Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-04-28

cannot wish my dearest foe that he
should stay there. A large room
with Gothic vaulted roof is there.
ABOUT the walls are wooden benches
covered with very ancient and very
dirty quilts etc. The very air seems
olrUy and polluted. In this room
tourists are permitted to sleep-i. 9.
SO lar as the Syrian host is concerned.
we sized up the place and decided to
sleep in our carriage out in the barn.
Aioer we had eaten our supper we
Went out to visit with mine host. He
nad Syrian stove which consists of a.
oin oox hlled with ashes, upon which
snaiI pieces of sticks or charcoal is
burned. We were cold and wet and
this open fire was pleasant. We had
oeen expressing wish that we might
speno the evening by an open fire
Bnd our wish was thus fulfilled. The
host could not talk English, SO we
talked in gestures and incidentally
TOOK few lessons in Syrian. Mr..
Richardson entertained the family
\ with few tricks which made their
eyes stick out and so we chatted the
early evening away. At eight O'Clock
we decided to ssturn -in'-Which
means lying down on seat in the
spring wagon. The horses were tied
to the wheels and the coachman had a
couch near at hand and thus our party
slumbered-the horses didn't and [
didn't very much. But we were
under a huge shed and protected
, from the wind and rain, so we had
much to be thankful for. At two in
, the morning we awoke and at three
) were off again for the last part of the
, drive. Rain fell again and the all
, was cold, the roads were still Turkish
, -'nuff sed".
We could hear an occasional jackal
, hungry for stray bit of edible sleep
r otherwise stiffness ruled. We drove
Y thru Syrain village all the houses
! made of mud and the roofs of very
. clumsey thatch. In the early dawr
we saw many shepherds and cattle
drivers, the former always leading hi:
,, sheep; Bedouins with heads thickly
covered and with useless shot guns
: slung across their backs, either
: lounged about their camel skin tents
or trotted by on diminitive, over
worked donkeys. Everywhere evi.
dence was to be had that Palestine is
yet country for herds and not fol
farmers to any extent.
At ten o'clock we arrived at Jaff,
= and decided that this had been the
worst trip ever taken. Here we saw
the famous. Jaffs orange groves
Here the apostle Peter once LIVED
and earned a living probably by help.
ing Simon the tanner. The tanning
trade fourishes here even yet. Al
the hotel I met some friends from
Hartford, Conn.,, and had pleasant
visit with them. I had of course
hoped to go to Jerusalem but my
steamer was in the harbor (tho there
isn't harbor at alp and I had tc
forego that visit this time. 1t was a
disappointment of course but I have
seen that part of the Holy Land where
the Master lived most of his life and
must be content Visitors to Jerusa-
lem are generally rather disappoint-
, ed, am told-for the city is not very
holy nor very clean. 1t is rather q
travesty that Mohammedan soldiers
, have to keep representatives Of
Christian Sects from "biting and de-
vouring" one another at the Holy
} Places.
At one O'Clock I was taken on board
the Russian steamer bound for Port
4 Said. On board were others who have
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