The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-24 00:00:00

SWEDISH VIEW OP GORD3If,

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The followiag appeared in the N srwegnin Daebiad.
TOG writer, a traveller who wine years NI.) mate a
tour in Asia Minor and Meant, civic the following
account of hit meeting witn General Gordo., at
Khartournt—Altsr phasing throne) toe courtyard,
filled with soldiere, I came fir,t into a little room,
where two clerks were at their desks. rbrough tha
I.wat led into • large aq oars ro in with win toms on
two sided and very tittle or at ig.. the
taw In Esyptian workrooomv. A divest ran toned
Lbws of the Wells. Fits room war almost filied by
ofil dais, marabouts, priest., awl taws, who were
waiting to Witter Gordon, while black servante offs, leg
off,. and cigarettes conic their way throogia this
crowd of visitor.. Io the mitet of the INpoil at •
Iwo square t ibl sit a cue, dressed It. black. 111,
back was turned I, th, window aid hia ri.ht arm
rested ou the t obi o. Ti it was U ri it, What lid
be look like From whet I hoar lof him I ion oglued
him to be the type a true Briton; tall ant large-
ti:•-d at. I of otro g, sharp foatures,
who by a look, • geotnre, cciii control his *an .40, c
half-siva4t, surrounding.. Hut he was not that, not
by any means. A shoe slen ter runt., with a fine,
pale, almost beardless fao9, whose tit ,u.htful, far-
away, almost drearnin4 bit noverohtlo•s to rg:tio
Link gave his oh de What • strikinr ix:roost on of
seri .usness, lie wet lite A re'l .'as, who to We lonely
mtnly conceives awl works up • new and grand idea.
He ,f 1 'red me • choir, ao.l after refreshments had b)en
offersl to me, he asked use eh rut my wog. His
voiw was soft ant low. sib. in ssuort, a'sru,d
assistance.; was cot an I distaat, ant whil sp saki g
looked at to, with r.e1.1.., usiesti ruler eyes,. It MA,
as if be tile 1 to r., I I. my face wh 'tow he issl4hl
trust to. or not. I had h sped that he wool.l tab,
emus tot West ill my travel., but 1 or: I
O aNinis's is a retca-kal,l uature of steady icon-
vi toothy. lb help. all t•avelh r• 11. far a, it Is io
his power, hot of eci •sst tic itr.ece-t Ilse n Ile
is eidisely taken up with the to whi:h he Las
dovoLst t free the alaves stud to
convert th to hit • u...ful nistoners osc eq. That
I. hie Its" w..rk H.v b., that in hi. intense
foaling he believes too li, oily in the op rAly int 0114 of
hi. catta. (Jr heels tip) lie does not sufficiently
•..nreoist.i the loft 'nos of European cult Ire an
' tr. to. Possibly, an I lot at raiontrat ho nit. it.
an i. 1.4.11•1. Hu. 111110 SO .• mot ,oreatonns buJ u..b1.-
ntma even tea som . what ideal faith in the power and
worst hof God Acid who is nut touched by that
rare leal with which the Media has worked .nit his
great plan at elevalog the vast 14 ru•lan, to stem and
extirpate the slave trade, to help these people to
hollow the troth, wad to awokso lu the &sedum's, isi
ft, ....Diadem pe.1.4111 and latuatrl•nus p. 14, • tre•t la
th it fotore Fe• this end be las worked with-
out interruption f r ;moral y.s as with greatest
vi ats and pore in sas.r.bv. TIMIS he was
calls i hack to the Kne,lival U urt, and n par "'kir
tier loo' a aft iris were ties; Men an 1 the 31 sh ii rare.
wire, than before. ales is one of the great meii of
our time who are groat it than they are estoom.d. Our
Interview was short. U irton remained swerved,
almost 031.1, atid yet it seemed as if kin lolls lay
hi Hen under the reserve. I met him 1 times
afterwards, and Niel time be appeartil 1./ bcoome
wore friendly.