Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895
CHAPTER XVIII.
PLANS FOR ESCAPE.
European Captives in Omdurman--Artin, the Watchmaker--Friends in Cairo--Efforts of my Family to help me--Difficulties of Communication--Babakr Abu Sebiba's failure--Efforts of Baron Heidler and the Egyptian Intelligence Department--Constant Failures--Osheikh Karrar--Abderrahman matures his Plans--Hopes and Fears--My Plan to gain Time--I quit my Hut never to return 576