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is mine. and, therefore, We viii tread q
gentler path"
And how wilt thou persuade the kings
of the earth to place their crowns upon
thy head?" I asked. astonished-
by causing their peoples TO offer them
to US" she answered. suavely- 'Oh.
Holly. Holly, how narrow is thy mind,
how strained the quality OF thine imagi-
nation. Set it's poor gates ajar, 1 pray.
and bethink thee. When we appear
among men. scattering gold 10 satisfy
their want, clad in terrifying power, IN
dazzling beauty. and in immortality Of
days, will they not cry: BE ye our mon
archs and rule over US
Perhaps" I answered, dubiously, "but
where wilt thou APPEAR
She took map OF the eastern hemi-
sphere which 1 had drawn, and, placing
her fingers upon Peking, said:
There is the place that shall be our
home for some few centuries, say three,
or five, OF seven. should it take so long
to shape this people to my liking ana
our purposes. / have chosen these Chi
nese because thou tellest me that their
numbers are uncountable: that they are
brave, subtle, and patient, and, though
now powerless because iil-ruled and I'M
taught able with their multitudes TO
flood the little Western nations. There
fore, among them We viii begin our
reign. and for some few ages be at rest
while they learn wisdom from US, and
thou. nay Holly, maksst their armies I'M
conquerabie and givest their land good
government. wealth, peace, and a new
religion"
What the new religion was TO be ]
did not ask. II seemed unnecessary
since / was convinced that IN practice
il would prove ii form of Ayesha-wor-
ship Indeed. my mind was so occu'
pied with conjectures. some of then
quaint and absurd enough, as TO VIVA
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tai vision 70 others. although to help
him in any predicament she appeared 10
have no power, which. Of course, ac-
counted for the hideous and ever-pres-
ent might of her anxiety.
Think what it would be TO any one OF
us were we mysteriously acquainted
with every open danger. every risk OF
sickness every secret peril through
which our best-beloved must pass. To
see the rock trembling 10 its fail and
they lettering beneath it; to see them
drink of water and know IL full OF foul
est poison; TO see them embark upon
a ship and be aware that il was doomed
10 sink, but not 10 be able TO warn them
or 10 prevent them. Surely no mortal
brain could endure such constant ter
rors, since hour by hour the arrows Of
death fit unseen and unheard past the
breasts of each of us, till a. length one
finds its home there.
What then, must Ayesha have suffer
ed watching with her spirits eyes all
the hairbreadth escapes of our journey
ings? When. for instance, in the be-
ginning she saw Leo al nv house in
Cumberland about TO kill himself in his
madness and despair, and by some
mighty effort of her superhuman will.
wrung from whatever power it was that
held her in its fearful thraldom, the
strength 10 hurl her soul across the
world and thereby in his sleep reveal to
him the secret of the hiding place where
he would find her.
Or 10 take one more example out of
many-when she saw him hanging BY
that slender thread of yak's hide from
the face of the waterfall of ice and her
self remained unable to save him. or
even TO look forward for a single mo-
ment and learn whether or no he was
about to meet hideous death, in which
event she must live on alone until in
some dim age he was born again.
Nor can her sorrows have ended with
these more material fears. since others
as piercing must have haunted her. I'm
agine for instance, the agonies of her
jealous heart when she knew her lover
10 he exposed to the temptations Incl
dent to his solitary existence, and more
especially to those OF her ancient rival,
Atene. who, by Ayesha's own account.
had once been his wife Imagine, also,
her fears lest time and human change
should do their natural work on him,
so that by degrees the memory of her
wisdom and her strength. and the image
of her loveliness, faded from his thought,
end with them his desire for her COM
pany: thus leaving her who had endured
so long. forgotten and alone at last.
Truly, the power that limited our per-
captions did so in purest mercy, for
were it otherwise with US, our race
would go mad and perish raving in its
terrors.
Thus it would seem that Ayesha, great
tormented soul, thinking to win life and
love eternal and most glorious, was in
truth but another blind Pandora From
her stolen casket of beauty and super
human power had leaped into her bosom,
there to dwell increasingly. a hundred
torturing demons. OF whose wings mere
mortal kind do not but feel the far-off.
icy shadowing.
