Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-19

Suddenly there arose q strange rafting.
e ErnuninE q timbars. TIE bishop ceased
readinE. People were rising % Their feet
The bulidinE was shifting. EwayipE. with a
aickerinr upward vibration, a. though IL
were being trotted On some Brobdlnruh-
Fian knee Barbara felt a quaim IKE the
FIRST touch q NAL Dc mer. "Ji-shini IL
shin rose the CRY. and there was a rush
for the open air In another moment she
found hernef out Of doors VIII the fright
ened crowd
u was her first experience Of earthuuslze
and ire terror had Erippsd her bodily. me
wet trees were waving 10 and FRO like ei-
eantic fairs. and a dun moan like an echo
in a subterranesn cavern seemed 70 Issue
frurn the very ground A section q the
thing aid from the chapel roof with q
crash. Rather severe that. for Tokyo"
suia the bishop at her elbow where he
stood calmly. watch IN hand .Alrnost
two minutes and vertical movement"
tive minutesF" she Easped- she had
thought II twenty.
The nauaentinE swing had ceased. buf IN
an instant win O. vicious wrench q began
EEnfn. The secondary nscInatiuna- ne
Eaid. 1T viii an be over In q"
A. be spoke. the air gwe1ed with a hot-
rihle. erunching, grinding roar. like the
compliant q a million r1ven fimbers.
Across the lane a sinister dust cloud
eprang into the air like monstrous hand
WIN spread fingers IT is one Of the
tenules!" said the bishop. and hurried with
the rest. Barbara following him
The paved yard was filling with a
fhrung AEitated priests and hcolytss ran
hither and thither and slate nolored nuns.
With ehaven heads and pale. frightened
faces. peered through the bamboo lattiess
q the uunnsry. The newer temple faced
the open space AZ usual. but across ihe
hedged garden no ornate roof now thrust
up its Tartar gables. Instead was q hnd-
de o. wreeEaEe. upon which lay the huge
roof crumpled and shattered. IKE the
fragments o. a gigantic mushroom. Prom
the tsngle projected beam ENDS, cooled
about with painted monsters. and here
Gnt there en- the cluttered debris lay great
hinges % unfamiliar deities. over all hung
fine yellow Gust choking and pen
etratine
What was under those ruinsg Barbara
shivered. she WIS quite unconscious Of
the mud and the pelting rain. The bishop
drew her under the temple porch and
they stood together watching the men nov
working with mat1ocks. saws and with
loose beams for levers. pryang up . cor
ner e the fallen roof II seemed an hour
they had stood there. when q priest. bare
headed, mis- robes Caked with mud csz1s
from the clustering crowd The bishop
questioned him IN japanese barbara
gpesHed from his face what the priesi
had answered she waited qulrerdnEly.
Through thB bishops mind swift
Thoughts were passing. he knew BIZ hear
say o. the rcclnses-lznew that he Was not
an Oriental He had 0ftsn seen the place
ard on the little gate Maker ~ Buddnh =
He had never passed II WITHOUT psnE
j seemed a sRtricsl derision % the hottest
IDEAL % the weEt-s type and sign Of re-
version. q sard0nic mockerv q the Creed
Of Chrfst He was q priest holding fhs
torch q the true Light 70 this alien pee
PIE and here. q dark shadow across IL
hriEhtness, had stood this deriEfve denial
Gct nov, perhaps. this man stood on ths
Threshold Of The hereaftsr-End he wa
man Of MS own race.
he turned 20 Barbara. wait here FOR
nae.' he said. Il am going IN. win CONS
back % you as soon as I can.