Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-01
BY lElEEyS AND

ing been attracted my PROSTATE form 10y the
nutCrug Of her tavorC white pigeon She AT called
her husband and SON. who carried me in and laid me n
the where presently revived When could
speak they questioned me as TO my race and religion and
when explained that was actually searching FOR their
settlement that might become their disciple they were
with joy and surprises but before they would
admit member of their family and learner of
their mysteries 1 was obliged to through sort OF
novitiate, living months an almost solitary
life and submitting to hard and serious study, well
as to rules OF food drink sleep which fresh
from English luxury would have seemed extreme asccu
oism but which easily enough to me after my long
wanderings in the desert
Meanwhile I Zoe unveiled, and though 1
knew there young girls in the family saw none
of them The oriental rule Of seclusiou for women was
fun force and OF respected It absolutely But
at length period of probation was drawing to an end
and Zoes husband Philip. told that they would no
longer hold back from fun knowledge Of their mys
tercs If would take his daughter Rhoda for wife and
thus become the family; but ne added that 1t
their when marriage proposed for the
and maiden to meet once and converse as by this means
only could their mutual preference the reverse be
asceraincd and ne therefore invited to join them Ia
their evening meal that day
Now. though I had been taught discovered
the which had TO examine, perceptions
had grown much more acute during the months that
passed since Illness, and | could now see that the
faint luminosity I had noticed round zoe's form
produced by millions of tiny flashing out from her
in all directions and not only from her did these rays
proceed but also from Philip and their son and indeed
from with whom I convcrsed To my intense
JOY began TO be conscious that similar emitted
from myself and that was now never in the dark but
that beautiful radiance surrounded in the black
est night 1t when told Philip this one day that he
said probation and that only test
remained for 1t was to this test that must submit
that night
When [ entered the cavern where the simple meal
spread, Zoe led to her daughters side and
Rhoda for the first time
The old man passed his hands over his eyes as II
memory almost much them. Then he said
simply: To her to love her, whole soul
seemed to out to meet her was aware of flashing
from seeking for return from her but alas
those rays from her few and faint We said hut
little to each other she watched from under her
heavy eyeds. and then friendly spark seemed
heart and thrill through all my veins; but
realized moment that complete sympathy want
had failed in that last test and in bitterness Of
spirit withdrew that night to my solitary abode
Next morning Philip came to me. HIS face was grave
his voice useless at my SON. he
said Something stands between you and Rhoda Cues
your heart maybe forgotten but repcnted fault
your youth which the maid feels, though
do not But do not despair: you have conquered
you may yet win All day in gloomy thought and
last decided to to England and visit my father
Phnin approved of NV resolution and made my prepa-
ratons at My farewell with Zoe painful in the
extreme but she assured should come back and that
all would yet be well.
cannot describe you what / returning
to what is called civilization The dirt and notes.-the ter
time, filtered away useless struggles
after luxury amusoment-the awful between
rich and poor-thcse things affected almost beyond
endurance. But found my father needed me; he was
feeble and aing and remained with him till his death
In the end he said he forgave for the trouble and dis
appointment had caused him. and he spoke felt
Rhoda's eyes upon me- though many hundred miles
away and Immediately after the funeral l returned to
Arabia.
Rhoda had waited for There obsta
Gle marriage, complete initiation into the
mysteries of the learning of the light and lived
them for twenty that passed day Of
perfect happiness.
Then Rhoda died, and was obliged to wander once
1t has been my duty to travel the world
the last developments of science that
might them and If had anything to learn But
regards light know than those who have dis
covered radum and have the secret of the origin Of
Much have written in a book but this / will
say Matter begins and ends i'm light, and day the
world Will learn Eight alone worth seeking
the only be fully understood by the
in heart"
He smiled at young girl then rose, and swiftly
went down the stairs
him again
Next morning his cabin found empty. There was
a of him be discovered anywhere. The pas
songers said he and nid jumped overheard
i'm the night, but the wach certain that they would
have him II he mad deck The steward in
declared walking along the passage late
at night had noticed curious light the old
cabin. which startled him much he had almost
decided cali the captain but that when he looked again
all dark and he thought he mart have been mistaken
However that be, explanation of the stranger
disappearance discovered.
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