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power to follow its growth and activi-
ties. certainly it was one of which she
made no use. In practice her knowl-
edge seemed to be confined TO what she
had gathered during the few brief talks
which took place between us upon this
subject in past time at Kor. No, her
thirst for information was Unsuitable
although it is true that ours was scarce
ly up to date, seeing that ever since we
lost touch with the civilized peoples,
namtly. for the last fifteen years or so.
we had been as much buried as sine was
herself
Still, we were able to describe to her
the condition Of the nations and their
affairs as they We're at the period when
we babe them farewell. and, more or
less incorrectly, TO draw maps of vari-
Gus countries and their boundaries, over
which she pondered long.
The Chinese were the people in whom
she proved TO be most interested, per-
haps because she was acquainted with
the Monaghan type. and. like ourselves.
understood a good many of their dia-
lects. Also she had a motive for he-
studies, which one night she reveal. /
to us in the most matter-of-fact fash
ion.
Those who have read the first part
of her history, which 1 left in England
10 be published. may remember that
when we found her at KOr, she horrified
as by expressing determination to
possess herself of Great Britain, for the
simple reason that We belonged to that
country. Now, however. like her pow
ers, her ideas had grown, for she pur-
posed 10 make Leo the absolute mon-
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Ayesha's Alchemy.

II was shortly after this incident Of
the snow leopard that one OF these de-
mon familiars Of Ayesha's. her infinite
ambition, made its formidable appear
ance. When we had dined with her in
the evening. Ayesha's habit was 10 dis
cuss plans for our mighty and unend-
ing future. that awful inheritance which
she had promised TO us.
Here I must explain, if I have not
done so already. that she had graciously
informed me that. Notwithstanding my
refusal in past years OF such a priceless
opportunity, / also was 10 be allowed
10 battle my superannuated self in the
vital fires, though In what guise 1
should emerge from them. like HerOdo-
tus when he treats OF the mysteries of
old Egypt, If she knew, she did not
think Il lawful 10 reveal.
Secrecy l hoped that my outward
man might change for the better. as
the prospect Of being fixed forever in
the shape OF my present and somewhat
unpleasing personality, did not appeal
10 me as attractive. In truth, so far as
1 was concerned, the matter had an
academic rather than ar actual interest,
such as We take in a fairy tale. since
did not believe that / should ever put
on this kind Of immortality. Nor.
may add now. as before. was 1 at all
certain that 1 wished TO do so.
These plans OF Ayesha's were far
reaching ard indeed terrific. Her ac-
quaintance with the modern wOrld-its
political and social developments-was
still strictly limited; for If she had the
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would happen az the first meeting be-
tween Ayesha and the Empress Dow
ager of China-a lady OF whose char
acter and ambitions I had heard much
in Tibet-that I forgot this subsidiary
development of our future rule.
And if the little western nations
viii not wait TO be foOded?' suggested
Leo. If they combine with Russia. for
instance-tn whose territory we may be
at this moment for aught I know-and
attack thee hrst?''
All she said, with a flush OF her
eyes. Il have thought OF it. and for
my part hope hat il Will chance, since
then thou canst not blame me il ! put
out my strength. Oh! then the East
that has slept so long. shall awake
shall awake and upon battlefield AFTER
battlefield such as history cannot tell OF.
thou shalt see my flaming standards
sweep on to victory. one by one thou
shalt see the nations fall and perish,
until at length ! build thee a throne
upOn the Iacatombs of their countless
dead and crown thee emperor of a world
regenerate in blood and fire"
Leo. whom this new gospel or regen-
Grafton seemed TO appan, who was, III
fact. a Ia er OF absolute monarchles
and somewhat republican in his views
and sympathies, continued the arGu-
ment. but I took no further heed The
thing was grotesque in its tremendous
and fantastic absurdity; Ayesha' ; ambl-
lions were such as 10 tmperial-minded
mailman could conceive
Yet-here came the rub had not
the slightest doubt but that she was
well able 10 put them into practice and
rafa ord
awful conclusion. Why not? Death
could not touch her; she had triumphed
over death Her beauty and her reck-
less will would compel the hosts of men
10 follow her Her piercing intelligence
would enable ler to invent new weap-
ons with which the most highly trained
army could not possibly compete. In
deed, it might be as she said, and as
l. for one. believed, with good reason
as it proved that she held at her com
mand the elemental forces OF nature.
such as those that lie hid in electricity.
which would give all living beings TO
her for prey.
