waysides I saw the little seeds of word and deed that I had sown
extending and bearing fruit forever for good or evil. I then saw
things as they were, and realized the faultiness of my former
conclusions, based as they had been on the incomplete knowledge
obtained through embryonic senses. I also saw the Divine purpose in
life as the design in a piece of tapestry, whereas before I had seen
but the wrong side. It is not till we have lost the life in the flesh
that we realize its dignity and value, for every hour gives us
opportunities of helping or elevating some human being--it may be
ourselves--of doing something in His service.

"Now that time is past, the books are closed, and we can do nothing
further ourselves to alter our status for eternity, however much we may
wish to. It is on this account, and not merely to save you from death,
which in itself is nothing, that I now tell you to run to the Callisto,
seal the doors hermetically, and come not forth till a sudden rush of
air that you will see on the trees has passed. A gust in which even
birds drop dead, if they are unable to escape, will be here when you
reach safety. Do not delay to take this food, and eat none of it when
you return, for it will be filled with poisonous germs."

"How can we find you?" asked Ayrault, grasping his hand. "You must not
leave us till we know how we can see you again."

"Think hard and steadfastly of me, you three," replied the spirit, "if
you want me, and I shall feel your thought"; saying which, he vanished
before their eyes, and the three friends ran to the Callisto.

CHAPTER III.

DOUBTS AND PHILOSOPHY.

On reaching it, they climbed the ladder leading to the second-story
opening, and entering through this, they closed the door, screwing it
tightly in place.

"Now," said Cortlandt, "we can see what changes, if any, this wonderful
gust will effect."

"He made no strictures on our senses, such as they are," said
Bearwarden, "but implied that evolution would be carried much further
in us, from which I suppose we may infer that it has not yet gone far.
I wish we had recorked those brandy peaches, for now they will be
filled with poisonous germs. I wonder if our shady friend could not
tell us of an antiseptic with which they might be treated?"

"Those fellows," thought Ayrault, who had climbed to the dome, from
which he had an extended view, "would jeer at an angel, wh