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Oleander shrubs, which I was to see later in rocky vales of Greece or Algeria, had possibly been put out here only the day before into the spring sunshine. The warehouses of the capital no doubt contained everything that could be needed, no matter how or when, but Berlin seemed to me too small for all the trash that was dragged out of the houses in that March night.
From Spain, Italy, Algeria, Southern France, despatches came in announcing the extraordinary appearance. At Cordoba, in South America, the "blazing star near the sun" was the one topic of discourse. Moreover and this is altogether extraordinary the records of its daylight visibility to the naked eye extend over three days.
By the greatest luck in the world, I had become homesick and throwing up my commission in the Foreign Legion, or Battalion D'Etranger, as we have it in French, which is, as you may know, a corps of foreigners serving under the French flag, mainly in Algeria, but occasionally in other French possessions throwing up my commission, I came home, bringing with me my famous collection of weapons and the fauteuil of Ab del Kader, the armchair, you understand, of the great Arab prince who led the last revolt against France.
And he would always associate her with the golden sunshine and the magic charm of Algeria. "I told you I'd given you half my star," she said, laughing and blushing a little. "Which star is it?" he wanted to know. "When I don't see you any more, I can look up and hitch my thought-wagon to Mars or Venus." "Oh, it's even grander than any planet you can see, with your real eyes.
Among those whose duty it is to govern Algeria, there is a proverb which, for various good reasons, has come to be much esteemed: "Let sleeping dogs lie." Not a man of the five who defended the bordj but had at least one wound to show for his night's work.
"Your intendance is perfect; your ambulance is perfect; your camp-cookery is perfect, messieurs; and here you have even perfect beauty, too! Truly, campaigning must be pleasant work in Algeria!" Then he turned to her with compliments frank and gay, and full of a debonair grace that made her doubt he could be of Albion.
He made his way along the wide streets of Milianah, full of handsome trees and fountains, but while he looked for a convenient hotel, he could not prevent himself from mulling over the words of M. Bombonnel. What if it were true... what if there were no more lions in Algeria? What then was the point of all this travel and all these discomforts?
Study of the Negro Languages. Visit to the Ancient Watch-Tower. Arrival of an Algerian Spy. Visit to Sidi Mâbed. Continued Oppression of the Ghadamsee People by the Turks. The Ancient Sheikh Ali. Finances of Algeria. Bastinading a truant School-Boy. Ceuta sold by the Mahommedans to the Spaniards for a Loaf of Bread. The Parakleit of the New Testament the promised Prophet Mahomet.
It was, of course, imperative that there should be strong forces in such positions in Britain carrying out the annexation; on the Rhine and Danube defending against huge-bodied, restless Germans and their congeners; on the Euphrates to keep off the nimble and dashing Parthian horse and foot; in Upper Egypt to guard against the raids of "Fuzzy-Wuzzy "; in the interior of Tunis or Algeria to keep the nomad Berber tribes in hand.
It is said that there really does exist a very old prophecy to this effect among the Mussulmans of Algeria, and certain it is that the prophecy was ultimately fulfilled, but at the time of which we write it was only anticipated.
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