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Such a people lived in Timgad and left it probably about the time that waning Rome began to call home her outposts. SUCH A PEOPLE LIVED IN TIMGAD AND LEFT IT PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME THAT WANING ROME BEGAN TO CALL HOME HER OUTPOSTS
e spot, as fittingly as any, might be named the Happy Valley. In Bethune Under all ruins is history, as every tourist knows. Indeed, the dust that gathers above the ruin of cities may be said to be the cover of the most wonderful of the picture-books of Time, those secret books into which we sometimes peep. We turn no more, perhaps, than the corner of a single page in our prying, but we catch a glimpse there of things so gorgeous, in the book that we are not meant to see, that it is worth while to travel to far countries, whoever can, to see one of those books, and where the edges are turned up a little to catch sight of those strange winged bulls and mysterious kings and lion-headed gods that were not meant for us. And out of the glimpses, one catches from odd comers of those volumes of Time, where old centuries hide, one builds up part by guesses, part by fancy mixed with but little knowledge, a tale or theory of how men and women lived in unknown ages in the faith of forgotten gods.  DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS BY LORD DUNSTANY PART ELEVEN IN BETHUNE UNDER ALL RUINS IS HISTORY AS EVERY TOURIST KNOWS INDEED THE DUST THAT GATHERS ABOVE THE RUIN OF CITIES MAY BE SAID TO BE THE COVER OF THE MOST WONDERFUL OF THE PICTURE BOOKS OF TIME THESE SECRET BOOKS INTO WHICH WE SOMETIMES PEEP WE TURN NO MORE PERHAPS THAN THE CORNER OF A SINGLE PAGE IN OUR PRYING BUT WE CATCH A GLIMPSE THERE OF THINGS SO GORGEOUS IN THE BOOK THAT WE ARE NOT MEANT TO SEE THAT IT IS WORTH WHILE TO TRAVEL TO FAR COUNTRIES WHOEVER CAN TO SEE ONE OF THOSE BOOKS AND WHERE THE EDGES ARE TURNED UP A LITTLE TO CATCH SIGHT OF THOSE STRANGE WINGED BULLS AND MYSTERIOUS KINGS AND LION HEADED GODS THAT WERE NOT MEANT FOR US AND OUT OF THE GLIMPSES ONE CATCHES FROM ODD COMERS OF THOSE VOLUMES OF TIME WHERE OLD CENTURIES HIDE ONE BUILDS UP PART BY GUESSES PART BY FANCY MIXED WITH BUT LITTLE KNOWLEDGE A TALE OR THEORY OF HOW MEN AND WOMEN LIVED IN UNKNOWN AGES IN THE FAITH OF FORGOTTEN GODS
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