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Show Joy for Archeologists. I was at Carcheniish on the day the . greatest Hittite find ever unearthed was revealed to the eye of man for the first time in three thousand years. When the enthusiastic laborers had carefully uncovered the precious dole-rite dole-rite slab, and the overseer, bending over it like some near-sighted Silas Marner caressing his gold, had discovered dis-covered that it bore the longest Hi t tie inscription ever found, ten shots from a big Colt revolver, fired as a backsheesh back-sheesh to the stone, echoed and reechoed re-echoed across the Euphrates, and workmen and directors knew that a big find had been made. Pandemonium was let loose. Laborers Labor-ers came running from all directions to share in the joy of discovery. I also al-so shared in that joy. I shouted congratulations con-gratulations to Khalil, the giant pick-man. pick-man. "Praise be to God '" I cried. He grinned so I could see all his teeth, and answered, "God's blessing return to you!" Christian Herald. |