The Desert gateway, Biskra and thereabouts . hat shefled out of the room into the street, where the fearthat possessed her of the tumult and noise of the Arabquarter at night was as great as of the frenziedcreature with the red-hot bars inside. She wasbetween the devil and the deep sea. However,Yussef comforted her, and under his persuasion shecame inside the door of the room again, where shestood with her eyes resolutely closed until her friendswere ready to escort her home. Our friend Ali never relished any allusion to thismatter on our part, declaring that the dervishes werenot of necessity
The Desert gateway, Biskra and thereabouts . hat shefled out of the room into the street, where the fearthat possessed her of the tumult and noise of the Arabquarter at night was as great as of the frenziedcreature with the red-hot bars inside. She wasbetween the devil and the deep sea. However,Yussef comforted her, and under his persuasion shecame inside the door of the room again, where shestood with her eyes resolutely closed until her friendswere ready to escort her home. Our friend Ali never relished any allusion to thismatter on our part, declaring that the dervishes werenot of necessity good Moslems. That, he said,is not a true exhibition of Islam. These men im-pose upon the common people, but others despisethem. Then, with quiet sadness, he remarked, At alltimes, and amongst every people, too frequently hasweakness been imposed upon by credulity, and en-thusiasm by the charlatan, by those who profane themost holy faith ! There always have been mystics in the East, wherethe inclination to a solitary and contemplative life. ARRIVING AT THE UKKVISH hLlIi JN THE KIVER BED, WITHNATIVE SOLDIER CARRYING THE SACRED FLAG
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