The Washington times., 1920-02-01

me the glory that is hid beneath
your VEIL"
WHY" she asked, and thought
that detected curiosity In her
question.
For this reason, o Ayesha. That
now there Is no fear OF my troub-
ling you In such a fashion as you
seemed to dread a little while ago.
AS soon would a man desire to
court the moon sailing in her silver
loveliness through heaven"
THE moon! II is strange that
you should compare me to the
moon," she said musingly. "Do
you know that the moon was
great goddess in Old Egypt, and
tt~t her name was Isis and-well.
once l had to do with Isis? Per
haps you were there and knew It.
since more lives than one are given
to most of us. ! must search and
learn. For the rest, all have not
thought as you do, Allan. Many.
on the contrary. love and seek to
win the Divine"
$50 do I at a distance, o Ayesha,
but to come too near to 1t / do not
presume, knowing that / might be
consumed"
"You have wisdom" she replied,
not without admiration. ''The
moths are few that fear the flame,
but those are the moths which live.
Also / think that you have scorched
your wings before and learned that
fire hurts. Indeed, now I remem.
ber that ! have heard of three such
fires through which you have flown,
though all OF them are dead ashes
now or burn elsewhere. Two were
in your youth, and one of them
died to save you, a, great woman
that, is 1t not so? And the third,
ah! she was fire indeed though
she burnt with a copper hue.
What was her name? l cannot re-
member, but think It had some
thing to do with the wind, yes,
with the wind when 1t walls"
7 stared at her. Was this Ma
meena myth to be dug up again
here in secret place in the heart
Of Africa? And how the deuce did
she know anything about her?
Could she have been pumping
Hans or Umslopogaas? No, 1t was
not possible, for she had never
seen them out Of my presence.
Perhaps" she went on in a
mocking voice, perhaps once
again your disbelieve, o Allan,
whose eynic mind is SO hard to
open to new truths. Well, shall /
show you the faces Of these three?
l can" and she waved her hand
toward some object that stood OH
a tripod to the right of her in the
shadow-it looked like a crystal
basin.
But what is the use when you
know them so we'll and would only
think that I drew their pictures
out of your own soul? Also per-
chance but one face would appear,
and that one strange to you. Have
you heard, o Allan, that among
the wise some hold that not all OF
us is visible here on earth at once
within the same house OF flesh?
shook my head blankly, for
had never heard anything Of the
sort.
"You still have much to learn.
o Allan, although there are some
think you wise," she went on in
the same mocking voice. "Well.
hold that this doctrine Is built
upon a rock OF truth; also" she
added, after studying me for a min.
ute, "that these three women do
not complete the circle. think
there is a fourth who as yet is
strange to you In this life, though
you have known her we'll enough
In others"
1 groaned, imagining that she
alluded to herself, which was fool
ish for me, for at once she read
my mind and went on with a rather
acid little laugh:
"No, no, not the humble slave
who sits before you, whom you
have informed me Il would please