Ayesha was still woman enough to
have worldly ambitions, and the most
dread circumstance about her superhu-
man powers was that they appeared to
be unrestrained by any responsibility to
God or man. She was as we might
well imagine fallen angel 10 be. II in
deed, as she herself once limited, ana
as Atene and the old Shaman believed,
this were not her true place In creation.
BY only two things that | was able to
discover could she be moved-her love
for Leo and, in a very small degree, her
friendship for myself.
Yet her devouring passion for this
one man. inexplicable in its endurance
and intensity. would, l felt sure even
then, in the future as in the past, prove
TO be her heel of Achilles. When Aye
sha was dipped in the waters of Do
minion and Deathlessness. this human
love left her heart mortal. that through
it she might be rendered harmless as
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And how asked Leo. with some
thing like a groan-for this vision of
universal rule viewed from afar did not
seem to charm him-"how, Ayesha. wilt
thou bring these things about?'
How, my Leo? Why, easily enough
For many nights / have listened to the
wise discourses of our Holly here. at
least he thinks them wise who still has
so much to learn, and pored over his
crooked maps. comparing them with
those that are written IN my memory.
who of late have had ne time for the
study of such little matters. Also ] have
weighed and pondered your reports Of
the races of this world; their various
follies, their futile struggling for wealth
and small supremacies, and l have de-
termined that ii would be wise and kind
to weld them to one whole, setting our
selves at the head of them to direct their
destinies, and cause wars, sickness and
poverty To cease. so that these crea-
lures of a little -"ephemerdiae'
was the word she used-"may live happy
from the cradle to the grave.
Now, We're il not because of thy
strange shrinking from bioodshed, how
ever polite and needful-for, my Leo,
as yet thou art no true philosopher-ths
We're quickly done. since I can command
weapon which would crush their
armies and whelm their navies in the
deep; YES. I. whom even the lightning's
and natures elemental powers must
obey. But thou shrinkest from the sight
of death. and thou believest that Heaven
would be displeased because make my
self--or am chosen-the instrument of
Heaven. Well - lek it bA for thy will
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Yes; and that the parallel might be
complete, hope alone stin fingered in
that ri1ed chest.
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To Be Continued Next Sunday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
WILL Is VALID.
That OF Late Allen G. Campbell so
Held by California Supreme Court

BY decision OF the supreme court
Of California, just handed down, the
will OF the late Allen G. Campbell is
held 70 be valid, and lage increase in
her bequest which Mrs. Campbell sue
ceeded in securing by a decision set
ting aside some OF the provisions of
the will, revert to the original bene-
ficiaries.
The decision recalls an interesting
episode In Utah history, When Mr..
Campbell died about five years ago,
his estate was admitted TO probate in
this state. Then came the sensational
marriage of Mrs. Campbell In Cali
fornia, the groom being hotel boy
named O'Kelly
This was followed by demand that
the will be probated in California IN
stead of Salt Lake, on the ground that
Mr.. Campbell had died there as that
was consequently his domicile at the
time of death.
Under decision of the district court
In California where the Will was taken
for probate, Mrs Campbell had certain
provisions so constructed as to give her
a largely increased bequest. at the ex-
pense Of Charles Rufus Campbell, one
OF the legates. An appeal was taken
by Campbell to the supreme court OF
California, where a decision has been
rendered reversing the lowr court and
restoring Mr.. Campbell to the bequest
provided for him In the original docu-
ment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
"HUGLESS" DANCING,
"WATERLESS" SWIMMING

Chicago. Dec. 22.--"Hugless" dancing
and ''waterless' swimming are to be
taught In the Chicago public schools.
The go pupils Will balance forward
and back, trip through the steps OF the
stately mazurka. glide gracefully into
waltzes and two-steps, trip through
pokas, or dash over the floor In ar
old-fashioned gallop. But they will
trip, glide and dash alone. No youth
full arm will be allowed to belt the
grlish waist, and they won't even
know that they are dancing, because
In the curriculum the "hugless" dancing
Is catalogued as fancy steps"
AS for the swimming" the pupils
will be allowed to hang themselves
from flying hickory rings and 10
through the motions OF swimming In
midair.
beginning with the opening OF the
public schools for the winter term OH
Jan. 2, the course of study is to be en-
rlched by the introduction Of the hug
less" dancing and the "waterless'
swimming
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
/. G. WILLIAMS ON
COAL SITUATION

General Manager II. @. Williams OF
umbrage at statement that has ap-
peared In print to the effect that $50
cars OF coal were on the sidlngs OF the
Rio Grande between Tucker and SOL
der Summit and intimatlng that this
coal was held for the purpose OF dis
tressng the general public and to ad-
vertise an impression that the federal
Investigation OF alleged land frauds Is
responsible for the shortage in Salt
Lake City and elsewhere.
