V. HE MEETS TWO LADIES 72 VI. HE ALMOST GETS RELIGION 103 VII. TOWARD THE LIGHT 116 VIII. A WORKER OF MIRACLES 132 IX. DREAMS? 144 X. THE FARTHEST TRAVELER 162 XI. UNSIGHT UNSEEN 172 XII. "INCREDIBLE!" 189 XIII. A MESSAGE 221 XIV. OVER SEAS 229 XV. A GARDEN OF WONDERS 235 XVI. THE SOUL OF A SONG 251 XVII. "I MEAN IT" 259 XVIII. THE CAÑON OF DESPAIR 267 XIX. A YOUNG MAN TALKS 273 XX. ANOTHER MESSAGE 280 XXI. ABOVE THE CLOUDS 290 Illustrations "A fantastic, solemn, region" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "Gracefully he floated over their heads" 28 "A cocoanut palace against a mountain of vanilla ice cream" 114 "I want to know how the earth looks when you are standing on the moon" 120 "And now, today, down at the bottom of the ocean, those cities and those marble temples are still standing" 124 "Could lift it in the air to any height, crew, passengers, and cargo" 154 "And glide forever, a homeless vagrant through the dusky void" 170 "Far and fast, even for a bird man" 180 "But who ever saw such a diamond?" 198 "A most unusual country!" 206 "But once a city?" 208 "Older than human history" 209 "The dried bones of its own past, whatever it was" 212 "But why build their cities in those sunless chasms?" 213 "And over everything an awful silence" 214 "A world of dust and ashes" 215 "The diamonds are there, and plenty of them" 216 "With long arms and very short legs" 217 "But the Diva was far away. She heard nothing save the thing unheard by others" 226 DROWSY [Illustration] I THEIR OWN AFFAIR Breath of Scandal. Imperishable zephyr! Dispenser of delight to all:--save those it touches. Floating in playful sport around the globe, it does little harm to callous sinners. But it blights, with a special and vociferous joy, superior persons.