Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-26
The Final Third

Moore put the tips of his fingers care
fully together and looked over them
at the other man.
''Then your belief if [ gather what
you mean is that man has three tries,
as it were, at this world of sin and
sorrow-that his life is divided into
three parts, and that he spends his
allotted time on earth in three different
bOdieS?'
Exactly" replied the other, land
these divisions of existence are known
as thirds-the first, intermediate and
final In the first, he is of the lowest
order of human beings-such as saw
ages and the lowest castles of Russia
and China; in the second, or inter
mediate, he is the common laborer of
the world; the third or final, is the
man of intelligence and higher civil
cation. Once in a while there rises
from the intermediate third a man
whom you speak of as a genius, be-
cause you have not looked for him in
that stratum of society; to us he is
but putting off the transition from
the intermediate to the final by re-
naming in the second third habitat ton
-body-lOnger than usual"
II see, and when one of your final
thirds condescends to breathe his last,
what happens" asked Moore.
HE passes into the spiritual world
and takes his allotted place. I am
neither a director in the church-yes,
we have them-nOr a lecturer, to eX-
plain to such intellects as yours the
intricacies of this religion, and [ doubt
if it would be worth any ones while to
do so. Those who desire to see i'm
PROJECTIONS can do so in every belief
the world ever knew. I have never
tried to prove to amy one the slightest
assertion that we thirdists make vet
tonight | have a strong desire to do
So-yes, even after saying | did not
think it worth while to prove any
thing to you 1t might be worth while,
after ALL for every mind we bring
to look fairly and squarely into our
belief helps so much, and we are
sometimes fanatical in this respect"
Well" remarked Moore, 81 cannot
! assure you / will listen to you or
accept any proof that you may have
as fairly as | can"
THAT is all | ask"
Then. before you begin, tell me,
when you have been through the
cleansing fires of these three eXistences
on earth, isn't your spirit, or soul, or
what you choose to call it, rather re-
fined? Doesn't it find itself annoyed
by having to drag around common
body?"
You are probably speaking lightly,
as You usually do replied Venzani;
"but, strange to say, you are right,
and that is exactly what I intend to
prove to you. / ann myself in the final
third-aS every man of intelligence is
and tonight, with the aid of hui
man Instrument, 1 hope to eject my
soul from it's bodily confines and enter
the spiritual world. During that time
that body will be under the complete
control of this instrument while my
soul will connect itself with his. and
the two will enter his body"
AS he spoke Venzeni was crossing
the room, and he now had his hand
upon the knob Of a small door his
guest had not observed before. With
quick motion he threw it open, and
the next instant a strange figure glided
into the room. The light from the
soft lamp Shone full upon him, so
Moore knew he saw what he saw and
was not dreaming, but had it not he
would surely have imagined himself
suddenly transported to central Africa,
for the man before him was wild
enough in appearance and dress to war
rant such an opinion. His skin was
dark brown, and his sole article of
clothing a breechcloth Of some black
material. His hair was dark and
coarse and fell over his small, keen
eyes like skye terriers, while anklets
and bracelets of some dull metal added
to his uncivilized appearance.
"This man." said Venzeni, gave me
proof of his strange power one day
last year while I was knocking about
Africa, and as l had done him the
slight service Of saving his precious
neck from an enraged elephant some
time before he insisted on accompany
ing me home. despite my determine
ton not to have him. That he ac-
complished his purpose his presence
here shows, and though he sometimes
causes commotion ON the streets by
his peculiar dress, which he refuses
to dispense with, I find him really
useful about the house, and he is fast
becoming domesticated. At first he
worried me not little, for he insisted
on following me to business-an en-
barrassing proceeding for me-but he
does better now, and the people about
here are becoming used to him.
Eyes, he is to do what I said, for,
though he is only a first, he is a genius
in his peculiar way and has a power
that even / do not possess" Then
turning to the savage, Venzeni spoke
TO him in tongue unknown to Moore
and the African made a deep obeisance
to his master, while the latter laid
himself quickly down upon a rug be
fore the small fire that was burning