The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-13
In hc exact center of the court uas a hugs
round hat If dGrI; stone.
q beauty so enhancing and divine. and
when first I gszsd upon it, i'lumined and
shadowed nsit was by the soft light Of the
moon, my breath stood still. and for an in

o beauty SO enhancing and divine. and
when first l gszsd upon it, i'lumined and
shadowed a9sit was by. The soft light Of the
sSatt My heart ceased its beating.
TIKI stattic. was hcNn from marble SO
pure and white, Tint eten. now, after all
those ages. It; shone MS the moonbeams
danced upon 1t: anaits height WIS, l should
winged figure OF q woman of such marvel
orls loneliness and dcl;cacy of form that
the size seemed rather TO add than to de-
tract from Its so human and vet more
spiritual beauty. She was bending for
spread wings as though to preserve her
balance ns she lcant. Her arms were out
stretched, like those of some woman about
to embrace one she dearly loved. while her
Whole attitude give an impression Of the
most gfactous form was nude, save-and
here came tho extraordinary thing-thc
face, which was thinly yelled, so that we
could only trace the marking of her fea-
lures. a EaiZy veil was thrown round
ono fell down across her left breast, which
was outlined beneath 1t, and one, now
broken, strcalncd away upon the mir be-
hind II.
could take my eyes off the statue.
"Canst thou not eness, oh, Holly::" an
imagination? It is Truth standing OH the
World, and calling TO its chiidrento unveil
her face. See what is writ upoli the pcdes-
tai. Without doubt it is taken from the
book Of the Scriptures of these men of
hor,,' and che led the way to the loot of
inc statue, Where an inscription of the us-
ual Chtnesc-looSing hicroglypllics was so
deeply craven as to be still quite lcgiblc, ut
leaSt to Aycs!la. According to her trauS-
latton 1t ran thus:
"Is there no man that will draw my veil and
look upon my face? for 1t is very fair. Unto
hin who draws my. vcil shall J! he, and pence
s: FART ssiee Sy ya;a. .rl,ouTh all those who
seek after thee desire thee, behold, Virgin art
thou, aud Virgin slinii thou go till Time he
done. No man ia there born Of woman who
may draw thy veil ami live. ncr shall be. In
and dttI fs,t tHs st leS hsai o oe ' RAY no - truth pr, Won.
because those who sought her might not Anu
her. nor look upon her fucc to face"
cr %Thop IS sssst.% said !, A,yeSha, when c she
d ae,se of th sfa psop1e 81 old onrq kor was an fhf 10 Ser har
they, built their s%lirines, and her they
sought; knowing TINT they should never
md, still sought they"
And So" I added, sadly, ."do men seek
= this very hour. but they find not; snd as
Death only is Truth found"
Then, with one more look ut tho yelled
and spfritualized loneliness, Which was SO
perfect and so pure that one might almost
fancy that tho light OF n living spirit shole
through the marble prison to lead man on
to high ctherea! thoughts-this poets
dream Of beauty frozen into stone, which,
never shall forget while 1 live, though I
myself SO helpless when | attempt to
describe It. we turned md went back
through the vast moonlit courts to the spot
whence we had started. I never saw the
statue again, which 1 the more regret be-
cause on the great ball of stone represent
lines were drawn, that probably, had there
been light enough, we should have discov-
cred to be q map of the universe MS it was
known to the people of Kor. 1t is Mt my
rate suggestive of some ancient knowledge
that these ancient worshiperoaf Truth had
recognized the fact that the globe is round.