The Secret on Ararat by Tim LaHaye

Author:Tim LaHaye [LaHaye, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-41841-8
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

“MICHAEL, THIS IS HANK BAINES. I hate to impose on you like this, but I need to see you.”

Murphy caught the undertone of anxiety in Baines’s voice.

“I’m just walking out the door now. I’m on my way to the State Department of Archives and History. I could meet you there around eleven A.M. How does that sound?”

There was an audible sigh of relief on the other end of the line. “I’ll see you there.”

By the time eleven o’clock rolled around, Murphy was so engrossed in his research, he didn’t notice Baines approaching.

“What’s so interesting?” Baines asked.

Murphy looked up and motioned for Baines to sit down at the secluded table in the library section.

“The Lost Colony.”

“What’s that?”

“In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh sent a group of one hundred seventeen settlers to colonize Virginia. They landed on Roanoke Island on the way to Chesapeake Bay. There were ninety-one men, seventeen women, and nine children. The first English baby to be born on the continent was named Virginia Dare.”

“I’ve heard of her,” Baines said, nodding.

“The supply ships for the colonists weren’t able to return from England until 1590 due to the Spanish War. When they did return, everyone in the colony had disappeared. No trace of anyone. The only thing they found was a tree with the letters CRO carved on it, and a second tree with the word CROATOAN carved on it. No one’s ever figured out what it means or what happened to them.”

“So you think you’ll have a crack at it?” said Baines.

Murphy smiled. “Solving mysteries. That’s what rings my bell. But you didn’t come all the way over here to talk about that. What’s on your mind, Hank?”

“Have you heard about Tiffany?”

Murphy sat up in his chair. “No. What happened?”

“She was in a head-on collision with a truck two days ago. The car rolled and the driver was killed. Her friend Lisa.”

“What about Tiffany?”

“Just some scrapes and bruises. It seems like a miracle she wasn’t more badly hurt. But she’s pretty cut up about her friend.”

Murphy could see Baines was close to tears.

“Tiffany almost … That was a real wake-up call, I can tell you. I don’t want to lose my daughter and I don’t want to lose Jennifer. I don’t know, but I get the feeling somebody’s trying to tell me something. There’s something I need to do. The trouble is, I don’t know exactly what it is.”

“Maybe you know more than you think,” Murphy said.

Baines looked at him quizzically. “What do you mean?”

“You know how we were talking about listening? Hearing what other people in your family have got to say?”

Baines nodded. “Uh-huh.”

“Maybe it’s time to listen to that small voice within. You know, Hank, we all have this yearning, this emptiness inside that can only be filled by God. Pascal, the great French philosopher, taught that there was a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man that could only be satisfied by God Himself through having a relationship with Jesus Christ, his Son.”

Hank looked down at the desk.

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