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Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis
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country secretly approved, and later imitated. And because they
attempted exactly the same thing for which Dr. Jameson was
imprisoned in Holloway Jail, two hundred thousand of his
countrymen are now wearing medals.

The by-laws of the Knights of Arabia leave but little doubt as to its
object.

By-law No. II reads:

"We, as Knights of Arabia, pledge ourselves to aid, comfort, and
protect all Knights of Arabia, especially those who are wounded in
obtaining our grand object.

"III--Great care must be taken that no unbeliever or outsider shall
gain any insight into the mysteries or secrets of the Order.

"IV--The candidate will have to pay one hundred dollars cash to
the Captain of the Company, and the candidate will receive from
the Secretary a Knight of Arabia bond for one hundred dollars in
gold, with ten per cent interest, payable ninety days after the
recognition of (The Republic of----) by the United States, or any
government.

"V--All Knights of Arabia will be entitled to one hundred acres of
land, location of said land to be drawn for by lottery. The products
are coffee, sugar, tobacco, and cotton."

A local correspondent of the New York _Herald_ writes of the
arrest of MacIver as follows:
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