The statement attributed 10 Lyman
X. Martlneau and John Q. Critchow
originally appeared In a morning paper.
THE statement Is an unjust !nsinua-
ton In the face OF the pending suits
and Is untrue as 70 facts and motive"
said Mr.. Williams this moring. MY
attention was drawn to II on my return
from Denver. / wish to say In the first
place II would be impossible to crowd
$50 loaded cars OF coal under present
conditions on the sidings between the
points named. But for tho sake OF ar
Bument, surprising u were true, tne
fact that $50 carloads OF coa were on
the sidings does not mean anything
because the daily output OF our mines
Is an average OF 200 carloads OF coal,
with 10 to 80 carloads OF coke II takes
from two to three days for these com
signments to get TO their destination In
Utah and consequently there are all
the time from 400 to 500 carloads OF coal
In transit. The output OF the Utah Fuel
company's mines m Utah Is almost en-
tirely consumed In Utah, with the pos.
sible exception OF four cars a day that
so TO Nevada 10 relieve the situation
and little coal used by the Salt Lake
Route In Nevada.
I'VE are doing all we can to load and
move coal. The mines OF the Utah Fuel
company have for long time past
been, and are now being worked to
their full capacity and every effort has
been exorted by both the fuel and
railway companies to move the coal
mined with all possible speed. While
the threatened policies OF the govern
ment may have some effect IN retarding
the development OF new mines necessary
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
ELECTRICAL MARvELs.
They Will be Dealt With In Mutual
Improvement Lecture Tonight

The wizard features Of electricity will
be handled tonight in Barratt hall, as
the third number of the Mutual I'M
proyement series. Under the title OF
''In the Year 1000" an expert demon
strator will show some OF the recently
discovered marves of electrical dis
covery. Many OF the features shown
were prepared under the personal SUI
porvislon Of Lord Kelvin, Signor Mar
conf, and Sir William Crookes, all of
whom are noted In the field of electrical
discovery The demonstration and lee
ture attempts TO look ahead as far as
present electrical promises viii Justify,
and to show what will probably come
true, because II must, and not because
il has merely been dreamed Of
From press reports 1t would seem that
the demonstrations are numerous, en-
pertaining. and rapidly done without
any tiresome waits. The apparatus and
the demonstrator arrived In Salt Lake
this morning. according to information
given out at the Lyceum bureau
through whom he was engaged, so that
here Is no prospect of his being de-
layed on account of late train.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
WHERE THE p. q /. N. COMES IN.
New Move of The O. Il. & n. Surveyors
Running Line South.

A corps of oregon Railroad & Navi-
cation surveyors IN the employ OF the
Hartman interests Is now said TO be
engaged in running a line In north
western Idaho. In this connection the
Lewiston Tribune says
The past few days have brought to
light facts relative to the work OF
railroad surveying crews which go a
long way to substantiate the report
circulated at the time the o. X. a. N.
surveyors started operations along
the upper Clearwater that the COM
pany was engaged In completing sur
veys for north and south Idaho rail-
road, and that conditions point clearly
TO the fact that all is not friendliness
between the Northern Pacific and o. X.
& n. IN this field.
Information reached the city yester-
day that the o. II. 4 n. crew who
started work at Spaulding and who
recently moved camp 10 a point near
Ahsahka. viii continue their line to
Peck where II viii tie on to the SUR
vey run by another crew from Peck
to Kamiah. The information secured
also shows that the crew which has
been working at Kamiah has started
the line toward Camas prairie and II
Is understood VIII utilize the LAWYER
Canyon road, Upon reaching the
prairie the survey Is TO be continued
TO connection with the Z. a |. n. sur
vey, the preliminary OF which was COM
pleted last summer. The crews will
be In the field the entire winter and
the engineers continue 20 do the most
thorough work on all sections OF the
line being run, this fact indicating that
the survey now being made Is to be
permanent one. The work is being
done under the direction of Engineer
s. A. Cobb of Portland. who is with
one OF the parties.
