The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
portable; he dismissed thought with d
great effort OF will aid got Up from his

portable; lie dismissed thought with d
great effort OF will aid got UP from his
seat. ~
j At lei,st there was some action, sothe-
thing definite TO do waiting for him.
Speculation only blurred everything. lie
would be tr,,e to the trust his friends In
England Areposcd In him and leave the
rest to happen as 1t was fnted.
There was relief IN that attitudc-the
i Arab attitude, klslnct!
i Griggs, the fruit merchant cnmc up
i from tho saloon wlping his lips. 3s
l3it OFF" he said, waiting like this
But the sen will go down SOON Last
spring had to go on to Beyrout, the
weather was that rough. Ever tried
that Win dc Rs1oi1 10 Zion? It's Il treat.
Made from Bordeaux vines trnnspnnted
to Palcstine--you'll pass the fields on the
way up-Jtst had u half bottle. 1Inllo!--
look, there's the boat ut last--old Francis
1tnranc's boat Must so and look after
my traps. =
\ A long boat was creeping out from
{ behind tho reef Spence went to his
cabin to SEQ after his light kit. 1t was
better to move and work than TO think
1 t4tS +e
i 1t was curly morning. the morning
after Spcnces arrival In Jerusalem lie
slept we'll ana soundly IN his hotel room.
/ tired by the long ride---for he had come
on horseback over the moonllt slopes Of
! Ajnlon.
When Mt length he awokc 1t was with
n sensation OF mental and bodily vlgor,
| Il ruickenlng Of all his pulses In hope
and expectation WHICH was In fine con :
i trast to tho doubts ana hesltations OF
tho Jaffa roads
A bright sun poured into the room.
/ He got up and went to the window.
! There was deep, unspoken prayer In
| his heart.
| The hotel was In Akla the European
and Christian quarter of Jerusalem. close
i by tho Jafra Gntc, with the Tower OF
| IIippicus frow>ing down upon It. @
! The whole extent Of the city lay be-
meath tho windows In n glorious piano.
| rama washed as It was In the brilliant
! morning light. Far beyond, a dark
shadow yet, the Olivct range rose in
background to the mnnrets and supolas
| below 1t. ag
His eye roved over the prospect. mark
| Ing and recognizing the buildings.
I3Irhcrc was the purple dome OF the great
| Mosque Of Omar. very clear against the
amber-primroso lights Of dawn.
| Where now the muczzln called to
Allah, the burnt-offcrings had once
| smoked in the courts OF the Tcmple--lt
was In that spot the mysterious veil had
I parted In symbol Of Gods pain and death.
| It was In the sporches bounding the court
| OF the Gentiles that Christ had taught.
Closer below the Antonla Tower. rose
| the dark, lcad-covcrcd cupoa OF the
| Church OF the Holy Scpulchrc.
@.,Great emotion came to him as he gazcd
| at the shrine sacred above al DINERS ioE
so many centuries
L IN, n
! lshed in its ancient glory In the eyes OF
| half the Christian world.
Perhaps no more would the Holy flrc
| burst forth from the yellow. aged marble
OF the Tomb at Easter time
Who could say?
Was not he, Harold Spence, there to
| try that awful Issue?
He wondered as lie gazed. II another
Easter would .fstll see the wild n,esscn-
.rors bursting away to Nazareth and
| bethlehem bearing Tho Holy Flame.
'rhe sun became suddenly more pow
| erful 1t threw a warmer light into
| the grey dome, and. deep down,
| the cold, dark waters OF Hczekiahs Pool
became bright and golden.
The sacred places focused the light
| and sprang into new life.
He made the sign Of the Cross, wonder
ing fancifully4if this were an omen
Then with shudder he looked to the
LEFT towards the ogre-grey Turkish oat-
tlements or the Damascus Gate
1t was there. over by the Temple
Quarries OF I3eZetha, the New Iomo OF
Joseph lay
| Yes! straight away to the north lay
tho rock-hewn sepuchre where the great
doctors had sorrowfuly pronounced the
end Of so many Christian hopes.
How difficult to believe that so short
n distance away lay the center OF the
worlds trouble! Surely he could actually
distinguish the guard house In the wall
which had been built round tho spot.
over the, sad Oriental city-for Jerusa-
lem is always sad, as If the ancient stones
were still conscious of Christs passion
he gazed towards the terrible place, Won
lerlng, hoping, fearing.
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1t was very difficultto kno" no" 20
begin upon this extraordinary affair.
When he had made the first meal or
the day and was confronted with the
business, with the actual fact of what
he had to do, lie was aghast at "hht
seemed his own powerlessncss
He had no plan of action, no metiod'
! For an hour he felt absolutely hopeless.
Sir Robert Llwellyn, so his friends be-
| lieved had been In Jerusalem prior 70
htc discovery of the New Tomb.
The first duty of the investigator was
| to find out whether that was true,
| How was he to do II?
In his PERSECUTION he decided to 30 out
into the city He would call upon va
rious people he knew, friends Of cyril
Hands, ana trust to events for guiding
| his further movements,
The rooms where Hands had always
| stayed We're close to the schools OF, tlle e
Church Missionary Society; he would SO
there. Down in the Muristan area ne
could also chat with the doctor at me
English Ophthalmic. lIospice; he would
call on his way TO the New Tomb.
IT was at the Tomb that he might learn
something perhaps, yet how nebulous 1t
! all was, how unsatisfylns!
lie set out, down the roughly paved
streets, through the arched and shaded
! bazaars places less full or color hN''
| more sombre than the markets OF otner
f)r,ental cities-to the heart of the cityr