Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
1918. bJ Boaf & LiucriOht. Iac., )
York.
CHAPTER Xxx (ConiinuedD

IS ARE you not content with him as he
"A is?" persisted Raoul.
What Is that to your" she asked coldly.
Then. no longer Disgusting her emotion, she
went
You DON'T understand what is between us
He comes from a world that | have never
seen. In the legends Of our kings there Is
one telling of stranger who suddenly ap-
pears from land of clouds-a land no man
knows--who brings with him the power TO
make my people. as they once were rulers
of their own land, 1t is an old tale BeheNe
IL or not--who can be sure of these Things :
Certainly. the stranger has never come-uh-
less it is David"
There have been many strangers since
that time" said Raoul cynically. Your peo-
pie have disappeared before the Spaniard.
They live unknown. forgotten. in a cave IN
the mountains. why do you think David is
the stranger in the legend:
She drew herself up scoTnfully. Her dark
beauty. flashing eye, quivering nostrll' heeue"
not the emerald dadem of the ancient Chlp-
chas encirclinB her prov 10 piocl"hh 'e'
royal lineage.
I'VE are not so poor. abandoned. as
you would seem to think" she said rms
is all that is left of a mighty Kingdom. IL Is
true--a cave unknown to the rest CT the
world But here we are. at least, free we
live the life OF our fathers. our old men
have taught us wisdom that Is unknown TO
YOU We have weath--not only the wealth.
That you are seekng-but secrets OF earth
and air you have never dreamed OF.
This may be- believe 1t is--all true
But-what Is David TO do here?" murmured
Una.
"If he il the Stranger of the old legend,
the Gilden Man we have awaited, this Land
of the Condor IS his"
You are It's queen
"He will be its king"
You have told him?" asked Raoul.
Years ago We were happy. loved
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world love Life was less than his least
wish And he loved me. Plans for the great
rci0cing-the Feast of the Gllded Man-were
made. Not since the Spaniards came-per-
hans never before-has there been such
preparation. Then a change came over him.
He talked Of an outside world ne had seen
in his dreams He was bewitched then, as
he Is now. Re had forgotten you his false
friend and all the life he had lived before.
no cure him I sent him out with some OF
our peope. He scarcely understood. but he
accented anything j did as If 1t came from
his own will. Then he disappeared. with
out word he left me. There came tong
years of uncertainty The few months lie
nasecd with me here seemed like some bright
dream that vanishes. began to think it
was a dream-when suddenly / heard of him
again. Some Of my people found him wan
dcriug aimlessly in the forest near the Bo-
gotta road He was looking for me, he said
he had forgotten the rest of the world"
nonas confession OF her love and disappoint-
ment that was nore than eloquence Narva
stood apart, her face shrouded in her mantle.
notlonless as II the remembrance of these
hygone matters carried with II something of
a religious experience. Upon Una the effect
yaa startlingly different. She listened in
amazement. Indignation, at this revelation of
a nasson in which her lover had shared--of
which she had kno~yn nothing - and that
seemed to place him utterly apart fkom her
talA tENNA
i,s telling her own engaging personality,
carried irresistible convictions-David's love
FOR Una had been shadowed all along by
an earlier, deeper sentiment that gave IL the
color Of something that was not altogether
real. Why had he never<told her of this
rndIan romance? Hypnotism indeed,
what man could help kneeling In pa ssion-
ats alteration before this queenly woman.
whose beauty was of that glorious warmth
and fragrance belonging to the purple and
scarlet flowers OF ones dreams. whose love
combined the unreasoning devotion Of a child
With the proud loyalty that inspires martyr
dom? They had loved-David and Sajipona
there could be no doubt OF that. Before he
met Una on the shores of that far-off English
lake. David had stood soul to soul in a
heaven created by this radiant being. He
was with her again. The past was completely
blotted out the tender idyl of Derwent-
water Of Rysdale, forgotten. Even the sIrht
~ Una herself stirred but the vaguest ripple
., memory. There was mystery, certainly. I'm
th.se strange moods OF forgetfulness from
,rh,ch David was suffering. Her uncle couid
give them learned name and account for
,han as belonging 10 something quite out
side the mans will, outside his control But
what did Leighton really know Of all this?
such matters we're beyond the reach Of the
,,,sre scientist. With fash OF scorn she
doubted Leighton's knowledge his wisdom
seemed cprIousy limited, pavid's malady--