Well, I soon made Shadrach and Co.

understand that, death-wind or no death-wind--that's what they call it--they must come with me to look for you, and at last we started, although they said that I was mad, as you were dead already.

Indeed, it wasn't until I asked that fellow Shadrach if he wanted to be dead too"-- and the Sergeant tapped his revolver grimly--"that he would let any one go.
"As it proved, he was right, for we couldn't find you, and after awhile the camels refused to face the storm any longer; also one of the Abati drivers was lost, and hasn't been heard of since.

It was all the rest of us could do to get back to the oasis alive, nor would Shadrach go out again even after the storm had blown itself away.

It was no use arguing with the pig, so, as I did not want his blood upon my hands, I took two camels and started with the dog Pharaoh for company.
"Now this was my thought, although I could not explain it to the Abati crowd, that if you lived at all, you would almost certainly head for the hills as I knew you had no compass, and you would not be able to see anything else.