Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-25

ivory, so far as the hue and quality of the
surface were concerned; and if 1t had been
necessary to sculpture portrait of the man,
no material could have been chosen more
fitted to reproduce faithfully the deep
cutting OF the features, to render the close
network of the wrinkles which covered
them like the shadi1gs of line engraving,
and at the same time to give the whole that
appearance of hardness and smoothness
which was peculiar to the clear, tough skin.
The only positive color which relieved the
halEtints OF the face lay in the bright,
sharp eyes which cleaned beneath the
bushy eyebrows like tiny patches of vivid
blue sky seen through little riffs IN cur
tain of cloud. All expression, all mobil-
ity, all life were concentrated in these two
points.
The Wanderer rose to his feet.
"Keyork Arabian % he exclaimed, ex-
tending his hand. The little man immedi-
atelv gripped it in his small fingers, which,
soft and delicately made as they were, pos
sessed strength hardly to have been ex-
pected either from their shape or from the
small proportions of him to whom they be-
longed.
'Still wandering?" asked the little man,
with slightly sarcastic intonation. He
spoke in a deep, caressing bass, not loud,
but rich in quality and free from that jar
ring harshnesss which often belongs to very
manly voices. A musician would have dis
covered that the pitch was that of those Rus
sian choristers whose deep throats yield or
gan tones a full octave below the compass Of
ordinary singers in other lands.
"You must have wandered, too, since we
last met, replied the taller man.
ST never wander" said Keyork. when
a man knows what he wants, knows where
it is to be found, and goes thither to take it,
he is not wandering. Moreover, 1 have no
thought of removing myself or my goods
from Prague. live here. It is q city for
old men. 1t is saturnine. The foundations
of its houses rest on the silurian formation,
which is more than can be said of any other
capital, as far as know"
/ SIS that an advantage?" inquired the
Wanderer.
"To NV mind. would say to my son, if
I had one-my thanks to blind but intelli-
gent destiny for preserving me from such .
calamityl-I would say 10 him: Spend thy
youth among flowers in the land where they
are brightest and sweetest; pass thy man
hood in all lands where man strives with
man, thought for thought, blow for blow;
choose for thine old age that spot in which,
all things being old, thou maYest for the
longest time consider thyself young in COM
parison with thy surroundings. A man
can never feel old if he contemplates and
meditates upon those things only which are
immeasurably older than himself. More
over the imperishable can preserve the
perishable"
'It was not your habit to talk Of death
when we were together"
81 have found it interesting Of late years.
The subject is connected with one Of my I'M
ventiors. Did you ever embalm bodyf
No? 1 could tell you something singular
about the newest process"
"What is the connecticut"
81 am embalming myself, body and mind.
1t is but an experiment and unless it sue
ceeds il must be the last Embalming. a.
it is now understood. means substituting one
thing for another. Very good. am try
ing to purge from my mind its old circulat-
ing medium; the new thoughts must all be
selected from class which admits Of no
delay. Nothing could be simpler"
"It seems to me that nothing could BE-
more vague"
"You were not formerly 50 slow 10 under.
stand me-" said the strange little man, With
some impatience.
"Do you know . lady Of Prague who cslls
herself Unorna7". the Wanderer asked, pay.