CHAPTER IV

THE CONFEDERATION A few miles from the Pass of Bab-el-Haggar, Yoluba, the black Wadai slave and fighting-man, nearly seven feet high, and famed for long sight among desert men famous for their long sight, sat sideways on his camel that he might watch the horizon to which all other backs were turned. He was alone, far in the rear of the rear-guard, behind which rode the Sheikh el Hamel el Kebir. From time to time, Yoluba of the Strong Eyes would halt and turn his camel about, the while he stared with unwavering gaze…