Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — At the Tombs of the Kings. [ARTICLE]

At the Tombs of the Kings.

A Syrian maid dipped her water jar into the muddy well in the corner of the great square where sleep the nobles and kings of Jerusalem. “The wen is swimming with dangerous microbes,” said a doctor who was touring the Holy Land. “We have drunk the water for years,” replied the maid pertly. i "Have any of your family died from typhoid?” went on the doctor, giving the girl a kindly smile. "Yes, two brothers and one sister, but many die of typhoid in the dty.” "As I suspected. Why not go to the river for water?” "The journey Is long and I have much service to perform at home.” “Then, you must bon the water before you use It for drinking.” The maid laughed. Whoever heard of boiling water before drinking It? She looked at the doctor and asked if be had had sunstroke. Then the doctor laughed, and replied that he was a doctor. At the mention of that word the girl bowed to the stranger and said that she would do as the doctor had told her. A doctor had once saved her father’s life.