The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-24

friend, by letters and kilograms In adj
vance Of him. till IL soon became evident
to him that there was no possibility Of
taking the initiative, and that at the
best he was only reciprocating. Strang-
est OF all TO him, he found himself en-
joying the condition, especially each OPP
portunity to reciprocate.
He was conversing with a Brahmin
scholar. in Delhi, when the argument
turned upon the value Of men.
"Surely we are all but atoms" said
the pundit eve are aiding TO the ulti.
mate IL we make men happier and bet
ter, and we retard the progress Of
things when we wrong ourselves or
others. An atom Is OF value TO the ulti-
mate, and TO itself, only as II Is of value
to others, The men who built these
walls, thousands of years ago, aided TO
the ultimate. DO not you?"
81 hardly know" said Stanton. "Of
late / have been trying 10 follow vague
hints, at least, in that direction; and
confess IL i had known, long ago,
what was losing by not following them
before, / should not have lost so much"
Happiness is the highest state at
tainable," said the pundit. 1T is the
highest conception of which the mind Is
capable, and the time TO be happy Is
surely now. There is but one way TO
be happy and that is in making others
So"
Stanton grasped his companions
hand as he replied:
THAT is neither pagan nor Christian.
IL is simply Truth"
Even in the heart of Persia--even in
Bagdad-he found himself making
friends, approaching them, and panied
at parting. They were new and de-
lightful sensations. Even the pain was
n counter-irritant that served good
purpose.
In Bagdad he found young Persian,
Shiekali, educated in Europe, who met
him when the steamer arrived, warned
of his coming by friends in India. He
proved not only a most agreeable host,
but profound antiquary, who was just
pushing forward TO completion his dis
covery that the base of the great river
wall on the old Bagdad side of the IT,
girls river was laid of Babylonish brick.
One of these bricks was discovered
while Stanton was in Dagdad, bearing
the imprint of Nebuchadnezzar, prov
ing the city to be of far greaterantiquity
than modern historians lad been ready
to admit, and identifying il as the site
of the Bagdad mentioned in the Assy-
rian geographical catalogues Of the
days of Sardanapalus.
At first IL seemed OF little consequence
or interest to Stanton; but Shiekali had
a faculty of enriching a subject the mo-
ment he touched IL, and before he left
Bagdad Stanton was not only an en-
thusiastic admirer of the Persian and
his theories, but an ardent participant
in his researches.
what fabulous resources for enjoy
ment are within our reach in every di,
rection, If our eyes are only open to
theml" he exclaimed "And yet came
within hairs breadth OF living my life
out and dying in the theory that the
only interesting thing in the world was
question Of law"
At last he reached Jerusalem-poor
Jerusaleml when she was staggering
under the Christian orgies of Passion
Week.
II is pity TO see Jerusalem then, and
Stanton sat in silent disgust in the gal
lery of the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre, looking down upon. the mob OF
fanatics, and wishing himself back in
heathendom, when suddenly his
thoughts flew far away to his Office in
New York on that morning of Deem
Der 6.
He heard the voice OF his first caller,
speaking. He saw her eyes, bright,
flashing, beautiful.
He had thought about that day as
little as possible of late. 1t was by no
means forgotten, nor was his struggle
TO become worthy of the end in view one
whit abated, but thoughts of the past
still reused only the morbid sentiments
he was struggling to dispel.
Again and again he tried to put the
memory out of his mind, but he saw
only those eyes. lie moved restly, and
involuntarily looked across to the op-
posite gallery.
She was there.
Her arm rested on the rail, her cheek
on her hand. Her head was bent forward
as though she had been watching the
rioters, but her eyes-ns plainly as
though they two had been alone, he saw
that those beautiful eyes were fixed on
him. For the moment he could not
move. Then. either because she saw
that he was looking or because she did
not see him at all, her eyes turned
slowly TO the crowd below.
Instantly he rose, and as quickly as
possible made his way TO the opposite
gallery.
She was no longer there.
FRO DE Continued