Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-15
THE GUDED MAN
By CLIFFORD SMYTH
Again sajipona laughed.


Remember" she said. this is not Bogota.
out there 1t Is all very wonderful, very great.
You have the sky, the sun, the stars The
mountains stretch away as far as the eye
can see there are plains. cities; and there
are buildings greater than any we have here.
This Is toy world. you will say, even when
you think some things in II very wonderful.
But you do not guess the half OF what Is
here. In this world my people have lived In
secret for centuries. They have discovered
things that even the wsest of your people
know nothing of We have eyes that see
everything that happens in our world or
stone, eyes that pierce through the stones
themselves. / knew when you came into
our kingdom watched you when you passed
through the great gate where the others were
fighting But--you don't believe me. Come.
l will show you"
Sajipona gave her hand to the astonished
girl and the two stepped down from the
platform where they were standing and
made their way to the center of the court.
Here the great circle of light cast by the
ball of fire overhead cleaned at their feet
like an unruffied pool of sun-kissed water.
At the rim of this circle they halted. Sail
pona gently restraining her companion. who.
In her eagerness, would have passed On.
Look there on the floor" she said. "Your
eyes may not be as ours; perhaps you will
have to wait before yoai can see But II
will come-you will see."
Una remembered how she had hcard-and
laughed-of magicans who pretended to read
the future by gazing into a crystal globe.
The experiment to which she was now In
rited seemed like that only here II was ap-
parently huge mirror of reflected light that
she was told to watch, while word had
been said of finding therein a revelation of
things to come. Nor could she see anything
In this mirror at first Waves of light
tongues of leaping flame, passed over the
polished surface Of the metal, here darting
on In long zigzag streaks, there forming a
sort of pool Of molten, quivering fuores-
cence. as the physicists call It. varying in
size and color. then vanishing utterly Much
the same appearance Una remembered hav-
ing seen on the surface OF a copper kettle
when subjected to intense heat. But in this
case there was no perceptibe heat to ac-
count for the phenomenon. which was rather
electric in its fantastic weavings--a redupli-
cation, on gigantic scale of the wavering
finger of light that she had watched play.
with such fatal results. on her uncle's cleo
trio psychometer.
The resemblance. recognized with a shud-
der intensified hera4nterest The succession
of marves through which she had been pass
ing prepared her for anything. In her pre-
sent mood. nothing would have surprised her
What Is it? What is it?" she asked
eagerly.
Sajipona followed the twisting maze of fig
ures before them with unwonted anxiety. Her
usual calm demeanor was gone She ar pear
ed to be reading something the purport of
which was not at all to her liking.
Look !" she exclaimed. There he is They
have let him pass through the gate. He Is
coming here Anitoos men are with him."
To Una the words were meaningless. Yet
she knew that her companion was reading
or, rather. witnessing something that was
passing before her own eyes, and that hence
should have been quite as visible to her--if
only she had the clue. But this she did not
have She recognized the hint of danger She
knew that In some way Sajipona had caught
a glimpse of some one whom he counted an
enemy She felt that this persop>was in some
way connected with her own party: and then
the thought OF Raoul Arthur flashed across
her mind. at the same time that his veritable
image-so It seemed-stood forth in watering
lines of light at her feet.
''Save David from him ~ she cried in.
voluntarily.
You see him-you know him.
"He came in with us. He is there--looh /!
I don't know by what invisible power you
have conjured up this apparition, but 1t is
real He Ia the one man have feared-and
he Is coming here" .,- -.
CONTINUED TOMORROW