The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-01
WHEN rHe DUNES WALK.
a sand starr- Esp~rtenee In the
uesert 80 sahsrs.

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To Gee from y tard storm in flc
mld.t ~ a drcu,iiiy rain c,ms an ah.
.urI Performance" IlIo Arab however
experienced in thc ways u Salrra.
knows that wlitn the rain stops 10"
lm.. are apt fp b.g.n their most t'r.
r.bir "wnlkiug he sse,s shelter
while there - set time
our worst oAppf.sutr ~ The desert boz
)nr - its mad hts. say- fhe author of
.ln the Desert was un 81 morning
vhou m,kIy Tor us perhaps. We were
bearing The large oasis ~ Nefts near
tine Tum.Iau frontier The fapping ~
fhr tent aud thc drumming ~ rain
drops upon 10 Hwoke us uud Ahmeda.
Iu 4Ymr excitement hurried ouf drraf
iu-' Iio explained that 80 long as o."
uu itstp-l II would Keep The sand
m.at Hud thaf fhi- vH- our upporiuni.
.y accordingly. .u very short time
ro bad -tru'k tent. loaded cainci-. sad
lIs-I runir. aud were under way
% seemed 10 u- souDr Iat purpose.
.t.-4 pr.ar.dIug so" nu W.s aud had
.,..l heavy Tile ground wis ssturHt.
90 Tlor" seemed up prospect ~ iis
'-sug Zoo hurry As Nofta was only
f ulN. WHrH away 10 seemed
unnecessary to stnrt iu frantic haste in
l.a m.ddlr uf th" night boo pouring
-a.u Aluu-iH however. made $50 az.
.urr fu Our protests The other Arabs
seconded hIs ,ruris with 900 their 81.
rcl
Morning hroAe wan aud s.rsly ~
'h' ghi grew th- rain slo"Eruci TIE
biz warm drops h.,Hme less frequent
luI 10 last 'eas,d The dull opaque
,ky was pnsty White sud The air bot
end oppressive. but The Wind siiil blew
l~ lard ~ or harder thsu ever
Hardly had the rain stopped When !
tasted bei ue-n lips aud teeth the ~.
niIiur. gritty texture ~ sand. Hardly
Iad the li glt increased sufiiciently 70
ii.,Ipse q" view the drifts wien all
heir edges aud crests could bc seen
'rHNllug sud iiyL.riug 10 Tie gal. Al
rady there wac the druulug sound ui
hr air which meant hat the dune,
we're walking We saw % Inst tie r'si
.pu fur thp hurry The raiu rHnuot hold
be- sand f"r more than 10. Instant "
= falling A. soon ~ u strikes the
Hrih ID sinks iu Ca. moment you msy
,o streaming with water Ike n drown.
81 ut thr next you are choking u
| 'lpul- ~ sHud.
iur air grew darker aud darker. aud
hr roar " the saud ~ 10 rushed slnug
| I" desert INSIDE speech. except h,
| bpuiiug impossible. could isst die
| uuIlsh our tall camrls m the gloouI
| heir ngahly action giving then
| pmrihlug th" look ~ SHIPS pit,hinl
iud tossing la gHls
| NtnIrln led the way by some my
| .rf. lus Instinct 10 us totally iucUmpre
! ,',ibl. We followed NJ, hest W.
u,pIt. breathing saud ~ We went. Gu
I e.ds bcut TO protect QUO faces. ",
recollection ~ the neat two hours Ia u,
| u,rc definite thnu would be the rccol
rYt.uu 81 being roll.'l over aud owe
| "a huge breaker 4 singing nh,
| earring iu the ears. almost total blind
| u..s. s.iiss ~ sufrucniion aud ih,
| ,flug thHt Was IN the hands -
| ''Omrnts more powerful than mysrl
are the tsgur Impressions that remain
| When We az last got to Neftn ",
.ulid not have b"rn more faturnt',
| N.lh sand had We been bnri-,l in J
| ri dug az ugHiu Hair rnrs. clothc
! w'rr run uf it oar 'hcrks were t,Hr
.D aud sore with The ,casoless batter
us Hud on ihem had formed haf,
.,u.ts ~ sand. ccmcuiod boy the wa
ger that bad Atrran,ed from uur eyes.