The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia

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French Harry Willard. The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia

I. THE COWARD OF THE BENI SADS

II. THE OLD SHEIK'S PROMISE

III. AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT HOR

IV. THE PROMISE

V. LED BY A WHITE CAMEL

VI. KANANA AND THE CALIPH

VII. A PRIZE WORTH WINNING

VIII. TO SEEK THE BENI SADS

IX. FOR ALLAH AND ARABIA

X. KANANA'S THIRD MISSION

XI. THE SACRED GIRDLE

XII. KANANA'S MESSENGERS

XIII. THE LANCE OF KANANA

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Kanana was an Arab – a Bedouin boy of many years ago, born upon the desert, of the seed of Ishmael, of the tribe of Beni Sad.

It seems well-nigh impossible that the Bedouin boy could have lived who was not accustomed to the use of the sword and lance, long before he reached the dignity of manhood.

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These accomplishments, however, only made his father the more angry that Kanana would not turn his gifts to some more profitable end.

Every year for three months – from planting to harvest-time – the Beni Sads encamped upon a river bank, on the outskirts of the Great Desert.

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