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come off on earth A delusion not uncommon with men of Tyson's stamp

"I believe," said Tyson, "it's a what d'ye call 'eory--innate

idea--a priori forence I've never seen a

man yet who hadn't it somewhere about him And I've seen most sorts

Terrific bounders, too, sohed at this, now he s dream He spoke

slowly, in the curious muffled voice of the dreamer "The perfect

woood,

all-loving, the guardian of the soul--I believe in it, I adore it; but,

unfortunately, I have never met it"

"My dear Tyson, I doubt if you and I would know it if we didHe had closed his eyelids He was following his

dream

Presently he spoke

"I say, Stanistreet, do you believe in miracles?"

Stanistreet looked down Only the other day he had seen a reater miracle than the one he saw But

the experience was not one that he cared to talk about

"They don't happen here, where people are so damned clever But I know

that they happen--sometimes--over there--in the East--ex oriente lux"