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Such distress should fall upon me,

Such distress should overwhelm me,

As upon my head has fallen,

Laid upon my hands such burdens."

the girl had well been lectured,

And the bride had been instructed;

Let me now address my brother,

Let me lecture now the bridegroom.

“Bridegroom, dearest of my brothers,

Thou the best of all my brothers,

Dearest of my mother’s children,

Gentlest of my father’s children,

Listen now to what I tell thee,

What I speak and what I tell thee,

Of thy linnet who awaits thee,

And the dove that thou hast captured.

“Bridegroom, bless thy happy fortune,

For the fair one granted to thee,

When thou praisest, praise thou loudly,

Loudly praise the good that’s granted,

Loudly praise thou thy Creator,

For the gracious gift He granted,

And her father praise thou also,

Even more her mother praise thou,

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 de las Marinas gives your Majesty I have informed him so that, being so Christian and zealous a knight in the service of your Majesty, he will give a true and certain relation of all.

With this astrolabe, which, with the aid of God, I have discovered, can be found the altitude from the pole, and the latitude of any region whatsoever at any hour of the day, and at the same time it will tell the hour, in the same way that it gives directions at night by any known star, more easily than the mariners usually take it at midday. Besides this, it also serves like other astrolabes at midday, to indicate the various points of the compass, and show and verify with precision the deviations and deflection of the needle from the pole. In this way it serves to give the longitude where one is sailing, on whatever parallel to the equinoctial. Likewise it shows the position of the stars, even when all their latitudes [i.e., altitudes?] and declinations are unknown, so easily that even the most uninstructed can in a short time learn it. It is of use in other curious, useful, and important ways, for the perfection of this art, which can by its aid be verified. As it is an article so curious and useful, the said Luis Perez de las Marinas persuaded me to give an account of it to your Majesty, with a brief relation and discourse concerning the information which I have of these parts.

Although your Majesty has so little profit from these islands, we can see that it is a place of much importance for the service of your Majesty, and the spread of the most holy Catholic faith, since it has as neighbors, and surrounding it, many extremely rich and fertile countries. The disposition of matters is that they are propitious for your Majesty


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 means of an ingenious apparatus, he succeeded in producing "mitts" of a lacy appearance, and it was this success which determined him to pursue the study of mechanical lace-making. The stocking frame had already, in a modified form, been applied to the manufacture of point-net lace, in which the mesh was looped as in a stocking, but the work was slight and frail, and therefore unsatisfactory. Many ingenious Nottingham mechanics had, during a long succession of years, been labouring at the problem of inventing a machine by which the mesh of threads should be twisted round each other on the formation of the net. Some of these men died in poverty, some were driven insane, and all alike failed in the object of their search. The old warp-machine held its ground.

When a little over twenty-one years of age, Heathcoat went to Nottingham, where he readily found employment, for which he soon received the highest remuneration, as a setter-up of hosiery and warp-frames, and was much respected for his talent for invention, general intelligence, and the sound and sober principles that governed his conduct. He also continued to pursue the subject on which his mind had before been occupied, and laboured to compass the contrivance of a twist traverse-net machine. He first studied the art of making the Buckingham or pillow-lace by hand, with the object of effecting the same motions by mechanical means. It was a long and laborious task, requiring the exercise of great perseverance and ingenuity. His master, Elliot, described him at that time as inventive, patient, self-denying, and taciturn, undaunted by failures and mistakes, full of resources and expedients, and entertaining the most perfect


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 confidence that his application of mechanical principles would eventually be crowned with success.

It is difficult to describe in words an invention so complicated as the bobbin-net machine. It was, indeed, a mechanical pillow for making lace, imitating in an ingenious manner the motions of the lace-maker's fingers in intersecting or tying the meshes of the lace upon her pillow. On analysing the component parts of a piece of handmade lace, Heathcote was enabled to classify the threads into longitudinal and diagonal. He began his experiments by fixing common pack-threads lengthwise on a sort of frame for the warp, and then passing the weft threads between them by common plyers, delivering them to other plyers on the opposite side; then, after giving them a sideways motion and twist, the threads were repassed back between the next adjoining cords, the meshes being thus tied in the same way as upon pillows by hand. He had then to contrive a mechanism that should accomplish all these nice and delicate movements, and to do this cost him no small amount of mental toil. Long after he said, "The single difficulty of getting the diagonal threads to twist in the allotted space was so great that if it had now to be done, I should probably not attempt its accomplishment." His next step was to provide thin metallic discs, to be used as bobbins for conducting the threads backwards and forwards through the warp. These discs, being arranged in carrier-frames placed on each side of the warp, were moved by suitable machinery so as to conduct the threads from side to side in forming the lace. He eventually succeeded in working out his


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 easily to make himself master of those lands. Your Majesty will see that this is so by the relations which the governor of these islands, and likewise Don Luis Perez de las Marinas, formerly governor of them, have sent you.

It is very necessary and expedient that several expeditions and conquests should be made in these parts for the service of your Majesty in view of the advantages that the Castilians would gain if they held a good post on the mainland—such as the kingdom of Sian, which is very rich and abounds in many things, and could be conquered and kept with a thousand men, according to everyone who has been there; or the kingdom of Canboxa, which is seeking our friendship, and offers to maintain troops at its own expense, and furnish them to us on occasions when aid may be necessary; or the kingdom of Chanpa, which could be conquered and maintained with three hundred men, and is the pass for this archipelago, and the key to Cochinchina, which is a very rich and fertile country, and could be conquered with a thousand or fifteen hundred men. The latter is more to the east than the said kingdoms between Chanpa and China, close to these islands, and with everyone of them on account of the many wars and enmities, which exist among them, this  would be easy to spread the royal sovereignty of your Majesty with great  so that all would seek for our friendship and alliance; for  said, and with a little shrewdness and cunning a great deal of it might be gained  with our protection and oversight the ministers and preachers  could spread over all those parts in safety, to convert those souls and bring such a great multitude of


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 heathen to the true knowledge of our Lord God. It is no little shame to consider that among those peoples, by way of Burnei and other Mahometans the venom and poison of their false doctrine is being scattered—although this is of so great importance, as your Majesty must see by the accounts which are sent you, and to which I refer.

But for the present the thing which appears very expedient and necessary, and should be attended to at once, is to take a port on the island of Hermosa, which lies distant from the farthest part of this island (which is the province of Cagaia), thirty-six leagues in a northwesterly direction. In circumference it measures about two hundred leagues, and stretches in the same direction from the twenty-second to the twenty-fifth degree. From there to the mainland of China is not more than twenty leagues informed by a person who has been there that it is fertile and inhabited by a people similar to the natives of these islands, who rob and kill those who go there in vessels, as it is the necessary route from China to this city, from Japon here, and to other parts. The country is well supplied with provisions. It has few ports, but there is one which lies at the head of it, on the side which faces toward Japon, which is very well formed and strong. It is named Keilang, and at present has no defense. If three hundred men were placed there with a fort, all the power of those parts would not be sufficient to dislodge them; for the entrance is very narrow, and with artillery they could resist any efforts which were made against them. It is a large port with deep water, and the entrance is closed by an island on the northeast part, inhabited by about three hundred Indians. I have sent a care-


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 fully traced sketch of this to your Majesty with this letter. The reason why it is very necessary to occupy this port is for the safety of these islands; for it is known to a certainty that that if a fort is built at  which is very  will be able to send it from there without great difficulty, and being installed there, would make us anxious at all times, and harry the land, without there being any help for it. For they are a warlike and numerous people. The other reason is because all the trading ships which sail for this city from China make land there, and will not dare sail from their own country. They are very much afraid of those people, and will cease their trade with this city, and thus that will be lost—even more than the great wealth which the ship "San Felipe" carried, which arrived in their country in the past year, ninety-six. That wealth made them covetous of it; and perhaps their principal intention is to come here and attack these islands. It is not worthy of the Spanish reputation to allow this barbarian to use us thus, without experiencing our power through some injury. It would be a great loss to him to take that passage from him; and, for any purpose that your Majesty may desire, it will be a very important station; since, if your Majesty sends a large number of troops by way of Nueva España or of India, that is so difficult an undertaking, and entails so much expense and the death of so many.

