The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . l-rnm photograph liy C. C. Pierce & Co. SENTINEL PALMA welcome sight to the desert traveler, for it marks an oasis hidden in the canon 27 The Land of Thirst 29 wagon in shape, and the freii^ht was speedily loadedupon it and we prepared to resume our journey. Ourill-luck, however, was not at an end, for when we at-tempted to attacii the tongue of the wagon the king-boltwas not to be found. It was midnight when we had ourwagon repaired and loaded, and it was iw(j oclock be-fore we succeeded in pawing the king-bolt out of thesand where it had
The mystic mid-region, the deserts of the Southwest . l-rnm photograph liy C. C. Pierce & Co. SENTINEL PALMA welcome sight to the desert traveler, for it marks an oasis hidden in the canon 27 The Land of Thirst 29 wagon in shape, and the freii^ht was speedily loadedupon it and we prepared to resume our journey. Ourill-luck, however, was not at an end, for when we at-tempted to attacii the tongue of the wagon the king-boltwas not to be found. It was midnight when we had ourwagon repaired and loaded, and it was iw(j oclock be-fore we succeeded in pawing the king-bolt out of thesand where it had fallen. Then we had twelve wearymiles to travel before we could reach water. We wereall in a terrible state when we started, and the wagon sankso deeply in the sand that our progress was fearfully liours without water in the desert is aterrible thing. Before we had covered half the distanceto Garlic Springs Baker went mad. He was for aban-doning the party, and that meant, to one in his condition,certain death. There was but one
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