davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1935-03-27

Anyhow. I would rather have Huey Ions attack
me than praise me-Norman Davis. rowing U. 5.
ambassador.
, 1935-03-27

MOW 6O DN WITH Tine 1hUmM
CHAPTER XII
NORMAN HAPP Jumped hack
and stared NJ Millicent Graves
apprehensively. Millicent moved
toward the door an though DO
open t.
Norman caught her arm with
his right hand, nj the same zine
pressing the forennger Of his left
hand against his lips 70 indicate
the necessity for silence. He
leaned closer 10 her and whis-
pered. Don't open that door
while I'm here
She would have said something,
but he darted away from her On
swiftly silent feet He opened the
door of her closet. stepped inside
and pulled the dosr shut altar
him.
Knuckles sounded ON the panels
OF the door.
Millicent Graves started once
more toward the door 10 open 10,
then indignation got the better
OF her. She raised her voice DO
that Il was perfectly audible 20
the person outside of the door and
said. Il don't think I care TO TO
ceive any more visitors tonight.
Norman Happ In here and IN Just
leaving"
At the sound OF her words
Happ emerged from the closet.
His face was a dull red.
What did you do that forf'' he
asked In q mumbiing. surly voice.
Because" she told him, 1--WE
done nothing to be ashamed of
and ] don't intend TO be put I'm m
embarrassing position"
She turned the knob and opened
the door.
Jarvis Happ stood on the
threshold. Gravely he surveyed
the pair.
May ! ask" he inquired. 'hcw
long Norman has been heref"
Millicent Graves faced him do
family.
lyon may" she said, -ask
Norman. He An the one 10 tell
you. And now. III wish you both
good night"
Jarvis Happ's eyes stared nd hsu
with that peculiar searching ram
which was 90 characteristics Of ths
man.
Il think ! told you,- hs aid.
that you were 20 adopt a hands,
on policy"
CHE said, d~efantiy. Il am tellins
you that II the me Am thi,
house don't quit invading ~,
room IN going to get n watch.
oos- AL that ! ask of you or oi
, 1935-03-27

MLLICENT GRAVES. secretary
ca GEORGE DRIMGOLD. hnda her
employeF On hin once lead. Hm
panic she PUSHES away and reg
isters M . hotel under nm as
9umed name.
JARVIS HAPP. afstinEuisk~@-
looking stranger. recognizes sill
licent and offer 60 help her He
end her 90 N beauty parloF where
she On transformed into q brunei.
Happ takes her home, tntroduees
her M his secretary. His som-
NORMAN HAPP. warns mIIlieent
against hIs stepbrother. ROBERT
CAIsE- and tells her n mysterious
woman I'm black ermine q somne
power over his stepmother.
Suddenly there On n ksoek ~w
the door Of Millieent's oom.
r~- rww w-~n~
, 1935-03-27

If our resources had been modified in the in
terest Of the entire nation, We would not have need
ed any credit MISUNDERSTANDING S. Eccles, governor
Of the Federal Reserve Board.
, 1935-03-27

Learning - President Roosevelt
finally gave an official blessing TO
Senator Copeland's pure food and
drug bill. The interesting angle was
Undersecretary Of Agriculture Rex
Tugwell's temperance in the pic
ture.
Last year the food and drug bill
failed because Tugwell's name was
too closely identified with II. This
session the Brain Truster kept care
fully out OF sight and let Copeland
take all credit until the day before
, 1935-03-27

she said. defantly. Il am telling
you that IL the men I'm this
mouse don't cult invading nv
room IN going to get q watch
dog AL that ! ask of you or of
La opinión., 1935-06-30

