Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-05
nuHSlaifS and What


pursuits were. and what my prospects, he
brought oar little idyl TO an abrupt termina-
ton. think he classed me somewhere be-
tween the professional Jugglersand the guack
doctors. Ia vain / explained TO him that
should be famous and probably rich. when
you are famous and rich. he remarked, with
In Broad street He carried Pandora of 10
Paris, and returned to FTeburg.
81 few weeks later, one bright afternoon 10
August. stood In Froliker's laboratory unseen
Dy four persons who We're almost within the
radius Of my arms length. kaspaf was behind
me, washing some test tuoes- Froiker, with
at the place where he knew ought to be. Two
brother professors, summoned Ga some preteXt,
were uneonsciously almost losLilng me with
trivial question. They could have heard my
heart beat. BY the way, Herr Professor, one
asked: as he was about 70 depart, has your as
sistant Herr Flack. returned from his yaca-
tom? The test was perfect.
" AS soon as We were alone Prof. Froltker
grasped my Invisible hand, as you have grasped
"'Ms dear fellow he Said said, to morrow
crowns our work. You shall appear-or rather
not. appear-before the assembled faculty OF
to Heidelberg, to Bonn, to Berlin. Schrotter
Hae excl, SteiDhetz, Lavalle Will be here. our
triumph will be in presence of the most eminent
physicists of the age. i shall then disclose those
secrets or our process which have hitherto
Withheld even from you, my colaborer and
trusted friend. But you shall share the glory.
w udt Is ILLS ucdE dUOuJ the forest DlTQ Inat
has flown? Ny boy, you shall be restocked with
pigment and go TO Paris TO seek her. with fame
In your hands and the blessings of Science on
your head
1.-The next morning, the nineteenth of Au-
gust, qefore had arisen from nay cot bed Kas-
par hastily entered the laboratory.
SO Herr Fiack. Herr Flack,' ne gasped the
Herr Doctor Professor ls dead OF apopiexy.'"
V.
The narrative had come TO an END. | sat a
ffrvn
could say? In what shape could OFFER con
ISOLATION to this unhappy man?
Fla .,s me invisible was soboing bitterly.
He was the first to speak. " 1t is hard hard
hard For 10 crime In the eyes of men. for no
sin In the sight OF God have been condemned
10 fate ten thousand times worse than he'll.
must walk the earth, man, living, seeing,
loving. like other men. while between me and
all that makes life worth having there Is a bar
rer liked forever. Even ghosts have shapes.
NY life Is LIVING death: my existence oblivion.
no friend can look me In the face. We're TO
clasp 10 my breast the woman love, 1t would
only be to inspire terror ineXpressble. see
nef almost every day. l brush against her
Skirts as pass her Oh the stairs. Did she love
knowledge make the curse still more cruel?
Yet IL was to learn the truth that brought you
bere?"
Then made the greatest mistake OF my life.
Cheer up l said pandora has always
loved YOU"
By the sudden overturning of the table |
knew Wl1h what vehem once Flack sprang to his
feet. His two hands held my shoulders In a
fierce grip.
Yes" continued, pandora has been faith.
1ul 70 your memory. There is no reason To de-
spalr. The secret OF Froliker's process died
with him: but why Should it not be reds.
covered by experiment and Induction db if,jttO,
with the aid which you can render? Have
cOuIa age and hope. She loves you. In five min
utes you shall hear 1t from her own lips"
NoWail OF pain that ever heard was half so
palhe as his wild cry OF JOY.
hurried down stairs and summoned Miss
Bliss into the hail. In few words explained
me situation. TO my surprise she neither
tainted nor went into Mysteries. certainly,
VII! aGcoMpany you, she said with smile
which could not then interpret.
She followed me into F1ack's room, calmly
scrutinlzing every corner OF the apartment, with
the set smile stil upon her face. Had she been
entering ball room she could not have shown
greater self-possesson. She manifested no as
toLi5bmeht. no terror, when her hand was seized
Dy Invisible hands and covered with kisses from
invisible lips. She listened with composure to
the torrents Of loving and carresslng words
which my unfortunate friend poured into her
ears.
Perplexed and uneasy watched the strange
scene
Presently Miss Bliss withdrew her hand.
'Reauy, Mt. Elack, she said, with light laugh,
you are suffciently demonstrating. Did you
acquire the habit On the COntinent?"
Pandora! ] heard him say. 81 do not I'm.
deIstand."
perhaps" she calmly went on, "you regard
Let ne congratulate you on the success OF your
experiment. What clever man your Profess
sor~Nhat is his name7-must be. You can
make fortuEe BY exhibiting yourself
Was this the woman who for months had
paIaded her tnconsolable sorrow for the loss OF
this very man? | was stupefied Who shall
undertake to anslyze the motives OF coquette:
What science is profound enough to unraVel
ler uncQpscippable Wbims?
"fardora.' he exclaimed again, In a Devil
GeIeQ voice. What does II mean? Why DO
you receive lne in this manner? Is thai aliyo
have 10 say to me-
q belle sc thai is all she coolly replied, NOV
Ing toward the door. You are gentleman.
ana nee d not ask you to spare me any further
annoyance"
Your heart is quartz I whispered, as she
passed me in going out. ~ gu are unworthy OF
h!m."
fiack's despairing cry brought kaspar into
the room. With the instinct acquired by long
and faithful service the old man went straight
10 the place where his master was. say hlm
clutch at the air, as If struggling with and seek
ing 10 detain the invisible man. He was flung
violently aside. He recovered himself and stood
an instant listening his neck distended, his
down the stairs. followed him.
The street door OF the house was open. On
the sidewalk Kaspar hesitated few seconds.
1t was toward the west that he finally turned,
running down the street with such speed that
had the utmost difficulty to keep at his side.
IL was near midnight. We crossed avenue
faction escaped old kaspar's lips. A little way
ahead OF us we saw a man, standing at one OF
the avenue corners suddenly thrown to the
ground. We SPED on, never relaxing our pace
/ now heard rapid footballs a short distance In
advance OF us. clutched kaspar's arm. He
nodded.
Almost breathless. | was conscious that we
were no longer treadiDg upon pavement, but on
boards and amid confusion Of lumber. In
front OF us were no more lights: only blank
vacancy. kaspaf gave one mighty spring. He
clutched, missed, and fell back with cry Of
horror.
There was dull plash In the black waters OF
the river at our feet.
The Inconsistency OF AgnOsticisni.
How can II be true that man Is so outside of
that unity that the very notion Of seeing any
thing like himself in 1t is the greatest of all
philosophical heresies? Does not the very pos
slhitty OF science consist in the possibility Of
reducing all natural phenomena to purely men,
tai conceptions which must be related to the
intellect OF man when they are worked out and
apprehended by it? And IL, according TO the
latest theories, man is himself a product of eyO-
luton, and Is. therefore, In every atom OF his
body and In every function OF his mind part
and child OF nature is 1t not In the highest de.
gree Illogical so to separate him from it as to
condemn him for seeing In 1t some image OF
himself? If he is its product and its child Is 1t
not certain that he is right when he sees and
| feels the 1ndissoluDle bonds OF unity which
unite him to the great system OF things in
| which he lives? This fundamental inconsis.
teDcy In the ApnoStic philoSophy hacnm 90