The sun., 1881-01-30

This voice had familiar sound. Irecognized
1t az the voice which heard in the street on the
night of November 6. when II called me an OK.
NO" said Il am not nervous. i am n
man Of science, accustomed to regard all pho
nomena as eHplainable By natural laws provided
We can discover the laws. No. am not fright
ened'
80 much the better. You are a man OF sci
ence. like myself here the voice eroaned-"a
man Of nerve. and friend of Pandoras."
Pardon NO." interposed. Since lady's
name is introduced it would be we'll to know
with whom or with what am speaking"
That is precisely what desire to communi-
cate." replied the voice. rbefore ask you to
render me great service. Ny name Is or was
Stephen Flack. l am or have been citizen OF
the United States. Ny exact status at present
is as great q mystery to myself as II can possi-
biz bo 10 you. But am. or was an honest mar
and a gentleman. and offer you my hand"
saw no hand. Preached forth my own. how
ever and 1t met the pressure OF warm. living
fingers.
Now" resumed the voice. after this silent
pact OF friendship. be good enough to read
the passage at which have opened the book
upon the table,"
Here is q rough translation OF what read in
German:
As the color OF the organic tissues constituting the
body depends the presence OF certain proximats
principles OF the third class, all containing
the ultimate elements it follows that the hue may vary
according to well defined chemc ange
An excess OF hGmatipe in the blood gobules gives a
ruddier tnge to every tissue The melanine that coors
the chorod OF the the iris the hair may be increased
diminished according TO laws recently formulated by
schsri of Basel In the epidermis the OF meanne
makes the negro the deficient supply the abino. The
hHmSne and the mclan,ne together with the greensh
yellow biiyerdine and the reddish yellow urosacne are
the pigments which impart color character to tissues
otherwise transparent nearly 50. Idepore my ina.
bity to record the result OF some highly interesting
astrological experiments conducted by that
investigator Froker OF Freiburg, who is SAID have
achieved amazing success In the way of eolorauon
diseooration OF the human body by chemical means
For five years." continued my unseen COM
panion when had finished reading. / was
Fr6likers student and laboratory assistant at
Freiburg. Bussius only half guessed at tho
importance OF our experiments. We reached
results which were 80 astounding that public
policy required they should not be published.
oven to the scientific world. Froliker died n
year ago last August.
Il had faith In tho genius OF this great
thinker and admirable man. II he had re-
warded my unquestoning loyalty with full
confidence l should not now be miserable
wretch. But his natural reserve. and the jeal-
verified results. kept me ignorant Of the essen
tial formula governing our experiments. AS his
disciple l was familiar with tho laboratory de-
tails Of tho work; the master alone possessed
tho radical secret. The consequence Is that
have been led into misfortune moro appalling
than has been the lot Of any human being since
the primal curse fell upon Cain.
Our efforts were at first directed 10 the en-
largement and variation OF the quantity OF pig
mentary matter in tine system BY increasing the
proportion OF melanine. for instance. conveyed
in food to the blood. we were able to mako fair
man dark, dark man black as an African.
There was scarcely a hue we could not impart
to the skin by modifying and varying our COM
bnations. Tho experiments were usually tried
on mo. At different times have been copper
colored. violet blue. crimson. and chrome yell
low. For one triumphant week exhibited In
my person all the colors OF the rainbow. There
still remains a witness TO the interesting charac-
ter OF our work during this period"
The voice paused. and in y few seconds O
hand bell upon the mantel was sounded. Pres
emily an old man with a close 1tting skull cap
shuiIlcd into the room.
KaspRr." said the voice. In German. show
the gentleman your hair"
Without manfestng any surprise and as II
perfectly accustomed to receive commands I'D
dressed to him out Of vacancy. the old domestic
bowed and removed his cap. The scanty locks
thus discovered were OF lustrous emerald
green. expressed my astonishment.
The gentleman ends your hair very beau-
tiful." said the voice. again In German. That
is all. Kaspar."
Replacing his cap, the domestic withdrew,
with look OF gratified vanity on his face.
Old Kaspar was Fr0liker's servant and 10
now mine He was tho subject OF one OF our
first applications OF the process. The worthy
man was 30 pleased with the result that ho
wnnd never permit W to restore 10 his hair its