Don lingo, que esta recopilando
datos para escribir una historic de
Nueva Espana, me ha contado bellas
anecdotes de los indios; por ejemplo,
las del rey-poeta Netzahualcoyotl son
hermosas.
-Dejemonos de historias sin impor-
tancia y hablemos de nuestro asunto,
que mucho nos interesa, Elyira. Men
tras encontramoS un misionero que
bendiga nuestra union, vos pasareis
por hermana mia; os llamareis Isabel
de Cuellar, y 70, Luis, del propio ape
lido.
-Mucha ~prudencia, porque una in
discretion podria perdernos; es posi-
BILE que Sc hayan lanzado las tropas
del virrey en- nuestra busca, y para bo-
rrar toda huella. hay que hacer gran
des esfuerzos; ocultad ell color de vues-
tro pelo. porque seria n sena inequi-
voca; yo me d~isfrazare cuanto pueda,
para que nuestros perseguidores sc
de~sorienten. No d~esmayeis, armada
mia; en- breve nuestros sufrimientos
seran coronados por la mas grande de
las dichas. iQuereis descansar? iVeis
10 ~precavido que es vuestro servidor
y dueno? Ali teneis una manta grue-
sa, que os servira de CANA, y para
GtSSudIudIOS utl 1IlO, GSld lila IldiId
de Flandes. Estas pieles de blanco
amino son para que descanse esq ca
beza de diosa; las quite a unos con
trabandistas que venian de Honduras
hace un ano; tocadlas, son tan sua-
yes como Ia soda.
Elvira, rendida ,por tai cumulo de
impresiones, Sc acosto en- ell IMPROVE
sado lecho que lie prepare su amante,
y al amor de la lumbre, fue quedan-
dose dormida. Jimeno, a sus pies, Sc
acosto tambien rendido de fatiga; pc
70 sin poder comedian ell sueno. A
i~ntervalos Sc ponia de pie sobresalta-
do, creyendo pereibir va Ell galopar de
caballos, va las pisadas cautelosas de
las fieras, de las no pocas que habi-
taban aquellos lugares. va cast para
despuntar ell alba, ell escudero luz es-
taba de turno, oyo con claridad ell ga
lope de un caballo; Sc disponia a dar
la voz de alarma, cuando vic u ell
jinete que a carrera venia, era un in
digena que modero su carrera por bre-
yes momentos, v volvio a partir a ga
lope hacia ell cercano pueblo de los
otomies.
-Alarico-grito ell captain Jimeno
despertandose del corto sueno que ha-
bia logrado conciliar.
-iNo habeis visto nj dido algo que
demuestre que somos perseguidos?
-Ninguna alma vi~viente ha pasado
por estos lugares, captain; die NAL,
solo un indio que paso a galope para
ell pueblo %cercano; parece que llevaba
comestibles.
Nj siquiera de el fuimos v%istos, por-
La opinión., 1935-06-30
NOVELA DEL
M EXICO IAL
Por D ORA DE P a L a c 10

agradable del dia de San Hipolito.
iPor que lie teneis adversion a csc
hombre? va os conte que heroica-
mente me salvo de las astas del toro.
-iReputais heroica esa accion?
Apenas 81 cumplio con su deber, pues-
to que es servidor vuestro. Igual %
sa habrian hecho los escuderos en- csc
trance.
-Decidme, ique clase de conmi-
seracion teneis por esa raza de bes-
tias? Aun recuerdo la indignation que
os causaron los azotes que di en- pie
no rostro a csc extravaganza indio que
dice tener sangre espanola.
-Siento por esta raza esclava la
conmiseracion que manda nuestra re-
ligion. Son seres que tienen alma y
sentimientos como los nuestros, por
mas que muchos de nuestra genie es-
pamela los vean como seres sin razon
v sin nobleza. Cuantos de esos po-
bres indios ocultan bajo su piel de
bronco una alma blanca que muchos
de vosotros, hombres civilizados, no
teneis. Como recuerdo la noble ac-
titud de Atzin al recibir los golpes;
los ojos tristes del mestizo me i'm
p~resionaron, porque en- ellos vi lagri-
mas, no de dolor, sino de humiliation
al verse tratado como bestia. Siempre
os he dicho, Jimeno, que obrasteis
como un v~illano. Os falta mucha a
ridad. Habiais de tomar ei ejemplo
de nuestros virreyes Mendoza y Luis
de Velasco, que han tratado a esas
gentes como verdaderos padres, y ell
de nuestros heroicos m~isioneros, que
han dado hasta su vida por la saliva
cion de estos pobres indios. 81 todos
los que gobiernan estas tierras de
Nueva Espana, tuviesen carload y con
~miseracion con los humildes salvajes,
andarian las cosas de modo muy dis
tinto.
Bonita cosa que yo diera mi vida
por gentes de esa raza. No naci para
redentor, noble Elvira.
Lo que he de~scubierto es que csc
brujo mestizo os ha hechizado tam
bien,-dijo con sarcasmo.-El vulgo
ha FORBADE leyendas en- torno de csc
indio. Cuentan unos que es hiJo de
uno de nuestros conquistadores; otros,
que de una %espanola que vino con los
soldados de don fernando y que fue
raptada por un poderoso c~acique. At
Yin es %extrano: parece que Sc obstina
en- ocultar su origen, porque nunca
contesto a mis- preguntas, cuando lie
liable en- los minerales de Zacatecas.
Hay quien olga que tiene tesoros es-
c%ondidos; IN dia los soldados del ca
pitan Quevedo, 10 sorprendieron en-
diendo un hermoso rubi; los soldados
creyeron que Sc trataba de un robo,
10 Ilevaban a ~prision; pero ell P. An
dr5s de Peralta 10 d~efendio, diciendo
que Attn conservaba ciertas piedras
La opinión., 1935-06-30
EXCLUSIVE para los
LOZANO
lIustraciones de PENA

