Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-05
CHAPTER III.
The Dissection OF a Soul.

The history OF my life. which |
am Gbont to relate to you. is known
to nc one, and / only reveal it now as
it is necessary for tho success of the
experiment contemplate making that
you should know all about me- | am
generally supposed TO be cosmopoli-
tan as | speak many languages. have
Travelled II great DEAL and physically
resemble the natives Of no particular
country. AS matter OF fact how
ever | am OF mixed blood my father
being an Irish adventurer and my
mother pure blooded Hindoo. This
blending of the East and West gave
me on one hand strong physique.
and on the other reflective brain, 30
that | was cminently fitted for the
strange career / chose TO lead during
the earlier part of my life.
My father went out to India when
it was ruled by the ii. + ]. c., and.
being an INSCRIPTIONS man deter
mined to make money in the easiest
way he could. A chance soon pre-
sented itself. for my mother the
daughter OF high priest of Brahma
fell in love with his handsome face.
and yielding to his protestations of
love gave up her country. religion
and parents in order to fly with him.
which she did. carrying with her no
| inconsiderable amount of wealth,
principally consisting OF gems stolen
from the treasury of the temple.
My parents came to England and.
/ shortly after / was born. my mother.
unable TO bear the rigor OF the Eng
/ lish climate. died. while my father
| shortly afterward followed her to the
/ grave. being assisted there, as |
strongly suspect by Hindoo SER
want who res anted his treatment nf
my mother. This servant. ny name
Lal Chunder then returned to India
taking with him the remnant OF the
stolen .ewels and myself the offspring
OF the Inflated marriage. The ewels
were restored TO the temple of the
offended god. and / was given in
charge of my grandfather, the high
priest while Lal Chunder. having
lost caste by crossing the ocean. was
purified before tae shrine Of Brahma
and then sent forth as falSir TO do
penauce for the rest of h life.
Seeing that | was partly Irish,
and the offspring of man he hated.
my grandfather was not at all pre-
possessed in my favor and have
often wondered that he not kill
me by some subtle means
known 10 his sect but whatever power
may have withheld his hands he did
not do So but at first tolerated my
presence and afterwards grew very
fond of me. My mi, ed blood prevent
| ed me from becoming priest but
my grandfather taught me all the lore
OF the temple and being remark
ably quick child | soon picked up a
great deal of curious knowledge Tho
East as you know. has always been
much more accomplished in escoteric
learning than the West seeing that
the Asiatics study the operations OF
the spirit while the Europeans conine
themselves mostly TO the material
wants OF man so that hav ng a vein
of Eastern mysticism in my blood
coming from my mothers side /
became deeply versed in occult
+ science.
AS the years rolled by / was in
! itiatedt into the most profound my
steries. and by subjecting my body to
the ordeal of fasting as practised by
the fakirs and yoghis Of Hindostan. I
gained wonderful command over the
spiritual part OF myself. Unluckily
my grandfather died just as / was
attaining the last secrets OF Eastern
psychology and his influence being
withdrawn his fellow priests de-.
termined 10 kill me as one knowing
too much Of their secrets and danger
Gus To the brotherhood. Fortunately.
however my learning stood me in 10
good stead. for ! discovered my dan
ger and hod from the neighborhood
This would not have saved me- seeing
that the priests had at their command
secrets which II used would have