The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08

were, and COomra invited him to where
they were, in a room as dark as pitch.
He had TO DO led into 10 by the hand
Releasing his hand, Coomra went to
what afterward was seen to be a chest
and took out book, saying: Look at
this fine carving and at these pictures. :"
Hensoldt replied: II beg your pardon,
how can see anything in this inky dark
ness7n The adept exclaimed: "Oh, |
forgot and then, says HensOldt, "a
flood of light surrounded me, and found
myself in high-roofed apartment devoid
of furniture except an old chest and two
sheepskins in the middle of the floor. The
light was certainly not produced by any
artificial means; it was as light as day,
and of that unearthly refulgence which
on more than one previous occasion had
startled me in certain of the feats Of
Yoghis in Central India. The objets in
the light cast no shadows. which clearly
proves that its source cannot be an mean
descent body like the sun or any other
radiating point. The nearest definition
although poor one-which ! can give Of
the light, is that Of a luminous fluid
which is suddenly precipitated after q linn
tied space, and in which the object
seemed to be immersed. On this
occasion the light did not ex-
tend beyond the threshold of the
apartment, where 1t did not merge by
gradual transition into the darkness Of
the corridor, but seemedicut off by sharp
demarcation line. The same was the
case with the windows, which were
square holes in the wall; there was inlSy
darkness and the drilling rain without"
In that uncanny light he saw the adept
before him holding book composed of a
large mum Der of strips OF palmyra leaf,
about two feet long and five inches
broad" held together by the usual strings
and two boards of deliberately carved and
decorated teakwoOd.
That was his first view of the adopts
power on the physical plane. Now an
other. One day while wandering through
the valley he was attracted by a huge
rock sixty feet high and forty across the
base-"a pOrphyritic conglomerate, with
quartz and flesh -colored feldspar as chief
ingredients" On one side was an OPEN
ing, which he entered for a distance Of
eight or nine PAGES, when the roof and
sid es converged so that he could not well
20 farther, and did not care to on ac-
count Of the odor of bats. While
walking about the rock, studying it,
chipping off pieces with his geol-
ogist's hammer, he was startled
TO see the adept, as If he had
arisen out OF the ground. Coomra
explained that this was known as the
enchanted rock, and proposed to explore
the cave in IL with him. He was directed
to hold his hammer as candle, with the
handle up He did 50 the adept blew on
the end OF the handle and bright flame,
preceded by cracking noise, suddenly
burst from the end of the handle" They
passed through, the hammer handle
meantime more than half consumed, and
when they emerged Hensoldt remarked
that there was nothing unusual in the
cave Eyes, but where is the rockf'
said the adept. Slowly l turned around,
and weird sensation came over me as
realized that the huge bowlder was no
longer there.
1t had vanished like the airy fabric Of a
| vision and nothing but an unbroken ex-
panse of gravel extended between as and