The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-03

over girl-some worthless woman
understand. It's in the America
People / guess it's case of profes
slonal rivalry which can drive his ca
harder and faster, and the man VIII
wins the Savannah race will natural,
be the hero in her eyes. No wonde
the poor fellow wants to get out o
the hospital in time for that event"
Just like Byzantine times" sale
Doctor Emmanuel; and then we knew
ne was riding his hobby again.
Doctor Emmanuel was telling me-
this afternoon that the Greeks in
vented automobile racing" l said, ma
Hciously. You referred, of course
doctor, to the fact that the Byzantines
were crazy over chariot racing, and
meant, I take it, that Harris and Nor
ton were once competitors in the stad.
ium for the laurel wreath and purse
Certainly" answered the little doc.
tor. nursing his knee. Nations are
reincarnated as well as individuals.
Just as ancient Greece, with her un-
paralleled painters, sculptors and
architects. was reborn as the Italy of
the middle ages, with Michaelangelo,
Rafael and Da Vinci. and Rome lives
again In England, SO America is
Romes mightiest offshot, Byzantium.
How can you doubt these parallels?
What were the Roman qualities?
Justice, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, a very poor
appreciation of the arts but an un-
equaled sense of law, which gave us
the foundations of every western sys-
tenn of Jurisprudence until the common
law of England spread through the
English-speaking world. Has any
country but England inherited the Ro-
man instinct for self-government?
And is the Englishman a member of
an artistic nation?"
WELL" said /, "but how about
America being Byzantium?"
Il am coming to that" the doctor
answered, letting his knee fall. Il
shall pass by the common social in
stincts of the two nations, their amaz-
Ingly similar love of luxury, and sup
port my case by a single parallel
What is it that unites every American
to his fellows on certain days of the
year in communion of passionate
scstacy?"
THE presidential election" said
Tarrant, laughingly.
"The Fourth of July" said I.
"Pshaw, gentlemen; guess again!"
Baseball" shouted the millionaire.
Yes, or, in its wider application,
port. You know, of course, that the
roman passion for games reached its
pothesis in Byzantium. At the chart |
It races the Greens and the Blues
ought and mauled one another as saw
gely as Orangemen and Hibernian
oday, or the hackers of opposing
aseball teams would wish to. Well.
entlemen, to cut this disquisition
hort, have discovered who Harris
nd Morton are"
The doctor rose and walked toward
ur hosts well-1lled library shelves,
hich were stocked with books of an
ent history and antiquities-his
obby. He took down a stout volume
ound in calfskin and turned the
ages until he found what he sought
@ seemed about to read it, but sud-
only replaced the volume on the
lelf. t
Show US, Emmanuel" pleaded Tar
mt.
mo. gentlemen; not until my faith
ls been indicated" the doctor an /
vered. 'But / will tell you. Harris
his last birth is named Hippias, and {
as the son Of Bithynian slave. {
orion was named Coluber, and was
SO slave. but in the palace of JUS I
lian. He was ski1ful charioteer,
d drove Empress Theodora's chart I
8 when she entered them In the t
ces. The men were rivals for the I
We of a beautiful slave OF the en- Q
ess named Iris"
And Iris is" /,
Mae Connolly, the woman in this G
Sc. Hers was the name that Harris n
lispered as he recovered conscious f
S." n
Do you claim, DOCTOR" said Tar 4
ut, that we must return to earth
go through the weary round of our Il
st lives, with all their sins and fail
even successes?" asked our r.
81, seriously. Il confess that that Ii
aspect is not an alluring one. I, for
ample, have not the slightest wish q
be millionaire a thousand or IF {"
N hundred years from now. C
uld like something different" n
Only when the past life has been
short without the fulfilment Of its n
'tiny," answered the doctor grave p
You told me once, / think" said
rant, that it was sometimes posi- w
to discover these lost secrets by w
,notism?" NJ
Yes, rarely. All dreams of an in "a
Sc nature, all the imaginings of de- w
UNI are usuaIlysa rejection of for w
T experiences sffoNs else should W
Sc thoughts come ITO one?'s al
But you did not hypnotize Harris?" pi
He was already hypnotized." th
How SOP
By the monotony of the race: by th
eternal spectacle Of the course. til
its everlasting single-hued track. in