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One afternoon, a fortnight later, as I was riding to Hedera, another Jewish village, two hours' ride away, a shot was fired from behind a sand dune. The bullet burned a hole in the lapel of my coat. ONE AFTERNOON A FORTNIGHT LATER I WAS RIDING TO HEDIRA ANOTHER JEWISH VILLAGE TWO HOURS RIDE AWAY A SHOT WAS FIRED FROM BEHIND A SAND DUNE THE BULLET BURNED A HOLE IN THE LOPEL OF MY COAT
 the organizer of the young men's union which for so long had put up a spirited resistance to Fewzi; I was still looked upon as a leader of the younger spirits, and I knew that sooner or later Fewzi would try to make good his threat, often repeated, that he would "shoot me like a dog." It was hardly likely that an open attempt on my life would be made. When Ambassador Morgenthau visited Palestine, he had stayed in our village and given my family the evidence of his sincere friendship. These things count in the East, and I soon got the reputation of having influential friends. However, there were other ways of disposing of me. One evening, about sunset, while I was riding through a valley near our village, my horse shied violently in passing a clump of bushes. I gave him the spur and turned and rode toward the bushes just in time to see a horseman dash out wildly with a rifle across his saddle. I kept the incident to myself, but I was more cautious and kept my eyes open wherever I went.  OF COURSE KNOWN AS THE ORGANIZER OF THE YOUNG MEN'S UNION WHICH FOR SO LONG HAD PUT UP A SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE TO FUSEY I WAS STILL LOOKED UPON AS A LEADER OF THE YOUNGER SPIRITS AND I KNEW THAT SOONER OR LATER FUSEY WOULD TRY TO MAKE GOOD HIS THREAT OFTEN REPEATED THAT HE WOULD SHOOT ME LIKE A DOG IT WAS HARDLY LIKELY THAT AN OPEN ATTEMPT ON MY LIFE WOULD BE MADE WHEN AMBASSADOR MORGAN FOWL VISITED PALESTINE HE HAD STAYED IN OUR VILLAGE AND GIVEN MY FAMILY THE EVIDENCE OF HIS SINCERE FRIENDSHIP THESE THINGS COUNT IN THE EAST AND I SOON GOT THE REPUTATION OF HAVING INFLUENTIAL FRIENDS HOWEVER THERE WERE OTHER WAYS OF DISPOSING OF ME ONE EVENING ABOUT SUNSET WHILE I WAS RIDING THROUGH A VALLEY NEAR OUR VILLAGE MY HORSE SHIED VIOLENTLY IN PASSING A CLUMP OF BUSHES I GAVE HIM THE SPUR AND TURNED AND RODE TOWARD THE BUSHES JUST IN TIME TO SEE A HORSEMAN DASH OUT WILDLY WITH A RIFLE ACROSS HIS SADDLE I KEPT THE INCIDENT TO MYSELF BUT I WAS MORE CAUTIOUS AND KEPT MY EYES OPEN WHEREVER I WENT
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