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"Besur has made q f1end,- said she.
HE has otherwise nothing but enc
mies-and myself"
Does he keep you from being lone
ly?" asked Lexington.
his fault"
Besur glanced at her and started to
say something. but forgot. and turned
Instead to comb Cons hair with his
small nails.
"You have done well to grow up in
such excellent health" said Andrew
March.
"T could not have avoided it." Helen
replied Besides, the sick are put to
death. They cucumber the state"
mo doubt" unused her father.
Have you no doctorsT" asked Con.
"Oh. yesl Chee Ming" Besur hid
an acorn under Levington's collar.
This is far better than pretending to
speak English with Chez Ming" con-
tinued the princess. He is full of
hesitation and rules. / do not like to
be corrected when he is wrong. l
have tried to speak English with
Besur. Then there are no corrections.
I have tried It also with Prince Yeku-
toi, but he win never master 1t. He
prefers TO practice with his arrows.
Re is pure Mongol."
Con remembered that this was her
first social moment In white company.
Her father endeavored again to change
the subject.
"Does Chez Ming make many jour
neys to the United States?"
She 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
pi1in American garments could ex-
press such subtle intimacies of the
feminine. She did not lose her shy
ness. although 1t was never u shadow
upon her charm. 81 have read these
and these" she announced. He un-
derstood that the books were her real
treasures, bond with her own world,
white tradition. He examined them
wonderingly.
edition. of the Aquarian Gospel of
Jesus; Edgar Allan Poe complete in
two worn gray volumes (and by the
appearance of certain pages, Leving
ton judged that "The Fail of the House
of Usher" had been memorized by the
aid of candied fingers early in life) (;
also two novels by win Comfort; Chi
cago Daily News almanacs for three
years a fat, ragged dictionary, and a
fine-print anthology of Emerson, Car
lyle and Aurelius. There were no
candy marks in the anthology.
an Tokyo" she was explaining,
"Chee 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
Islam"
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 tripi"
"Is 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
near those eyes. He could not fathom
her. Perhaps she really did not know
what was meant concerning her teach
er and doctor; yet 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 sense of cryptic hierarchy. To dc
+ him justice. l must say that he has
| shown some taste in your education
He has given you the highest mode OF
life in his kingdom Also he has risked
a great deal in trying to bring Amer
lea to you. 1t was thoughtful of him
to converse with you in English. 50
you would not lose the mother tongue
| His plan to blend the races of all man
kind into perfect empire is founded
upon a deep spiritual law. But he
does not understand that idea proper
ly. He does violence to the hearts of
his people. If you were little older
| you would see at once what l mean
1t does not matter that Tau Kuan 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 obe-
dlent TO his gods, but he is terrible. He
Is not human. He may not see himself
us n devil, and there Is none to stop
him, but"
| March paused, and Helen reflected q
| moment, her eyes shadowed. 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