| Show I I I I I BLOODY HAND HANDIn In the lute course counts cour of our exploration In Constantinople says say a It writer ID III the tho Rosary we Jilt visited a H build buildIng log Ing In nn an obscure and poor hoer quarter of r inhabited solely by Mo Mohammedan Io I It Is s called the Ihl Mosque but hut butt it Il t Is III or WWI waa w a church dedicated ted to the I blo bl blessed ed d virgin The TIt beauty lot of the Ihl mosaic oelling and wall walla not fin ern I centuries of or neglect have h 11 w been ablo able i ito I to obliterate Whon we wo returned tn to the great I l i Church of or St Sl Sophia Sopha now no a m I Ian an ant and Sew saw again the print of or the bloody I hand of or which Ic is pointed nut jut high up ul on the wall all of that Christian church we iii 1111 significance Inner bolter than Iball we e had hal at R t first sight I JL 11 a advancing hl hi his I gradually am stealthily had bad i finally all as s If I In III a night d the from Asia Ata and nd raised hi hoa forte fort on the I hI ean vide side Idl IC f the tilt stream tr ain In Just J the day dllY before fin rm a I trip till I up the Ib we WI had seen the tho lame of o tho those e I The rulers of or the city ell had rotated rut I III In vain aln against this Ihl I When the attacked the city 11 the Christians sled ded In terror t tM to 10 M St Sophie Sophia An ancient legend I gt nd fir firm firmly in ly I believed that thal this sane Mlle luat was War 11 absolutely safe fI Mohammed proved the fallacy of nt their trust IruM by II breaking down do n th the I doors doom murdering hoes th who ash had hall I aught safety there men wnm women n and children no many man of ot them that final finalI iv J I r forcing his hie hi h horse r e over the th great it pile Ills of dead bodies 11 away up on nn II the side 11 of f a j pillar he planted his bill blood bloody hand handi i 1 the Ihl clear Ial l r wall all in token of or hi his vie Ie I try over the That gory hand till still or the HI fairest t por POI portion I lion tion of f r southeastern |
