The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-08-07

If not exactly the glSs of fashion. But
the attractions and festivities OF that de-
hghtful capital could not detain him He
soon grew anxious TO start again on his |
pilgrimage,
Look here, Whalley," said Dan Dris- |
coll, you're taking this thing too serious
ly. Why don't you stay awhile and enjoy |
yourself among these charming French, |
instead of running off on wild goose
chase from which you will probably never
return2''
81 like the Mossoos very well, F" re-
turned Whalley, but I'm determined to
win my bet"
"Oh, never mind that bet There was
no time fixed You can put it off till
doomsday."
Its very kind of you, Driscoll " said
the other firmly but I'm goin I've made
up my mind"
And go he did From Paris he proceed
ed by slow stages to Marseilles, Here he
took passage on board a ship bound for the
Leyant Our space is too limited to re-
count the perils and remarkable adventures
that befcll him upon the voyage. Suffice
it TO say that, after encounterng many
storms and delays Greek cutthroats and
Algerian pirates he eventually crossed the
reefs ut .Jaffa and landed on the shores of
Syria
In .jaffa, Whalley fell in with an old
Benedictine monk, who, thinking rhe tray
eler was performing IL religious vow, kind.
| ly took charge of his effects and gave him
some valuable advice In broken English
the good brother underworld to make the
| pilgrim understand that his dress was I'M
suitable for the east, and that walking was
a very difficult mode of progression, but
| Whallcy declared that "what was good
enough for Dublin was good enough for
any place, " and stoutly maintained his in
tention of "goin TO Jerusalem on his own
two feet " and with this valiant resolution
he started out of Jaffa
In those days Cooks tours were yet in
the dim and distant courses of the future
Western travellers in Asia Minor were few
and far between, and Mr., Whallcy's APP
pcarance was such us would astonish any
respectable Mussulnan even at the present
day He was dressed up as became the
most exalted Of Dublin bucks, A small
hat jauntily cooked on one side of his head;
long, blue, swallow tailed coat, adorned
with brass buttons of prodigious size; n
brilliant waistcoat that displayed half the
colors of the rainbow; buckskin breeches
and top boots and stout shillalah which
he flourished over his head with great Wig
or--all combined to make him appear one
of the most extraordinary figures that had
ever amazed true believer while his
queer antics and his strange language,
which no dragoman could interpret, added
the charm of mystery to this original pill
grim
Its mighty hot travelin in this coun-
thry" said the pilgrim to himself, at the
same time moppping his head with big
red handkerchief-"m betoken, there's
not even dacent pub where man can
slake his thirst I'm afeared I've lost the
road-if there is amy road at all in this
outlandish place, Howaniver, III AK wan
of thin brown, skinny fellows in that dirty
village over there. "
AS he entered the dirty village he met a
Bedouin family coming out. Beside his
donkey walked the father, with a gun
slung across his body and long reed
spear in his hand. A couple of women
We're seated in "a little tent on the donkey S
back, one on each side to balance, while
two active boys trotted Mt the father side.
MIR Whalley addressed the old gentle
man politely, "The top of the mornin to
ye Can ye tell me the way to Jcrusa-
lem?"
Mustapha gazcd at him in wonder, shook
his head and muttered something in Ara.
bic, to which the pilgrim responded with
another query, accompanied by many odd
gesticulatiOns, whereat the two boys burst
into uncomfortable laughter, being joined
therein by several Others who had just
come up.
? Their irreyerent levity, added to Musta.
r phas stolidity and the heat of the day,
y disturbed Whalley's usual good humor,
, which was now completely overcome by
: the conduct Of the donkey. That intelli
gent animal had been investigating the
I stranger with great interest, and at this
q stage of the interview coolly proceeded tC
munich the skirts of the valuable blue
| coat This ungentlemanly conduct was
! promptly resented by the irate Hibernian
who bestowed with his cudgel sounding
thwack on Neddy's ribs.
a Now, an eastern donkey is more arts
= tocratic beast than his downtrodden Brit
ish brother. He mixes on equal term!
a with his owners family and is regarded
as friend and kinsman by all its mem
. bers Naturally, therefore, Mustapha was
a wroth at the indignity offered to his fou1
footed companion, and by way of profess
suddenly made wicked thrust at the ag
a gressor with his reed spear.
Whalley was not caught mapping. Will
r a stroke from his faithful blackthorn, HI
n sent the spear flying and quickly delivered
: true Donnybrook whack on the spear
: mans pate, observing genially:
/, "Och, shillalahl We niver missed fret
a Immediately there arose great hubbub
4 The crowd closed in upon the Irishman
n He was borne TO earth, speedily bound II
a spite of his violent struggles and carried
a before the cadi, foaming with rage at hi
4 captors.
$ All Ben Yusscf, the cadi was vencr
able parsonage, with large turban,
long white beard and pair Of piercing
>. eyes that were singularly bright for maj
!, of his years. He listened patiently to tn
n accuser's story, and then, turning TO tn
accused spoke few words, of course IL
Arabic.
"Bedad, said the prisoner, you don
=, lux at all bad for an ould haythen Blu
!. don't undhcrstan word ye say"
All Ben Nusscf again ad lrcsScd him