The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

covory has had moro weight with tho
world thhn that OF any ohe else. He is.
Of course. known to be the greatest
living expert. And that fact also has
n very important bearing OH my story.
| After dinner tho conversation turned
upon discoveries In exactly the direction
that the recent discovery has been made.
Llewelyl, expressed himself as believing
! that think remember something like
| his actual words-'Ne are on the eve Of
stupentous discoveries In this direction.
Mono OF lis liked to pursue the discussion
further There WINS n little pause
| "Ycs1" said the vicar. II remember It
! perfectly now; It all comes back to mo
quito WILDLY. But do YOU know that,
beyond Of course remembering that we
were introduced to sir Robert ut Dlepnc,
| tho subject OF our conversation had
almost escaped my memory. Certainly
I never thought OF It In detail. But go
| on, Basil"
WELL then. Sir Robert drew plan
| OF the walls OF Jerusalem on the back
| of n letter which he took from his pocket
AZ he turned tho letter over l could not
help seeing whom It was from. read
| the signature quito distinctly, Constn-
tho Schunbc.' This brings us UP TO a
curious fact. Two eminent men, ono
| nntichrstinn, tho other n famous arena
ologlst both express an opinion IN my
hearing. The FIRST says openly that
stroy faith IN Christ the other hints
only Mt some wonderful impending
discovery IN the Holy Land. The
connection between tho two state
mcnts, startling enough In my cnse. be-
! comes still moro go when It is discovered
| that these two eminent people are IN
! correspondence one with the other And
there is more than this even. Two days
after that dinner ! was taking a stroll
| down by the qunys when saw Sir Rob-
ert and Mr.. .Schuabc, who had Just landed
from the Newhnven boat, get into tho
| Paris train together.
| A sudden short exclamation came from
the chair on the opposite side OF the fire.
| Very dimly and vaguely the vicar was
| beginning to sec where Basil's story was
tending. The fire had grown low. and
| Mr.. Byars replcnished It. The noise Of
| tho falling Goals nccentuntcd tho tension
which filled the quiet room like n gas.
| Then Gortre's tired. but even and de-
| libcratc voice con tinucd
I II will here ask you to consider ono
or two other points. Professor Llewellyn
| told liz that he had a years leave from
| the British Museum owing to Ill health.
SO long a rest prcsupposes a real Illness.
does It not? Now, of course one can
! never be sure OF any thing this sort. but
| It Is curious and worthy Of remark that
| Sir Robert seemed outwnrdly in perfect
health and with a hearty appetite. Ho
also said that he was enroute for Alex
nndria. Well. Alexandria Is the nearest
port to Jnffn, which is but one days
! ride from Jerusalem. Now comes n still
| more curious part OF my story. AS !
have told YOU. our parish In Bloomsbury
Is one In which n great class OF unde-
slrable people have made their home.
1t cannot be denied that It is n centre
OF some peculiarly shameless vice Much
OF the work OF the clergy lies among wo-
men Of n certain clnss. and great tract
and resolution is needed 10 deal with
such problems as these people present.
Some months ago n woman, whose face
! seemed III some vague way familiar to
me. began to como to church. Once or
| twice she seemed to show an inclination
to speak to me or my colleagues after
the service. but she never actually did
so. Eventually she called on Ripon, and
| con fcssed her way OF life. Her repent
ance seemed sincere and she was anx-
ious to turn over a new leaf. IT ap-
peared that tho girl was n rather we'll
| known dancer Mt one OF the burlesquc
i theatres, and must have seen her por-
trait on the hoardings and advertise
,nents Of these places. She had been
touched By something In one OF my SER
mons. 1t seems, and Ripon requested me
to go and see her. did 30. IN the flat
\! where she lived. and we had chat.
The poor thing was suffering from an
| internal disease. and had only year or
| two 10 live She seemed Il kindly. sen
sble creature enough. vulgar and pleas
| ure loving. but withoN any very great
wickedness about her. despite her
wretchcd life. She wanted to get right
| away, to bury herself In the country, and
J live pure and quiet lilo until she died.
The great difficulty In the way was the
| man whose mistress she was. and OF
whom she seemed In considerable fear.
l explained to her that. with the help
of Father Ripon and myself. no harm
should come to her from him. and that
her quiet disappearance from the scenes
of her pnst life could be very easily man :
aged. Then 1t camo out that the man III
whose power she was was none othcr
! than Sir Robert Llwellyn, She tod ms
that he had been for some time ne ~ ~ ~,
cstine. She was expecting MN PACK
| every day While we were talking or
| Robert actually entered tho room, lresh
from his Journey. We had fearful ro"
of course. and he would not go untll !
threatened to use force. and then only
because no was afraid OF the scanu , ;
But before he went he seemed 'i'lea
| with q sort OF coarse triumph cr V'' ~ =
. moment OF what must have been great
! discontinue for him. had to explain
what had happened to him. told Inn
frankly that Miss Hunt--that was !he
woman's nnne---was. by the grace OF INC
l Holv Shirt, about to lead a new ana
different life, Then this sort OF triumph
burst forth. Flo said that IN sho orr
time medd!ng priests would 1850 ~
q their power over the minds OF others
IIe said that Christ, 'the pale dreamer o.
tho East should be revealed to al men
ut last, Ho quoted the verse about 40 y. til, the
grave from Matthew Arnou Aha -, :, c m~.
tainty." ood =,
quiringly at Mr.. Byars $500
The vicar was evidently much moved
ond excited by the narrative "rhe most
curious "m'l point t Of ali" he said, in wha,
You tell mo Is the faat Of rd SIR Rep snu,
months before the discovery WINS made
1 euch recent visit Is entirely unknowt