d Chance, and the other, to the right, going straight to the
Golden Gate, Opportunity. And just here it is, at the parting of the
ways, that Wisdom lives in his little house beside the road.

When Really-Is in turn arrived at this place, he dismounted from his
tired horse, and approaching the little house, asked of Wisdom if he had
seen one pass that way riding in great haste.

"Aye, that I have," replied Wisdom with a smile, "that I have, young
sir, and many would say that it was yourself who rode so hard."

"It was my brother, good sir," replied the prince. "May I ask which way
he went and how far he rides ahead?"

The old man, pointing, answered: "He took the road to the left there and
he rides so far ahead that you cannot now overtake him this side the
city walls."

"At least I must try to overtake him," answered the prince, and,
thanking the old man, he turned quickly to mount his horse again.

But Wisdom cried, "Why so fast? Why so fast? Is not your brother's name
Seemsto-Be? And are not you, Really-Is, the rightful heir to the throne
of Allthetime?"

"It is indeed so, sir," replied the young man sadly. "I am Really-Is. I
was born before my brother, Seemsto-Be, and am, therefore, the rightful
heir to the Crown. Our father, King What-Soever-Youthink, is dead, and I
must hasten or my brother will be crowned king, for as you see, the
people cannot tell us one from the other."

Then said Wisdom: "But you will gain nothing by haste, oh
Really-Is,--nothing but time, and there is much of greater value than
time to a King of Allthetime. Even now is Seemsto-Be entering the city.
Even now is he by the people being hailed King. Therefore, tarry a while
before you act and listen to my words."

So it was that Really-Is paused on his journey to sit awhile with Wisdom
in the little house by the side of the road.

Then did Wisdom take from his shelves many a ponderous, time worn volume
and read to the prince History, Prophecy and Law, revealing to him thus
the Secret of the Magic of the Crown of Allthetime.

And from the last volume, that which Wisdom read to Really-Is was this:
"Be it known, O whosoever readeth, that if any prince of the royal
family Everyone enter the city Daybyday through the Brazen Gate called
Chance, he shall be forever held unworthy of the throne and crown. In
the sacred Law of All the Ages it is written that a King of Allthetime
may enter the Royal City only through the Golden Gate Opportunity.