The sun., 1915-02-21

fled along the weary road from Jericho
to Jerusalem. and from Nazareth to
the Sea of Galilee."
Although he had not said so. New
man had already outlined his plans
He would take as many of the routine
photographs as he considered practI-
cable, as many of the holy places as
he thought it possible to show on the
screen in the course of an evenings
entertainment. a. many of the routine
sites and sights so dear To the photog-
raphers Of the world as might occur To
him in the course of his wanderings;
but he would make something differ
ent" his specially: he would keep a
close watch for people. things and
places of the present which have not
changed during the centuries that have
elapsed since the momentous events of
history that gave them an Importance
in the eyes of the world.
But Immediately there were difficult
ties. The Mohammedan despises the
camera as an instrument Of the devil.
The visitor TO Egypt IL he venture
beyond those tourist ridden munich
palitics that border the Nile. the in
habitants Il which have been whipped
'hNp N'IfidNA'Il VI lIlt M ISAlill way
by the English, realizes this before he
reaches Palestine.
They have reached the other eX-
treme. perhaps, and seem to be even
too mildly tolerant of what they de-
spise. But Palestine Is different, for
Palestine has had few lessons" from
Western nations, and is now awaiting
the terrible stroke which must fall
nr 1a,.t, "a 10,
driven from the lands that are in
the shadow of the Cross.
Mohammedans are even more fanat-
ical in Palestine than in Turkey. under
whose rule they abide in well defined
enmity to Christians and all Christian
institutions. They are nearer to
Arabia, the forbidden. Pilgrims to
Medina and Mecca conveniently pass
from the shrines of Damascus and
Jerusalem To their holy city and tomb
of the Prophet. They are charged
with holy zeal that fills the atmos-
phere and the hearts of the people.
Immediately after little boat
manned by six stalwart sons of lana
had deposited us at the mossy quay
which guards the entrance to Jana
the very disobliging customs officer
who was assigned to inspect us gave
a signal Of triumph to his chief often
he had gloated when he detected little
instruments Of the devil in the bag
gage Of Christian pilgrims.
We We're travelling with very little
baggage and saw no necessity for any
gratuity to the Turks, as Is customary,
according to the guide books. but the
Turkish officials observed the neglect.
They noticed the cameras, particu-
larly the big "cine" camera and this
caused them to Chuckle. Perhaps in
their careers they had never seen so
many instruments of the devil in the
baggage OF two indiyiduals. Words
cannot express the hook of satisfaction
that overspread their features when
they stood looking at the cine" 1t
was as il they had been working for
a long time on an abandoned gold
mine and had suddenly struck pay
dirt" Certainly there was much
money for the chief and money for
all OF his assistants, as we'll as the
regular commissions" to the man
close to the Government who helped
them to land their positions.
Thus he was given his choice. lie
could either make an eXorhitant de-
post and run the risk OF getting il
back again when he took the devils
machine" out of Palestine, or he could
pay rather eXorbitant tax or duty.
which was named by fat gentleman
whose head supported n red fo2, the
black tassel of which dangled back
and forth as he talked eXcitedly. For
tunately he decided to do the latter,
although he knew well enough that
there was no law that would compel
him TO do so and that whatever he
paid would he subject to division
among the servants of the Sultan in
the city where Hiram of Tyre sent
cedars OF Lebanon for the building OF
Soomon's Temple at Jerusalem. Chol-
-ia broke out III Jana soon atterward
and the place was avoided by all visit
ors who desired to land at any western
port during forthcoming weeks. So
Newman was glad that he felt NJ
SeaSt he had not left the required de
post for the cinema camera.
our first experience with the Mo
hammodans was when we stopped OF
roadside between jana and Ramleh
the modern name Dor Arimathea
whence came Joseph who offered hi
tomb al Jerusalem for the burial o
Jesus Christ We saw "a man driyin,
two camels that were dragging q sharl
the scrubby soil into burrows. 1t wa
subject that answered several re