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 your Majesty of two routes which can be explored at little expense and are short and easy. The first is by the strait which is called Danian [i. e., Anian], which lies between the farthest land of China and the regions of Nueva España a relation which I [received] there, which was left in manuscript by Fray Martin de Rada, of the order of St. Augustine, a great mathematician, of whom your Majesty had information in this  of the letter.

A worthy Vizcayan, named Juanes de Ribas, a native of San Sebastian, told me that while he was going after whales to Terranova [i. e., Newfoundland] he received information that in the year forty-five some Bretons were carried [by storms] from the cape of Breton, which lies about eighty leguas west of the cape of Bacallaos, which lies in forty-nine or fifty degrees of latitude. He said that in latitude fifty-two degrees, after sailing to the northwest a hundred leguas, they encountered a strait. And, according to this relation, some Portuguese came to India and China; they say that in forty-five days they arrived from Ucheo at Lisboa; and, believing that the king would show them favor, they gave him an account of it. But he threw them into prison, and they died there. One of the Portuguese who went in that ship afterward came to Nueva España and accompanied Francisco de Ivarra in the exploration of Nueva Viscaya. The said Francisco de Ivarra intended to go to explore this strait, but there were difficulties in the way, and they did not accomplish it. This Vizcayan and the Portuguese became friendly


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 and told to each other what each one had seen and knew. They said that from the cape of Breton they go to the northwest until they reach the mainland and afterwards coast down toward the southwest, as the coast runs in this direction, and they come upon the entrance which, although it seems very small, yet is large and deep. Then sailing to this sea of China to the west-southwest, they said that at the mouth of the strait, toward the South Sea as toward the North Sea, there are many small islands, although more in the direction of the north, coming from China outside of  which to Manil  The country of China is very high, and wooded with pine trees and  partly lower, also with forests. He said that in the strait they use no wind at all, but that the currents take them in and float them through. They said that those who consider that the island of Bacallao is all one are wrong; for it consists of several small islands in a chain, reaching to Cape Gata, which is in sixty-two degrees, and where there is a deep channel which enters into the great bay. They say that the point of Vacallaos is in fifty degrees, and they run along the coast of this island as far as Cape Breton, about eighty leguas. Those who place Cape Breton on the maps should put it on the same large island, and it lies nearer to the point of Vacallaos than to Cape Gata.


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 It may also be inferred that these seas communicate with each other, because on the coast of Nueva España those who are coming from these islands in forty-two degrees latitude see a great number of whales, who must enter by that strait to winter in a warm climate. Accordingly your Majesty can send as many troops as you wish in this way with ease, and become lord of these parts. Although this voyage being in so high a latitude appears to entail some difficulty, there will be none, in view of the fact that by leaving España at the end of March, when they arrive in the high latitudes it is the hot season, and the days are long and the weather is fair; and the winds are brisas, as is necessary. Thus they will come here very easily, and in the island of Hermosa, in this port of Kielang, your Majesty may send and have stationed a considerable fleet, safe and well provisioned; for the country is fertile, and productive of food stuffs, rice, meat, and so much fish that they load every year two hundred ships for China—especially as the coast of China is so near, where for money what they wish in abundance; and also from Japon they can  examine.

The other route for navigation is through Nuevo Mexico, in forty-five degrees of latitude. This was related to me by a friar named Fray Andres de Aguirre, of the order of St. Augustine, who died about three years ago, being prior of the convent of his order in this city. He was learned in cosmography. He said that in his presence, at the time when Don Luis de Velasco the elder was governor of Nueva España, a Vizcayan gave an account of this route, who said that he had seen it while he was sailing with a French pirate. They entered through an


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 arm of the sea above the main coast opposite Florida, and after sailing west for many days they found that the said arm ended in a bay. They saw straightway a half a league distant another arm of the sea, and building a brigantine they went through it sailing for several days, and came upon a very populous city, where they were furnished with whatever they needed, and had built for them some wooden houses on the shore, until, on account of a certain difficulty which one of them had with a woman, they were driven out of the country, and went back. From this it may be inferred that in that region, which they said lay in forty-five degrees of From here having ships there, rather  of this. Father Antonio Sedeño, rector of the Society of Jesus of this city, who died about two years ago, said that it was told him many times by Pero Melendez in Florida.

These two explorations will be very easy to make, at little expense, from these islands rather than from España. For their entrances from that side are difficult to find, and from this side one cannot go astray, nor is there any obstacle. The first year after Gomez Perez de las Marinas arrived in this country as governor, he conferred with me about sending me to explore the strait of Danian. By reason of the expedition which he intended to make to Maluco, he deferred the other; and when he was so unfortunately killed it put an end to the project. He, I believe,


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 would have far advanced the affairs of these parts if he had lived, and would have done good service for your Majesty, judging by the valor and zeal which he showed; and his absence, and the need for him, have brought this city to a sense of what they owe him, and now they deplore his loss.

I have given this brief account to your Majesty, begging humbly that you will pardon my boldness (which zeal for your royal service and the good of these regions has caused) in advising your Majesty, that you may see how glorious opportunities our Lord God has kept for you to extend and widen out the holy Catholic faith. But it is necessary that your Majesty should entrust this to a person of high rank and great worth, and that he should not come for a limited time, with the intention of gathering riches and the fruit of the land, and then returning; for those who have this intention will not be watchful for its welfare, nor zealous for the honor of God and for the service of your Majesty. I have informed the governor of these islands, Don Francisco Tello, of this, so that he may write to your Majesty and make use of the opportunities which are offered him. I know not what he will do. May our Lord God, for whom we labor, protect your Majesty many years, according to the needs of Christendom, and augment your estate with greater lands and majesty, for His glory and the good of may it prosper. Manila, June 27, 1597.

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 matter, and have all the papers brought in a bundle."]

[Memoranda at beginning of document: "Memorial addressed to the king, dated at Manila on June 27, 1597, by Colonel Hernando de los Rios, which gives an account of a book which he is engaged in composing, concerning the approved usage and art of navigation, and of the importance of taking a port on the mainland of China, and particularly in the island of Hermosa, of which he gives a very circumstantial description, accompanying it with his map, and finally a very valuable discourse on the two routes which are the most expeditious and direct for navigation from Spaña to those kingdoms, that can be found. The first is through a channel or narrowing of the sea which enters Nuebo Mexico above Florida at forty-five degrees latitude, according to the information received from Father Federico of the Society of Jesus, and from a friar of the order of St. Augustine, who was very learned in cosmography, and who died in that city. The other is through the strait called Anian. There is inserted in the said memorial a relation which was left written by Fray Martin de Rada, of the order of St. Augustine. It was received from a Vizcayan named Juanes de Rivas, a native of San Sevastian, wherein he sets forth that various Portuguese have passed by that way to Yndia and China, and by way of Ucheo returned to Lisboa in forty-five days of voyage. He gives a condensed description of the ship's courses, and the navigation which must be accomplished until they have arrived in the harbor, either here or in China, etc., etc.

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 ] drawal from Rome while its Episcopate was assembled would be a declaration of hostility to Catholicism upon which France dared not venture. Accordingly, the political obstruction being now removed, the Presiding Legate informed the Council that many Bishops had petitioned the Pope to forego the consideration of all other subjects, and to proceed at once to the discussion of Papal Infallibility; and to these petitions the Pope had assented.

To realise the situation fully it is now necessary to fix attention on a select and powerful body at work behind the Council—the famous Commission of Suggestions. This was a select Committee of twenty-five, including Cardinals, Patriarchs, Archbishops, all appointed by the Pope; their momentous function being to receive and criticise all suggestions of subjects upon which the Council might deliberate. Nothing could enter the Council at all until endorsed by this Commission.

It was pointed out by Infallibilists that the members of the Commission of Suggestions represented all portions of the Catholic world: to which the minority replied that whatever the geographical distribution, all opinions were excluded except one. This was not exactly accurate. But within the chosen twenty-five were such advanced Ultramontanes as Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin; Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore; Manning, Archbishop of Westminster; Dechamp, Archbishop of Mechlin; Conrad Martin, Bishop of Paderborn; Valerga of Jerusalem; Cardinals de Angelis and Bonnechose; to say nothing of Antonelli.

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Rh men and genii. This exciting ceremony is said to take place as soon as the funeral party have proceeded forty paces from the grave!

