Marching Sands

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Harold Lamb. Marching Sands

MARCHING SANDS. CHAPTER I. THE LOST PEOPLE

CHAPTER II. LEGENDS

CHAPTER III. DELABAR DISCOURSES

CHAPTER IV. WARNING

CHAPTER V. INTRUDERS

CHAPTER VI. MIRAI KHAN

CHAPTER VII. THE DOOR IS GUARDED

CHAPTER VIII. DELABAR LEAVES

CHAPTER IX. THE LIU SHA

CHAPTER X. THE MEM-SAHIB SPEAKS

CHAPTER XI. SIR LIONEL

CHAPTER XII. A MESSAGE FROM THE CENTURIES

CHAPTER XIII. THE DESERT

CHAPTER XIV. TRACES IN THE SAND

CHAPTER XV. A LAST CAMP

CHAPTER XVI. GRAY CARRIES ON

CHAPTER XVII. THE YELLOW ROBE

CHAPTER XVIII. BASSALOR DANEK

CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING A CITY

CHAPTER XX. THE TALISMAN

CHAPTER XXI. MARY MAKES A REQUEST

CHAPTER XXII. THE ANSWER

CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER XXIV. A STAGE IS SET

CHAPTER XXV. RIFLE AGAINST ARROW

CHAPTER XXVI. THE BRONZE CIRCLET

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“YOU want me to fail.”

It was neither question nor statement. It came in a level voice, the words dropping slowly from the lips of the man in the chair as if he weighed each one.

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This is a brief account of how Robert Gray came to depart on his mission to the Desert of Gobi, as reported in the files of the American Exploration Society for the summer of 1919.

It was not given to the press at the time, owing to the need of secrecy. Nor did the Exploration Society obtain authority from the United States Government for the expedition. Time was pressing, as they learned the British expedition was getting together at Burma. Later, Van Schaick agreed with Balch that this had been a mistake.

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