j It was shortly after the noon hour
t that a very slim and sallow man from
j Cairo fell over a Nubian baby. The
i baby had a string of beads around each
ankle, and in addition to these wore a
‘ few clothes. The slim Egyptian seem
ed to think that the baby had done him
a serious private injury by getting in
his way, so he yelped a few times and
waved his arms. Then the Nubian
mother came out of a doorway with
her coarse hair flying behind. She was
a small black woman with a short
dress. While the baby kicked ite bare
feet up in the air and yowled loudly, ■
the mother gave her attention to the 1
Egyptian. She shook her fist under his ,
nose, and if her language could have :
been translated it wouldn’t have done
for print. The Egyptian glanced at her !
for a moment and then ran to one cor- |
uer of the court and picked up a long j
stick, which he brandished wildly. He 1
rushed straight at her and lifted the !
stick, but he did not strike. He held '
it up then and began to talk again. At i
this moment the tall Nubian chief ar- j
rived from around a corner. His hair I
was freshly curled and he carried a !
long whip. When he saw the attitude
of the slim Egyptian he raved like a
lion and cracked his whip. Striding to
ward the Cairo man he lifted ins whip
and then let it drop peacefully to his
side and began a heated argument. At
this time all three were jabbering to
gether and shaking their fists at each
other. The Nubian chief tried to make
the woman go away and she turned on
him and tried to push him back. He
paid no attention to her, but continued
to threaten that in about a minute he
would turn loose and slaughter some
one.
