The innocents abroad; . >^^ ^ veils. ^^^:Jf^^^ x?c-J^ THE GUARD. r \AKvA^.!_^fee^ ~^_/~vi by some thought that was in his brain, no doubt, proceeded toextremities and winked. In straits like these, when a man laughs, it is encouraging;when he winks, it is positively reassuring. He finally inti-mated that one guard w^ould be sufficient to protect us, but thatthat one was an absolute necessity. It was because of the INSPECTING THE APPARITION. 517 moral weight liis awful panoply would have witli the I said we didnt want any guard at all. If one fantasticvagabond could protec


The innocents abroad; . >^^ ^ veils. ^^^:Jf^^^ x?c-J^ THE GUARD. r \AKvA^.!_^fee^ ~^_/~vi by some thought that was in his brain, no doubt, proceeded toextremities and winked. In straits like these, when a man laughs, it is encouraging;when he winks, it is positively reassuring. He finally inti-mated that one guard w^ould be sufficient to protect us, but thatthat one was an absolute necessity. It was because of the INSPECTING THE APPARITION. 517 moral weight liis awful panoply would have witli the I said we didnt want any guard at all. If one fantasticvagabond could protect eight armed Christians and a pack ofArab servants from all harm, surely that detachment couldprotect themselves. He shook his head -doubtfully. Then Isaid, just think of how it looks—think of now it would read,to self-reliant Americans, that we went sneaking through thisdeserted wilderness under the protection of this masqueradingArab, who would break his neck getting out of the countryif a man that was a man ever started after him. It


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