Enlightened Muhammadans of the present day attempt to explain all this in a figurative sense, but in vain, for there is a very trustworthy tradition, recorded both by Bokhári and Muslim, to the effect that Muhammad related that he himself heard the infliction of torment on infidels in their graves when passing through the grave-yard, and that his camel was frightened by their groans! This is one of the many instances of Muhammad's superstitious belief which the more recent Muhammadan divines endeavour to explain in a metaphorical sense. We have, however, shown in a previous article that the traditions of Bokhári are of considerable historical weight, so that there can be little doubt that Muhammad believed "the punishments of the grave?" to be real and literal, which is opposed to the teaching of God's revealed word (vide Eccl. ix. 10; xii. 7; Psalm cxlvi. 4).


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 82 The Devil is said to be a fallen angel who was turned out of Paradise because he refused to do homage to Adam. He is called Iblís, a word which is most probably derived from balas, a wicked or profligate person; and also Shaitán (Satan). Besides angels and devils, there are said to be a distinct order of creatures called Jinn (Genii) who were created of fire some thousands of years before Adam. According to tradition the species consists of five distinct orders:—1. Jánn; 2. Jinn; 3. Shaitán; 4. ʾIfrít; 5. Márid.

Their chief abode is the mountains of Qáf, which are supposed to encircle the world.

There are good and evil Genii. If good, they are exceedingly handsome; if evil, they are horribly hideous. The evil genii are said to have been at liberty to enter any of the seven heavens till the birth of Jesus, when they were excluded from three of them. On the birth of Muhammad they were forbidden the other four heavens. They continue, however, to ascend to the confines of the lowest heavens, and there listen to the conversations of the


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 Rh angels respecting the decrees of God, which they sometimes impart to men by means of talismans and invocations.

The good genii are Muslims, and perform all the religious duties of the faithful.

King Solomon is said to have had great power over the genii by means of his magic ring.

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number of prophets (rasúl), which have been sent by God, are said to be 224,000, or, according to another tradition, 124,000. Of these 313 were Apostles sent with special commissions, to reclaim the world from infidelity and superstition.

Six brought new laws which successively abrogated the preceding and have special titles, or kalima :—

1. Adam (Adam), Sufi-Ullah, the Chosen of God.

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 Rh 3. Ibrahím (Abraham), Khalíl-Ullah, the Friend of God.

4, Musá (Moses), Kalím-Ullah, one who conversed with God.

5. ʾIsa (Jesus), Ruh-Ullah, the Spirit of God.

6. Muhammad, Rusúl-Ullah, the Messenger of God.

The number of sacred books delivered to man are said to have been one hundred and four, viz.:—

The one hundred scriptures given to Adam, Seth, Enoch, and Abraham, are termed Sahífah (a pamphlet), and the other four, Kitáb (a book); but all that is necessary for the Muslim to know of these books is supposed to have been retained in the Qurán.

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86 Æsop) and Alexander the Great are also considered by Muhammadan commentators to have been prophets. Luqmán is mentioned in the thirty-first Sura of the Qurán, and Zulqurnain, "the two-horned" (supposed to have been Alexander), in the eighteenth Sura; but it is not clear as to what position the author of the Qurán intended to assign to these worthies.

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(lit. "standing"), or the day of resurrection and judgment, is a time which all Muhammadans allow is a perfect secret and known only to God. But they say that the approach of the day of judgment will be known by twenty-five signs.

1. The decay of faith among men.

2. The advancing of the meanest persons to dignity.

3. That a maid-servant shall become the mother of her mistress.

4. Tumults and seditions.

5. A war with the Turks.

6. Great distress in the world.

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 88 8. That the buildings of Medina shall extend to Yaháb.

9. The sun rising in the west.

10. The appearance of a remarkable Beast, called the Dábbat-ul-arz, which shall rise out of the earth in the temple at Mecca.

11. War with the Greeks and the taking of Constantinople by 70,000 of the posterity of Isaac.

12. The coming of Masíh-ud-Dajjál, or Antichrist.

13. The coming of Jesus Christ, who will descend upon one of the minarets of the Mosque at Damascus.

14. War with the Jews.

15. The ravages made by Yajúj and Majúj (Gog and Magog).

16. A smoke which shall fill the whole earth.

17. An eclipse of the moon.

18. The return of the Arabians to idolatry.

19. The discovery of a heap of treasure by the retreating of the river Euphrates.

20. The demolition of the temple at Mecca.

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 sensible and insensible, gets vent—in this land, my dear Eugenius—in this fertile land of chivalry and romance, where I now sit, unskrewing my ink-horn to write my uncle Toby's amours, and with all the meanders of track in quest of her, in full view of my study window—if thou comest not and takest me by the hand

What a work is it likely to turn out!

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Rh 22. A breaking out of a fire in Yaman.

23. The appearance of a remarkable man who shall drive men before him with his staff.

24. The coming of Imám Mahdí, the director, who will come from Khorásán, his troops bearing black ensigns.

25. A mighty wind which shall sweep away the souls of all who have but a grain of faith in their hearts.

The following is a succinct account of the day of judgment, translated from a Muhammadan book:—"Then shall God bring all men back and raise them again, and restore to them their souls, and gather them together. He will then call for the books in which have been written the good and evil actions of all men. Then he will judge them in equity and weigh the balance (mizán) of their works, and will make retribution to every soul according to what he has done. Some shall enter Paradise through his goodness and mercy, and some shall go to hell. No Muslim shall remain in


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 90 hell for ever, but shall enter into Paradise, after they have suffered according to their sins, for believers shall remain for ever in Paradise, and the unbelievers in hell fire."

Sírát is a bridge which all must pass over on the day of judgment. It is said to extend over the midst of hell, and to be sharper than the edge of a sword. In passing it the feet of the infidel will slip, and he will fall into hell fire; but the feet of the Muslim will be firm, and carry him safely to Paradise.


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—But now I am talking of beginning a book, and have long had a thing upon my mind to be imparted to the reader, which if not imparted now, can never be imparted to him as long as I live (whereas the may be imparted to him any hour in the day)—I'll just mention it, and begin in good earnest.

The thing is this.

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Muhammadan Paradise is called Jannat (garden) in Arabic, and Bahisht in Persian; the word Firdaus, from which we get our English word Paradise, being restricted to one region in the celestial abodes of bliss.

There are eight different terms employed in the Qurán for heaven, and although they would appear to be but different names for the same region, Muhammadan divines understand them to mean different stages of glory.

They are as follows :—

1. Jannat-ul-Khuld (Sura xxv. 16), "The garden of eternity."

2. Dár-us-Salám (Sura vi. 127), "The dwelling of peace."


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 252 confined himself in his reply to practical affairs. There is a studious and, says his biographer, deliberate silence on the theme of Pontifical Infallibility. The theory was his personal belief. He thought that, were it otherwise, the Church would be inadequately furnished for arresting heresies, since General Councils are intermittent and occasional. "But whether it is opportune to make a dogma of this truth—that," he wrote in 1870, "is by no means clear to me." At the same time he added that he would not have the least repugnance to subscribe to such a decree. Accordingly Guibert, who was thoroughly understood in Rome and highly valued, was nominated member of the Commission of Suggestions.

Guibert himself gave the following interesting account of their deliberations at the critical hour when the subject of Infallibility was brought before them. The Congregation met in a chamber of the Vatican under the papal apartments. Cardinal Patrizzi presided. Guibert, as one of the senior Archbishops, was placed next to the Cardinals.

"The time had come for the famous question of Infallibility to be submitted to the Congregation for proposals. Its decision was anxiously expected. The Pope himself had given orders that he should be informed of our decision immediately afterwards.

"Cardinal Patrizzi, after opening the subject, proceeded to interrogate, according to custom, the prelates of the least distinguished rank. They had mostly prepared their reply, and before voting delivered a thesis on the authority of Holy Scripture, the Fathers, etc. These discourses were pronounced or read in Latin. When my turn came, not being accustomed to write much, I had no prepared discourse, and being unused to talk in Latin, should have had great difficulty in giving exact expression to my thoughts in that


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 ] language. I could, indeed, have given my vote in Latin, but I desired to preface it with some statements by way of explanation. I therefore begged the presiding Cardinal to allow me to speak in French, which was a language familiar to all the Congregation, and which would greatly facilitate my explanations. The Cardinal willingly consented, and, I may add that many of my colleagues, being in the same predicament, afterwards followed my example. They seemed to attach some importance to what I was about to say. I was far from desiring to oppose the definition for which people yearned. I was by no means in with the opposition, but I had never manifested enthusiasm for it as many others did.

