The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
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me the more
.sTry to divert your thoughts" she continued
Imagine that have forever disappeared, or am
dead. Travel, work. do good, console yourself
with art or love. In two years we can shake
hands without danger"
She sank into her chair again; her cheek was
pale and her eyes woist with sympathy /
spraDg to my feet, bending over, pressed my lips
passIonstely to her forehead and hurried away.
The next day left Newport. and a week after
sailed for Europe That was two years ago.
Have you seen the lady sinceP asked DIR.
Ramayana with an odd sparkle in his blue eyes.
"No" said Percival, but she is living in New
York" and ne extended an engraved card. which
read, "Slgnora Mercedes Noyarez," and in a
corner Thursdays"
There was a long pause. during which the
! phosphorescent CLEAN the old Hndoo's eyes
increased in brilliancy. Percival again felt il
their gaze was burning into his SOUL 1t seemed
| to him that he withered under their piercing
rays, and yet he moved not.
AT last Dr. Ramayana spoke.
II can help you" he said simply. Ordinary
| remedies of no avail. We must try the
! cult powers of my native land, which you of the
more civilized countries are just beginning to be
interested IN, but which you do not understand.
You have not the faintest idea OF the spirituality
| to which the Hindoos attain, nor of the dreams
and visions by which they are visited, nor of the
secrets of infnity within their grasp. They are
often regarded as mediums; they are almost
gods.
Il know well the depths to which they have
gone. After learning all could about the body
OF man. became boider; l formed the project
of intercepting the soul and Analysing it ex-
Delewze, Maxwell and the old Greeks My OBJ
ject was still far off After digestng the wis
dom of Brahnans, thought / saw glimmer of
light. At length a priest to whom L had dis
closed my aspirations, told me of yoga. who
dwelt in grotto in the isle of Elephanta,
and who had reached the highest
pilgrimage to him. 1 found him propped
against the wall of his cavern. His upturned
pupils left visible only the whites of his eyes, his
skin chung to his cheek bones; his hair nearly
touched the ground and his nails curved inward
like eagles claws He sat motionless in his sack
cloth. shouted in his ear, but he did not ap-
pear to hear me. | about to leave when
there a strange rustic, and blue spark
fickered before my eyes, burned for moment
his lips. and then disappeared. Then he
seemed to awake, and spoke to me in answer to
my questions. AT length he revealed his secret
and marvellous attajnments
"'You have seen SOUL he said have
succeeded in freeing mine from the body at
will. Vishno has in answer to my prayers and
Hastings told me the mystic words that arrest
the soul in it's ethereal wanderings. If should
make the hallowed gestures and pronounce the
word, your soul would fly away whittier direct
ed 1t. and animate another body even If
chose. / am about to disappear into the bosom
of the Intimate l bequeath you this secret
Then he whispered in my the potent
word A strange tremor passed over me- he
gasped as he spoke and was dead"
What co you meant" cried Percival, catching
avague glimpse of the Doctor's suggestion. Il
dare not fathom your intention"
II have not forgotten the sacred syllables,"
remarked DR.. Ramayana quietly, "and Sienora
Novarez will be keen indeed if she recognizes
the soul of Percival Warmer in the body of
Don Signor Manuel Novarez."
H.
The fame of DR.. Pandu Ramayana had spread
throughout the city soon after his arrival in
New Ysrk. Strange stories of his remarkable
performances n magnetzer and master of
occult sciences were afoat. His power over the
souls as we'll the bodies oe men was talked of
at dinner-tables and in club parors. Few had
seen the strange Hindoo doctor, but everybody
had something to say about him and his mys-
ferrous doings.
Don Signor Novarez heard of the miracles
performed by Ramayana, and he felt a strange
desire to see this wonderful man. This desire
grew from DAY to day. Whether it was due to a
trace of natural superstition that ran IN his
Spanish blood and half-credulous curiosity
born of his natuge and breeding. or whether in
ner's welfare. the Hindoo mystic exercised from
a distance a magnetic influence over the Don's
voliton. cannot say. AT any rate, he visited
the celebrated doctor.
AS Signor Novarez entered the room of Rama
yana in the Chesire Arms, he felt suffocated by
the terrible heat; the blood rushed to his head |
and pulsated fercely through the veins of his |
temples. 1t not only the heat that over
came him, but the heavy incense from the
matte oils of the lamps and the rich intoxicating
fragrace Of the tropical flowers seemed to |
choke him. He staggered toward chair DR.. |
Ramayana arose from the dlvan on which he sat |
cross-legged after the manner of an Indian Jug |
eler He had looked to Sgnor Novarez like a
huge spider crouching for his victim The ply |
stefan made few passes and Don Manuel felt |
and he Immediately revived.
There, are BETTER" said Ramayana.
''You would little think that in this atmosphere
SILVER and shake but am used to the suns OF |
the tropics"
After some talk the physician learned tho |
object of the visit and was only too willing to
crafty it, though Novarez now almost regretted
that his curiosity las he called it) had carried
him SO far.
The old Hindoo drew back curtain that shut
off alcove at the back of the room. The
recess was dimly lighted, but Signor Novarez
could distinguish the half-naked body of
young man lying a marble table The fgnre
appeared to be inauimate. The youth grad
ually came to life as Ramayana made a few mo-
tons with his hand above the body. He seemed
smiled and disappeared through small
door. Ramayana lifted the covering from
the fece of an old woman seated in aehair in
one corner and evidently in a trance Her face
was wrinkled with age but she bore some traces
of her youthful beauty. The Hindoo fixed his
eyes upon her and held his hand above her head
for few minutes Novsrez strange
change come over her; the wrinkles gradually
disappeared the hair grew darker and the form
last. when she opened her eyes, the features OF
youth upon hsr. 1t was as if the physician
had removed mask. Signor Noyarez was
astounded; he could say nothing
After Ramayana had spoken few words in
low tone to the maiden. who had but just now
been aged crone, she left the room
''You may have heard of the magic mirror OF
Mephis topheles," remarked the Hindoo physi-
clan. Just bend over this bowl and fix your
mind intently upon the person you most wish
to see, living dead, far or near"
Signor Novarez looked into the bowl filed
with some clear liquid, which soon grew troubled
and took opalescent hue. A mist seemed
to rise up before his eyes and when this cleared
he saw in miniature the room of his wife; she
was sitting at the piano idly running over the
keys in. sort of sweet abstraction, If she
were thinking of him.
land now" said the physician. 81 will show
you something truly marvellous" Novarez was
aroused from contemplation of that lovely
image. RamayaDa grasped one of his hands
and pressed 1t against magnetic conductor.
Manuel no sooner touched this than he fell to
the floor limp and lifeless, overpowered by the
energetic fluid.
The Hindoo picked him mp as if he were a
child and placed him on the divan. He
bell and said in Hindoostanee to a servant who
appeared
Find Mr.. Percval Warmer and bring him