Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 192
le. Ach-nieds heart beathigh with hope, asthe wind strength-ened, and the airbegan to fill withthe fine yellow at-oms of the desert.On they came,like an invadingpigmy host; ayellowish swirlingdarkness more andmore shrouded allobjects, great andsmall. The finesand, driven bythe powerful… … 146 A SON OF THE DESERT [Dec, up; men spoke insubdued tones; cattlesought shelter; eventhe stolid guards onthe walls of Tourahretired to their tur-rets ; the deadly sand-storm was felt bythem to be a sufficientguard against anyattempted escape byprisoners. In the lit-tle railway-station andin the…
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