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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1930. AGGER by Mary Dahlberg wo men are loved and lost by Dagger Marley, spirited young niece of a Texas rancher. Elaine Howard, whom she rescues from some Mexican insurgents, is | killed in action on the Western Front in France. Captain John Va-| neering, war ace, whom she mar- ries, dies in an airplane crash. Dag- | ger cherishes most tae memory of | Howard, her first love. In Paris she | meets the Duc de Pontoise, a| French nobleman, who also falls in love with her, but she refuses to marry him. Instead she decides tq make a pilgrimage around the world following a route once trav- | elled by Howard on a similar trip, | visiting friends in Africa, India and | and China in search of an answer | to life's riddle. Dagger spends some time in Africa with Sidi Ma- rut, Arab sheikh, the first of How- ard's friends. His philosophy is to do .what one thinks is right. Leav- ing Sidi Marut he goes to Alexan- dria_on the way to India. Chapter 30 INTO FORBIDDEN PLAC Egypt tempted Dagger. She would have liked to wander amongst its antiquities, to ascend the Nile and continue overland by safari into the alpine fastness of the Mountains of | the Moon. But the venture extended no prospect of achievement; it| could do no more than furnish an outlet for her restlessness. So she | contented herself with a brief visit | to Cairo, and two weeks later board- | ed a P. & O. liner for Bombay. Long before the Red Sea had | been - traversed she was known | through the ship the American girl who'd lived with the Senussi, and she learned from the pa gers much that was valuable about | India — even something about the man she intended to visit “What? Ghulam Buk?” said a District Commissioner from up Jul- lundur way. “Of course, I know him —or of him, rather. Everyone | does. He's a bit of a saint, one of | the healthiest influences in India. A | very remarkable old chap, doesn't| believe 1n much of anything that we dc, doesn't like Westernism; but helds out against violence, and that sort of thing. Abbot of the Gelugpa . Monastery in Lahore, has a lot to “say about what the Buddhis i that is, the Buddhists. “0ld Ghulum Buk's real thing, followers of See him? I should think you'd have en- lot are the wa is surprised , when the car stopped in who are fa He norant 6f mods in not 11 terested something of those How do we get 1 th to: je th co! s do— | the lintel, and a bell clanged ha pure, uncontaminated |ly within. Immediately a panel slid | pack lined face peered out at them. R the Way. | Das bowed ve retain Gelugpa Lamassary, what 1y Monastery, Madame,” the announced. “Most holy plac North India for those Buddhists, not emancipate of religious Varee superstitious people.” waxed loquacious. “Wholly ig- n science, belije g miracles, like people who have advantage of universitee. Now who am M.A., Calcuft 4 ank you, rupted, despite cretly amused, ith. Ram Das” Dagger her impatience but T am most in- at the moment in learning superstitions. in The guide indicated a gateway in e thick wall of the building, which wered above them, silently ma- stic, impervious to the bustle of e street “We ring bell" he said me. T think he say no.” Crossing the pavement he jerked a rope hanging from a hole in he “Lama in rk, n v low—he seemed to for holy people, the gateway, and a d respect difficulty. But when you seem to be | whatever he thought of their ideas able to do things, Mrs. No harm in having a try, anyhow.” This only served to promote Dag- ger's impatience. She could scarce- ly wait for the steamer to reach Bombay, and alas for the Gateway of India, she ‘left it overnight. But| she was unable to resist the bizarre | fascination of the teeming life of the Central Provinces as revealed from her car-window. Never in a single forty-two hours | of travel had she seen so many hu- man beings. They swarmed about the stations like gnats; wherever the land was arable villages showed through the foliage, men and wo- men toiled in the fields, innumer- | able children raced beside the tracks. The cities were equally baroque, unkempt, stum. of cach one huge She received an impres | the utter cheapness of human There was no trace of the native di of and at depresscd. But nothing could quench growirg excitement as steamed north. She lay awake the | second night, and was early awake | to watch for the domes and mina- rets of Lahore, a city lovelier far, she soon decided, than any other she had judged by fleeting impres- | sion. At the hotel she explained hch wishes, as soon as she had bathed | aind changed her clothes, to a defer- | ential Babbu clerk, who was quite put out by her intention. “Yes, truly, Madame must competent guide,” he clipped, singsong English with the paintul accura who rehearsed it «ll in his mind; “but it is not customaree for Euddhist priest to receive foreign | lady in monasteery. I doubt if suc- cess attends Madame's effort.” “You may leave that to me," Dag- | ger answered curtly. “Secure me the guide, and I'll do the rest.” | The guide, a suave Bengali, was equally discouraging; but perfectl willing to carry out his employe instructions, and procured