que paso del otro lado del arroyo.
i Buena estrella! Despierta a csc
tunante de Jose. que ronca como un
bendito, y a ensillar los caballos an
ties que amaneZca, porque de nuevo
emprenderemos ell canine.
La joven castellana, al OR ell ruido
de los ~escuderos y ell patalear de las
bestias, Sc desperto sobresaltada; SUI
bitamente Sc puso de pie, y arregl6
sus desordenados cabellos, apresuran-
dose de nuevo a la Marcia.
Ell dia les fue propicio: un sol es-
plendido calentaba la va fra natura-
leza de Otono, mas fra seg1n iban
los fugitivos internandose en- las exu-
berantes selvas de la Sierra Nevada
Pocos transeuntes encontraron en- su
precipitada y medrosa caminata, y al
~atardecer llegaron rendidos de fatiga
a un bosque, cercano a n cordillera.
Los arboles gigantescos, unidos en- sus
frondosas ramas, formaban una te-
chumbre compacta, de hermoso color
verde obscure; Ell cesped. que parecia
La opinión., 1935-06-30

legadas de sus antepasados y cuidadas
por ell P. Andres de Peralta que fue
quien 10 eric. No seria malo hacer con
Atzin, 10 que con ell altivo Emperador
azteca para que descubra 81 tiene al
gunos tesoros escondidos. Ell muy 20
rro trata de despistar aparentando po-
breZa.
-Seria un miserable ell que hicie-
ra tai cosa con csc pobre hombre in
defense. Admiration deberia
ell gesto heroico del rey Cuauhtemoc'
mo veis acaso EN- csc rasgo sublime
la dignidad y fortaleza de esta raza?
Os confieso que cuando vi por prime
ra vez a Atzin, con los brazos cruza-
dos, erguido, recibiendo con tai es-
toicismo los i~njustos azotes que lie
disteis. me parecio un de~scendiente
de heroes: su porte y su mirada de-
notan dignidad.
II Que exaltada conmiseracion la
vuestra, dona Elvira-repitio sarcas-
ticamente-que hasta en- csc miserable
salvaje descubris un heroe!
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
International News Service

Labor and industry maintain
their opposite opinions regarding
wage differentials, the National
Recovery Board was assured today
as it opened the third day hearing
on this problem.
Labor insists upon their elimi
nation while industry generally
favors a more extensive inclusion
in the codes.
Noel Sargent, economist for the
National. Association of Manufac.
turers, said:
"The 3O-hOur week would not
appreciably affect the unem.
plOyment situation, but would
disturb the cost and price
structure of American indus
try"
The Rev. Francis j. Haas, di-
rector of the National Catholic
School of Social Service, said:
upon management must be
placed the responsibility for
finding methods of increasing
annual earnings"
j. Maloney, president of the
Glass Bottle Blowers Association,
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
POST INITIATES
% MEMBERS

MT. RAINIER, Md, Feb. l
Representatives from all American
Legion posts in Southern Mary
land will gather at Star Hall Feb.
IL for an initiation and general
open meeting.
Twenty new members will be in
itiated into the Mt. Rainier post
by a team from the Snyder-Farm-
er post, of Hyattsville.
The proposed formation of an
American Legion council of South.
ern Maryland also will be dis
cuSsed. Guest speakers will be
Congressman Everett M. Dirksen,
of Illinois, and State Senator Lans-
dale G.. SasScer, of Maryland, both
members Of the Legion.
The newly formed ladies auxil-
iary of the Mt. Rainier post will
be officially recognized and will
serve buffet supper for the gath
ering.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
SPECIAL LIQUOR
SQUAD PICKED

