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REAL STREET ARABS
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GARDEN OF THE CHÂTEAU LANDON
gazelles—slender of limb and mild of eye. Tame and obedient as pets, we think they are such, until at dinner, we make a horrible discovery. Declaring most delicious a certain course of the table d'hôte, we ask the waiter what it is, and when he answers, "gazelle sautée á la Biskra," a sadness fills our souls. When we count the little animals again, we find that one is missing. The gentleness of these gazelles is in delightful contrast to the boisterous behavior of Biskra's unwashed street urchins. Groups of ragged youngsters dog our footsteps, crying for
