At the Earth's Core
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I came upon him quite suddenly, and no less unexpectedly, upon the rim of the great Sahara Desert. He was standing before a goat-skin tent amidst a clump of date palms within a tiny oasis. Close by was an Arab douar of some eight or ten tents. I had come down from the north to hunt lion. My party consisted of a dozen children of the desert-I was the only "white" man. As we approached the little clump of verdure I saw the man come from his tent and with hand-shaded eyes peer intently at us. At sight of me he advanced rapidly to meet us. "A white man " he cried. "May the good Lord be praised I have been watching you for hours, hoping against hope that THIS time there would be a white man. Tell me the date. What year is it?" And when I had told him he staggered as though he had been struck full in the face, so that he was compelled to grasp my stirrup leather for support. "It cannot be " he cried after a moment.
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- ISBN-13: 9781546647829
- ISBN-10: 1546647821
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: May 2017
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.29 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.42 pounds
- Page Count: 136
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