"I began with the profession of faith in the Pope's Infallibility. I affirmed that this belief had been mine throughout my life. I had been taught it in childhood, and as a student I was admitted into a society where this belief was held without reserve. I had taught it myself as Superior of the Seminary of Ajaccio. In short, I never had the least doubt about the doctrine, and I was inclined to defend it in every way. But the question before them now was whether it was opportune for the Council to discuss its dogmatic definition. If this question had been raised some years before I should have asked that no discussion should be held. … I hold that it would not have been opportune to discuss the subject some years ago. It would have been even dangerous, for it would have needlessly disturbed the minds of men, and have exposed to challenge an authority which more than any other should remain above discussion. But things are different to-day. The subject has taken possession of the public Press, and violent passions have been roused by its discussion. Deplorable divisions have been encouraged. The faithful are everywhere disturbed. Even Governments are uneasy; and, with various motives, concern themselves with this important matter. Things have come to such a pass that it is essential to bring the discussion to an end. We are no longer free to keep silence. Peace


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few days intervening between the death of Madeleine Barham and her funeral were as a nightmare of horrors to her husband. Yet, there was so much to be done that only he could do, and so many things to be attended to that only he could attend to, that, after all, the time passed quickly.

Nelson brought him the report of what had been done at the police inquiry, and Barham listened gravely to his recital.

“I’ve so many things on my mind, Nick,” he said, “that I can’t remember all you’re telling me. But that doesn’t matter, for I sent a stenographer down there, and I shall have the full account whenever I get ready to read it over. But you give me the salient points. I suppose they’ve no word from or of Mr. Locke?”

“No, they haven’t, and that of course is not surprising. Of course, Drew, the artist is either responsible for the deed—or he knows who is. That much goes without saying.”

“Yes, I suppose that is true,” Barham returned. But his attention was distracted, as if his mind were elsewhere.

“Don’t think I’m not listening,” he said quickly, as he saw Nelson’s recognition of his wandering mind, “but, oh, Nick, if you knew all I have to contend with. I wouldn’t mention it to any one but you, but Mother Selden is driving me crazy.”

“She can do it! You’ll have to make some other arrangement for her, Drew.”

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“I can’t, Nick. She goes off in tantrums if I make the merest hint or suggestion of any change. Oh, well, that’s in the future. Just now, it’s the funeral arrangements. Poor Maddy, if I could only have a simple service and just a few of our nearest friends”

“Mrs. Selden objects to that?”

“Oh, rather! She insists on enough pomp and ceremony for a Queen of England, at least. And, I’m glad for her to have her way—it’s her own daughter, you know, but she changes all the details every few hours. Now she’s all for a vested choir, and when that is arranged, she decides on a solo by some prima donna instead.”

“Can’t you put her and her arrangements in the hands of some one else?”

“I tried that. I sent for her sister, Mrs. Beresford. And when she came, they quarreled the first thing, and her sister went off in a huff. Claudine’s a good girl, she helps out all she can. Oh, Lord, Nick, don’t think I’m complaining—but I have to think quickly to keep up with Mrs. Selden’s vagaries.”

“Good old Drew,” and Nelson’s sympathy was ready. “Suppose I have a go at her. Maybe I can drive some sense into her head.”

“All right, try it. You’ve done about everything else for me. Now, as to this investigation. I want it pushed, and all that, but I can’t do anything myself until after the funeral.”

“Nor are you expected to. And, too, there’s nothing you or I can do. It’s up to the authorities. I think they feel that Locke is or will be in touch with that Miss Cutler.”

“Who’s she?” Barham looked up with a show of interest.

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 was seen bending over Maddy’s body before it was found by Mr. Post—no, it was after that—but before the police saw it.”

“Well, does that mean anything?”

“I think not. The girl was frank enough about it. Yet, there are some who are ready to think she is implicated”

“In the crime? A girl?”

“Well, the Chinese servant saw her stooping there—but you’ll read it all on your stenographer’s notes. That was a good idea, Drew, to get a complete record, like that.”

“Yes, I have to have it—if I’m to help in the investigation. I can’t be going down there—I haven’t the time, nor the inclination. But, Nick, I do want to find out who killed Maddy—and yet—do you suppose it will bring about unpleasant revelations”

“Yes,” and Nelson looked at him steadily, “yes, Drew, I think it will.”

“Then shall we hush it all up?”

“You can’t. It’s not in your hands. Now, take my advice, old man; after the funeral, put Mrs. Selden away some place—you can send her off on a visit—and then let me help you cook up some plan by which you can cover up Maddy’s—shortcomings. There’s a lot you ought to know, well, never mind it now—but when the time comes, we’ll work it out together.”

“Very well,” and Barham looked stern. “I am ready to do anything to shield my wife’s name or reputation. I can’t take up the matter now, I’ve pressing engagements—but I will do just as you advise, Nick, except as to sending Mrs. Selden away. That I can’t do, unless she’s willing to go. If you can persuade her—for Heaven’s sake, do!”

Nelson went off, and Barham fell into one of the brown studies which were frequent with him of late.

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And not the least of his quandaries was the fact that people were acting queer. His own most intimate friends stood by him loyally. Men called or wrote or telephoned with sincere offers of help, sympathy and understanding.

But Madeleine’s friends were aloof. Only a few of the women had called on Mrs. Selden, only a few had sent notes or cards to him.

He knew, he realized that there was something for him to learn about Maddy—something derogatory, perhaps disgraceful, but from a strange feeling or fear he shrank from knowing it—at least, until after her funeral.

He wanted to take his last look at that beautiful face with only sorrow in his heart, not shame—if shame must come.

Poor Madeleine. He thought of her only tenderly. He forgot all the unpleasant things she had said to him, he forgot all her sarcasms and insults, and there had been many of late. He felt that perhaps he had been more to blame than he realized.

He had not been blameless, that he knew. But, then—and always at that point thoughts came crowding that he could not stand, and he would rise and go about some other business, in an effort to distract his mind.

Mrs. Gardner had written him a short, conventional note of condolence. She had said that she couldn’t bear to talk about it, and hoped he would understand. He did.

Rosamond Sayre telephoned to say that she was too upset and overcome even to write. Perhaps after a long time she could see him, but not at present.

“Why do they think I want to see them?” Barham wondered. Just because they had been his wife’s friends was no reason to his mind that they should meet and discuss the dreadful affair.

One woman gave him an inkling of the situation.

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She was a very undesirable type, to his mind, but he remembered that Maddy had resented his criticism of her. Her name was Gibbs, and from her he received a short, even curt note, that she extended her sympathy, and trusted that when the time came for him to settle up his wife’s estate, he would remember that she was among the creditors.

“I suppose poor Maddy owed her a few dollars at Bridge,” he thought. “I wish I had made more inquiries as to the poor child’s finances. I thought I gave her enough.”

And then, with one of those strange perversities of which human nature is capable, he felt a sudden wave of relief that she was gone.

He was shocked, horrified, ashamed of—this—but there were times when it came over him that he had achieved freedom—by a fearful means, truly—but freedom.

He hadn’t time to analyze this thought, but he had time to be ashamed of it, and it was with real dismay that he took himself to task for such an impulse, and hastily set about doing all he could to make amends by offering honor to her memory.

But if Mrs. Gardner was unwilling to see or talk to Andrew Barham regarding his dead wife, she was not allowed to hesitate when the detective from the Police Bureau called upon her.

She promptly refused to see him, which refusal was as promptly set aside and she was advised to make an appearance.

“What is it you want with me?” she asked in a supercilious way as she swept into the drawing room and confronted Hutchins with a reproving stare.

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 necessary that you answer to the best of your knowledge and belief.”

As is often the case with those unfamiliar with police procedure, any phrase of the law carries a certain amount of awe-inspiring command and impressed also by Hutchins' air of authority, Mrs. Gardner came down a little from her heights of inaccessibility.

“The questions regard a certain side of Mrs. Barham’s nature, which, I have reason to believe was more familiar to you than to her husband,” Hutchins began, and it pleased him to be a bit intimate, a bit confidential in his manner.

His quick intuition had told him this was a better way to get at this woman than by mere insistence. And the result proved he was right.

