adstthevastplainsofrussia.thelastntohe</p>

crohthedoubleeagleofnstantisaicholas,</p>

urderedonlytheotherday,sotospeak.hisbodywas</p>

throoaerswereallkilled.</p>

allhisarightsandprerogativeshe</p>

he</p>

beforethedaysofnstantine.</p>

theeastehholy,aswe</p>

shallseeichapterheianworldis</p>

goingtobethreatenedhdestrubytherivalcreedof</p>

anarabcaldriver.</p>

haed</p>

ahd,thecaldriver,e</p>

theprophetofthearabia</p>

andost</p>

heentireknownworld</p>

freatergloryofallah,the</p>

onlytruegod</p>

sihedayseandhannibalwehavesaid</p>

nothingofthesetiberhohey</p>

filledallthechaptersdevotedtothestoryoftheaworld.</p>

thebabylonians,theassyrians,thephoenis,thejews,</p>

thearaans,thesetes,hadbeen</p>

therulersofeasiaforthirtyorfortyturies.they</p>

hadbeennqueredbytheindoeuropeanpersianswhohad</p>

efroheeastandbytheindoeuropeangreekswho</p>

hadefrohe.ahundredyearsafterthedeathof</p>

alexahegreat,iticphoenis,</p>

hadfoughttheindoeuropeanronsforthestery</p>

ofthediterranean.carthagehadbeeedaroyed</p>

andfhthundredyearstheronshadbeensters</p>

oftheheseveury,hoher</p>

setictribeappearedupontheseandchallehe</p>

pohe.theyhearabs,peacefulshepherds</p>

edthroughthedesertsine</p>

perialaitions.</p>

thentheylisteohaed,uheirhorsesand</p>

ihaurytheyhadpushedtotheheartofeurope</p>

andproclaidthegloriesofallah,``theonlygod,and</p>

haed,``theprophetoftheonlygod,tothefrightened</p>

peasantsoffrance.</p>

thestoryofahd,thesonofabdallahandanah</p>

usuallyknod,or``hewhowillbepraised,;</p>

readslikeachapterihousandandonenights.he</p>

eldriver,boina.heseetohavebeenan</p>

epileptidhesufferedfropellsofunnsciousnesswhen</p>

hedreadstrangedreaahevoiceoftheangel</p>

gabriel,ertendowninabook</p>

calledthekoran.his</p>

alloverarabiaalyfallinginhjewish</p>

rtsaoseethat</p>

thething.his</p>

ohearabs,stillreveredqueerstonesandtrunks</p>

oftreesastheiraorshaddoensofthousandsof</p>

yearsbefore.ina,theirholycity,stoodalittlesquare</p>

building,thekaaba,fullofidolsandstrangeoddsandends</p>

ofhoodooworship.</p>

haeddeosesofthearabpeople.he</p>

uldnoteldriveratthesati.</p>

sohede</p>

...</p>