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LED BY A WHITE CAMEL
In the world-famous city of Mecca, two men stood by the arch that leads to the immortal Caaba.
They were engaged in an earnest conversation, heedless of everything about them, when the distant cry of a camel driver sounded on the still air.
Both of the men started and looked at each other in surprise. One of them said:
"A caravan at the gate at this time of day!" for it was several hours past midday and a caravan, in the ordinary course of things, reaches a city gate during the night or very early in the morning.
Arabia was seeing troubled times, and every one was on the alert for anything out of the accepted rule.
The camel-driver's cry was repeated. The first speaker remarked:
"They have left the burdened camels at the Moabede gate and are entering the city."