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'Stand back from my beast. I am going to slip him. 'Not so swiftly. George, hold the camel's head a moment. I want to feel his cheek. The hands wandered over the hide till they found the branded half-circle that is the mark of the Biharin, the light-built riding-camel. 'That is well. Cut this one loose. Remember no blessing of God comes on those who try to cheat the blind.
The men chuckled by the fires at the camel-driver's discomfiture. He had intended to substitute a slow, saddle-galled baggage-colt. 'Stand back! one shouted, lashing the Biharin under the belly with a quirt. Dick obeyed as soon as he felt the nose-string tighten in his hand, and a cry went up, 'Illaha! Aho! He is loose.
With a roar and a grunt the Biharin rose to his feet and plunged forward toward the desert, his driver following with shouts and lamentation. George caught Dick's arm and hurried him stumbling and tripping past a disgusted sentry who was used to stampeding camels. 'What's the row now? he cried.
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