NEW YORK-The cream of the
intellectuals among New York's
finest, 100 patrolmen who have
had at least two years Of high
school education, were interviewed
at police headquarters by Deputy
Inspector James F. Mccoy on
their fitness for "gentlemen's
jobs"
One hundred and twenty-five
of the number were told, after
the interview, to report for one
week of schooling at the Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit to study liquor
labels, stamps and licenses so
they could distinguish the gen.
uine from the false.
When the week is up they will
work in cooperation with the
agents of the Federal Alcohol Tax
Unit in a drive to eliminate tax
stamp and license frauds in hotels
restaurants, bars and wholesale
houses where liquor is sold.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
NRA LABOR RIFT GROWS

declared mass production Cannot
be sold to mass unemployed"
Roscoe C. Edlund, representing
the Consumers Goods Commit
tee, contended that many sincere
men believe the increase in costs
which the labor provisions have
entailed "has retarded instead of
Speeded recovery"
Said Rose Schneidermann, pres.
ident, National Women's Trade
Union League:
because of the existing So
called equitable adjustment
clauses in the codes, about 80
per cent of the wage equality
program has been left to in
dividual ingenuity"
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
Too
Busy For Dividend

The Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass,
announced that due to the large
amount of business in connection
with the threatened strike, direc-
tors did not have time at Tues
days meeting to consider the
common dividend.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
ENVOY BULL|TT
ILL W|THFLU

PHILADEL2 2HIA. Feb. 1,
William C. Bullitt, American Am.
baSsador to Russia, is a patient
in University Hospital here, un-
der treatment for influenza. The
ailment Is complicated by infec'
ton Of the throat.
The Ambassador arrived here
yesterday following conferences
with Secretary Hull and other
State Department officials in
Washington.
Mr.. Bullitt was scheduled to ap-
pear next week before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, at
which secret session he was to be
asked about the Russian debt.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
MAYOR METHUSELAH'

BURLINGTON, vt. G.N.S0.
Although So years old, Mayor
James e. Burke, who has given
20 years to public service, plans
to run for reelection.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
SERVICE ORDERS

I May /: to home, relieved all active
duty.
Watson. Lieut.. Comdr. Asa ", de.
tached Office of Governor, the Pan
anna Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal
Zone. in May; to home, relieved all
active duty.
Dennison, Lieut.. Robert L., detached
Naval Engineering Experiment Sta
ton, Annapolis, Md, about June II;
to command U. S. S. Ortolan.
Graves, Lieut.. Edwin D., jr., de.
tached Bureau of Navigation. Navy
Department, in June; to staff, COM
mander battleships, Battle Force.
Holsinger, Lieut.. Raymond w., de-
tached staff. Destroyer Squadron 8
in June; to Bureau Of Ordnance, Navy
Department.
Steinhagen, Lieut.. Paul ", detached
U. S. S. Arkansas about June /; tc
Bureau Of Navigation, Navy Depart.
ment.
Orders issued to officers under date
of March 20, 1885:
Dayton, Lieut.. q. g. Milton T., de-
tached U. S. S. Wright in June; to
Naval Academy.
De La Barre, Lieut.. q. g. Reamol
E., detached U. S. s. Brazos, in June;
10 Naval Academy.
Durski, Lieut.. g. G. Malen, de-
tached U. s. S. Bushnell in May OF
June; to Naval Academy.
Fitzwilliam, Lieut.. q. g. Albert E..
detached U. S. S. S-14 in May OF
| June; to Naval Academy
Evening star., 1935-04-02
EVENING WASHINGTON TUESDAY,

