Soon it, became impossible for the cold couple to live anywhere near the young man, Te repeatedly told them that their virtue was theirs and his vice was his, and that he Knew nothing of the virtues of his forefathers. "Under those conditions, the old couple decided to move out from the palace and seek the shelter of some lonely temple. In retired spot among the mountains, there lived a famous disciple of Denba, and here the old king and queen decided to pass their days. Treshe's farewell" words parents were:—"You will save th Aittle temple by your presence. I will destroy every other religious Building." However, "the best laid schemes o mice and' men, gang aft this way slowly dragged him down to Nyal-wa, There they gathered round him, and, pointing the finger "See," said other, "Iam the man you did that to." 'In this way, they danced around him, men' and birds and animals, whom Treshe and his com-anions had sent to Nyal-wwa before they had had time to -accumalate virtue enough to enable them to work their passage out of the lower world, The experience Treskio was now passing through completely upset all his former theories of life and death. He believed firmly in the principle of "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Treshe believed there was no reward' for: goodness nor punishment for wickedness. Oi this principle he lived and on it was prepared to die. Now, however, the tables wore turned. With hooks all over him he was dragged through the eighteen hot hells and the eighteen cold hells, There he hears the painful cries from those he had suddenly precipitated into those dreadful regions. Nyal-wa, Yeeds, and Drolsong, with all their torments, were brought vividly before him. With a wild yell, Treshe regained consciousness. "Where am 1?" he: cried, and his wife, still holding. his hand, pointed to his children standing beside him. Thus assured, he: breathed more freely and then told:
of his awful experience. complish some virtue, as he had not long to live.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.