Angels and Women (1924)

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that such articles as belonged to me should
be removed from the Palace to the habitation
of the Prophet, to which it was possible
I might have retreated. Being convinced
that the great catastrophe was near, he hired
some idlers who stood in the halls, and soon
everything was transferred to the Tebah.
But the lost one was not there; whereupon
old Aldeth went back to await my return.
Alas, it was to meet her fate, for in a few
minutes the tower fell and all within perished.
What caused its fall is not known.
Faithful old servant and friend! She has
gone to .her rest to await the awakening from
death to restitution, when Paradise shall be
restored to Earth, in the Judgment Day.
Meantime Japheth sought me through the
darkness, directed by a peculiar aureola
which encircled my head. The nature of this
he did not understand, but in my heart I felt
that it was the lingering glory of the vision
given me. Trembling and weary, we
reached the much-desired haven, where our