QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
ENGLISH GIRL AND FDIIR. AIARiRJ AGE AT DAMASCUS. JERUSALEM,- June 8. A real-life isihciik story corneis from Damascus. The Emir Sthnlian, one of the most powerful land noted of the Bedouin chief*, met an English Girl Guide anti fell In love on the ispot. He offered to. marry her, making her “Queen of the Desert,” to which she consented. , The British Consul, however, thinking that the Emir had kidnapped the girl, secured her return, accompanied by her ilover. to Damascus, where she officially declared that *be _ married the Sheik because'' she loved him.
The couple then returned to the dee orb unmolested.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 June 1927, Page 10
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106QUEEN OF THE DESERT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 June 1927, Page 10
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