Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-10

stone Vailed BON; with a stone altar at ,he
rsai; or ,hiS altar stood q squat figaro
fh n caeo "s sn; i Was an mas
ms.roe.
The cap,ain's Young crice glowed with
pleasure when her eyes fell the exquisite
u carved figure. ii became the desire Of her
heart and She hcrgec her husband g buy
u f'r hsi VI once he ietertnncd to get il.
sine here was chance to give his beloved
SOM definite Pref OF his longing = IL.
tho ricnes ct til, wcrld nj her feet
the altar. The oap,an offered him all the
doubling that the cupidity of the East would
gn, The huldha at once in his possession;
o-dsred iher angriy from the temple
,'hs cir cried little bit---hc heat. the
loneliness ane the disappointment made her
ne huslan@ c.uli no, bear her tears--he
~ .r nn MT VIA, could not he nur,
rnake one more effor, to buy the idol. That
m M, ne listed 'hs stone ,smals again; J;
ping candles. Ths same young priest was
tending the altar.
Eut MY anger met :he demands OF the
"Scrse@ EnFliishman,' who even in conGusst
priest was young and hot flooded Il, drew
knife and threatened the captain
Then The hct-blc odcd young En- lishmat,
,1rre his revolver from its holster in self
G"fense and in attempting TO strike the knife
from ;he priests had be nrough' down tho
neaNy butt on the Indians head. The priect
Tell senseless before the altar OF Budiha.
lie had cMenGea--and u nc purpose His
brides happiness WAS no nearer. Her 4.
sire was still unfulfillcd anG her husband. II
striking one I'rahrin before tie altar o
his gods. had the hatred OF the whole
3raEmn caste.
rhs young captain s,oopco owe, the
squat slack figure Of Euddha. in The HEX
cring light he almost fancied that II locked
at hum with ali evil grin.
All was quiet in The little stone temple OF
Huddha. BEFORE the desecratcd altar OF his
lrS cd so no
incense sent up gray spirals ST smoke.
The young, English captain sped home g
his beloved what she dcsired--and that was
the end Of the siorE ne thought,
silence in the Temple OF Duddha. And
then--pcrhars il was a vision OF the young
priests distorted mind perhaps the inyster.
which of the West under
stand-but suddenly queer radiance lit tho
upon 1t and then stepped slowly TO the
ground.
He lifted the knife which had tallen rom
the young priests nerveless hand and held
II out 20 his votary. Slowly the Brahmin
raised his head. took the knife and then the
vision OF Buddha faded from his eyes.
3ut the young priest knew his duty
Buddha must he avenged The god had given
his command.
the house 10 which he had followed the
mysterious East Indian he would have heard
the story OF the thcfi Of Buddha told by the
young priest himself
For Ali Jaibe!. Rajo Of Calcutta. was tho
priest, and Christopher Mckay the Fms lish-
man on whom Huddha had comma ndcd him
to take vengeance.
When Jimmy and .ound the deserted
house where. just that afternoon Mi had
told his followers the story which | have
written down Tor you--thc story Of the
stone God-it stood silent and forbiddng
with the unwinking GOODNESS OF exterior one
feels always IN empty houses
We found the door o?cn. quietly we crept
i'll through the dark entrance hall. Jimmy
led the way up narrow Digit OF stairs.
They seemed to crcak ana demonstrate with
us as We made our way up through the thick
pail Of darkness. Beneath door we saw
bctrayinG crack Of light. That must he
the meeting place OF the East Indians
a voice OF slow. musical cadence the
voice Of the East--Nas speaking From tho
heart OF the jungle. where the frs; chap
ter Nas written twenty-five years before. to
the heart OF Western Civilization, the sec
ond chapter OF the story OF the stone Gods
vengeance carried us. Here it Isl
teller Of the tale, had gone IN motor cab
TO house far out in the suburbs Ais
knife had made an orihcc between the win
dow and the frame. And then Ali himself
had pushed open the window and cntcre' the
house of his enemy--the house OF the desc
orator OF iiuddha's altar.
At one side of the room thcre was Ereal
vault. The man for whom they were waiting
came from beyond the inner doors. He
reached up and pushed the levers which held
them. Then he came out toward the room
his hands were empty--the. Iuddha was
hidden away.
Before he could close tho outer doors