, 1904-08-10

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make the chair"
Haryey's voice was imperative. ors-
koff protested. but 1t was of no avail.
he tied the sleeves of their coats TO-
pether and formed what he called a
Russian field chair. The wounded man
was then picked up. and the three
started off.
''Tell me more about these monks.
said Harvey as they went along.
eThey are priests of the religion of
Buddha- Sakymuni. They are good and
holy men,"
"Haye not heard somewhere that
they are supposed to be gifted with the
power to f~oretell the future-a sort OF
second sight"
Eyes, they have magic sight"
Are the Zannucks believers In these
monks"
Eyes. all of them"
"How shall we know when we reach
this monastery"
"There is a light at the pool. II
can be bathed in the sacred pool OF
Batoola, | shall be cured"
"What pool is thatY
1.-THE life giving pool Of Batoola. 1t
is Just within the first gate. One who
battles in It is made holy and Is given
much power by the Dalai lama"
watch for the light. But the dawn
ID breaking; we shall Don be able to
zee for ourselves"
An hour later they saw the stone
walls of the lama monastery.
'"The first gate Is there" said the 30.
kharan, who proved to be a young,
handsome fellow and seemed inclined
to be friendly.
'How do we call them 7" asked Har-
yey as they reached the iron gate.
'There is a rope. Pull it, and a bell
will ring"
Harvey pulled a rope that dangled
from above, and inside a bell tolled
twice. Immediately the wicket of the
gate was opened.
"Who thus disturbs the peace of this
holy city," asked a voice.
The hooded face of a monk peered
out at them.
"a wounded soldier Of the ameer who
seeks thy help" answered the young
Bokllaran.
Enter"
The gate was opened. and the monk
walked away, leaving the three at the
edge of a large pool. Soon other monks
in their peculiar garb, wearing hoods
that hid their faces. came toward them,
and the wounded soldier was laid up
on a bed brought from the interior.
Another wall could be seen, and in
side of this was a large building.
HE shall be bathed in the pool BY
u brothers." said one of the priests.
1.-THE living waters of Batoola will
surely heal his wounds"
The gatekeeper went to lock the gate.
may, good father" said Harvey; 'do
not lock the gate. When we learn of
the effect of the bathing on our friend,
we will proceed upon our way"
An aged priest was coming toward
them, followed by several others. The
face of the old priest was kindly, and
as he examined the wounded man
Harvey watched him closely.
Hes my man." he said.
The old lama gave several orders
which his interiors put into execution
and then turned away. Harvey inter
cepted him
Holy one," he said as he walked by
the old priests side, may n WHIT
knows but little of thy race and reli
gion ask a BOOM
A men may come to us and learn
ut is not to learn, for there is not
time. | wish to do that which perhaps
Is not according to your laws. Not
far from here are wicked men, hun.
dreds of them, who have stolen two
young women n will perhaps harm
them II we cannot rescue them. Two
of us against SO many are powerless
but we could do something by strategy
If we wore the garb of your order.
have gold, and here-here is a watch
from faroff America, here is a dia.
mond ring from Paris; these will !
give to enrich thy temple for the use
of two such outfits of clothing as thy
people wear"
The old priest looked at him curl.
ously.
Inns iequebl never mas Deen made
before. | do not understand. Wouldst
thou seek to harm us by a wrongful
act?"
rs it wrongful to rescue young wo.
men from robbers?"
Nay, but the robe of a holy man
must not be soJled with blood"
Il promise that no stain of crime
snail rest upon it. If blood there is,
it shall be our own"
nh.