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THE LEGEND OF
CAMEL-BACK MOUNTAIN
Author of “The Little Colonel Series,” “Big Brother,”“Joel: A Boy of Galilee,” etc.
“Thy alchemist Contentment be”
—Sadi
BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1904, by L. C. Page & Company
(Incorporated)
Copyright, 1905, by L. C. Page & Company
(Incorporated)
All rights reserved
Eighth Impression, July, 1910
O ye, who vainly question
Why there must ever lie twixt man
And the far City of his Desire
Some desert waste of disappointment,
Where he must watch the Caravan
Pass on and leave him with his baffled hopes,
Here is the reason.
By the grace of Allah,
Read!
Once upon a time, a caravan set out across the desert, laden withmerchandise for a far distant market. Some of the camels bore in theirpacks wine-skins that held the richest vintage of the Orient. Somebore tapestries and some carried dyestuffs and the silken fruits ofthe loom.[Page 2]On Shapur’s camel was a heavy load of salt.
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