The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18
WAS 1T MAGIC?


DR.. Cardan left him in the billiard room
promising to return in few MINUTES
and asking him to amuso himself with
tho cue meanwhile. What! Old DR.
Cardan keep II billiard table in thi
crazy little whitewashed house of hi
on the hill? GLOW little we know abou
this old reclusew he muttered.
For while he knocked the ball
aimlessly about. Suddenly he startet
with surprise and shot hastily with al
his strength. AS the balls tore madl!
around the table Haverd stood LOOKING
at them in stupid amazement. The col
lision had emitted not the eighties
sound! lie tried it again and again
with the same result. He let fall The
butt OF his cue, and, although the floor
was bare oak, he heard no sound. II
was as il his sense OF hearing had beer
suddenly atrophied.
With u sensation of great alarm he
shot once more, and wac gratitied THU
time to hear welcome click from the
balls.
"You were quite surprised, eh?"
laughed Cardan's voice from the door.
way. IIaverd turned and saw him
standing with his long, white hair fall
ing about his shoulders, black fez on
his head and fus.ian robe enveloping
his body.
~ certainly was surprised" replied
Havern. These balls gave forth no
sound whatever when they touched"
"You will experience sensations far
more wonderful before tho night Is
over" replied Cardan, smilingly.
Come, we will begin our experiment"
Haverd follower With considerable
mystifieation, but he swiftly came to
the conclusion that Dr. Curdan had
played some trick upon him, probably
Of mesmerism, for he was said to be an
operator in that mysterious art.
But what experiment" was he to
witness? 1t had been the first mention
OF anything OF the kind.
Traversing a long hall the doctor
pushed open door, and waving Har-
old to enter, remarked: "l'his is my
laboratory"
The laboratory proved to be the ordi-
nary workshop OF chemist, except that
it had been carefully set in order for
especial occasion. At one end of the
room stood large double cabinet of
walnut, which Immediately attracted
Haverd's attention on account OF the
pipes which here and there entered
from the ceiling and the walls
CardGn observed his look Of inspec.
ton and said quietly: This room is
merely one compartment Of my labora-
tory-it will not be necessary to show
you anything in any Of the other rooms.
Take seat"
Iayerd did so.
"Now," said the DOCTOR" 70 word of ex-
PLANTATION. The thing which l have
brought YOU to witness is the revivitica-
ton OF two Egyptian mumnies. 1pro-
pose bringing TO life two beings who
died thousands OF years age"
This was said in quiet mAtter-of'fact
tone, without q trace of afectation.
Haverd merely looked at the old man
with determination in his eyes. He
determined to resist the next attempt
to hypnotic him.
al will do everything but bring back
the SOUL" continued Cardan. THAT
cannot do. Over the mere chemical
clements OF life 1 have the complete
control, il given an organism already
constructed to vitnlize. For this pur-
pose have secured two unevisccrated
mummies."
boldly, "you utter the blacklist kind Of
blasphemy."
"Did for an instant pretend to recall
the divine spark called the soul l could
truthiully be termed blasphemous,
otherwise not"
"Y'ou mean to say then, that you can
put animal life into dead human
bodies2"
az do" insisted the doctor. "They
will be dumb though sentient brutes.
They will be OF the same order as dogs,
cows, horses, or mere animals. have,
in iact, discovered the elixir or princi-
pie OF animal life. Ihave revived hun
dreds OF dead cats and dogs with my
apparatus.
fihyerd listened with n skeptical
snecr, more convinced than ever that
the doctor was trying again to get con-
trontrol OF his consciousness.
First let me show you the process in
miniature" the old man went on.
This small glass case might be called q
pocket edition OF that cabinet over
there" smiling at the pleasantly.
Haverd looked Mt the smallest appa-
ratus which stood at one side OF the
room. The case was OF heavy plate
glass and about six inches square. In
side lay something that looked like an
aged and withered flower OF dirty and
rusty black hue.
iii is a rose" explained Cardnn. 81
took 1t from the mouth OF one OF the
mummics, where it had been embalmed.
Its color is the result of the bitumen
used for the purpose and which stained
1t black. Observe. touch this lever and
watch"
The case became dim with vapor
that for moment filled it, but it cleared
Immediately. Then liaverd'seyes were
fixed with intense wonder that lasted for
five breathless minutes. At the end OF
that time there lay within the case, in
place Of the withered thing that had
been there, n rose that had the appear:
ancc OF rarely beautiful velvety lac
queminot-only it was jet black. The
doctor smilinCly withdrew the mon.
sIosity from the apparatus and handed
it to Haverd.
"You see 1t has no color" he said.
mo SOUL" he added.
but it has the gentle seem" said
Haverd, wonderingly. at is decided
| IL clever trick