The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-05
ELEVENTH INSTALL MEAT
CHATTER xxnl.
lin TAE DESERT.

nv THE DESERT.
Quest WIS the first the next morn,
Ing to open bis eyes. to grope his
way through she tent opening and
stand for d moment alone, watching
the alahaster skies. He turned lar
Nv around, meaning to summon tae
Arab who had volunteered to take
Hassars place. Ills arnls--he had
boon In the act Of stretching fell to
his sides He stared at the spot
where The camels had been tethered
incredulously. There we're no cam
ella no drivers, no Arabs. There was
MOI q soul nor an object in sight ex-
cept the stark body Of HAssan. which
they had dragged half out OF sight
behind slight knoll High up in the
sky above were two little black specks,
wheeling lower and lower. Quest
shivered as be suddenly realized that
for the first time ID his life he was
looking upon tho winged gllouls Of the
desert Lower ard lower they cana.
He turned away with . shiver
The professor was still sieegsag
when Quest raentered the tent. Ea
woke him UP and beckoned hiz1 10
come outside
Quest pointed to the alttAa s4n6sF
knoll With IT'S sparse covering gf rr4sz.
deserted with scarcely a sign. evsr.
thai 1t had been the resting place II
the little caravan The professor gzTe
vent to little exclamation
The Professor hurried off towards I.
the spot where the encampment had \
been made Suddenly he stood stTll /
and pointed with his finger. In the
clearer almost crystalline light of the
coming day. they saw the track Of the
cafnels in one long. unbroken line
ntrctching away northwards,
HE glanced Ground little helpless
ly. Quest took cigar from his case
and lii IT,
NO good worrying" Quest sighed
''The question is how best to get out
Of the mess, what's The next move,
anyway
The professor glanced towards the
son and took a small compass from
hits pocket He pointed across the des-
ert.
That's exactly our route, he said,
"bnt reckon we etiil must be two
days from the Mongars. and how We
are going to get there ourselves, much
more get the women there. without
rafnels, I don't know There are no
wells, and ] don't believe those fei-
lows have left US single tin Of va
ter.
Laura put her head cut Of the tent
In xhich the two women had slept
Say where's breakfast she ex-
claimed II cant smell the coffee"
They turned and approached her 81
lcntIy The I've girls, fully dressed,
came cut Of the tent as they ap
preached.
rYoHng ladies the professor al
4 regret 70 say that mis-
'artuue has befallen Us. mir
rortune which We shall be ahle, with
out doubt. to surmount, but which viii I
mean q day Of hardship and much in
Where are the camels?" Lenora
lslred breathlessly.
.'Goneir Quest replied.
.And the Arabsg
"Cone with them-we are left high
nd dry Quest explained.
And what Is worse" the professor
dded. With a gIoan. they have taken
giih them all our stores. our rifles and
ur water"
How FAR are we from the @ongar
nmpg" I.enora asked
about days tramp Quest re-
He'd quickly. "We may reach there I
y nightfal h
fThen let's start walking at once,
Store it gets any hotter Lenoru sug- !
rated, 4
Quest patted her on the back They 4
ade close search Of the tents, but
Iund that the Arabs had taken every .,
Itr in the way Of food and drink. ex- :
% single hHifalIed tin of drink 4
& water :
ghoy started braveiy enough. but by n
ldday their little stock OF water was =,
ne. thelr feet were sorcly blisiered- ~
, onr complained, however. and the d
uiessor dld his best to revive their
lrits. II
I'VE have come farther than had II
fea 70 hope IN The time" he an
anced Fortunately 4 know The O
,cs dlrcciiun Ne must take Keep up
~ spirits. rcang ladies. At any ume "
may zee signs OF our destination
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