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He took her hand again and now in silence they walked forward noiselessly over the thick leaf-carpet on the pavement of rare marble

"Oh, Allan, I feel so very s close to him "You and I, all alone in this tremendous place built for thousands--"

"You and I are the world to-day!" he answered very gravely; and so together theylacery of vaultings

All save the concrete had long vanished No traces now res, altars, pulpits, or any of the fittings of the vast cathedral

Majestic in its naked strength, the building stood in light and shadow, here banded with strong sun, there lost in cool purple shade that foiled the eye far up athey stood as ran up five hundred feet inside the stupendous central spire, aree of hich diminished toward the top--a lacework as of frost-patterns etched into the solid substance of the fleche

"Higher than that, s of the future shall arise," said Allan slowly after a pause "But they shall not serve creed or faction They shall be for all reat race still to coht

"'And loveliness shall crown the waiting world As with a garland of immortal joy!'

"But coirl! Wedreams while those records are still undiscovered Down into the crypt we go, to dig ae!"

"The crypt, Allan? Where is it?"

"If I rehtly--and at the time this cathedral was built I followed the plans with some care--the entrance is back of the main southern cluster of pillars over there at the transept-crossing Come on, Beta In a ood or not!"

Quickly he led the way, ax and torch in hand, and as they rounded the group of roin-vaults aloft, a cry of satisfaction escaped him, followed by a word of quick astonish wrong? Or--"

Theide eyes; then suddenly he knelt and began pawing over the little heap of vegetable drift that had accuht," said he "There's the door, right in front of us--but what I don't understand is--this!"