The new developments, relative to
the o. X, 4 ". work, II Is believed ac-
count for the revival OF active work on
the part of the Northern Pacific on the
south bank OF the Snake river below
lewiston Ii will be recalled that
short time ago, after recalling the
crews, the Northern Pacific again
placed the surveyors In the field and
the work Of appropriating the south
bank Is progressing with energy. IL
an issue has again arisen between the
roads, II In apparent that II IN to be
fought out on the old lines which In
volve the O. II, Il n. entering the Clear
water country on an independent basis
while the Northern Pacific will seek
an Independent outlet down the south
bank.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
HERE FOR CHRISTMAS.
j. Reuben Clark Returns From Colum.
bia Varsity Law School.

]. Reuben Clark, young Salt Laker
who left three years ago to attend the
Columbian university law school, is in
Salt Lake for the Christmas holidays
Mr.. Clark graduated from Columbia
last spring, and has since been retained
as an attorney in the office of the SOL
tcitor of the state department. The
chief Of the Office IL James b. Scott, a
former teacher, and its duties are nrin-
cipally to decide questions of I ate
law connected with the rights of Amer
lean citizens in other countries.
Mr.. Clark Is due at his post soon
after the new year Mrs. CLARK, who
is daughter of c. II. Savage, will re-
turn with him. She has been here
since June visiting with friends.
Before leaving for Columbia MIR,
Clark was q student at the University
of Utah. He was editor OF the "Chron-
icle" in 1878 and graduated with the
class of 1913. For time after that he
served as principal OF the Branch Nor
NAL school at Cedar City, before de-
Gliding to go into the law profession.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
FINE DECORATION
IN TABERNACLE
Building Will Present Striking Ap.
pearance at Services Sum-
day and Christmas.
WILL BE DISTINCT MEETING.
Special Speaking and Music Programs
For Both Sabbath and Christ
mas Day Exercises.

The elaborate and beautiful decora-
lions that are being placed In the in
terror Of the Tabernacle are transform
ing II into scene that will be very
striking to say the least. A small army
OF workers are making 1t bright with
the spirit Of the holidays, and when
the services begin there tomorrow at
o'clock, there viii be n pleasant sur
prise In store for all who attend. There
viii be special speaking and tho Savior
and the Prophet Joseph whose anniver-
sary II will be tomorrow win furnish
the principal themes. Those who will
speak are Elders Nephi l.. Morris,
James r. Talmage and President JOS
eph f. Smith.
| The meeting will be under the aus
pices OF the four city stakes.
On Tuesday, Christmas. another pro-
gram OF interest will be given in the
same building under the auspices Of the
First presidency. On that occasion
Elder o. +, Whitney Will address those
who attend His subject will be
christmas Thoughts" The respective
programs follow:
SUNDAY, Q p. NJ.
!. Organ prelude Prof. ]. j. Mcclellan
2. Hymn. Jesus Once OF Humble
BIRTH" .......... Tabernacle Choir
3. Prayer
4. Anthem, Gospel Restoration.
.........,......... Tabernacle Choir
8. Remarks, Jesus the Christ" :.
...........,. Elder Nephi L. Morris
8. Remarks, 1.-THE Prophet Joseph
smith Elder James T.. Talmage
7. Solo. THE Seer" ....,,,...........
........,.......... Prof. Charles Kent
s. Remarks. President Joseph +. Smith
O. Chorus, "Hallelujah,' ...,......,.
.........,..,.... Tabernacle Choir
10. Benediction and postlude.
TUESDAY (cHRIsTMAs) IL A. NJ.
1. Prelude to "Lohengrin" -. =. Wagner
q Tenor solo III, With All Your
Hearts," from Elijah ........
.................. Mr.. Fred Graham
3. (a) I'm Paradise ............ Dubois
CD Passionate" .............L emare
(c) Ole Melody Arr. by Performer
4. Baritone solo. Jesus Of Nazareth"
.............,.....,. Bruneau
Mr.. John Robinson.
g. Male quartette .....,.....,.......
Messrs. Whitney. Piper, Spencer
and Ensign.
g. The famous Largo ............ Handel
Z. christmas Thoughts" ........
....,.... Elder Orson F. Whitney
8. Pilgrims Chorus from Tam
hauser '....,'.,,,,.,,..,,. Wagner
The organ selections will be rendered
by j. j. Mcclellan, Tabernacle organist.
Everybody cordially invited to at
tend.