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Besides, the country soon disappeared in one of those sandstorms which are so frequent in these regions. The wind called the "tebbad" bears along the seeds of fever in the impalpable dust it raises in its passage. And many are the caravans that perish in its eddies.
In the dead silence of the midnight hours he heard them breathing nearer on the desert wind nature's voices of motherhood, whispers of God, peace in the solitude. There came a morning when the sun shone angry and red through a dull, smoky haze. "We're in for sandstorms," said Cameron. They had scarcely covered a mile when a desert-wide, moaning, yellow wall of flying sand swooped down upon them.
The sandstorms had dug out big depressions in the face of a cliff, and the Indians built their houses back in that depression." "You told me that before, Ray, and of course you know. But the geography says their houses were cut out of the face of the living rock, and I like that better." Ray sniffed. "What nonsense does get printed! It's enough to give a man disrespect for learning.
"You will probably perish on the road to Tozeur, in a sandstorm." "Ah, those sandstorms: they interest me. Have you ever been to Tozeur?" "God forbid! Gafsa is quite bad enough for me. Or you may be strangled by the Arabs; such things occur every day. You smile? Read the papers! At some places, like Sfax, there are regular organized bands of assassins, the police being doubtless in their pay.
But she had been through many discouragements as a gypo queen, and she did not flinch. She had known poverty even actual want had fought mud and sandstorms and cold and heat and rain that hampered work for weeks and months. In her was the indomitable spirit of the pioneer.
I stirred up a mixture in the basin, but the humiliation of failure was spared me, for just then, without warning, came one of those terrific sandstorms which prevail on the deserts of Arizona, blowing us all before it in its fury, and filling everything with sand. We all scurried to the tents; some of them had blown down.
The sandstorms expose them and cover them up again, and after a storm as now the contour of the desert is so changed that a man, having staked his claim and gone out for grub, can't find the claim when he comes back. It was that way with the Nigger Ben placer. It's been found and lost half a dozen times.
Another important vantage point which, like the telephone, suffers from neglect is the reception desk. Millions of dollars' worth of business is lost every year and perfect sandstorms and cyclones of animosity are generated because business men have not yet learned the great value of having the right kind of person to receive visitors.
It was Sanda who told the tale, told it voluntarily, even eagerly, to every one who questioned her. She could not give Max St. George that mysterious young man who apparently had no country and no past enough praise to satisfy her gratitude. There had been terrible sandstorms in which they would have given themselves up for lost if it had not been for his energy and courage.
One would think that with all these guards the place would be impregnable. Not so. Frequently at night when we were at the mobile cinema sounds of gunfire would be heard coming from the workshops and sometimes there were bodies. Heat I think was our greatest problem followed by sandstorms.
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