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"Dear lady, what do you know of my vocation?" he asked--"Will you teach it to ive me permission--let me tell you of certain people who once 'ith the time'--and decided to stop en route, and are still at the stopping-place Perhaps some of you who travel far and often, have heard of the Brazen City?"

Each one looked at the other enquiringly, but with no responsive result

"Those who visit the East know of it"--went on Aloysius--"And so towers and cupolas in the far distance However this may be, tradition declares that it exists, and that it was founded by St John, the 'beloved disciple' You will recall that when Our Lord was asked when and how John should die He answered--'If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?' So--as we read--the rumour went forth that John was the one disciple for whoend--it is believed by many, that deep in the as yet unexplored depths of the deserts of Egypt-- sand-waves which once forreat city whose roofs and towers are seely of brass,--a city barricaded and built in by walls of brass and guarded by gates of brass Here dwells a race apart--a race of beautiful human creatures who have discovered the secret of perpetual youth and immortality on this earth They have seen the centuries coht of time touches them not,--they only await the day when the whole world will be free to them--that 'world to come' which is not made for the 'many,' but the 'few' All the discoveries of our modern science are known to them--our inventions are their cos of air and rays of light they hear and know all that goes on in every country Our wars and politics are no more to them than the wars and politics of ants in ant-hills,--they have passed beyond all trivialities such as these They have discovered the secret of life's true enjoyment--and--they enjoy!"

"That's a fine story if true!" said Colonel Boyd-"But all the sa to do,--doo and to last for ever!"