“Yes,” and her lips curved into a cruel smile, “we women friends of Mrs. Barham know a lot about her that her husband does not dream of.”

“Regarding her Bridge games,” suggested Hutchins.

“Yes—that is, the extent of them. Mr. Barham knew, of course, that she played—lots—but he didn’t know, I’m sure, to what lengths she went to get the money to pay her debts.”

Hutchins hated his task. He had many ungrateful duties to perform in his detective work, but the one that always most thoroughly revolted him was when he found it necessary to get damaging information against a woman from another woman. There was no escape, however, so he merely said:

“How did she get it?”

And the story that Mrs. Gardner told him was so incredible, so different from what he had expected, so much worse than the worst he had feared, that Detective Hutchins listened, heartsick and overwhelmed with sorrow

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 for the dead woman and sympathy for her surviving husband.

“You expected her here to play Bridge the night she died, then, Mrs. Gardner, did you not?”

“Oh, yes, she was due here at eleven.”

“And when she failed to come, did you telephone or make any inquiry?”

“Oh, no; Madeleine was a law unto herself. If she chose to break an engagement at the last minute, she did so without a word. And it didn’t matter that way. It isn’t a club, or anything like that. We just have a friendly game now and then, and if any one doesn’t come, there are plenty of others.”

“You think Mrs. Barham expected to come on here after she had made a stay at the Locke party?”

“Why, yes, I suppose so. Mrs. Sayre said that Mrs. Barham told her she would be here at eleven or shortly after. But, as I say, no one ever depended on Mrs. Barham’s word in such matters. She came and went, when and where she would.”

“Did you ever hear her speak of Mr. Locke?”

“Never! It’s the queerest thing. I should as soon have thought of hearing she had gone to the Battery as to Washington Square! I never knew her to go any place south of Fiftieth Street before! To a party, I mean. Who is the man?”

“An artist—apparently a gentleman.”

“Oh, well, I don’t suppose he killed her.”

“Why not?”

“Why would he—when he doesn’t know her?”

“You’re not sure he didn’t know her.”

“Oh, yes, I am. I knew all Maddy’s friends. He wasn’t a rich man?”

“No, I think not.”

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“Well, that wouldn’t matter, Maddy never got money from men. But I’m positive if she had known an artist in Washington Square we would have known of it. It could only have been as a joke—her going there, I mean. Somebody must have dared her—or—oh, I can’t think of any reason! It is utterly inexplicable to think of Madeleine Barham going there—alone! If she had asked some of us to go—as a lark, I could have understood. But to go alone—no, I can’t think of any reason—not of any reason whatever. Can you?”

Hutchins looked at her. She was a good-looking woman, not handsome but well groomed and well made up. She was capable and efficient, he saw, and of the type that has what has been called generalship. He could well imagine her sponsoring successful Bridge games, and he could also picture her as having small sympathy with the unfortunate ones whose luck went against them.

However, he felt that he could learn no more from her concerning Mrs. Barham, and too, he felt he had learned quite enough. So, without further ado, he took his leave.

A confab with Inspector Dickson took place soon after, and the two men agreed that if the mystery was to be cleared up it would be done through investigations starting at the Barham end and not from the Locke house.

“She’s the one to run down,” Dickson said, though Hutchins’ more sensitive nature winced at this way of putting it. “The wrong begins with her—wherever it leads to. Maybe Locke is entirely innocent. Maybe he’s shielding somebody”

“The Cutler girl,” suggested Hutchins.

“I don’t know that Locke was interested in that child,” the inspector said, meditatively. “I hope he is, because that might help us get a line on him. If he’s in love with her, he’ll communicate with her, sure as shooting. But, as

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 254 will only be restored by a definition of that which Catholics have believed to the present day. We must therefore treat the subject; and, I would add, must decide in the affirmative. For otherwise, in the face of existing circumstances, if this subject be not discussed, serious harm will be done to the faithful. Governments will not have the respect they should for the Holy See, and the authority of the Pope will be depreciated.

"While I was delivering my speech," adds Guibert, in a most significant conclusion to this account, "I was watching Cardinal Antonelli, who was seated opposite. And I saw him give indications of approval each time I emphasised my opinions. My discourse produced a considerable effect upon my colleagues. It seemed to be new light, assisting and strengthening those who were irresolute on the proper course to pursue. Prelates who spoke after me did me the honour to base themselves upon the reasons I had propounded, and the conclusion of our meeting was that the subject should be laid before the Council.

"As soon as our deliberations were ended, the Cardinals went to the Pope and reported to him all the incidents. They said that, thanks to the Archbishop of Tours, a favourable vote had been obtained. The Holy Father expressed his keen satisfaction."

Such was Guibert's important share in promoting the great result. If his health gave way in Rome and compelled him to leave before the issue was determined, he could well be spared, for he had done his work. It was appropriate that so influential a mover in the Congregation of Proposals should afterwards be selected for the Archbishopric of Paris, and the rank of Cardinal.

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 I see it, she’s a hero worshiper and he’s her hero. Which is a very different matter.”

“But she must be kept in view,” Hutchins persisted.

“Keep her, then. I incline more to the idea that Locke is somehow mixed up with Mrs, Barham’s affairs. It may be indirectly—but she never went to that party without some big vital reason for going.

“You see, all her relatives, all her friends are dumfounded with amazement at her being there at all. Now, if it had been some foolish escapade, they would have known of it—or, say, have known of her predilection for that sort of thing. Instead of which, they’re all open-mouthed with surprise at her going. Now, add the fact that she dressed for it with greatest care and even expense—that Oriental rig cost a pretty penny!—and you must come to the conclusion that it was a big occasion for her. It meant a lot to her—whatever the lot was.”

“Looks that way.”

“Also, from your own story, she hesitated, even as she was getting ready. Her maid says she almost gave up the project. But she didn’t give it up—she carried it through. Common sense must tell us that she didn’t expect to meet her death there—but she did expect great things of some sort. There’s no other way to dope it out.”

Hutchins agreed to that, and went away to think it over.

Moreover, he wanted to give the rooms another look, with the purpose of finding something of Mrs. Barham’s, of indicative value. Perhaps she had left some papers—notes—no, she wouldn’t do that. Well, any way, he went down to the studio.

He was met by a very much disgusted caretaker and guard whom Dickson had stationed there for the day.

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“What’s the matter, Glenn?” Hutchins asked, smiling at the chagrined one.

“Foiled!” the other wailed. “Foiled! and by the Chink!”

“Chinese Charley? What’s he done? Vamoosed?”

“No; he’s here. Charley, come in here, and tell Mr. Hutchins that yarn.”

Charley entered, silent-footed, calm, meekly respectful. Had it not been for a gleam in the Chinaman’s eye, Hutchins would have thought Glenn was imagining things.

“It was a while ago,” Glenn burst forth, “and I was sitting around, when I heard Charley answer the telephone. Always heretofore, he’s done that and then turned the thing over to me.

“This time I heard him say, ‘Yes, sir,’ and ‘No, sir,’ and then he hung up—and—guess who had been talking to him?”

“Who, Charley?” said Hutchins.

“Misser Locke,” said the Oriental, imperturbably.

“Mr. Locke! What did he say?”

“Said Charley pay bills. Little small bills—papers, milk, so so. Says he will pay big bills. Says ‘good-by, Charley, maybe never come back. Good-by, Charley.’ So I say, good-by. Dassall.”

“‘Dassall,’ is it?” cried Hutchins, “well, that’s just about enough! Don’t look so done up, Glenn. What difference would it have made if you had been on the wire?”

“We could have traced the message”

“You can do that, anyway, but it won’t do a speck of good. Of course, he telephoned from some big pay station—Grand Central or some such place. Or from some corner drug store. And before you can do anything, he’s gone and mingled with the crowd! No, Glenn, all you could have done would have been to have made a fool of

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 yourself over the telephone, begging him to tell you where he was! But, by Jinks, it shows he’s a cute one!”

“Oh, he’s cute enough. But I don’t see such special shrewdness in telling Charley to pay the bills. Looks like bravado to me—unless it’s a game to get us to leave the place here.”

“No; I don’t see it that way. I think he did it entirely to set Charley’s mind at rest. Also, I think he told the truth about not coming back. I doubt very much if we ever set eyes on Mr. Thomas Locke again, unless we go out and fetch him in, sorely against his will.”

