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forms did not have the gaudy trappings of the
foreigners, but they did not seem to mind it. A
tall young man with the chevrons of a sergeant
on his arm leaned against his army saddle,
which hung on a low limb, and he eyed the newcomers
curiously.

"Well, what do you think of them?" asked
Nate Salsbury.

"They can beat us on uniforms and pretty
arms," answered Sergt. Southmayde, as he
pulled his forage cap over his left eye, "but I
will bet American dollars against Russian
rubles, stack for stack, that we can lick them
to a stand-still.

Genuine Bedouins from the Desert.

Just about sundown the camp was thrown
into a state of excitement again by the arrival
of a large band of Bedouins. They were the
genuine article and fresh from Arabia. They
came to New York with the others, but were delayed
there to get their equipment ready. They
were dressed out in all their native attire. The
long-flowing robes and bright head-dresses attracted
a great deal of attention, and they
handled their long guns in an easy fashion.
They were greeted warmly at the camp, and
Manager Salsbury surprised the head sheik by
talking to him in Arabic with a slight accent.

The Bedouins bring many of their own horses
with them and they marched into the camp in
a most dignified way with the long guns and
lances held upright. Those who were mounted
bowed until they touched the horses' manes
with their beards and those on foot drew themselves
up to their full height and nodded. The
Arabs are accompanied by several women and
will occupy a row of tents at the north end of
the grounds. They disdained Buffalo Bill's
offer to provide them with good, substantial
Sibley tents and brought their own, which have
seen duty on their native sands. Buffalo Bill
has 200 horses in his camp and twenty cobwoys
are working hard every day to break them.