II. XIX.] So;i^ of the Desert Lark. 



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the su'.\ 







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ii#T;i: li^izziz^ 



Siiiii and for - p^t tlio rest, 



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^■ipi'i! -. — AVo lUMtluT o( us slept iiUK-h last 

 niii'ht, for wo woro [oo imu'h o-xciun at the thouo'lit 

 of sitnitinLi, aiul too anxious lest, at tlio last moment, 

 some aee'ulent slunilJ again ilelay us. Al>out two 

 o'eloek in the nu>rninir, A\ iltViil, who was roaminsi" 

 nbout, heard a sounJ of n oiees roniiug through the 

 ilark towards us from {he I own : iiiul. presently 

 afterwards. Ferhau rhalleng.'il i\w talkers. Our 

 hearts sank as we heard a reply in Turkish, and 

 knew that thev nuist be a parly oi' soldiers, the 

 very thing we most of all teared. Their arrival. 

 toi\ reminded us disagreeibly oi' what had hap- 

 pened at r>ir ; and it was in an\ thing but a pleasant 