“Then the game is up,” and Glenn looked utterly disgusted.

“Maybe and maybe not. Now, Charley, you slyboots, when Mr. Locke tells you to pay off the bills and close up accounts generally, where do you get the money, eh?”

A threatening look from Hutchins’ eyes made the Chinaman revise his quite apparent intention not to tell.

“I have the money already,” he said, with his sullen hauteur.

“Where?”

“At my home. Misser Locke, he gimme much money—ahead—I use it till all gone—then more come.”

“Oh, I see. He gives you a sum of cash for petty expenses.”

“Yes—that’s what he say—pettys.”

“And you have enough—and a bit left over, eh?”

“Yes”; was the grave reply. “Enough and the bit. And my wages for next month.”

“Ah, very good. The small expense money, your wages a month ahead in lieu of notice. All in case our friend disappears suddenly or unexpectedly. Very good—ve-ry good! So, Glenn, we may deduce, I think, that friend Locke was not altogether unaware of the possibility of

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 his going off—and did go off. And we must think that when he said, so pleasantly to the door man, ‘Back in a minute,’ that he had no intention of coming back in a thousand years!”

“Then he is the murderer?”

“Oh, we can’t go so fast as that—but he must be in on the game somehow. Maybe there’s a lot more to this than we thought at first.”

“A gang?”

“No, idiot, not that! At least, I can’t see that element in it. But Locke was—oh, can’t you see Locke was—is something more than a mere artist?”

“No, I can’t see it. But that doesn’t matter. He won’t be back here, whatever he is. Probably he’s on the rolling deep by this time.”

“Probably. Now, you continue to hold the fort here—and incidentally keep an eye on that slant-eyed innocent, and I’ve another errand.”

Straight to Kate Vallon’s the detective went, and learned that Miss Cutler had returned to her own roof-tree.

As this was only a pair of rooms, above those of Miss Vallon’s own, Hutchins skipped up there and demanded admittance.

The girl who opened the door to him looked very different from the scared, forlorn young woman whom he had previously interviewed, and also from the girl who had testified at the inquiry.

She was, though not exactly smiling, at least in a satisfied, contented frame of mind, and Hutchins, though scarcely invited, went in and sat down in her tiny studio.

“Miss Cutler,” he said, in that kindly way of his, “give me just a moment, without making a fuss about it, won’t you?”

“Surely,” she said, and sat quietly down opposite him

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Her fair hair, not curly, but with a wave in it, shook as she raised her eyes to his, expectantly.

“Go ahead,” she said, demurely, and he could have sworn she was secretly laughing at him.

Like a flash the truth dawned in him.

“Pearl Jane Cutler,” he said, and his voice was impressive in its earnestness, “I know why you’ve bucked up! I know what has happened to you!”

“What?” she said, a little taken aback at his speech. “I don’t know what you mean.”

“I do. I mean this.” He leaned forward a little to whisper:

“You’ve had a telephone message from Thomas Locke!”

Pearl Jane went white.

“What—what do you mean?” she cried; “how—how ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous, if you like, but the truth. Now, then, what did he say?”

“I don’t see how I can answer that, for I don’t admit the truth of your—your guess.”

“But it isn’t a guess—it’s a certainty. I know it. Nothing short of that would have given you this cocksure attitude—this little secret Bluebird of Happiness smile in the midst of all the doubt and uncertainty you are still experiencing! Come, little one, tell me all about it.”

“No, I won’t do it. You’ve no right to ask. Good-by, Mr. Hutchins,” and with a graceful little bow, she rose, flew into the adjoining bedroom and locked the door. Nor would she respond to any further summons.

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 ] Mgr. Pie, Bishop of Poitiers. His antecedents were, from a curialist standpoint, irreproachable. He was, says his Ultramontane biographer, "very Roman." Already he had laboured to propagate the distinctive Roman doctrines in five provincial Councils in France; had taught the Infallibilist opinion twenty years; had suggested suitable theologians of the proper school for preliminary service in Rome. The Bishop of Poitiers had impressed upon his clergy his theory of the relation of Mary to the Councils of the Church. The Council of Jerusalem, he informed them, was "honoured with her presence," and she had never been absent from the Council Chambers since. He suggested as a fruitful subject for spiritual reflection, "Mary and the Councils." The Vatican Assembly deserved better than any to be associated with her name, for was it not opened on the Festival of her Immaculate Conception? Mgr. Pie had known perfectly well at least a year that Pontifical Infallibility was bound to come up for discussion in the Vatican deliberations. While still residing in his own episcopal city, his Roman correspondents had informed him that the preliminary Commission in Rome was entirely agreed on the definability and opportuneness of the doctrine. And he himself had publicly repudiated the notion that Papal Infallibility depended for its completeness upon at least the tacit consent of the Episcopate. That the Bishop's own silence and that of his colleagues conferred upon Peter's doctrinal utterances a value not obtainable from Christ's promise, and from the help of the Spirit, was to Mgr. Pie unthinkable. And he administered a public rebuke to Bishop Maret, the learned advocate of the opposite view, through the medium of a sermon on the text, "the servant of God must be teachable." The superb confidence of Mgr. Pie


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92 3. Dár-ul-Qarár (Sura xl. 42), "The dwelling which abideth."

4. Jannat-i-ʾAdan (Sura ix. 72), "The garden of Eden."

5. Jannat-ul-Mawá (Sura xxxi. 19), "The garden of refuge.

6. Jannat-un-Nʾaím (Sura vi. 70), "The garden of delight."

7. Jannat-i-ʾIlliyún (Sura lxxxiii. 18), "The garden of ʾIlliyun."

8. Jannat-ul-Firdaus (Sura xviii. 107), "The garden of Paradise."

These eight stages of Paradise are spoken of as "eight doors" in the Traditions (Mishkát, bk. ii. chap. 1.).

The sensual delights of Muhammad's Paradise are proverbial, and they must have exercised considerable influence upon the minds of the people to whom he made known his mission. The allusions in the Qurán are far too numerous to admit of quotation, but they will be found more particularly in Suras lxxvi., lv., lvi., xlvii.

The descriptions of the celestial regions and the enjoyments promised to "the faithful" are still more minutely given in the traditional sayings of the Prophet (Mishkát, bk. xxiii. chap. xiii.).


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142 ::5. Sorbus. Ovary with 3 or 5 cells, styles free. Fruit crowned by the calyx, endocarp membranous or coriaceous. Leaves pinnate. Includes two sub-sections:—
 * Aucuparia, with 3-celled ovary and small globular fruit, and
 * Cormus, with 5-celled ovary and large pear- or apple-shaped fruit.
 * 6. Aria. Ovary with 2 to 5 cells, styles free. Fruit crowned by the calyx, endocarp membranous, flesh granular. Leaves simple. Includes the whitebeam and its allies.
 * 7. Micromeles. Ovary with 2 to 3 cells. Fruit small, globose, umbilicate, endocarp membranous or coriaceous, calyx-lobes deciduous. Leaves simple. Includes several Asiatic species.

I. Leaves regularly pinnate, the leaflets being separate and never decurrent by their bases on the rhachis.

 * A. Aucuparia. Mountain ashes. Leaflets unequal-sided at the base. Fruit small, not exceeding ⅓ inch.

 * (1-3) Winter buds white-tomentose.

 * 1. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertner. Europe, Northern Asia, Japan. Young branchlets and leaves pubescent, adult leaves glabrous or only slightly pubescent beneath. The common mountain ash.
 * 2. Pyras lanuginosa, DC. South-eastern Europe. Only differs from the preceding in the adult leaves being densely woolly beneath.
 * 3. Pyrus thianschanica, Regel. Chinese Turkestan. Young branchlets and leaves glabrous; adult leaves quite glabrous beneath and conspicuously veined on the upper surface.

 * (4-5) Winter buds shining, glutinous, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, the pubescence oppressed and of a rusty colour.

 * 4. Pyrus americana, Torrey and Gray. North America. Leaflets long, narrow, acuminate, glabrous beneath.
 * 5. Pyrus sambucifolia, Chamisso and Schlechtendal. Manchuria, North-East Asia, Japan, North America. Leaflets broader than in No. 4, obtuse or acute (not acuminate), more or less pubescent beneath.
 * B. Cormus. True Service. Leaflets nearly equal sided at the base. Fruit large, inch diameter or more.


