Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-26
Copyright, 1918. bv Eoni & LircrDlt Inc. NcD
York.
CHAPTER XXII-l lContinucd)

CHAfl tR AAll-t Continued
TNHEN, there was the case of n man who
i had grown tired of his wife, and who had
outraged the sense of the community by lea'-
ing her. He was captured and placed in a
bath of green light.
In very short time he got over his row
ing propensites and became so persistent III
his attentions to his wife that, in order to
give her some peace. he was put into an
other bath having a . slightly ncutrauzing
effect the first. or green bath. Thus, the
marital troubles O: this couple were COM
pletely and finally Strengthened out and thtE
lived amicably together without the trcsome
intervention of mutual friends, or of the law
courts.
The Interesting possibilities of this color
theory in penougy and in the regulation OF
domestic affairs did not escape leighton.
He had himself believed that in the latest
discoveries in physics there might be fouhd Il
connecting link between the science OF mat
ter and the science Of mind HIS haturai
skepticism. however. did not allow him to ac-
ccpt too readily all of Sajipona's amazing
statements He doubted her real knowledge
of these abstruse subjects. She spoke OF
these matters. indeed. crudely. not with inc
familiarity as to detail of Il trained sciehtiSl.
What she said had all the simplicity, ana
much of the fantastic absuriity, or tairE
tale But beneath its extravaganza mere was
enough substance to her story, ana the
theory upon which it was based, 10 inithe
il worthy a scientists consideration. FOR one
thing it changed completely the not!on
Leighton had already formed of th!s SUD
,erranean world The story. for instance, or
the cbastened millionaire took into account
complex social system mat Eas u.'erIS
unthinllable in n region so connhco TERRI
torially so limited. by reason OF It's pecu'iar
situation as regards human activity, as tnis
,o-c.I,ed Land of the Condor. The inhabi-
,ants of the cave from what he had seen OF
them-in the struggling village they nau
passed through with Narra. ana among the
followers of Raoul--gave no INDICATION oi Il
culture superior to that shown by people JUST
emerging from savagery. These caNemeh'
cor, ainly had not reached that stage OF en-
,irhtenment from which is developed the
millionaire capitalist of whose interesting
adventures In monopoly Sajpona mad toid
them. In the ill-fated Antoo. however, ana
his men, and in the people surrounding SAIL
mona there was evidence OF social ana mem
t.I superiority The two men who served as
the oueen's amba ssadors in the garden. and
who were distinguished from the rest by
their red robes. belonged either to priest
hood or to some order that placed then IN
tellectually above the common rank ihey
were undoubtedly learned far beyond the In
dian average One Of them. indeed, was with
Sa iipona in the court, and prompted her
more than once during her explanation OF
the radium sun and its uses. lie spoke IN
a low voice. and in language uninteiiigioie
fuency of speech, Leighton concluded that ne
was one of the commemorative so-caHed
"wise men, investigator, possibly. IN
those physical and psychological phenomena
tirat held out such tantalizing promise or new
conauests in the domain Of human knowi-
edge. a., ,,n
Sa aiipona, was quick TO perceive the diff
culties arising in Leighton's mind In vegard
10 her narrative, but she referred to another
occasion a description OF the sciehce' re-
lirious beliefs social institutions and GUS
toms of the subterranean people. In at
,emnting such n task, she declared that the
,,riest at her side. whom she addressed with
beftting reverence as Omono, Teacher or
Mankind would be far more capable than
she. ,
For II was Omono. with his companion
Saenzias, who received and carried out the
,aws and traditions OF their race-always
subject, of course, to her own authority-
and II was by them that these laws were
further perfected before being passed on 10
the two priests who would succeed them III
administering the affairs OF the kingdom,
"You are puzzled. naturally she said TO
hear of the existence Of wealth and poverty
charitable institutions and governments
science and religion. in Kingdom whose
houndaries are within the walls OF cave
But YOU have seen only a small part or TINS
Land OF the Condor. On every side u eN
tends many miles further underground, And
in the south from here, not great Instance,
,hara is a vast region--unknown 10 the rest
~ ,be world--fled with mountains. fertile
valleys, rivers and bodies OF water strewn
III. iewels over plains that yield an abun-
dance sufficent for all mankind. This land is
at the mouth of our subterranean world. 1t
,,ss i'm the heart Of that region marked 'un-
explored' by your mapmakers We nave no
saar tbat Il will ever pass from our hands,
hat n will ever be more than blank patch
~ your maps, for on every side II Is de-
ssnded by unscalabe cliffs of snow and Ice
II can be reached only through this ancien.
ave Perhaps. in the ages to come, when
,hs neople of the outside world and of this
.acs that has lived here In an unbroken line
= FAR back as the memory of man can s.
have bsen perfected. these barriers viii be
fhrown down. Such has been the prophecy