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by Walter Claremartin

Illustrated by Jay Jackson

Golden Hour of Guchee
Golden Hour of Guchee

Kara Yussuf, khan of the Black Sheep Turkomans, was feasting hugely in the mountains of Kopet. The feast of the bakshi, he called it.

In the evergreen gloom of a lofty gorge thousands of campfires licked off the twilight. Around each of the campfires were men. They disposed

themselves busily, sewing boots, whet-

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