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"Do you understand what you mean by power?" she asked "World's fas make you enjoy life? You will perhaps say yes I tell you no Laurels of earth's growing fade; gold of earth's getting is good for a tih to purchase all the treasures of the world--what then? He must die and leave them Suppose a poet or musician so famous that all nations know and love hier And you actually would grasp ashes and drink ood, little friend? Music, the heaven- born spirit of pure sound, does not teach you so!"
I was silent The gleae jewel Zara alore flashed in ed to the similitude of a crimson star I watched it, drealitter
"Still," I said, "you yourself adner beco, surely?"
"Not to theotten that they ever were iaol as this world Perhaps they do not care to reh hed restlessly; "your thoughts go beyond me, Zara I cannot follow your theories"
Zara smiled
"We will not talk about them any more," she said; "you must tell Casimir--he will teach you far better than I can"
"What shall I tell him?" I asked; "and ill he teach me?"
"You will tell himents," said Zara, "and he will teach you that the world is no rain of dust, measured by the standard of your own soul This is no mere platitude--no repetition of the poetical statement 'THE MIND'S THE STANDARD OF THE MAN;' it is a fact, and can be proved as completely as that two and two make four Ask Casimir to set you free"
"To set me free?" I asked, surprised
"Yes!" and Zara looked at h to travel!" And, nodding her head gaily to me, she left the roo
I pondered over her words a good deal without arriving at any satisfactory conclusion as to theof them I did not resume the conversation with her, nor did I speak to Heliobas as yet, and the days went on smoothly and pleasantly till I had been nearly a week in residence at the Hotel Mars I now felt perfectly well and strong, though Heliobas continued to give etic routine of -roohtful hour slipped by as I tried various new difficulties on the key-board, or worked out different coreat deal of an in the little chapel, the bellows of which orked by electricity, in a ave not the least trouble, and was perfectly siement