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Rh Apologists for Islám, Carlyle for example, have suggested that the sensual delights of Muhammad's Paradise may after all be taken figuratively, even as the Song of Solomon and the Revelation of St. John. It is quite true that such is the interpretation hinted at in the Akhláq-i-Jaláli; and Mr. Lane in his "Modern Egyptians" says he met a Muslim of learning who considered them figurative; but such is not the view of any Muhammadan commentator. All Mushm theologians have given a literal interpretation of the sensual delights, and it is impossible for any candid mind to read the Qurán and Traditions and arrive to any other conclusion on the subject.

Islám, true to its anti-Christian character, preaches a sensual abode of bliss in opposition to the express teaching of our blessed Lord, who said, "They neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of heaven (St. Matt. xxii. 30).

It is remarkable that with the exception of one passage (Sura i. 25), Muhammad's descriptions of the sensual paradise belong to the later period of his mission, and after he had become a polygamist.


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144 :::::Scandica. Leaves with 7-9 pairs of nerves, lobes deep, with sharp teeth.
 * Minima. Leaves with 5-7 pairs of nerves, smaller and narrower than in the preceding varieties.
 * Certain forms of Pyrus pinnatifida closely resemble scandica, but the lobing in these will be found always irregular and often very deep.
 * 15. Pyrus lanata, D. Don. Himalayas. Leaves large, broad oblong, woolly underneath, nerves 12-15 pairs, lobes regularly serrate.
 * C. Under surface of the leaves, which are orbicular in outline, snowy-white tomentose.
 * 16. Pyrus Apia, Ehrhart, van flabellifolia. Greece. Leaves with 3-5 pairs of nerves.
 * 17. Pyrus Aria, Ehrhart, var. græca. Greece, Asia Minor. Leaves with 6-10 pairs of nerves.

V. Leaves simple, not lobed, and only occasionally obscurely tabulate.

 * A. Aronia. Leaves finely serrate in margin, with glands on the upper surface of the midrib. This section comprises 2 North American species and a hybrid of garden origin, small shrubs, only referred to here to prevent their being confused with other species of Pyrus.
 * 18. Pyrus arbutifolia, Linnæus fil. North America. Leaves beneath whitish grey tomentose, with about 6 pairs of nerves directed forwards at a very acute angle.
 * 19. Pyrus alpina, Willdenow. A hybrid between Pyrus Aria and the preceding species. Leaves densely grey tomentose beneath, with 9-10 pairs of nerves directed outwards at an angle of 45°.
 * 20. Pyrus nigra, Sargent. North America. Leaves glabrous beneath or very slightly pubescent.

 * B. Leaves without glands on the midrib.
 * (21-22) Leaves glabrous beneath. These 2 species, of which the first is a shrub and the other a small tree, are only referred to here to distinguish them from other species.
 * 21. Pyrus Chamæmespilus, Linnæus. Vosges, Jura, Alps, Pyrenees. Leaves sessile or nearly so, elliptic, with 6-8 pairs of nerves.
 * 22. Pyrus alnifolia, Franchet and Savatier. Japan and China. Leaves stalked, broadly ovate, with 9-12 pairs of nerves.

 * (23-26) Leaves white pubescent beneath.
 * 23. Pyrus Aria, Ehrhart. Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Central China. Leaves oval or elliptic with very slight lobules or only doubly-toothed, the teeth or lobules diminishing in size from above downwards; nerves 7-12 pairs, very prominent on the lower surface, pubescence snowy white.


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 me. Then I made up my mind to die at last; for so my legs would ache no more, and my breath not pain my heart so; only it did seem such a pity after fighting so long to give in, and the light was coming upon me, and again I fought towards it; then suddenly I felt fresh air, and fell into it headlong.


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A tree, attaining a height of 60 to 80 feet. Bark, like that of the common pear, dark brown, Assuring longitudinally, and scaling off in narrow, rectangular plates. Leaves pinnate: 6 to 9 pairs of sessile leaflets and a terminal stalked leaflet. Leaflets linear oblong, almost equal-sided at the base, and acute at the apex, serrate with acuminate teeth, except towards the base where they are entire; dull green above, paler below, glabrous on both surfaces when mature, some pubescence often, however, remaining underneath. Flowers white, in short pubescent corymbs; styles 5, united at the base and woolly in their whole length. Fruit either pear- or appleshaped, generally green, tinted with red on one side, 5-celled, about an inch in diameter.

The fruit apparently varies much in flavour, but in good varieties is agreeable though astringent. The French proverb, Ils ne mangent que les cormes, applied to destitute persons, would indicate that the fruit was poor; and this is doubtless often the case. In parts of France a perry is made from them, and they are also preserved dry like prunes. At Vevay in Switzerland there are avenues planted, consisting of service trees of various kinds; and the brilliancy of the fruit and of the hues of the foliage in October give a very fine effect.

Two well-marked forms occur, one maliformis, with apple-shaped fruit, the other pyriformis, with pear-shaped fruit. There would seem, however, to be in France, though little known to planters in general, varieties which produce fruit of a superior kind. Two of these are strongly recommended by a writer in the Journal of the French National Horticultural Society: one discovered on the estate of M. Dufresne, near Bordeaux, which has large pyriform fruits of a carmine yellow, produced in large bunches and excellent in flavour, as soon as they commence to mellow; the other was also found growing wild in woods belonging to M. Lafitte at Agen, which has fruit of a bright pink colour.


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148 and fruit at the end, this on the sides of the branch. Next the sun, the fruit has a dark red flush, and is about the size of a small jeneting pear. In September, so rough as to be ready to strangle one. But being then gathered and kept till October, they eat as well as any medlar."

Ray's account in 1724 is as follows: "The true Service or Sorb. It hath been observed to grow wild in many places in the mountainous part of Cornwall by that ingenious young gentleman, Walter Moyle, Esq., in company with Mr. Stevens of that county. I suspect this to be the tree called Sorbus pyriformis, found by Mr. Pitt, alderman of Worcester, in a forest of that county, and said to grow wild in many places of the morelands in Staffordshire by Dr. Plot, Hist. Nat. Stafford, 208." In modern times the tree has, however, never been found wild in any part of Cornwall or Stafford, and probably it was confused with Pyrus latifolia.

Nash, in 1781, refers to the tree in the Wyre forest as occurring "in the eastern part of Aka or Rock parish, about a mile from Mopson's Cross, between that and Dowles Brook, in the middle of a thick wood belonging to Mr. Baldwyn, which I suppose to be the Sorbus sativa pyriformis, mentioned by Mr. Pitt in the Philosophical Transactions for 1678, called by the common people the Quicken pear tree."

This tree was figured by Loudon, t. 644, from a drawing sent him by the Earl of Mountmorris. The Rev. Josiah Lee, rector of the Far Forest, told Mrs. Woodward that the old inhabitants of the district, where it was called the " Whitty Pear tree," used to hang pieces of the bark round their necks as a charm to cure a sore throat. Lee's Botany of Worcestershire, 4, gives a good figure of this tree "from a sketch taken many years ago," and another as it appeared in 1856; and says that in 1853 it was in a very decrepit state, producing a little fruit at its very summit. It was burnt down in 1862, by a fire kindled at its base by a vagrant. In a note Lees says that he thinks the tree must have been brought from Aquitaine and planted beside a hermitage in the forest, of which no trace is left but a mound of stones overgrown by brambles. He found the privet and Prunus domestica occurring near it, and nowhere else in the forest.

A seedling (Plate 46) from the Wyre forest tree is growing on the lawn at Arley Castle, near Bewdley, formerly the property of Lord Mountmorris, now the residence of Mr. R. Woodward. I measured it in 1903, when it was 55 feet high by 7 feet 4 inches in girth, and quite healthy, though a large hole in the trunk has been filled with cement. A few seedlings have been raised from it at Arley, but grow very slowly.

There is a large healthy tree in the park at Ribston Hall, Wetherby, the seat of Major Dent, of the pyriform variety, which in 1906 I found to be about 65 feet high by 9 feet in girth, and bearing fruit. This tree was probably brought from France by the same Sir. H. Goodricke who sowed the original Ribston pippin in 1709.


