adstthevastplainsofrussia.thelastntohe</p>
crohthedoubleeagleofnstantisaicholas,</p>
urderedonlytheotherday,sotospeak.hisbodywas</p>
throoaerswereallkilled.</p>
allhisarightsandprerogativeshe</p>
he</p>
beforethedaysofnstantine.</p>
theeastehholy,aswe</p>
shallseeichapterheianworldis</p>
goingtobethreatenedhdestrubytherivalcreedof</p>
anarabcaldriver.</p>
haed</p>
ahd,thecaldriver,e</p>
theprophetofthearabia</p>
andost</p>
heentireknownworld</p>
freatergloryofallah,the</p>
onlytruegod</p>
sihedayseandhannibalwehavesaid</p>
nothingofthesetiberhohey</p>
filledallthechaptersdevotedtothestoryoftheaworld.</p>
thebabylonians,theassyrians,thephoenis,thejews,</p>
thearaans,thesetes,hadbeen</p>
therulersofeasiaforthirtyorfortyturies.they</p>
hadbeennqueredbytheindoeuropeanpersianswhohad</p>
efroheeastandbytheindoeuropeangreekswho</p>
hadefrohe.ahundredyearsafterthedeathof</p>
alexahegreat,iticphoenis,</p>
hadfoughttheindoeuropeanronsforthestery</p>
ofthediterranean.carthagehadbeeedaroyed</p>
andfhthundredyearstheronshadbeensters</p>
oftheheseveury,hoher</p>
setictribeappearedupontheseandchallehe</p>
pohe.theyhearabs,peacefulshepherds</p>
edthroughthedesertsine</p>
perialaitions.</p>
thentheylisteohaed,uheirhorsesand</p>
ihaurytheyhadpushedtotheheartofeurope</p>
andproclaidthegloriesofallah,``theonlygod,and</p>
haed,``theprophetoftheonlygod,tothefrightened</p>
peasantsoffrance.</p>
thestoryofahd,thesonofabdallahandanah</p>
usuallyknod,or``hewhowillbepraised,;</p>
readslikeachapterihousandandonenights.he</p>
eldriver,boina.heseetohavebeenan</p>
epileptidhesufferedfropellsofunnsciousnesswhen</p>
hedreadstrangedreaahevoiceoftheangel</p>
gabriel,ertendowninabook</p>
calledthekoran.his</p>
alloverarabiaalyfallinginhjewish</p>
rtsaoseethat</p>
thething.his</p>
ohearabs,stillreveredqueerstonesandtrunks</p>
oftreesastheiraorshaddoensofthousandsof</p>
yearsbefore.ina,theirholycity,stoodalittlesquare</p>
building,thekaaba,fullofidolsandstrangeoddsandends</p>
ofhoodooworship.</p>
haeddeosesofthearabpeople.he</p>
uldnoteldriveratthesati.</p>
sohede</p>
...</p>