Syria from the saddle . hick of it, and far down the street we could hear them. You noticed no men were there ? said Nasif. The men — friends of the boys father — will comelater with the priests (the family are Latins), andtake the body to be buried. They will bring thecoffin with them. The women will keep on singinguntil the men come; then they will stop. Their partwill be done, for they never follow the body to thechurch or to the grave. We met the procession of men a furlong or twofarther on, marching solemnly through the streets,headed by three priests and a small troop of incensebearers.
Syria from the saddle . hick of it, and far down the street we could hear them. You noticed no men were there ? said Nasif. The men — friends of the boys father — will comelater with the priests (the family are Latins), andtake the body to be buried. They will bring thecoffin with them. The women will keep on singinguntil the men come; then they will stop. Their partwill be done, for they never follow the body to thechurch or to the grave. We met the procession of men a furlong or twofarther on, marching solemnly through the streets,headed by three priests and a small troop of incensebearers. In the middle, an empty coffin was carriedon the shoulders of four men. It was bright red,decorated with white bars and crosses. A cover ofthe same hue was carried under the arm of a fifthmourner. We watched them pass; and, a few mo-ments later the mourning chant died away. 175 SYEIA FROM THE SADDLE. How quiet the mother was, said Nasif, recurringto the scene among the women. She seemed to careless than any of An Empty Coffin was carried on the Shoulders of Four Men. CHAPTER XIX. ESDRAELON — NAIN — JEZREEL — GIDEONS FOUNTAIN GILBOA. [E rain, as I have said, held me atNazareth longer than I had plannedto stay; but rain, even in Syria,must pause sometimes, and at last aclear morning dawned. I left thehotel early, glad to be once more onthe move. The train had alreadystarted on, and we followed over thehills and down into the Plain ofEsdraelon. As we entered the plainwe stopped and looked back. Not acloud was left in the sky, and theair was very clear, bringing distantpoints unnaturally near. A strong, bracing wind keptthe atmosphere from growing oppressive, and all natureseemed to share in the exhilaration that such a day, com-ing after a long spell of rain, is sure to bring with us rose Mount Hermon, towering over theneighboring hills and covered from base to crown withglittering snow. The lowland rain had crystallized atthat great height. Little cloud
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