The evening times., 1899-06-09
4 mine OF TREASURE
PROMISED BY 4 SPIRIT
Mrs. Behenna, an English Art
ist, 10 Locate 1t.
She Visi.s America in Search of a
Divining Rod.
Tells Members of the PsychicnI Study
Society of Her Poetic Advices
From HeIiOs.

New York. June 9.--Guided by a poetic
spirit answering to the name of Helios,
Mrs. X. A. Behenna. an English artist,
who painted the portrait Of the Princess
Louise. has come TO America to find a
gold mine by the aid of a divining rod.
AS soon as guarantees satisfactory to
He!ios have been given. he will reveal the
locality of the mine.
Mrs. Bohemia explained this and much
more to small party Of invited guests
in the Park Avenue Hotel last night She
said that her acquaintance with Helios
began three years ago upon her initiative.
He proved very shy at first. but by dint of
remaining for hours with a pencil in her
hand poised over blank sheet OF paper.
she made the temptation to talk irresisti-
bic to him and he ended by dropping into
poetry.
Once his natural reserve had been over
come. he gave Mrs. Bohemia plenty to do
Prefacing his remarks with a light touch
on her arm, resembling a shock from an
electric battery, or by strange music like
that heard from within a room by an out
slider when a door is opened and quickly
closed again. He informed her that she
tOs.
He dictated this poem through Mrs. Be-
henna's pencil at the rate of canto in
an evening. in nine line stanzas. 1t had
to do with the exploits of an Egyptian
prince who wore a crown studded with
jewelry. After the poem was written Mrs.
Behenna said she went TO the British Mu-
scum and identified the hero of it as as
Rameses ii. She also discovered that
though she knew nothing about ancient
Egypt. she had set down all the names
correctly, thereby showing to her own sat
isfaction that her poem was not a mani
festation Of her subconsciuos self.
Having completed this poem. which
seemed to have been weighing on his mind
for some time, Helios told Mrs. Behenna
to come to America, where great success
and riches awaited her. Having placed her
self wholly under his guidance. even to
adopting a diet consisting Of oranges and
milk, with a tablespoonful of pert wine
when she was run down, she took his ad
vice and came. Then he told her about
the divining rod and the gold mine. repeat
ing the information in metrical form SO
that she might know he meant what he
said.
By his order Mrs. Bohemia invited sew
eral members Of the Psychical Study So
eiety. Prof. James, of Harvard. and Prof.
Hyslop. Of Columbia. to listen to her state
ment about Helios, made by himself
through her. Some Of them came, though
the two professors were absent.
/ Mrs. Bohemia explained that she could
not describe Helios with any accuracy be-
cause his clothing was so bright that she
could not bear to look at him. She ex-
pressed her belief. however. in the excel
lence Of his intuitions, particularly in re-
gard to the gold mine. She is a woman of
about thirty years OF age. with blonde hair
and not unpleasing face. Her faith in
Helios leads her to picture him as much
more angelic than the usual run of incor-
peral beings with messages. The fact that
prose was too ordinary for his use was
one Of the indications Of his lofty nature
Unfortunately. his work is not exactly what
the present needs Of the market require.
Gold mines, however. are always worth
and II he can see his way to
the capital needed to work the mine, he
says. he will disclose 1t without delay.
DR.. John D. Quackenbos. who was among
those present during Mrs. Benenna's ex-
PLANTATION. expressed frank disbelief in the
purity OF Helios' Intentions and also made
some comments on the grammatical con-
Of his poetry. Helios had no re-
ply to make through Mrs. Bohemia to DR..
Quackenbos' observations. being badly
by his habit Of talking
through pencil and in verse. Dr. Quack-
enbos informed Mrs. Bohemia that in his
opinion Helios was not what he represent
ed himself to be. and he hfnted that the
less she had to do with him in future the
better it would be for her.