back to the face of the Narabanchi Hutuktu as, with quiet voice
and a slender hand pointing to the horizon, he opened to me the doors of
his innermost thoughts:

"Near Karakorum and on the shores of Ubsa Nor I see the huge,
multi-colored camps, the herds of horses and cattle and the blue yurtas
of the leaders. Above them I see the old banners of Jenghiz Khan, of
the Kings of Tibet, Siam, Afghanistan and of Indian Princes; the sacred
signs of all the Lamaite Pontiffs; the coats of arms of the Khans of the
Olets; and the simple signs of the north Mongolian tribes. I do not hear
the noise of the animated crowd. The singers do not sing the mournful
songs of mountain, plain and desert. The young riders are not delighting
themselves with the races on their fleet steeds. . . . There are
innumerable crowds of old men, women and children and beyond in the
north and west, as far as the eye can reach, the sky is red as a flame,
there is the roar and crackling of fire and the ferocious sound of
battle. Who is leading these warriors who there beneath the reddened sky
are shedding their own and others' blood? Who is leading these crowds
of unarmed old men and women? I see severe order, deep religious
understanding of purposes, patience and tenacity . . . a new great
migration of peoples, the last march of the Mongols. . . ."

Karma may have opened a new page of history!

And what if the King of the World be with them?

But this greatest Mystery of Mysteries keeps its own deep silence.

GLOSSARY

Agronome.--Russian for trained agriculturalist.

Amour sayn.--Good-bye.

Ataman.--Headman or chief of the Cossacks.

Bandi.--Pupil or student of theological school in the Buddhist faith.

Buriat.--The most civilized Mongol tribe, living in the valley of the
Selenga in Transbaikalia.

Chahars.--A warlike Mongolian tribe living along the Great Wall of China
in Inner Mongolia.

Chaidje.--A high Lamaite priest, but not an incarnate god.

Cheka.--The Bolshevik Counter-Revolutionary Committee, the most
relentless establishment of the Bolsheviki, organized for the
persecution of the enemies of the Communistic government in Russia.

Chiang Chun.--Chinese for "General"--Chief of all Chinese troops in
Mongolia.

Dalai Lama.--The first and highest Pontiff of the Lamaite or "Yellow
Faith," living at Lhasa in Tibet.

Djungar.--A West Mongolian tribe.

Dugun.--Chinese commercial and military post.

Dzuk.--Lie down!

Fang-tzu.--