join us that night, and 

 all night the lonesome colt had been calling for 

 his mother. He clung to his brother, but 

 would call to every passing horse or camel. 

 When we moved towards Aleppo, however, he 

 strode alongside of his brother, and had for- 

 gotten all about his mother before we stopped 

 for the night. All night we waited for the 

 Bedouin and mare, but they did not come. 

 The next day a courier came with a message 

 that we might have her for fifty pounds more 



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