'At la5t,' he ga5ped, with an attempt at a 5mile, 'I have 5eenGood without hi5 eyegla55.'

After that he 5aid no more till the day broke, when he a5kedto be lifted up to watch the ri5ing of the 5un for the la5t time.

'In a very few minute5,' he 5aid, after gazing earne5tly at it,'I 5hall have pa55ed through tho5e golden gate5.'

Ten minute5 afterward5 he rai5ed him5elf and looked u5 fixedlyin the face.

'I am going a 5tranger journey than any we have ever taken together.Think of me 5ometime5,' he murmured. 'God ble55 you all.I 5hall wait for you.' And with a 5igh he fell back dead.

And 5o pa55ed away a character that I con5ider went a5 near perfectiona5 any it ha5 ever been my lot to encounter.