a motor | for the journey across the city to| the mnastery, which was situated | in the oldest quarter. Sitting back | with teeth clinched and frowning brows, Dagger had no eyes for he colorful pageantry of the streets. She looked straight ahead at th hollowed back of the Sikh chauf feur and the rotund form of th Bengall. Immersed in thought, she ty her | have | id in his spoken | of one Vaneering. | —and spoke in monk cut him em would have on close the low The off at and when continued, phrase, and panel. Da tone once, sternly Ram Das cjaculated started Jo herself, pphatic: e short stepped forward. | she th Ar layed in closing the panel a “I am Blaine Howard's friend,” aid quickly in English, without inking how ridiculous it | eXpect the monk to unde but he and cast glance over her flushed d indeed, he did not; curious features GI ho “He say want to see hulam Buk. man, why you Ghulam ly not have time for women.” strange, [ down on a piece of ar times she was profoundly | trouble | ardria Vanecering.” the train | turning ciously, looked at he gu | gether e Madame. He take paper to Ghulam | Bu wi vo pe c I op low, sle seat th hi tor Ex th rid not ci hich he th b | tr “Tell him—here, let me write it aper.' And she scribbled on the back of ion | an envelope Blaine How- of you. May “For Ghulam Buk d used to talk to me the desert folk; | I not talk with you of him? I am in Alex- | for lack of wisdom. The monk accepted it from her, it in his hand not suspi- but as if in doubt. He her again, nodded his ad, and barked a sentence at the | ide, his hands to- as the panel who rubbed unctuously ed shut Priest say: c please you wait, k. 7 Dagger climbed back into the car th a feeling of entire relief ice out of nothingness had wi red in her ear “You all suc- ed.” And so it w Half an hour ed, and the gate itself creaked en. The monk reappeared, bowing hands folded in the wide eves of his yellow robe. Ram leaping cxpectantly from his beside the driver, interpreted e inyitation: “He say: please you come with m, Madame. Your servant—" he uched his chest —“unfortunately t to Ghulam Buk speaks nglish."” If Dagger had known India bette e would have surprised by cleanliness of the halls and cor- dors she traversed; but she did have to know India to appre- the atmosphere of her crossed the reshold. The place oly quict. The oceassional e encountered moved like than men, their as, been ate enwrapped had so soon as was unbeliev- monks es rather bare AUNT HET BY RORERT QUILI “I reckon I would o’ been kissed before I was married; but the only three times I was tempted an’ felt in the notion, I'd been eatin’ on- L8 | she didn’t wor POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALI “Ma was uneasy our son Joe told her he was goin’ up in an airplane, but as much as she did when he told her he had a date with that wid- ow.” Copyright, 1930, Futlishers Syndicate Buk varree | | peace | monastery’s when “There is no such thing as death, my daughter,” said Ghulam Buk. | feet soundless, thei¥ heads bent in reflection, their yellow robes flut- tering with a suggestion of misti- ness. | But the quictness and calm did | not account for the feel of the place. |That, she understood, must be a | psychic reaction from some kin- | dred force secluded within these | walls. Whatever it w it soothed her nerves and stilled any lingering |urge for.haste. Haste? She smiled | to herself. Here was infinity. | Her guide led her across a hall | where a statue of the Buddha {loomed dimly in the twilight, and lur flight of stairs, their broad, low ftreads worn satin-smooth. On this upper floor they stopped at a | door of teakwood, and the monk knocked upon it with an excess of | humility which warned Dagger she reached the goal of her desire. | A voice responded from within, a |'voice which made her think of the | tinkle of silvery bells, inexpressibly remote. The monk stood back with |2 gesture inviting her to enter. “THERE 1S NO DEATH” the door swung to behind her, er caught her breath and 4 auick survey of the i roofed ch, | owner of that | In the farthest | heap of rugs and garments crowned |a low divan. From this heap the voice spoke again: “You are welcome, my daughter. Dagger was ‘startled. It was al- | most incredible that life could ex- | ist t shaggy mass; but, peer- ling . she perceived a pair of . friendly eyes and a small, |a & |a corner, a small “Are—are you Ghulam Buk?" she asked es. WAll you sit?” A hand that was no more than a | claw motioned toward a stool by | the divan, and obeying the implied command, she was conscious of a | sensation of bewilderment that any creature could give such an impres- | sion of extreme age. The man on the divan shrunken to the d1- mensions of a child: his very r were in miniature. Perhaps some of her bewilderment was mir- | rored in her face,.for Ghulam Buk | chuckled dryly “You, my daughter, | just buddea into youtn, so ancient a body j‘wlnln the spark of | wa who have marvel that this should vitality. Let tention the say- ‘The vase molded would be useless but empty space left for its this shows that however the material may be to without the immaterial it would useless’ My vase, you see, still | rurfil purpose.” | @ daring, me call to your ing of Lao Tze, out of clay for the | contents; | beneticial | us, Dagger let her eyes meet his. “I do not know its purpose,” she answered, “but to me you seem to give peace.” “If I read your note correctly— he fingered the envelope she had nt him—*you craved wisdom, ot ce,” “Aren’t they the same?” “Yes — and no, child. There is | the wisdom of destruction—and in (that there is no peace. And there 13 the wisdom of rightness, which brings to those who follow it the peace that your Christ said ‘passeth | understanding.’ " | “You know Christ?” she asked | curiously. “I know all teachers who have | taught the Way.” “And what is the W “The Path of Righteousness, im-| molation of self, my daughter. Tze, Confucius, Buddha, | they all and lesser teachers point- ed the path I follow. What does 12 matter how a man is called or {the color of his skin, if he says: ‘Do this because 1t is right. For- get Self in the Oneness of all.’” “Is that what you told Blaine Howard?” Dagger inquircd. “You are not the wife he fled trom?" “No. And Dagger added honestly, “he fled from me.” “A just man. You were fortunate tn loving him, my daughter.” “Is it fortunate to love one you never possess?” ~Dagger demanded somewhat bitterly. “What is possession? Is it physic s it a thing aind passion it, in its nce, the distillation of the two souls for what is | pe v yet,* What is hunger o beautiful 2" “But is there no claimed. “More? There is all! “How can there be mor Ho more?"” she ex- for me? can I have all? He is dead!" o, no, my daughter,” said Ghulam Buk. “There 1s no such thing as death. Nothing that is of the spirit dies. “Is that why I think of-Blaine as it he lived?” she asked. “If you think so. you are in touch with life,” he said. “He cannot be tested. “I said you were in touch with life,” corrected Ghulam Buk. “I { did not know, until you told me, that he suffered the loss of his material clay which hold the imma- terial light of the spirit. And if he | has suffered that loss. any daughter. | | perhaps still he will come to you | again.” “How he?" “Who am I to say what shall and | 1l not be? You people of the West have plucked the lightning out of the air, and speak words which ride the winds. Would it be more | wonderful if those who are materi- ally dead, and immaterially fmmor- | tal, returned? Your friend, who 1s my friend, strove to follow the Way. I think that you, too, seek it t is sufficient.” Then I do no wrong if T con-| tinue to seek after him the Way he trod?” Dagger ques- tioned cagerly. Wrong? My him and lies happiness. The bell-like quality of the dis- tant voice fascinated her. “But he is surely gone from me?" she suggested. His eyes blazed so that his an- cient face was lit up by the flame ot his conviction. | |, “No one is dead, who Jas sought | the Right, who has forgot himself in the Oneness of all. Seek on, n | daughter. At the end of seeking| | lies wisdom, and he who has found | the wisdom of rightness has found peace.” Dagger was touched “You have found peace—father?” che asked His smile acknowledged the title she had given him. | # T have found peac eeking v be not discouraged proves stony."” (Copyright, 1930, Duffield and Co Into the domains of China's most | powerful war lord Dagger goes to- | morrow, ana adventures | t her there. alive,” she pro- could I daughter, you jus- ourself. In seeking | ented. 50 ‘Way " he a not ea if the strange \Legionnaires From Rome fo starts Saturday, October 4, and goes it T follow | my | B BOSTON PREPARES TO GREET 100,000 Honolulu Head for Convention Boston, Oct. 1 (P)—The 1930 con- vention of the Americgn Legion gets under way here next month with not less than 100,000 men and women expected. The convention, itself, only four days, Monda to Thursday, October but the entertainment will last October 6, 9, inclusive program clear through to Saturday, October i The sfreets of modern Boston, | once lanes and cowpaths of colonial | days, made historic by a dozen stir- | ring episodes, will echo to the tramp of 75,000 marchers. Two presidents and scores of di tinguished guests will come. Pres dent Hoover and former President Coolidg® will appear side by side on the platform and this, in itself will be historic since, except at inaug- | urations, appearances of the Pres dent with ‘a former chief executive have been compartively rare. Practically all of the 10,500 posts | from Rome to Honolulu will be rep- | resented, as will 7,300 units of the | auxiliary. | The convention corporation work- | ing through 143 committees and | sub-committees, with 3,500 mem- bers has been maturing its plans since last February and, for once, finances have not been lacking. The state made $50,000 available, the city $25,000, Boston merchants $50,000 while nearly $50,000 was raised from concessionaires. Plans for caring the anticipated influx of visitors formed one of the most complicated problems but here is how the housing committee arranged it: 3 12,000 in Boston hotels, 18,000 on Pullman trains in four railroad “cities.” 7,500 to 8,000 on ships in the har- bor, 0.000 in halls and armories for | amateur: which the army has furnished cots. 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