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Show j 1 HOLY LAND SCENES 1 1 Q Plalna of Phlllatin and Sharon 5 f f 5 I SRECI AU CO R R E 3 PO IM DEN C E) Q "El Iluk8i Jorusaloml" exclaims tho dcop guttural volco of tho Turkish guard as tho train, putting and shrieking, shriek-ing, brings the tourist of to day into tho little modern-looking depot of tho city. Tho ponslvo traveler has difficulty diffi-culty In realizing that ho has arrived at the goal of his desire, tho Holy City, for ho Is hastily driven over a dusty road to tho hotel, which is situated sit-uated In the midst of modern buildings. build-ings. What a different Journoy to the Holy City was experienced by the writer some twelve years ago. Startlnc from Jaffa, mounted on strong Arab hoises. In the cool ot the morning, we passed through Its beautiful gardens, orange groves and corn fields, and entered the Plain of PhlllsUa, "tho land of the stranger." Then we reached tho Plain of Sha ron, radiant with fields ot scarlet anemones ane-mones and Innumerable other wild Cowers. Tho red anemonos aro considered con-sidered by tho natives to bo tho lilies ot the field of which Christ said that "even Solomon In all his glory was not arrayed llko ono of these." At noon we dismounted and stopped at a wayside coffeo house bcsldo a fountain. foun-tain. The natives came around us, asking many questions. "Are you a man cr a woman?" "Aro you married is this your son?" Wo roachod Ramlot late In the afternoon. af-ternoon. Surrounded by tall, slender palms and ollvo trees, and In the midst of a sandy, barren plain, tho vll-lago vll-lago ot Itamlct is a picturesque oasis, with its tall tower rising abovo tho whlto houses. Somo pcoplo think that tho vlllcgo stands on tho slto of tho old Aramathca, whero Josopb The viow from the tower Is magnificent. magnifi-cent. The whole plain of Sharon, with Its fresh vorduro and beautiful bright colors glowing in the sunshine, stretches out as far as eye can reach, from Mount Carmel on tho north to Lydda on tho south, and from the purple pur-ple hills of Judea on tho east to the blue Mediterranean sea on the west PjgyajdBffMBBBBBBBBBBBBff t i ijijflfi.B i Vf ? fmM -iff Abraham's Well. We passed Lydda, where Peter cured Aeneas. A legend tells that St. George was born in this town, and was burled In tho church, which still stands. A plcturo represents his conflict con-flict with the dragon, and his runcle and finger bone are exhibited In a silver sil-ver casket Soon after leaving Lydda we came to the rocky and ascondlng road which, winding in and out among bleak mountains, leads to the village of Beth-Horon. Tho stony path is surrounded sur-rounded by barren wastes, devoid of trees, yet bedecked with many gay flowerets, peeping from the crevices in tho rocks. Turning our eyes toward the east, wo saw a landscape that was also grand, though desolate. For miles tho scenery presented nothing but dark hills and yalloys, till our gaze rested upon tho silvery waters of tho Dead &ea, beautiful in tho glistening light ot tho palo moon. This sea lay three thousand nlno hundred feet below us, but in the clear, bright atmosphere of tho Orient It scorned to bo quite near, notwithstanding tho miles of undulating un-dulating country which separated us trom It. We gazed on Its wonderful beauty, and then again on the city be toro us, and we wero filled with Joy at tho thought that In a few hours we would bo within the walls of Jorusa- Abraham s Oak. lived. Tho Tower of Itamlot. called that of tho Forty Martyrs, Is of Sar-nconlc Sar-nconlc architecture Tho Moslems claim thnt tho "forty" were companions compan-ions of tho Prophet. Reside tho tower stands the ruined remains of the "Whlto Mosque." built In tho four-teenth four-teenth eenturjbv thp'Von'f'KaHun mm, nnd our ti w ul 1 re-echo hi. joyful souk of tl o i ilmist. "Our f.vt stand within thy giU s. o Jerusalem |