Hun, Lieut.. q. g. Charles p, jr., on
discharge treatment Naval Hospital,
Mare Island. Calf; to home, relieved
all active duty.
Legwen, Lieut.. q. g. Glenn w., jr.,
detached U. s. 8. Langley in June: to
Naval Academy.
Manville, Lieut.. q. g. Francis c.,
detached U. S. s. Melville in June; to
Naval Academy.
Mckinney, Lieut.. q. g. Joseph D.,
detached U. 8. s. Brazos in June; to
Naval Academy.
Wright, Lieut.. q. c. Wesley A., de-
tached Naval Communications, Navy
Department, In May; to u. S. Fleet.
DENTAL CORPS.
Ulen, Lieut.. Comdr. Francis G., de-
tached u. s. 8. Antares about May g.:
to Naval Academy.
SUPPLY CORPS.
Clark, Lieut.. Comdr. Robert W., de-
tached Bureau S. and A., Navy De-
partment, in May; to Asiatic Station.
Corning, Lieut.. Comdr. Percy c., de-
tached Naval Air Station, Anacostia,
D. c., in April; to Naval Station.
Tutuila, Samoa.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.

Michael, Capt. Herbert H., detached
command U. S. S. Pensacola about
April 13; to Naval Training Station,
Norfolk, Va, as commanding officer.
Goodwin, Comdr. Donald c., de-
tached U. S. S. Chester in June; to
Naval Academy.
Greig, Comdr. Stuart O., detached
U. S. S. Mexico in June; to Bureau of
Ordnance, Navy Department.
Kennedy, Comdr. Sherman S.. de-
tached Bureau of Engineering, Navy
Department, in June: to staff, COM
mander battleships, Battle Force, as
engineer officer.
Conner, Lieut.. Comdr. Frederick s.,
detached command U. S. S. Yarnall
about June l.; to duty as naval in
spector of ordnance, Newport News
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., New
port News, Va.
Mcdonald, Lieut.. Comdr. Lewis H
detached command U. S. S. Waters
on May /; to home, relieved all active
DUTY.
Vinson, Lieut.. Comdr. Thomas N.
detached U. S. S. Pennsylvania about
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Russian Gems in London.

While the tragic Russian jewels at
tracted much attention when dis
played recently in London, they did
not specially appeal to the British
taste. The 1000 gems, which were
one the property Of the Gar and
Czarina, were declared to be mag
nificent and elaborate, but Of heavy
nature which went out Of style after
the death of Queen Victoria.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
ARMY ORDERS.

Butler, Lieut.. Col. John Jarvis, Spe-
cialist Reserve, from Alexandria, Va,
to the office of the Assistant Secretary
Of War, April IA.
Mehaffey, Maj. Joseph c., Engineer
Corps, from Fort Leavenworth, Kans,
to this city.
Roush, Maj. Gar A., Specialist Re
serve, from Bethlehem, Pa, to the
Office Of the Assistant Secretary OF
War, April IA.
Gillem, Maj. Alvan c., jr., Infantry,
from the University of Maryland to
Fort Benning, Ca, about July /.
Paul, Capt. Frank M, Air Corps,
from Fort IIeavenworth, Kans., to
Fort Monroe, Va, not later than
June 80.
Gillespie, First Lieut. Reginald R.,
Air Corps, from Langley Field, Va, to
Randolph Field, Tex, not later than
June 80.
Meyer, First Lieut.. Henry J. D.,
Ordnance Department, from the Aber-
deem MD Proving Ground to Fort
Sill, Okla, April "a.
Morrison, Second Lieut. Catherine,
Army Nurse Corps. ordered home to
await retirement, April l.
Each of the following Infantry Of
ficers relieved from duty at Fort Leav-
enworth. Kans., and assigned to duty
at station indicated, not later than
June 80:
Melasky, Maj. Harris M, to Fort
George G. Meade, Md.
Gallagher, Capt. Philip E., to Fort
Washington.
Haynes, Capt Lawrence c., to Fort
George G. Meade
Miller, Capt. Robert S.. to Fort
Washington.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
You will need an
EASTER GLOVE WARDROBE

for gloves the right gloves for every costume tremendously
important Here you be goved with chcyou will
find pgks for your teedcssc doeskns washable of course.
for all daytime wear-f you like to be bit frivolous about your
gloves there fancy ared cuffs unusually attractive
peatngs. shirrings and color combinations.
Evening star., 1935-04-02

sas sspttsa sss.S,i wn'As1!s De::ans in white SIS
Pleated-rufie, Flaring Cuffs-in white ~-
glace kid-charming with afternoon A.-
clOCneS
4-button Pull-on Glace Gloves, in white, n- &
navy, black, and black with bit of y s.
GLOVES AISLE II, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Miss Dorothy Nichols
Of PRIMROSE HOUSE

is here this week to consult with you ways and Of
She will present Complimentary INTRODUCTORY SET of the
exquisite Primrose House Preparations with each 81 so purchase of
any Of the Primrose House products. includes generous trial
of Del Noushng Cream Smoohskn OIL Skin Fehener Chiffon
Face Powder and Pomeganae Rougs charming aids beauty
To1rrR1Es AIIE1s FRsrF
Evening star., 1935-04-02

