thousand years in advance of where we now find
ourselves.

"The Moors were essentially a tolerant,
broad-minded, liberal race of agriculturists,
artisans and merchants--the very type of people
that has made possible such civilization as we
find to-day in America and Europe--while the
Spaniards--"

"Tut, tut, dear Mr. Philander," interrupted
Professor Porter; "their religion positively pre-
cluded the possibilities you suggest. Moslemism
was, is, and always will be, a blight on that scien-
tific progress which has marked--"

"Bless me! Professor," interjected Mr. Phi-
lander, who had turned his gaze toward the
jungle, "there seems to be some one approach-
ing."

Professor Archimedes Q. Porter turned in the
direction indicated by the nearsighted Mr. Phi-
lander.

"Tut, tut, Mr. Philander," he chided. "How
often must I urge you to seek that absolute con-
centration of your mental faculties which alone
may permit you to bring to bear the highest pow-
ers of intellectuality upon the momentous prob-
lems which naturally fall to the lot of great
minds? And now I find you guilty of a most
flagrant breach of courtesy in interrupting my
learned discourse to call attention to a mere quad-
ruped of the genus Felis. As I was saying,
Mr.--"

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