The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-17
CHAPTER X.-Continued.

Very briefly she explained that she
mad 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 n careful rtudy Of them and &c.
quaint her with the result later in Tho
day She thought It better. however,
that ! should call upon him for his
conclusions. she said as they would
probably he verbal. and she do1hted
her own ability to convey them 10 me
with entire accuracy or course she
mad told him nothing M TO the clrcum-
stances surrounding tho letters. As
they bore no dates. and were unad.
dressed, she had him to infer that
they were autographs curiosItIcs be-
longing 10 her uncle. In which We
were All three interested.
had met Professor Griffin on sew
eral occasions Once or twice he had
contributed articles to Tho Week, and
while we were scarcely intimate. we
were on terms Of friendly aCquaint.
ancoslIp H., was an oldlsh, white
haired gentleman Of rather the ascot.
Sc type, with long, somewhat peaked
face, and light wafery blue eyes,
which fccmcd to bulge behind the
strong lenses Of his gold.howed spec.
taclcs
lie received mo I'm hts study. q spa
cIou4. boullincd room on the second
foor OF his old Colonial stone house.
q have been deeply Interested, Mr.
clyde" BE began, in the autographs
and COPIES which Miss Grayson
BROUGHT TO me They are unique spccI-
mems OF English composition. in that
the Oriental influence IS 80 clearly
demonstrated throughout Do you,
by any chance. know where MIR. Cam.
sron obtained them"
was hardly prepared for this CUES.
zion. but | answered as promptly as
possible that they had recently come
into my friends possession. | be.
iieved. but from Just what source l
had not learned
Tho three sheets lay before him on
che writing shelf OF his old,fashioned
mahogany secretary; and now he took
up one OF the copies, holding It at
some distance from his eyes, as
though his glasses, thick as they were,
were not as powerful as his sight re.
CURED
The three writings" he went on.
in the tone OF Il classroom lecturer.
evidently form a series, of which. |
take IT, this is the first"
THE one which says. Take warning
OF what shall happen on the seventh
day" | Queried
YES That is the first. The other
Of the copies, in which occurs the
phrase once more, lie. OF course, the
second And the original autograph
Is the last"
2 Exactly" | agreed. II seemed to
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 be
wrought upon you That is a quota.
lion"
"A quotation" | exclaimed. In sur.
prise
"A quotation from Mencius, the
great expositor OF Confucius. who
lived Il. c. 372 to 2S9. In the origl.
nal. q word meaning Beware pre-
cedes the warning. and more literal
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
dsabused me.
"Tae supposition that the words are
paraphrase of Mencius," he OK.
planned, would not be tenable, per
hgps--the idea is not anomalous
Sers It not that we Hnd running