. St. Nicholas [serial]. tI AUA FKEIihKICHS, AGE BY SIBYL WEYMOUTH, AGE 15. BY ELIZABETH BROWN, AGE I4.(SILVER BADGE.) THE FAMILY PET. BY FLORENXE DANIELS, AGE 14. THE OPEN GATE BY F. BARNARD (aGE 13) (Silver Badge)I THINK the people of the Eastern countries appreciatean open gate more than the inhabitants of the Westernworld ; and even they appreciated it more in the jearsof long ago than at the present time. How anxiously the Oriental camel-driver would strainhis eyes to see if the gate was still open ! It was arace against time, for at sunset the gate closed ! Andall comers aft
. St. Nicholas [serial]. tI AUA FKEIihKICHS, AGE BY SIBYL WEYMOUTH, AGE 15. BY ELIZABETH BROWN, AGE I4.(SILVER BADGE.) THE FAMILY PET. BY FLORENXE DANIELS, AGE 14. THE OPEN GATE BY F. BARNARD (aGE 13) (Silver Badge)I THINK the people of the Eastern countries appreciatean open gate more than the inhabitants of the Westernworld ; and even they appreciated it more in the jearsof long ago than at the present time. How anxiously the Oriental camel-driver would strainhis eyes to see if the gate was still open ! It was arace against time, for at sunset the gate closed ! Andall comers after that would have to go through theeye of the needle—a little gate within the gate. A heavily laden camel or ass could hardly getthrough, and at times they even would have to unloadand the traveler would have to give the signal that hewas not an enemy. Can you picture a little village nestled among thehills, and a stretch of desert sand with the red sunsetting and outlined against the sky, the figures of thehurrying camels and eager couriers with
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