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When his feet should press upon the mysterious spot, there would be a hand before him pointing downward whether carved of marble or hewn in gigantic dimensions on the side of a rocky precipice, or perchance a hand of flame in empty air, he could not tell, but at least he would discern a hand, the forefinger pointing downward, and beneath it the Latin word "Effode" "Dig!"
It was a half-obliterated inscription the Latin word "Effode" which he remembered to have carved in the bark of the tree with a whole day's toil when he had first begun to muse about his exalted destiny.
When his feet should press upon the mysterious spot, there would be a hand before him, pointing downward, whether carved of marble, or hewn in gigantic dimensions on the side of a rocky precipice, or perchance a hand of flame in empty air, he could not tell; but, at least, he would discern a hand, the forefinger pointing downward, and beneath it the Latin word EFFODE, Dig!
He made friends again with his childhood's friend, the old tree against which he leaned; and glancing his eye a-down its trunk, beheld something that excited a melancholy smile. It was a half-obliterated inscription the Latin word EFFODE which he remembered to have carved in the bark of the tree, with a whole day's toil, when he had first begun to muse about his exalted destiny.
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