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 be deposed and we, the strangers, be declared more worthy of the guardianship of his venerated grandpapa's bones. I know he felt relieved when, our visit finished, we rode away through the dilapidated thoroughfares of Temaçin.

A BEAUTY-SPOT IN THE SAHARA

BERBERS AND BARRELS

At parting he said with sincerity in his tone, "You must indeed be great saints in your own country." When we shook hands for the last time, he kissed his fingers. It will be many a long day before that African Marabout forgets the visit of the American saints who hailed from a city called Chicago—not