The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
Mnrlichoe. The great man was bidding
him goodbye at Chnrlng Cross

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| There had been days delay at Jnffa
! It had been day OF strange, bcwldeilnt
thoughts to the journalist
The 'Nate Of tho Holy Land" Is not
rs many people suppose, II fine l,arbor,
throngcd port.
,rhe nnvles Of tho ancient world whcl
congregntod there were smaller than ever
the coasting steamers Of to-day. ThoS
found shelter IN n narrow space OF more
or less untroubled water between tht
shelving rock of the long. flat shore ant
n low Roof rising out Of the sen parable
10 tho town. The vessels Will, timber TO,
solomon's Temple tosse dulmost unshel
tered before the terraces Of ochre-coloret
Oriental houses.
For several hours It had been too rolgi
for the passengers on tho French boat
to land. More than n milo Of restless bot
tie green sea separated them from the
rude ladders fastened to the wnve-wnshed
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quay.
There had been one Of the heavy rain
storms which at that season Of the year
visit Palestine. Over the Moslem minarcts
Of the town the purple tops Of tho central
mountains of Judah and E;phraim showed
clear and far away.
The time OF waiting Enve Spence an
4 opportunity for collecting and ordering
his thoughts, for summing up tho situa-
ton and trying to get at the very heart
Of his meaning
The messngery steamer was the only
one In the roads. Two coasting craft
with rags Of light brown sails were beat
ing over the swell into the Mediterranean.
The sky was cloudy, the air still warm.
Only the seq was turbulent and uneasy,
the steamer rolled with a sickenng, reg
ular movement. and tho anchor chains
beat and ratified with the precision OF a
pendulum.
Spence sat on the India rubber treads
Of the steps leading UP to the bridge with
ar arm crooked round whie-painteti
stanchion supporting the hand rail. A
few yards away two lascars were work
Ing chain and pulley, drawing up zinc
boxes Of ashes from the stoke-hold and
Tipping them into the sea. AS the clinkers
fell into the water little cloud OF steam
rose from them.
There were but few passengers on the
ship. which wore somewhat neglected,
off duty aspect. No longer wore the
cabins filled with drilled bands OF
tourists with their oud-vojced lecturng
cleric In charge. Not now Vas there the
accustomed rush to the main deck, the
pious calculations at the first sight of
Palestine the electric knocking at the
hearts even OF the least devout.
Nobody came to Jerusalem now from
England. From Beyrout to Jarfa the
maritime plain was silent and deserted.
and no tourists plucked the roses OF
Sharon any more. fs#i
n "A German commercial traveller, with
cases of cutlery from Essen, was arguing
with the little Greek steward about his
Vine bill; a professional photographer from
Alexandria. travelling with his camera s
Tor New York firm of art publishers
two Turkish officers smoking cigarettes. =
russian gentleman with two young sons.
4 q fat man In flanncls and with m In.
shnven chin very much at home. an
orange buyer from a warehouse by the
Tower Bridge-thcse were the undstln-
Eulshed companions Of the journalist. 7
The steward clapped his hands: de-
Tjl'ner was ready The passengers tumbled
down 10 the saloon. Spence declined the
loud-voced Cockney invitation OF the
fruit merchant and remained where he
was, gazing with unsecing eyes at the
low Eastern town, which rose and fell
before him as the ship rolled lazily from
side to side.
There was something Immensely, tre-
mendously homogeneous in his position
II was without precedent. He had come,
l. In ha Yllncn nc a ~ 10 ~
Inquiry agent. lie was a detective chnrs-
ed by a group OF three or four people, a
clergyman or two q wealthy Member
OF Parliament, to find out the ycar-old
nnovements-f, indeed, movements there
had been!-of a distinguished European
professor. He was to pry, to question.
to deceive. This much in itself was ut
terly astonishing strangely difficult Of
realization.
But how much more there was to stir
and confuse his brain!
IIo was coming back alone to Jerusalem.
Tut q short time ago he had seen the
great savants Of Europe-only thirty
miles beyond this Eastern town--reluct-
antly pronounce the words which meant
the downfall of the Christian Faith
The gunboat which had brought them
all was anchored IN this very spot. A
Turkish guard had been waiting yonder
on the quay. they had gone along the
new road to Jerusalem in open carriages
Through the orange groves riding 10
make history
And now he was here onca more
" While he sat on this dingy steamer In
this remote corner of the Mediterranean
1t was no exnsgeration to say that the
whole world was in a state of cataclysm
such as 1t had hardly at least not often,
known before
1t was his business to watch events,
to forecast WHITTIER they would lead, He
was a Simon Magls Of the mudorn world
with an electric wire and stylographic
pen to prophesy with. He Of all men
could see and realize what was happen
Ing all over the globe. He was more
alarmed than even tho man IN the street
This much was certain.
And a days easy ride away lay tho
little town which held the acre OF rocky
ground from which all these horrors,
this imminent uphoaval had come.
Again 1t seemed beyond the power Of
his brain IN seize II all to contain this
vastness Of his thoughts.
These facts, which all the world knew,
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