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fou are brave, you nave SHOWN
n miracle of strength but the stun
will betray you sooner or later"
"Yes -. yes
''Do you wish to go on with it?"
mo .. Yes. I cannot"
Cant I help you out of 1t. some
how2"
After a pause. she said: "You are
very strong
He forbore, because 1t was a great
effort for her to speak. He no longer
wondered that she had been content
to remain in Tau Kuan, for the true
woman was asleep, enchanted within
some inner chamber of the soul, and
ready at last for the dawn. He was
near enough to hear her soft breath.
| ing, yet the tent-fold was between
| them.
Cons own nerves were in a precari-
Gus state. Just here some psychic cur
rent caught him away. and the moon
| light sent him backward into the ages
a vivid, irrational experience, and 1t
seemed that he had been outside her
tent, somewhere, terribly long ago,
| perhaps when the Gughal had been
deep-singing river, and the monster
| Cobb a crystal ocean. Here beside the
water they had camped, he and his
captive queen, their hearts the same.
Now Cons turban cast a shadow up
on the tent, and he knew that 1t was
himself, then as now. That ancient
madness still possessed his veins in
the thrall of her presence. Camels
shifting In the blue shadows, faded
f.l, Al. iii. \ l.tIls
around. and the lmmensity of heaven.
The illusion held n moment-or cen
tury?-longer-and hand was upon
his shoulder. Lexington was chilled
to the quick. This was Flu All, desir-
ing speech in private.
"She must sleep" said the Chinese
reverently
Eyes. Don't give her any more than
she needs. Help her to break of
Not so often"
"Dreams?"
There was an injured quality in the
voice.
Eyes. The dreams have got to 60"
mo"
"Yes"
"She die" said Flu All, with seeming
complacence.
mot at all. We are to help her
shake off this dreaming Less and
less, until she is free"
The idea of freedom did not dwell
between the narrow temples of the
old servant.
I'VE camp here?"
NO" answered Lexington.
mo koresh, no 90 on"
u don't expect her to ride In the
morning we will make hammock and
carry her between us. There are three
| of us, and we can relieve one another
| at the pole"
Flu All was much depressed by the
| interview.
Lexington did not try to sleep that
night There was no more attempt
at haste. He was at liberty to think
| everything over In more intimate.
less practical light, and he wondered
how he had neglected so many
thoughts until now. Tau Kuan had
grown to be less than n dream, and
the screaming dwarfish hordes had
run out of his days altogether. But
more and more he missed Andrew
March. He would have asked March
what to think about his strange mo
mentary reach of vision into the past.
the stolen queen and himself.
Still they met no one, but ever and
again n herd of elk would start. and
slip beyond the brow of hill.
There were wine and food for Helen.
Dut Con watched day and night that
no drug reached her. Evergreens dot
ted the slopes. The pass was narrow
ing. The princess chose to walk some
times. and laughed at her lack of
strength. AT one camp, she held Cons
arm. and talking happily, they moved
away from the line of camels.
How. is it possible that we are out
of the desert?"
"Only possible by your courage"
| said Con. Have you never been out
of the Cobb beforeY"
only in Dreams and she was smil-
ing.
There Is something here, she
| placed her hand upon her breast
'hat cries out for dreams and peace
Perhaps man does not know. My
mother knew, and ! have 1t. the cry
that cannot come out. Oh. there is a
bitterness in beautiful things, and
great terror where there is no beauty
1t is the awful lonliness-so there
was one dark dream following another,
months, and months-the yellow faces.
| have been too much alone. Oh. re-
main with me, my friend, because /
am ill. My world is gone. Your Amer
lea Is only name. You are every
| thing"
| Her arms were about his neck, and
her breathing seemed painful. All the
light went from her face. Tightly