Marble Hill press., 1911-11-23


trious land OF youn IL Of interest 4
Americans, your religion. your pol
tics, your customs, your women. you
Jewels. your boundlcss wealth Every
thing you can tell me about India I
SURE TO inieres, our reAde.s"
II ! am 10 tell you everything
about India" said the sIaml. ~,
may As well make ourselves comfort
able"
lie signed 10 All again. and. risinl
With much dignity. he placed . ehAi
a, the disposal OF his visitor
The East 10 a pretty big subject,
said the Swami. and then he spen
many minutes sketehinG orientA
ways and thoughts for the entertain
ment OF HE visitor To follow hin
would be to rreapitula,s the historl
Of HindostAn from centuries beior'
the British invasion. when he hAt
finished. Briti knew enough about In
dia to oil the pages ot all the sundA,
papers oi New York but this WAs noI
shat the detective wanted
Your women evidently lesd a pre-,
~ secluded life" he said. but sup
pose they have their eompcnsAtioHs-
their music, embroidery. dslicaeic,
gems by the way. swami. jewels nE
urc largely in your religion. don
they.-
The same inscruiAhle gieam again
hieksred IN the sJes Of the scholar
1T would 10 diGeuli 10 mako you
understand IN shAi wsy they do" he
answered In the ordinary CON nSr
eisl sense they 30 not We of India
care less FOR the intrin'ie value o, the
beautiful !cWsl, Which you of the
West ehArAeieriIs - precious stones
They are precious 70 as, bu, Ia dif
isrcht uAy We love them .oT their
lovelincss not merely ior their bril-
liAEoe and cost To -. there 's q
world Of metaphysical meaning Ia the
lAmbcnt Elos q . ruby. OF the TN
prlsoned rainbow Of a diamond An
emerald TO W IL the spirit 0, the sea
tho splri, Of the ~A,sr Itself. iasi
As tho pearl suggests thA, other ~orld
on the floor o, the deep Jsuels. 40
Ne zee them. are tho erys,Aliitod sI.
preston o, tivine smotions mAmoads
are the teA's ~ nuddhA--pcaTls 30
many drops o, v,sdosn from bis iips.
ard sApphIrss tho heavenly AspirA.
,ions Of bis thoughts What 20 the
Oco'dsnt means proaI to We means
rocsry
Some - ycur ieuels are. dare
Say. = great deal more important thAE
others 'oT example. the koh!noor
Has ihA; no larger vAluS hAa the or
dlnArY stone IN year eyes
only 90 far as e Ia connected ~i,h
the traditions G. our 'Aiih.- sad the
swami ~uAmoads there are Ia In.
tiA, one hundred OF which ~ogle 40,
make q EohinooF. yet each a thou
sand times more precious to true 10
liovors Wars have been fought.
races sItsrniBa,sd iur gems lssb ecAa.
uiful than those which mAEy ot tho
minor women os yoGF public stage can
boast They have = meaning lmpos.
sible o, eomprchoaslou 10 The Western
miud"
Ard 60 Hindoos o, your generation
cot AA much store by that tort a
lhinE As pour ancestors tid - kskei
nritE
The faith ~ the East IL immat.
able" the swami reylicd "Ceutuf.cs
roll by. but ws change not Nations
have broken themselves 10 shfsds In
efforts TO shake the stability o. our
land and people What ~as traa be-
fore your prophct left the carpShter's
bench Is true to-day
New. DO you know" said nri,H. vi,
vacioualy. all this interests ms very
much. and wili make a cracking good
story for The Times Fancy = whole
pcople--ho~ many millions did yoa
ay'-so wrapped up In gems thai
would not all n showcase In \ Maiden
Lane iswelry shop, that they are wiii.
Ing to sacrifice their very lives for
them"
BriI threw ail his akin ~ que~-
toner into drawing from the Swami
descriptions OF the more famous jc~.
els OF India, deitly keeping the line
Of his interrogations on the suh.sc,
Of diamonds, The Hindoo. his entire
personality an eloquen, expression OF
the Incidence OF the East. Sas alike
laxurlant In his narghileh and in rem.
inlseenees OF the sacred gems tha, had
adorned the temples OF hIs faith from
Delhi TO Benares Slowly, dreamlly.
mysticaily. stories came from his lips
Of greed and pIety. deeds Of daring
and romance. stateeTRft and intrlxues.
until Britr became SO interested iha,
for time even his trained, ysgilant
mind lost sight OF the purpose that
had animated all his ac,ious since the
day he learned that the famous Mia.
sioner necklace vas missing
When the Fastener ended bis string
Of tales. many OF them repllcaa In
miniature OF the Arabian Nights and
of still more thrilling Oriental legends /
the Headquarters man had An ex. !