The general situation and many of the events described in this book are based upon historical facts. However, the fictional characters are wholly imaginative: they do not portray and are not intended to portray any actual persons.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-6197

Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton, N. Y.

Dedicated to
DOROTHY AND ED HANSEN

Contents

1. [ALI FINDS THE DALUL ]1
2. [FUGITIVE ]21
3. [AMBUSH ]38
4. [THE HADJ ]52
5. [THE UNPARDONABLE SIN ]64
6. [THE STRANGE SHIP ]78
7. [ANOTHER PILGRIMAGE ]94
8. [TROUBLE ]105
9. [LIEUTENANT BEALE ]120
10. [THE EXPEDITION ]133
11. [THE WILDERNESS ]145
12. [THE ROAD ]158
13. [REUNION ]174