THE LURE IN STANLEY PARK

  
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
    
    
   
   
  
   
   
  

Such is the legend of the Lure. Whether or
not this stone is really in existence-—who
knows? One thing is positive, however, no
Indian will ever help to discover it.

Three different Indians have told me that
fifteen or eighteen years ago two tourists—-a
man and a woman—were lost in Stanley Park.
When found a week later, the man was dead,
the woman mad, and each of my informants
firmly believed they had, in their wanderings,
encountered “the stone” and were compelled
to circle around it, because of its powerful lure.
But this wild tale fortunately has a most
beautiful conclusion. The Four Men, fearing
that the evil heart imprioned in the stone
would still work destruction, said: “At the
end of the trail we must place so good and
great a thing that it will be mightier, stronger,
more powerful than this evil.” So they chose
from the nations the kindliest, most benevo-
lent men, men whose hearts were filled with
the love of their fellow-beings, and trans-
formed these merciful souls into the stately
group of “Cathedral Trees.”

How well the purpose of the Sagalie Tyee
has wrought its effect through time! The
good has predominated as He planned it to,
for is not the stone hidden in some unknown
part of the park where eyes do not see it and
feet do not fo1low—and do not the thousands
who come to us from the uttermost parts of