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That evening, the evening of the same day, Allan presented the er, silent, awed, the white barbarians gathered on the terrace, all up and down the slope of it, before the door of their Kro to behold the son of him they all obeyed, of him as their law

Allan took the child and bore it to the doorway; and in the presence of all he held it up, and in the yellow ht dedicated it to their service and the service of the world

"Listen, O folk of the Merucaans!" he cried "I show you and I give you, now, into your keeping and protection forever, this first-born child of ours!

"This is the first American, the first of the ancient race that once was, the same race whence you, too, have descended, to be born in the upper world! His naood and useful things of body and of mind He shall be your master, but more than th, your guide in the days yet to coiven Not for himself shall he live, not for power or oppression, but for service in the good of all!

"To you and your children is he given, to those who shall come after, to the new and better tione from here, this man-child shall carry on the ith your descendants His race shall be your race, his love and care all for your welfare, his every thought and labor for the coive hiive you, too, a naain The ancient name shall live once more He, an American, salutes you, Americans! You are his elder brothers, and between you the bond shall never loosen till the end

"I have spoken unto you This is the Law!"

In silence they received it, in silence made obeisance; and, as Allan once more carried the child back to its mother, silently they all departed to their homes and labors

From that er bonds of love than any force could be And through all the intoxication of success and consummated power he felt a love for Beatrice, who had rendered all this possible, such as no human words could ever say