Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-09

the same colorless melancholy, as if
the monotOny of the desert shadowed
her voice. She continued:
"Eithna my mother, has been lying
here for five years. At first this was
a little garden, which the vizir per-
mitted me to make. There was fOun-
tain then, beside that stone. had
little green plants for her. She loved
a lotus. But the fountain could not
| live, either"
"You must miss her very much"
yes oh, very much! Sometimes in
the morning l call her, before I re-
member. 1 do not think she is really
dead. When l dream, she is always
here, with me-"
do you dream often?"
"Often. l do not care for sleep, but
it is pleasant to dream. Have you
found it sou
He thought carefully. Eyes, I've al
ways dreamed. 1t runs in your fam
lily, and in NINE"
81 come here every day." said
Helen. ~.<> ~~*.-.'t'',-' ,%sss'- '~p.
''The sun must be very hot
81 am accustomed to it. 1 do not
resist it. There is great life in it,"
ct has made you lovely" he said.
'But it was unkind to you" she re-
piled. And a faint, cool smile touched
her lips.
Innocence or utter sophistication-
! from an ultimate degree of one of
1 these Opposites she was regarding him.
! 1t was a helpless moment for the
young man behind the rock. He gazed
out for relief over the singing white
sand, where all of yesterday is sacri-
! feed in the drift Of today. One horse
man dotted out there, not far from
the city. a pair of keen eyes that
might be able to see through stone.
81 had arranged with Chez Ming"
said the girl, "for you and my father
to live in peace with us. Now that
cannot be, for you have tried to run
| away. You have wounded his emo
TONS"
"Your father and I expect to get
away, but we are coming back soon."
"No," she said. mo man goes from
! here to tell the world what he has
seen. Chez Ming only, of all men,
goes and comes, and he tells nothing.
The empire must fail when it's Sc
/ crecy is gone"
Con felt the chill of a stone wall.
"You are deeply interested in the en-
pire of the Yellow Sum-" he said duly.
at is to bear wonderful fruit"
said the princess.
sit is very cruel" said Lexington.
II do not agree with Chez Ming
about everything"
| "You have a merciful heart, a heart
i that would be at home in America,
where this idea of racial fusion, the
blending Of all into one, has borne
good fruit for two centuries"
81 nave learned but little of Ameri
ca, except concerning the red men"
said Helen.
"Chee Ming has been careful. The
red men are gone. 1t is the New
World. I'll tell you all about it. You
would not be satisfied with the OPP
preston and thievery of Tau Kuan, if
you knew the ways of America"
Mother used to talk like that"
"You belong in America" said Lev
| ingtOn, scarcely aware of how much
he dared in making the statement.
"My father mentioned that yester-
day. He is a good man."
Eyes, love him, too"
"He needs you" said the girl.
"He needs you" returned Con.
America would be a splendid place
for you. There are dreams there, too,
If you like"
81 am not interested. Here is the
heart of the world. This is the center
of power, the light of ages to come.
Here my will is obeyed and all the
good things Of earth are brought be-
fore me-"
"Most of them from America" add
ed Con. But he was hurt deep. He
| felt the snare of dominion around her
heart. Perhaps she was without
heart. But that did not correspond
to her innate kindness. She did not
agree with the policy of state.
81 am needed here" said the prin-
cess, rather YEARLY. "There Is work,
i
endless work, The desert is league
Of cities that have fallen, and those
cities must be made to bloom again."
"Why do you plant seeds of poison?'
"You do not understand dreaming
It is unbearable without dream.
have not your courage"
"Are you happy?"
81 am not happy as child is"
Sand you love power"
"That is part of my destiny"
Cruelty, sterility, poison-that is
Tau Kuan," said Lexington, watching
her closely.
'It need not be So" said Helen, re-
ferring to her coming regency.
"Then you are satisfied, happy?"
sometimes, but"
what is it,"
ST cannot say. Why do you ques--
ton me? Oh, seem to miss some
thing I have never seen, something
/ A. r.