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150 of a brown oak chest, made for me by Messrs. Marsh, Cribb, and Co., of Leeds. Mouillefert says it is one of the hardest and most valuable woods grown in France, and is especially sought for by engravers, carvers, turners, and gun-makers. It seems to be difficult both to propagate and to grow, at least in its youth, and Loudon says that though it may be grafted on the pear or the mountain ash, it is one of the most difficult trees to graft, and that it will not layer successfully, and that it grows very slowly from seed, not attaining more than i foot high in four years. Seeds sown in autumn germinate in the following spring. The young seedling has two oval entire-margined cotyledons, and attains about 4 inches in height in the first year's growth. Plants may be had from the French nurserymen. Mr. Weale, of Liverpool, reports as follows on a sample of this wood which I sent him:—"The wood is close and homogeneous in texture, tough, but inclined to be brittle. Rays on transverse section invisible, and rings only to be distinguished by the difference in colour of the spring and autumn wood. Harder than whitebeam, seasons well, without warping or splitting, and with little shrinkage. A reliable wood when thoroughly dry."


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Rh with Brahmans, and of those worldly employments for which vernacular instruction is the preparation. This would exclude the first and third grades from the benefit of such instruction, and in the Behar districts few of them do partake of it, while in the Bengal districts the proportion of both is considerable.”

From this statement several conclusions may be deduced, like so many natural corollaries. The fact already established, that so many of the first grade, or Brahmanical, particularly in Bengal, seek for vernacular instruction, in order to enable them to engage in worldly employments prohibited to their caste, incontestibly indicates the commencement of a real social change. The fact, on the other hand, that so many persons of the third grade seem to be almost imperceptibly acquiring a sense of the value of that humble instruction which is within their reach, is also a clear indication of incipient change. Thus writes Mr. Adam:—

"“The time is not distant when it would have been considered contrary to all the maxims of Hindu civilization that individuals of the Malo, Chandal, Kahar, Jalia, Lahari, Bagdhi, Dhoba, and Muchi castes should learn to read, write, and keep accounts; and if some aged and venerable Brahman, who has passed his life removed from European contamination, were told that these low castes are now raising their aspirations so high, he would deplore it as one of the many proofs of the gross and increasing degeneracy of the age. The encroachment of these castes on the outskirts of learning is a spontaneous movement in native society, the effect of a strong foreign rule, unshackled by native usages and prejudices, and protecting all in the enjoyment of equal rights."

But while we cannot but hail the slightest indication of a change for the better, or the faintest tangible proof that the barrier of supposed insuperability has been in any way trenched upon, by the spontaneous self-elevating efforts of any members of any castes, that were not only on religious grounds excluded from association with the Brahmans, but, according to former custom and usage, were generally deemed unworthy—and what is more, were really as undesirous as they were deemed unworthy, of participating in the advantages of literary instruction even in its humblest forms; we must not forget that the number supplied by these low castes—being only one, two, three, or four—must be practically as next to nothing, while there are many castes that do not supply even one.

Respecting the age and mode of scholastic instruction, Mr. Adam thus writes:—

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'''80  So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle. Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again. But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’

Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.”

And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.

The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land. The First Passover (Numbers 9:1–14)

Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts. Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

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most people will agree that the dreariest experience they have ever known has been the returning to their homes after a funeral has been held there.

No matter how much some kind friend stays behind to rearrange the furniture and restore things to their natural and normal aspect, the house looks different—the place seems empty.

After Madeleine’s funeral, Andrew Barham came into his house, accompanied by Mrs. Selden and several friends or relatives from out of town.

Barham would have willingly given a goodly sum could he have gone off by himself to his own rooms, but that was not to be thought of. He knew he was obliged to stay—to hear his mother-in-law and her guests mull over the funeral, as if it had been a social function. To discuss the flowers, the music, the people present, and every detail, down to the very appearance of the dead Madeleine.

These things having been worn threadbare by discussion, Marcia Selden next invited attention to herself and her lonely and forlorn life as it must be henceforward.

“You still have me, Mother,” Barham said, kindly, as she bewailed her utter isolation. “And I shall always do my best to make you happy.”

“Happy! As if I could ever be happy again, without my dear Madeleine. But I’m an old woman—I probably shall not trouble anybody for long.”

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 flaunted and several feminine voices murmured polite denials of the last statement.

“Yes,” went on Mrs. Selden, who was thoroughly enjoying her martyr role, “I shall soon follow my darling to the land beyond.”

“Well, meantime, Mother,” Barham tried to turn the trend of conversation to a pleasanter theme, “I shall do all I can to help you bear your loss”

“You don’t care that our Maddy is gone forever! You don’t care”

“Now, Marcia, stop that,” her sister remonstrated. “It’s unfair to Andrew. He and Maddy were all right—a whole lot happier together than you and your husband ever were!”

“Sarah, you hush! I won’t listen to such slander! Andrew, will you put Sarah out of the house?”

“Oh, come, now, Mother, we don’t want Sarah to go until after dinner, anyway.”

“Dinner! I’d like to know who could eat dinner. No one but me really mourns our darling.”

“Yes, we do, Marcia,” her sister said, “but these things have to be borne. I lost my dear daughter, too, you know”

“Oh, you, Sarah! You have no heart. Now, I’m a sensitive nature, an affectionate nature”

“You are, Mother,” Andrew said, sincerely. “But let us try to bear our sorrow bravely and help one another”

“Andrew, you make me sick! You and your preaching! Pity your weren’t a minister! Claudine, take me to my room. I must be alone.”

“She’ll stay alone about five minutes,” Mrs. Beresford said, as Marcia went away with the long-suffering Claudine. “What are you going to do, Andrew?”

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“I don’t know, Sarah. I am more than willing to do my duty by Madeleine’s mother—but, you see how impossible she is. Nothing I say or do pleases her, though I honestly try. Of course, I can’t send her away, nor can I persuade her to go away. But I don’t see how I can live with her. It was easier when Maddy was here, but now—well, I shall do whatever she wants.”

“She wants just to stay here and ballyrag the life out of you,” said Marcia Selden’s sister, with true insight.

“Then she’ll have to do that.”

“And you’ll stand it?”

“It isn’t ‘standing it,’ Sarah. It’s simply doing my duty, as I see it, by my wife’s mother. But I shall most certainly reserve the privilege of going away as frequently as I like, for as long as I like. The house and servants will be at her disposal, but I couldn’t bear to be here all the time.”

“Of course you couldn’t, Andrew. You’re quite justified in going off all you choose. You might take a trip to Europe.”

“I might go to Kamchatka! But I’m not deciding on anything at present. You must know, Sarah, there’s a lot yet to be done in connection with—with Maddy’s death.”

“Oh, that—yes. Of course, that artist person killed her. Can’t they get hold of him?”

“Apparently not.”

“But you don’t have to mix up with it, do you, Andrew? I should think you’d rather never know who did it, than to dig into what may be a horrid—scandal”

“What do you know about Maddy’s secrets, Sarah?”

“Don’t you ask me, Drew. If you want to know anything—go to her friends—they’ll be ready enough to tell you.”

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Andrew Barham went off to his own rooms to think it all out.

He had a small library of his own, quite apart from the great book-lined place Madeleine called the Library, and here he went and locked himself in, bidding his servants refuse him to all comers.

What should he do—what could he do, regarding several great and important issues.

Perhaps the first was his mother-in-law.

But that he soon settled. He would let her be the unquestioned head of the house, so far as management and home rule were concerned.

Then, if her irritable temper and unpleasant disposition made him too uncomfortable, he would go away either permanently or for long temporary journeys. It was a little hard to be pushed out of his own home, but his loyalty to his dead wife and his sense of duty to her mother made no other plans possible.

Next—he must clear up this business of Maddy’s wrong doing. He didn’t know exactly what it was that people meant by their veiled innuendoes, but he proposed to find out.

Then there was that matter of the Thomas Locke studio to be taken up. What he should do regarding that, he hadn’t decided. It would take a good bit of thinking.

He wondered if the police would ever track down Locke. If the artist would ever be brought to book and asked concerning his acquaintance with the wife of Andrew Barham. And if so, he wondered what Locke would say.

As Madeleine had said, Drew was always wondering.

And he sat now, in deep thought, his mind racing from Marcia Selden to Thomas Locke: from Madeleine to—well, to himself, Andrew Barham—who, after all, was the biggest factor in his wonderings.

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