The Forrest City times., 1913-04-18
CHAPTER X.-Continued.

Very briefly she explained that she had seen the professor that morning. and had laid before him the original letter and my copies of the others, and that he had kindly promised to make careful ctudy of them and ac- quaint her with the result later in the day. She thought 1t better, however, that l should call upon him for his conclusions, she said, as they would probably be verbal, and she doubted her own ability to convey them to me with entire accuracy. Of course she had told him nothing as to the circum- stances surrounding the letters. As they bore no dates, and were unad- dressed. she had him to infer that they were autographic curiosties be- longing to her uncle, in which we were all three interested.
 l had met Professor Griffin on sev- eral occasions, Once or twice he had contributed articles to The Week, and while we were scarcely intimate, we were on terms of friendly acQuaint- anceship. He was an oldish, white haired gentleman, of rather the ascot ic type, with long. somewhat peaked face. and light. watery blue eyes which seemed to bulge behind the strong lenses of his gold-bowed spec facles.
 He received me in his study, a spa. efous, book-lined room on the second floor of his old Colonial stone house,
 "I have been deeply interested. MT Clyde" he began, "in the autographs and copies which Miss Grayson brought to me. They are unique speci- mems of English composition. in that the Oriental influence Is so clearly demonstrated throughout. Do you by any chance, know where MT Cam sron obtained them?"
 was hardly prepared for this ques uon, but I answered as promptly as possible that they had recently come into my friends possession, be heved. but from just what source had not learned.
 The three sheets lay before him or Che writing-shelf of his shione6 mahogany secretary; and now he took up one of the copies. holding 1t al some distance from his eyes. as though his glasses, thick as they were were not as powerful as his sight re Quired.
 The three writings" he went on in the tone of s classroom lecturer ~svidently form series, of which, take 1t, this is the first"
 The one which says, Take warning of what shall happen on the seventh day'?" l queried.
 Yes. That is the first. The other of the copies. in which occurs the phrase once more is. of course, the second. And the original autograph 1s the last"
 Exactly" I agreed It seemed tc me that all this was very obvious, but in courtesy could not say so.
 "All three" he continued sagely "begin, as you must have observed with the same sentence, That which you have wrought shall In turn bt wrought upon you That is a quota tion"
 "A quotation!" exclaimed, in sur prise.
 "A quotation from MencIus, tho great expositor of Confucius, who lived B. c. 372 to 2S9. In the origi mai, a word meaning Beware pre- cedes the warning. and a more litera translation of the passage would be Beware! What proceeds from you will return to you again
 It seemed to me this was taking a great deal for granted. feared that the professor. like many savants who specialize, was straining the fact to nt his theory. but he very promptly 6isabused me.
 The supposition that the words are 6 paraphrase of Mencius," he ex. plained. would not be tenable, Der. haps--the idea Is not anomalous yers tt not that we find running