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                              THROUGH THE
                                 DESERT

                                   By
                           HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ






                     New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
                           BENZIGER BROTHERS
                   PUBLISHERS OF BENZIGER’S MAGAZINE
                                  1912






                 Copyright, 1912, by Benziger Brothers
                 in the United States and Great Britain




[Illustration:  Nell and Stasch ]




                           Through the Desert

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                                 PART I


                               CHAPTER I

“Nell, do you know,” said Stasch Tarkowski to his friend, an English
girl, “that yesterday the Sabties (policemen) arrested the wife and
children of Overs