7: The Power of the Dog
Weird Tales, Aug 1927
"GREETING, effendi! I salute you in the name of Allah the Compassionate!"
Benson reined in his horse, as the Arab on the dusty brown camel approached.
"You have no news?" he replied.
"None," said Abou Koi. "It is true that an Englishman was at the oasis of Wad Eles; we found him there with many servants— digging foolishly in the sand! But it was not thy Englishman."
The manager of the El Adrar mine frowned thoughtfully, staring out across the broad yellow plain. Up to the present, he had ruled his little community of natives and white men with marked success. He was straightforward in his methods, and although he had little sympathy with the subtle, devious ways of the Arabs— he was never unjust. He listened to them, often laughed at them
