Marble Hill press., 1920-07-15

mles-and myself"
Does he keep YOU from being lone.
lyf" asked Lexington.
mot at all times Hut that Is no,
his fault"
Besur glanced ~ her aud started to
say something. but forgot. aud turned
Instead to comb Cons hair with hi.
small nails.
"fou have done we'll 10 grow ~ In
such excellent health" said Andrew
March.
u could not have avoided H." Helen
replied, Resides. the sick are put TO
death, They encumhrr the state"
No doubt" unused her father,
Have you no doctorsy' asked Con
"oh, yes Chce Ming" i,esnr hid
an acorn under Lesington's collar.
This Is far hetter than pretending To
speak English with Chee Ming" COO.
unued the princess lie IL full OF
hesitation and rules I do not like to
b" corrected when he Is wrong. I
have tried 10 speak English with
Resur, Then there arr no corrections.
] have tried II also with Prince Yeku.
fol. but he will never master H. lie
prefers 20 practice with his arrows.
III" Is pure Mnngol"
Con remembered that this was her
hrst social moment In white company
Her father endravorei again 10 change
the suhiect
"p""s Chez Ming make msny jour.
neys 'n the United Statcsr
She shook her head. "IIe has gone
hut three times within my memory.
Also be- has gone 60 Egypt and Rome
two times. and one time 10 Paris I.
have the msr"
Helen arus" aud passed Ia the book.
shelf Con had never guessed that
plain American garments could .x.
press such subtle iutimacles ~ the
feminine. She dld not lose her shy.
Ness. although Il was never shadow
upon her charm. II have read thc~.
and these" she announced. lie un.
ierinpd that the books we're her real
treasures, bond with her own world. .
white tradition. lie examined them /
wonderiugly.
There was marked copy. original .
edition ~ the Aluaran Gospel ~ .
JESUS. Edgar Allan Foe complete IN
two worn gray volumes land by m.
aip"arunc" ~ certain pages. Leying.
ton Judged that "1h" Fall ~ the House
uf Usher had been mrtuorlE"d by ,he
aid ~ ,au1leI fingers early IN iIfcl:
also two novel, by Wlll Comfort: chi.
caeo Daily News alaanacs for 'hrrc
years IA Tat. ragged dictionary. and
fine print anthology ~ Emerson. Car
lyle and Aurclius There wcrr no
candy marks 90 the anthology.
In Tokyo" she vas explaining.
"Ch"' Ming made acquaintance with
the writer Mr. Comfort. and was told
ness books 20 hriug me thee Ming
say. that Mr. Comfort i The Roo; u
Islam"
4 suppos'" said Con. you would
need to have Chez Mluks mind TO
AuaV what that mraus"
Hut March uuly said e. Lev.ngtons
Imagine II vc bai missed The old
devil on this last trip"
is chez Ming an old devIr'
Both men turned e. look at the
1r nce~s as she uttered the quest On.
.esIuEtnn found Il WONDERFUL 50 De -
lear those eyes. tie could hot fathom
ser. Perhaps she really I'D not ku,~
\ hat vas meant concerning her teach.
r and doctor Vet The light In her
Sr> was almost provocative Possibly !,
he WAS laughing az them nut 80 !.
.iHrrh she Was only his misguided ,
htld
That Is difficult te auswer--to you"
aid he. Perhaps be- Is not a dcNil in y.
be sense ~ cryptic hierarchy To do +,
i'm justice, must say that he has !,
hown some taste ln your education. +
Ie has given YOU the highest mode NJ !.
Re Ia his Kingdom Also he has risked >,
great deal 10 trying TO bring Amer. a
"A to you. II was thoushtful of him d,
, converse with you IN English. so >.
ou would not loss the mother tongue >,
lis plan To blend the races of all man. .,
ind into ii perfect empire il founded .,
pom deep spiritual law. But he ~
pes not understand that idea proper. n
:. He does violence To the hearts Of Il
Is people. II you were little older. :,
pu would see at once what mean. IL
does not matter that Tau Kuan did Il,
VI participate In the building OF
abel. IL that be true story. Tau
uan is false now, and Chez Mlng's -,
)tion Of blending Is cold and out. .,
geous. He may bc chaste and ohe- l.,
ent TO his gods, but he II terrible. He a,
not human. He may not see himself ar
! devil, and there is none to stop "a
m. but" -,
March paused, and Helen reflected a of
oment her eyes shadowed. She 70
anced at Lexington. but turned away
Istlly. AS II he would divine some 90
ing too personal. She carefully re- A,
led or
when Tau kuan had woven every I'M
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