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Jerusalem, April 1G, 1883.Dear Brother U.:Your kind letter of March 10th isi:iTjust received with the enclosed draft. I am sorry to add that the letter alluded to of Jan. 2nd has not been received. I went directly to the Consul and he is sure that no such letter has been received at the Consulate. He1says, however, that two mails have been lost, one was burned and one was given in charge of a fellah at Jaffa to bring to Jerusalem, and the man with the mail disappeared. The fellah has been found and imprisoned, but the mail bag has not come to light; this was the Turkish post; the Austrian is safe, but we cannot control the routes and our letters will come as it happens. But do not worry about it, I said the Lord so ordered the matter,postheof 1rnadotcorneswoiampreunlt;astiaand I did not allow it to trouble me, as I am sure there are no accidents.Well, let it go, I only hope some one will get it who needs it; I knew a longap(themaprcJeofflt;t\\itime ago that God did not send me5here to starve. Everybody is kind to me: the Jews arc so kind, I think they would share their last loaf with me. I work hard, but that is just what the Lord sees that I need and hehniILgives me plenty, and I am sure that I like it. I am not much consequence any way, and that suits me as I like quiet. I desire to be in a condition to bear all thinns, and not to be worried by anything, neither praise nor blame. Mrs. Lew Wallace is very friendly to me. 1 have just written her a long letter. She is much interested incoibelt;lt;lciNabyadth*anofAmericans in Palestine.I learned yesterday that twenty thousand Jews are comini: here fromtfyttArabia; they are coming every week and it is really marvellous how they are sustained here; they come, go about their business and no one knows any more about it. There is plenty for all. Provisions never seem to lack here; a thousand pilgrims may come and no one knows it by any scarcity, nor do pi'ovisions rise in price on that account; it is remarkable.metiunaofthihaeedn11I have been out in the fields irather-'tmsothbetlite:deahtohancSi 1Ofing flowers this afternoon. There are'jbeautiful flowers everywhere, by the roadside, in the valleys, on the mountains, all over the rocks, on the walls, and oh how beautiful they are! We ask each other, if it is so now, what will it be in the restoration.prthat'■)amermerattilL-de ne i-l-iefAir* and Mrs. Merrill have - just returned from a visit to Moab beyond the Jordan. Mrs. M. said you have J ^ no idea of Palestine until you have crossed the Jordan. CT tell you, Mrs. Davis, yon have no conception of the beauty and fertility of the land 1^ of Moab; it is simply glorious.” Shex.alcusaid “we were quite lost one night and hicould not find our camps and werenobliged to sleep in a thorn patch, but i ii»-eieic:o[i-k./[i-x-0-ItwerItidIdie51-ofof■we were very comfortable indeed, and I assure you we felt quite safe. Inthe morning the bedouin women cameto visit us and were quite amused at seeing my ruffles, they closely inspected every article of my clothing, and when I mounted my horse they were quite astonished that I could ride on a side saddle. The custom ofo\t!nclsithe Arabs is to ride astride the same as the men do. The nature of theuInetlais,Iee-IdArab women is naturally kind and hospitable.” Whenever I walk out alone and pass a group of Arab women, or Turkish in fact, they always insist upon my coming to sit with them andshare their lunch, and I must confess.that I rather like their company.Mr. Frielander, agent for the London Jews Society, has left today for Europe to collect funds for colonizing the Russian Jews; he hag been very successful in his work thus far. Mr.\vS'Ju\\c011sf11inesadir-re'al’o-ndehndus;n-le,leiifylidF. is a proselyte.I shall make the bouquets as soon as possible, and send. It is much work to prepare the flowers and then to arrange the cards, but pressing the flowers is by far the most tedious. I have set up many nights to accomplish this work as they must be pressed immediately after being gathered. But I shall leave the price entirely fco your judgment.Next week is the Jewish Passover, and I have already been generously supplied with passover cakes.I enclose a small Turkish coin forPttee i s-iS-)leerm-your brother; it is the only one I can get hold of today. Nearly all coin used here is French and Russian; the coin enclosed is Turkish and its value10 paras. I will send a better one soon. I have many letters and cards to mail today. I think a cheek is the best means of sending, but if a letter is registered it is safe. I fear other letters have been lost. God bless andkeep you dear brother is my pray er.A. E. Da vis.0 n v t1 1] t e alacc1c(£f,k
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Plymouth Restitution
Plymouth, Indiana, US
Wed, May 16, 1883
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