When Summer comes-nothing will
be more charming in your WARDROBE
Hand-Embroidered Peasant FROCKS
There nicely about these cool voe focks delight
fully embroidered by hand the brilliant coors
ants love to wear-and smart here include
their Summer vvardrobes Youmay choose from 4.
several attractive styles-wih long sleeves SVn.90
short, pufed seeves-wih round neck.
little turned-back necklne. Sizes IA to AZ.
INEXPENSIVE FRocKs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-09

A ND so he lived. And for
IA year and half now he has
been out Of danger. But such a
long and exhausting walk with
death, and such blank in the
even flow of time. upsets and be-
wilders-you come back to earth
mentally walking on sand, and
your thoughts are weird and hard
to hold.
So, for a year and half now
he has been resting and rebuild
ing and adjusting himself to what
he finds. And now he is ready
again to start living, and to begin
the very big task of hacking out
of the tumble of existence a new
kind of life for himself.
He is neither bitter nor afraid.
And he has the girl he married
the day before it all happened,
still with him, of course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-09
BOYS BODY RECOVERED
IN MOUNTAIN CRATER
Memphis Youth Killed ir Plunge
From Colorado Cliff.
By United Press

By United Press
CRANKY, Colo, Aug. 9.-In a
funnel-Shaped mountain crater the
broken body of William Brode, Is,
son Of a socially prominent Mem
phis family, who tumbled to his
death Tuesday from high ledge
on the face of .Lindbergh Peak, was
found late yesterday.
After so hours of search, the body
was found by a skilled mountain
climber. Using more than 1900 feet
of heavy rope the rescuer worked his
way down the perpendicular walls
of the crater The body was re-
moved by an improvised sling.
The youth tumbled from a ledge
on the east face of the peak, so
miles northwest of Denver, when
he and a companion, Robert Hen
derson, IS, of Omaha, were descend
ing the mountain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-09


He was a university graduate,
a former Navy officer, a veteran
of the airlines all over North and
South America, but still IN his
tWenties and tall and lean and
handsome, with only airline rou-
tine and good pay and the fun of
living ahead Of MIN.
Then. two years ago, he mar
ried a lovely girl. He did not see
her again, except through dazed
and wondering eyes, for six
months. although she was by his
bedside 18 hours a day. Because
he crashed the day after the we'd
ding. And since that day he has:
l. Spent six months of uncon-
seriousness.
2. Gone through the experience
of dying.
3. Lost his right leg.
4 Become the only man in
medical history to live through
two deadly infections in his blood
stream at the same time.
5. Achieved the questionable
honor of being the only person,
alive or dead, ever known to have
three types of deadly infection at
the same time.
And the cause of it all? A
tiny little lock, a new gadget on
an aileron, that somebody forgot
to unlock. An innocent little stick
of wood, that changed a mans
whole life.
IF you have known him a long
= time, and we'll enough, he will
tell you about dying.
1t was when they injected the
last powerful serum, the one that
would kill or cure, but probably
kill. He was conscious then, and
shouted for them to take the nee
ole out, that he was dying. His
wife knew he was dying, too, for
she was there, and could tell by
his face.
And while he was dying, he got
up and started walking up a great
flight of stone steps, and when he
finally got to the top there was
a grassy ledge, and then a gray
stone wall, 80 feet high, running
as far in each direction as he
could see. And in the wall, lust
ahead of him, were two great
stone gates, extending clear to the
top of the wall. They were a little
bit ajar, and he could see himself
standing there trying to see what
was on the other side, and wait
ing for them to open and let him
through. He says he didn't mind
going. But they never opened any
further. and he never went
through.
And he also says it's a myth
about people putting up valiant
fight for life" and so on. At least
in his case. He didn't care whether
he lived or died, he was so weary
and sick and confused. He didn't
mind dying at all. He didn't fight
against it.