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CHAPTER NxIII-continued.
w.. does he say" the French-
'N u@ ra, ~ pager to know the truth.
al , OtE r'-f fearful lest any interrupt
INT Int break the thread of the
on lHt5 ;lronrse and cheat them of the
I'd :, "i bsId ND a warning finger and
lIJ I,;J if on his lips in mute injunc-
Il L"' VIethuselah threw back his
o. 81 that and laughed aloud. God
eau .bs king" he cried again. in
" t,n6or way. and to hell with all
sp'.a range how they all hung on
.ror6. Of that unconscious messen-
s,,,n dead and gone age, who
,. ,,y knew nothing of the import of
cords he was uttering. Methuse-
T1orched at their earnestness.
ao1 his head once or twice, and
0D nad to think to himself. Then he
nlbnred afresh the point he had
,GWore fully discovered. For seven
,ss have now lived on this island,
or having seen or heard Christian
or voice. and at the end of that
w. feeling my health fail, and being
nnrqhensive lest any OF my fellow
drtrymcn should hereafter suffer the
om a,,'I fate as have done, I began to
a~h this parrot his message, a few
ard, At a time, impressing it duly and
lyon his memory.
learn. then, O wayfarer, that the
,onIe of Boo Parry are most arrant
antjles. heathens, and carribals. And
r.. rs discover, is the nature and
Snatbod of their vile faith. They hold
hat the goods are each and several in
5,aynate in some one particular human
vino, This human being they wc-~
4rna0d reverence with all ghostly re-
r,rt as his incarnation. And chiefly
cove all. do they revere the great god
i oo.Keela-k celia, w hose representative
&mar the Lord in Heaven forgive me
#r the same | myself am at this pres
] mi Speaking. Having thus, for ny
H.. attained to that impious honor.
God save the King. Confound the
tDke of York To hell with all pap
ut is the fashion of this people to
bod that their gods must always be
s.rong and lusty. For they argue to
! bemse yes thus: That the cOntinu-
E.ace OF the ran must needs depend
|ron the vigor and subt. ETY. of its Soul,
! he ran-god. So the continuance and
Eruitlessnt IS of the trees and plants
(which WELD them food must needs de-
bend upon the health of the tree-gOd.
And the life of the world. and the
Iight of the sun, and the well-being of
a things that in them are, must de-
end uEon the strength and cunning of
The high god of all, Took elaK celia.
Hence they take great care and wOr-
Ship Of their Cos. surrounding them
with many III e5 which they call Ia
zoo, and restricting them as to what
they shall eat, AMI what drink, and
they shall seemingly
aIothe themselves. For they think
that il the King of the Rain ate any
thing that might cause the collie, or
Ike humOr 0" distemper, the weather
viii thereafter be stormy and tenn
restuous. but SO long as the King OF the
Rain fares well and retains his health,
90 0ng will the weather over their
STAND of Poo Parry be clear and pros
porous.
Furthermore, as [ have learned
rom their theologians. being myself,
indeed, the greatest of their gods, it is
EVIDENT that they may not let any god
lie. lest that department. of nature
'yerwhich he presideth should wither
away and fail. as it were, with him.
}ut reasonably no care that mortal
nan can exercise will prevent the POS
lbliltY of their god seeing he is but
NE of themselves growing old and
eebIe and dying at last. 10 prevent
Which calamity, these gentle folk
nave invented as | believe by the aid
int device of Sathanl this horrid and
most unnatural practice. The man
'oJ must be killed SO soon as he show
IN IN tOdy or mind that his native
'oWerS are beginning to fail. And it
necessary that he be killed. accord
Ng to their faith, in this ensuing
ashton
III the man-god were to die slowly
y death in the course of nature, the
'a'S o. the world might he stopped al
0gelner Hence these savages catch
NE soul of their god, as it were, ere it
grow Old and feeble, and transfer it be-
mes, by magic device. to a suitable
UceesSor can be none other than him
nat Is able to take it from him. This,
aeH, Is their horrid counsel and de-
,L'e-that each one of their gods
mould XIII his antecessor. In doing
nus he taF.eth the old gods lite and
oW, which thereupon migrates and
wells within him. And by this tenure
may Heaven be merciful to me, a
.Dher-do |, Nathaniel Cross. of the
cunt OF Doorham, row hold this dig
L,'I OF locke ela-Keela. having slain,
ueFelore, IN Just quarrel, my anteces-
VI IN the high godship"
= AS he reached these words Methuse-
III paused. and choked in his throat
ItShtIy. The mere mechanical effort
continuing the speech he had
earned by heart 200 years before. and
epeated so often since that it had be-
olne part of his being, was now almost
~ much for him. The Frenchman
aS right. They were only just in
ne' A few days later. and the secret
qua nave died with the bird that pre-
4rved it.
CHAPTER XIV.
AN UNFINISHED TALE
Ior minute or two Methuselah