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lady's thought and one guessed one
thing and one another. But none could
divine. for the Princess was ALWAYS
thinking that each OF her suitors was
more tedious and unacceptable than the
one that came before.
AT last there arrived q Young and
handsome professor of mental physio-
logy.
Madam" said he, there is no need
that should try your patience bv ex-
hioiting tricks of legerdemain. All
]uggleres can | perform But they
are nothing TO me, since | can set the
Thames on fire, draw blood from a
stone, run the gauntlet of criticism
pick quarrel nurse revenge, put "a
rod i'll pickle. break my mothers
heart teach my grandmother to suck
eggs, catch II weazel asleep, get out of
bed on the wrong side, raise the wind.
play with fire, kill two birds with one
stone, keep myself close laugh on the
wrong side of my mouth, save my
breath to cool my porridge, keep a
secret, steal Il kiss. hug the shore,
hatch plot drive bargain, swallow
an indignity, make a mountain out of
a molehill, reduce an argument TO an
absurdity, double my pace, make mon
ey fly, find verdict, preserve my tenn
per. mince matters, create confusion,
magnify my own Importance, rivet
your attention, take the bull by the
horns, and lose myself in crowd |
can also play upon the Imagination
and fool woman to the top of her
bent. Madam, your Royal Highness
doubtless perceives that my relation,
with the unseen powers are extraord-
mary. May it be that to your Royal
Highness' most humble servant shall
be vouchsafed to pass the crucial tests
which shall be the key to so great
ecstasies!n
Then the Princess regarded him
with favor. and she said, Sir, how did
you obtain this recueilemem with the
Supernatural?
And the Professor made answer
Madam, | have obtained it by the
most careful and incessant cultivation
of certain part of the brain, within
which lies the power Of being in touch
with the unapproached and the I'M
approachablc. In most human brains
these supra-normal ganglia are merely
rudimentary, and to few is it given so
to develop these high convolutions
that their mystic powers are declared.
But before these few are spread the
marvellous mysteries of the other
world, of which grosser creatures
know nought and which they - in their
ignorant and undeveloped state de-
ride
Professor" said the Princess. earn
estly chow can | attain this supra
normal Development
Madam" said the Professor by
perpetually dwelling upon the supra
normal idea, the supra-normal nerves
are set in motion and the supra-normal
grooves becomes fixed, and presently
the supra-normal ganglia dominate the
whole existence. The rest of the
mind may be dormant The senses
may be dulled and the intellect
atrophied. But the supra normal
groove will deepen and the supra-nor-
NAL nerves will work with more and
more activity, till the highest state
shall be achieved even constant com
munion with the unperceived and the
imperceptible. But if | mistake not
madam, your Royal Highness has al
reany reached this ultimate state
Il have thought of the Supernatural
and of nothing else for many years"
said the Princess.
And you have perceived?" said he,
tentatively.
MANY wonderful things have been
manifested TO me-" said she. Only
this morning the Idea of Strangled
Abbott accompanied me from the mo-
ment of waking until noon. | did not
see it, neither did | hear its last gurg-
ling breath, nor yet did | feel it. But
it was given me to apprehend that it
was there by a subtle and indescriba-
BILE sense, which is vague and mystic,
and yet sharp and powerful as a
Damascene blade
1.-The supra-nOrmal is ever wonder
full. murmured the Professor.
Yet there are some who call my
delicate perceptions abnormal, who at
tribute my visions to diseased and
morbid fancy, who impress upon me
the manifestations | have received are
entirely subjective" said the Princess.
"Those are the coarse and groveling
natures which can not soar to the Gull
tivation of the supra-normal faculties, 9"
said the Professor with warmth The
supra-normal faculties of such ire
more rudimentary than those of the
brutes for even dogs bark at we know
not what, and howl dismally when
death draws near"
Then you do not think that my de-
light in spiritual communion evidences
an unsound mind?n said the Princess.
"A thousand times, no!n cried the
Professor, with much energy. II be-
lieve that it indicates the evolution of
sixth sense, which shall substantial te
the fourth dimension, discover the
chemical properties of spirit, and be-
side which the functions of the normal
senses and the action of the normal
brain shall seem like sight and hear
ing and intelligence in month old
babe. TO your Royal Highness is it
permitted to be one of the pioneers of
this new, splendid and unimaginable
development.
The Princess who have Indefinitely
prolonged this conversation. for even
TO a lady whose supra-normal faculties
are acute it is not altogether disagree
able to be en- rapport with a hand some
young man. But at this juncture the
Prime Minister came forward and beg
ged respectfully to inquire whether the
Princess would graciously deign TO in
form him if she intended to apply the
crucial test TO the last arrived sutton
Then the Princess, turning her larg e
and speaking eyes upon the Professor,
said. Tell me of what | am thinking.
This Is not the test but if you can tell
that Won will have ACCOMPLISHED some-