The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-04
THE FEBRUARY MACHINES


We resume our review Of the AftmGc Tor
February with some comments on the most
extraordinary Of narratives by Harry Percy
Robinson, entitled The Gift oi fcrnsccd,
which belongs 10 the domain Of the marvel
lous aud Is ~ the most curious aud absorbing
interest rhi, story, whether real or fanci-
iul. l. beyond all question the most wcirlly
singular that human Imagination can con.
cciyc or human cSpcricn develop. In &C.
psychological features u Is q lifting supple.
inont tO many ~ the astonishing mysteries
a. be- found In occult or thr1sophic lorr
This narrative purpprts Ia be nn actual cN.
pcricncc In the life Of Arthur Snycc who
We are told In the introduction, had passed
two Year, In the NV York hospitals. theme,
to Europe. where lac divided i've year, iu
study and In walking the hospital, IN Her.
lin, London aud Paris aud FOR the last eight
years had pccn paciicing physician NJ New
York The remarkable events here rcciicd
occurred 10 DR.. Siycc while stopping At the
Cmur a. Alcnc Mission. en- route "a the North
Pacific coast, where hc had started Tor a pro.
longcd hunting trip, aud the rrnlcr Is a.
,urci that however incredible the nara
tive may seem, u Is the simple, sober truth DO
Instead Of remaining one day only, rs h.
/ first intended. Dr. Snycc WIS detained ~ The
Mission three months. aud II his cNpcricnc,
/ u not q hillucIniiion ar nsmcnt oi the
brain, IL certainly shows that In the bosom
~ nature thcrcarc many morn precious sc
crcls than have ygt been revealed tocivilizcd
man "rsin-Sh1.ZiskA" the medicine man
of the Mission. nctuaicl by the spirit IT ml.
! lightly aud revenge against the newcomer
! Tor having dubbed him "qunrk." AMI
"hypocritc." induces thc doctor, a, tc,i of
, hi courage aud alsp a. prove hi. own med
cal knowledge o. drink r. certain m ysicnpu.
liquid. whrh the IN liam pours irom uyill.
aud after mixing with water hand, him
Remembering Emruon's advice. Away
De- what you arr afraid n do" thr doctor
hc.iiatrd moment then huhlly swallowed
the contents II the cup in q couple NJ
muuthiul." The series uf srnsti. pns which
hc then ptsu through. divided into four
! prTIui,. arr described with .uch thrilling
intensity aud clcyt ns to hll the reader
| with bcwildcrmunt horrir nn1 wonder IT,
! says The hrl was the terror of uurrnlIty
When thu feeling of relationship a. ihc sub
stances around me hii first como over me-.
rbr second WIS the icrur of iuyisiMIity
when know that Father Francis aud the
Indian did not scH me. Last came the tcrrir
ct death "Mluicr" was subsequent ter
rur but it concerned Father Francis. whose
lie, which he eventually saved. the doctor
though invisible could src was threatened
by the medicine man. The myth that
! DNEc's ring or the herb Of fern sccd possessed
thv miraculous power u producing invisible.
! ity is au old one, and N referred io hy the
early English vritcr. The medicine man
! speaking of the instinct, which prompt ami.
mails what 10 dp when wounded or ill, says
The wolf when hunted u given tim, h.
eat what leave, be- chooses. make, himself
invisible" Fur thrco months DE- siytp
remained boz Chi, horrible trance euu.
iitiun Va r'riug unspcakablc mental agon
! irs, until Dec accidentally discovers that bee
can impress him .clt upon Father Francis
/ while the latter is asleep which rnrpuriF.s
him Ia rcpo1, this experiment over and over
again, tll Dec feels assured that his horrible
story Is ni last rvalci,o the sleeper 10th.
ing mnrr wc.rlly fascinating could be-
Imagined or woven into romance. how much
NOR ~ when We are lnli that q mans life
itself hung dependent on the experiments
success DE- Siycc concludes bis narrative
with thc iirm conviction that somewhere
IN these Western slopes not hr irpm the
Occur dAlcnc River q be- found % drug
oi properties vnurly new io science" It,
says lee will not leave that section until tHa
secret Is Ia h.' hand. n anything should
happen h. him, however ho aiiur,
his brother physicians 10 take up
| the task that be- may leave uur1r'
plctcd.' IN the same number ui the
Ahasi,e, Sarah Onc Jcwctt contrib