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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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gh the rugged Atlas foot-hills. Not asgood news as I could wish, do I bring mybrother, was Achmeds remark, made somewhatgrimly, but it might be worse; and powerfulAllah is on the side of right. That afternoon, as promised them, the caravangot under way. The boys watched the proceed-ings with interest mingled with impatience. Atlast the camels were all laden, and the order tomarch was given by the sheiks son, who rodeupon a beautiful gray horse, which he found dif-ficulty in restraining to the slow pace of a cum-bersome camel-caravan. The young sheik was agood horseman and somewhat vain of his skill,and put his spirited steed through all sorts ofpaces, as he darted about from one part of thecavalcade to another, directing by voice and ges-ture the movements of his men. That night they encamped, having made, as the 1910.) THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO 735 boys judged, some ten miles. At dawn, the nextmorning, they started again, and kept up themarch all day, stopping only an hour at noon.
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THEY ENTERED THE RUGGED PASS This brought them nearly to the entrance of theDranek Pass, through which, probably, the pre-ceding caravan, with Petrovsky and his Moorishally, had traveled several hours in advance of them.As if fate wished still further to test them byputting other difficulties in their path, a messen-ger on a swift riding-camel now overtook them;and when, in due time, his errand was madeknown to our impatient young friends, it was tothis effect, as stated to them by the Sheik Alisson: My lordly and well-wishing father, he exclaimed, with tones and gestures of anger andregret, has fallen under the civil power of anenemy at Tangier; and his enemy will not allowmy lordly father to join us;he makes false charges ofdebt; he threatens prison re-straint. There is no help forit; we must wait here; I my-self may need to go back toTangier. The disappointed boys re-ceived the unpleasant newswith outward calm; but, assoon as they were alone intheir tent, Ted broke out intoexclamat

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