Show gordon s statue at khartoum outside the palace gate a yards away stands the statue gaz ing eagerly into the pitiless desert full of the dreams of the dead soldier it is a marvelous piece ot work and the first sight of it staring south al ways south while about its feet his avengers and successors carry on hia interrupted work brings a tightened feeling to the throat and an unwonted dryness to the mouth and it is cause of these things that you will understand why the city is built on the plan of the union jack of wl ich gordon s statue is the center li u don outlook |