. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . t, out andin, and they were delighted. One of them, onturning round to see the lantern, noticed thatthe day was breaking and told the other twoof it, and they said they must be off or theywould be seen leaving and have to give anaccount of themselves and their being out soearly. They asked me to promise them Iwould never again go to their enemies, but Irefused. Then they asked me to give myword that I would not tell any one of theirdoings that night,
. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . t, out andin, and they were delighted. One of them, onturning round to see the lantern, noticed thatthe day was breaking and told the other twoof it, and they said they must be off or theywould be seen leaving and have to give anaccount of themselves and their being out soearly. They asked me to promise them Iwould never again go to their enemies, but Irefused. Then they asked me to give myword that I would not tell any one of theirdoings that night, and to please them I prom-ised, and away they went, leaving me to ponderover the nights doings and the wonderful wayI had been protected and upheld. On another occasion I was sitting with twoof our lady workers in the living room after ourdays work was over, when all at once, withoutany warning, the door burst open and in camea young man named Fellah, the only son of hisfather, a much-respected chief. This youngman was well known for his daring and bold-ness, and so had taken the liberty to enter ahouse in which were two single women, and. BEDOUIN WOMEN, DAUGHTERS OF THE DESERT These three women faithfully represent millions who live in tents in the solitude of thedesert. Their large garment is of blue cotton and made in one piece. Few women wearshoes or even sandals, and most of them smoke. They have many superstitions aboutthe evil eye, which makes it very difficult to secure pictures of them. It was quite a favorfor Mr. Forder to be allowed to photograph these women. AT THE MERCY OF MURDERERS 95 that at night. I met him before he got far inand ordered him to leave, but he only laughedat me and refused. Finding he was obstinate,I took him by the back of the neck, and beforehe knew it I had him not only outside thehouse, but beyond the outer gate. To betreated thus hurt his dignity, and he com-menced to shout and threaten all kinds ofthings that he would do to me. Hearing then
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