A Kurdish Brigand at Short Range.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2041, 11 March 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

A Kurdish Brigand at Short Range.

On my visit in i 5.",.1 an inciii lit t«i"k pirn which will slcjw how law ami order wi nt ■ while ih" Turk sits ttircling tl c siol thimigh bis water j>i;. ■. On Tim lr ami

eanm :mrm-s a fellow in a pi>qiir».ji;r r - (unu . and with one of tin - most !i'-r.'lmi, fa, ■ it h:w , v.T In nmv ciiancc to pare ;,p, n. i w.-f M phi<lnplv!i* I. hut then M- I

licics w.-m u gentleman, and th'fe vm- um - ingnf that l.imi in this cr.-c, I’urc t i;.nullity o,l'iid be t raced in every Tim i.f 'vvisum; 1 had before me. being ahui". aid <ml knowing a word of the language. I mu I • signs 1o him that 1 wanted to sketch. ;nd l: like most Kaslenmrs I have im ; had im

jeetiiiiis, and willingly Mood f..r me. I < made into a pietuie seems to tntHi wh ,t. v r vanity there may be, and tin's l.rufe i..el a touch of that in him. While the sk-dung was going on, our interpreter came asho;. with s,nne others of our parly, and at my n - quest inquiries were begun a, to who my mmitd might be. He stated that he was a Kurd, and hj I comedown from lie moiintains about -mim Imsincs-. He cracked, piekeil. and ate v.T nuts while the sketching and oil turning went on. lie had n -111:1.! gun. tvh ■ ’ i on his at in, 1 alkiiig to Inin ah mil i;. d interpret r chanced to a-k why I- ■ !■:, I n a ,1 swmd w a dagger ; I” wl..e!i ■■■■ • el ;i'..n he did not reoilire them : it w.t- 11 ■ ; in- nay of doin'.' (hite.-s. What things.”, was the natural inquiry. “ Of killing people. ■’ ■■ (lit. von kill people, do vou ?” - ’I es." Him' do you kill them •‘I stand eoiieealed b-hind :t r-'k (in road, and wait till travellers eoine up. and when they are close I simet them. ' •• What for' •■Tom;' whatever (hey liavi.” ■■ Then vou rob all that you kill?” o \ es.” * •• I low many have y 1.11 kiT'd in ,■mr 1 on- ' Tliirt'eii men and three lemmam-." Whe Im placed the Tm-mn- ;n a older. nl elassiliealion wa*, enf Tl limit'd;.. 11 -1 eh an d lip. I regretted afterward that tins p dnt was left S". lint at the moment such a 1; :*!•• did n a seem ol any import anon in <•■ ■iinrmS,,n to the astounding di-em-uim- ih.is )u of humanity w.i- nuking. All tin; time tin nwas a well-pleased simper on h:s fun,., whim he niMiled away r.t the walnuls. The simper I penrose. resulted from the sal.-faction Im fi It that his pir-ttife was I>, made. V. lu re am yi u g. mg velum \.,n have Ikato.iii).’” tin; interpreter com m ,1. ■* \\ he 11 my business i- finished. 1 v.i,l ieturn i" llm mountains again.” “ Wha! will yon do (lu re ?”

'■ Oil. please (hid, I hope tn Mi ■■ ■' lin- I'.i-t traveller I see.and lake whatever la t,:e Ftr.'f Cn.-t,mil r (tn barb. r> —“ Have y.e, got anything that will take tlx- ear! out •.i hair, barber.'” \ u l«t. Thai. electrical elixir of mine will el.> it.” T., ,nn] C.v.vow. r (to same bather) —" Have you got anything that will make hair curl, barber ?" Jlarl" You bet. That electrical elixir of mine will do it like a charm.” 514