Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-28

naQ Oeen q rafting good mlx-up, any
how; and he accepted the knowledge
rather proudly that the George Perci-
val Algernon, who but lately had en-
tered the English-Bar sprucely and
had made his exit In a kind Of negli-
gible attire, had left behind one char
acter and brought away another. New
Ell again was he going to be shy: the
tame tiger, as it ere, had had his
first taste Of blood.
Dawn. dawn; IL only the horizon
would brighten up a little so hat he
could get his bearings. By now they
were at least fifteen or twenty miles
from Cairo; but In what direction?
Hour after hour went by; over this
huge grey roll OF sand. down into that
cup-like valley; soundless a v when
the camels protested or his stirrup
cltnked against a buckle; all with the
somber aspect OF . scene from Dante.
Several black spots, moving in circles
far above, nce attracted George: and
he knew them to be kites. which will
follow q caravan into the desert even
as . gull win follow q ship out to sea.
Later. q torpid indifference took pos
session Of him, and the sense Of pain
grew less under the encroaching
numbness.
And when at last the splendor Of
the dawn upon the desert flashed like
a sw~ord-blade along the sky in the
east, grew and widened, George COM
pretended n thing clearly, that they
were in the Arabian desert, out Of the
main travelled paths, in the middle Of
nowhere.
His sense OF beauty did not respond
to the marvel Of the Transformation.
The dark grey Of the sand-hills that
became violet at their bases. to fade
away upward into little pinnacles Of
gold; the drab, formless,
scattered boulders. now assuming
clear-cut shapes, transfused with ruby
and sapphire glowing; the sun itself
that presently lifted It's rosal warm
ing circle above the stepping-o1
place-George saw but noted not. Tho
physical picture was overshadowed by
the n he drew in his mind: tbs good
ship Ludwig. boring her way out into
the q
The sun was free from the deserts
rim when the leading camel was halt
ed. A confusion ensued; the camels
following stupidity into n another, in
kind Of panic. Out Of the silence
came = babble Of voices. a grunting, q
clatter Of pack-baskets and saddle
bags. George. az his camel kneeled.
slid OF involuntarily and tumbled
against q small hillock, and lay there,
without any distinct sense of what
was going or round him. The sand,
fine and mutable. formed a couch COM
fortingly under his aching body; and
he fell aaleep, exhausted. Already the
dust. which had risen and
followed the all through the
night, had powdered his clothes, and
his face was stained and streaked.
His head lay In the sand. his soft Fee
dora crushed under his shoulders.
What with the bruises visible, the
rents In his coat, the open shirt,
soiled, crumpled, ~collarless, he In
vited pity; only none came from the
busy Arabs. Az. he slept, . frown
gathered upon his face and remained
there.
When he came back from his
troubled dreams. q bowl OF rice,
thinned by hot water, was given him.
He cleaned the bowl, not because he
was hungry, but because he knew that
somewhere along this journey he
would need strength; and tho recur-
ring fury against his duress caused
him to Ming the empty bowl ut the
head OF the camel-boy who had
hrou9ht IL The hoy duckad. laugh