The Washington times., 1905-10-29
CHAPTER I-(Continued).

VIM Il LIN NNOANAHoS4Is
your blood, Why your blood. Hor-
ace?'
Because that road is broad and two
can travel it. We have lived long years
together and together endured much; 1
am not minded that we should separate
at the last.
Then the tables were turned and he
piled me with my own arguments, but /
would not be moved.
IF you go l follow" l said.
So Leo gave way. We'll" he ex-
claimed. suddenly. II promise you it
shall not be tonight Let us give Life
another chance"
Good" / answered; but I went TO
my bed full OF fear. For 1 was sure
that this desire of death. having once
taken hold of him. would grow and
grow. until at length il became too
strong, and then-then should oe
drawn through the same evil gate. 1
threw out my soul toward that of he-
who was departed.
-Ayesha,' / cried in my bitterness,
''if you have any power. If in any way
ii is permitted show that you still live,
and save us from this sin. Have pity
on his sorrow and breathe hope into his
heart. for without hope he cannot live,
ana WITHOUT MN Il i've. l0en,
worn out slept
was aroused by the voice OF Leo
speaking TO me in low. excited tones.
Horace" he said. Horace, my friend,
my father. listen,''
In an instant l was wide awake. every
nerve and fiber of me- for the tones Of
his voice told me that something had
happened which bore upon our destinies
Let me light a candle first" l said.
Never mind the candle Horace; ]
would rather speak in the dark l went
to sleep. and 1 dreamed the most vivid
dream that ever came to me. seemed
TO stand under the vault of heaven; II
was black, black, not star shone in it,
and great loneliness possessed me
Then suddenly high up in the vault,
miles and miles away 1 saw a little
light. and thought that a planet had
appeared to keep me company. The
light began to descend slowly, like a
floating fake of fire. Down it sank, and
down ard down. till it was but just
above me. and 1 perceived that il was
shaped like tongue or fan OF flame AT
the height of my head from the ground
ii stopped and stood steady. and by its
ghostly radiance l saw that beneath
was the shape of woman, and that
radiance gathered strength and now ]
saw the woman.
Horace il was Ayesha herself. hel
eyes, her lovely fac her cloudy hair
and she looked at me sadly. reproach
fully. / thought. as one might who says
Why did you doubt?'
II tried TO speak TO her, but my lips
were dumb. l tried to advance and EN-
brace her; my arms would not move
There was a barrier between US. Sh,
lifted her hand and beckoned as though
bidding me TO follow her.
Then she glided away, and, Horace
my spirit seemed to loose itself from tn,
body and to be given the power to fol
low. We passed eastward, over lands
and seas. and-I knew the road. A
one point she paused and L looked
downward. Beneath, shining in tn
moonlight. appeared the ruined palaces
OF Kor. and there, not far away, wa
the gulf we trod together
ACROSS the sea again, across ~
sandy deserts. across more sea, and tn
shores OF India lay beneath us. Thel
northward. ever northward. above tn
plains. until we reached = place of noun
tains capped with eternal snow. w
passed them and stayed a while abov
a building set upon the brow OF a preci
pice. IT was a monastery. for old monk
droned prayers upon its terrace. shal
know IL again. for II is built in the shap
OF half moon, and in front OF II is tn
gigIntic, ruined statue of god VIII
gazes eternaliy across the desert
knew, how j cannot say, that now W
were far past the furthest borders {
Tibet and that in front OF us lay ur
trodden lands. More mountains stretche
beyond that desert, n sea of snow
peaks. hundreds and hundreds OF then
Near to the monastery, jutting out In
to the plain like some rocky headlanS
rose solitary hill. higher than all be
hind We stood upon its snowy cres
and waited. till presently, across III
mountains and the desert at our fee