The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-06-03

Does he keep you from being lone
ly?" asked Lexington.
Not at all times. But that Is not
his fault"
Besur glanced ut her and started to
say something, but forgot. and turned
instead to comb Cons hair with his
small nails.
You have done we'll to grow up in
such excellent health" said Andrew
March.
II could not have avoided it." Helen
replied. Besides. the sick are put to
death. They cucumber the state"
\ doubt" unused her father.
Have you no doctors?" asked Con.
"Oh. yes! Clce Ming" Besur hid
an acorn under %LevinSton's collar.
"This is far better than pretending to
speak English with Chce Ming" con.
tfn'led the princess. "He is full of
hesitation and rules. do not like to
be corrected when he is wrong. I
have tried to speak English with
hesur. Their there are no corrections.
have tried it also with Prince Yek,l-
tot, but he will never master it. He
prefers to. practice with his arrows.
tie is pure Monsol."
Con remembered that this was her
first social moment in white company.
Her father ]endeavored asain'to change
the subject.
"Does Chez Ming make many jour-
neys to the United States?"
h shook her head. "He has gone
but three times within my memory.
Also he has gone to Egypt and Rome
two times. and one time to Paris.
have the map"
Helen arose and passed to the book
shelf. Con had never guessed that
pllii American garments could ex-
press such subtle intimacies OF the
feminine. She did not lose her shy
ness. although It "a never u shadow
upon her charm. II have read these
and these" she announced. He I'M
derstood that the books were her real
treasures, d bond with her own world,
white tradition. He examined them
wonderingly.
There was a marked copy, original
edition, of the Aquarium Gospel Of
Jesus; Edgar Allan Poe complete in
Two worn gray. volumes (and by the
appearance of certain pages, Leving-
ton Judged that 1.-THE Fall Of the House
of Usher had been memorized by the
aid of candied fingers early in life) !;
also two novels by Will Comfort Chi
cage Daily News almanacs for three
years; Il fat. ragged dictionary. and a
tine-print anthology of Emerson. Car
lyle and Aurelius. There were no
candy marks in the anthology.
"ln Tokyo" she was explaining,
"Chce Ming made acquaintance with
the writer Mr.. Comfort. and was told
new books to bring me. Chez Ming
says that Mr.. Comfort is the Root of
lSlam.'
81 suppose" said Con. "you would
need to have Chez Ming's mind to
know what that means"
But March only said to Lexington:
Imagine if we had missed the old
devil on this last trip"
as Chez Ming an old devil?"
Both men turned tO look at the
princess as she uttered the question.
Lexington found it wonderful to be so
lear those eyes. He could not fathOm
her. Perhaps she really did not know
what was meant concerning her teach
err and doctor; vet the light in her
eyes was almost provocative. Possibly
she was laughing at them. But to
March she was only his misguided
child.
"That is difficult to answer-to yOu,"
said he. perhaps he is not a devil in
the ems Of cryptic hierarchy. TO do
him justice, l must say that he has
shown some taste in your education.
lie has given you the highest mode of
life in his kingdom. Also he has risked
Il great deal in trying to bring Amer
lea to you. 1t was thoughtful of him
to converse with you in English, so
you would not lose the mother tongue.
His plan to blend the races of all man
kind into a perfect empire is founded
upon a deep spiritual law. But he
does not understand that idea proper
~. He does violence to the hearts Of
his people. If you were a little older, |
you would see at once what ! mean. |
1t does not matter that Tau Knan did
not participate in the building of
Babel, If that be a true story. Tau
kuan is false now, and Chez Ming's
notion Of blending is cold and out
rageous. He may be chaste and ODE
dient to his gods, but he Is terrible. He |
Is not human. He may not see himself
as a devil. and there Is none to stop
him. but"
March paused, and Helen reflected a
moment, her. eyes Swallowed. She
glanced at Lexington. but turned away
hastily. as If he would divine some
thing too personal. She carefully re-
piled:
"When Tau Kuan had woven every
human element, and has become bal
anced. and Il perfect ace Of men has
arisen, they will go. forth to the four
quarters, carrying new life and pure