150 THE MERCHANT'S DREAM.

 

benefits that may be derived from pursuing
with diligence your calling in life—that for
which by education you are best qualified
—and into which your inclination leads
you.” ‘

“T see it all now, clear as a sunbeam,”
Algeron said, with a sudden enthusiasm,
as light broke strongly into his mind. The
sound of his own voice startled him with
its strangeness. For a moment he seemed
the centre of a whirling sphere. Then all
grew calm, and he found himself sitting
alone in his chamber.

“Can all this have been but a dream?”
he murmured, thoughtfully. No—no—it
is more than a dream. I have not been
taught by a mere phantom of the imagina-
tion, but by Truth herself—beautiful Truth.
Her lovely countenance I shall never for-
get, and her words shall rest in my heart
like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Henceforth I look upon life with a purified
vision. Nothing is mean, nothing is un-
worthy of pursuit that ministers to the