A SHEIK'S GRATITUDE.
DESEBT SAFE FOB AIBMEN.
A curious story of a sheik's gratitude was told by Sir Hugh Trenchard, marshal of the Boyal Air Force, to some jstudents of the University of Londoft in a lecture recently. | An expedition, he said, was sent across ' ; a. desert. They were warned by tribesmen that if they ever returned they would do so stripped of everything. But ■on this trip the expedition picked up ja. wounded sheik in the desert and took him to a hospital 200 miles away. Two weeks later he was brought back, fit. ; Ever since then whenever a Royal Air Force plane has had to descend in that part of the desert five or six silent horsemen have appeared at a distance of a few hundred yards and stood sentry all night, departing in the morning without ever coming nearer the machine.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 9 (Supplement)
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144A SHEIK'S GRATITUDE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 9 (Supplement)
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