The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24

know the shsdowy form which dwelis in you;
that you shall send II forth TO drift upon the wings
OF the wind TO dive and foot among the inter
than any which can come 10 those bound to earth"
She picked up one OF the books and read chap.
ter in an unknown tongue explaining thet ~
scrit was a spoken Language. She reed from
another Of the yolumes, saying that II was the
vsdS and ,d,sTnS from her T0ee rs' ms
sage from the dwcer In the deser, OF COBB bidding
them TO be Of good cheer.
you are now prepared" she went on, TO ven.
ture upon that strange and mysterious Journey.
new TO you all save TO Brother Hunnaker. IL
may be perilous but be OF good heart. No harm
is only the doubtcr and the scoffer who loses con
troll Of the astral body, which wanders hence
forth houseless and shelterless while the human
body. which IL tonanted crumbles into dust. pc
you drink each Of you little Of the wine Of Ar.
Oath. that tho bodies you leave behind may be
kept warm for your return"
She stepped from the dais, bearing In one hand
the Roman Jug aud in the other an opaque EgXp-
filled this and handed II TO each In turn, whisper
ing as she did 10 Drink and depart" Smithers
drank.
lie tells now Of how his astral body wandered
for ages through blue spaces in which cold stars
like diamond points, glittered and gnttered
ing, oiwhirring OF wheels and tho mufmur Of an
gelc voices ho landed upon the star Aldebaran.
where millions OF silver-skinned beings, with
and shoes Of black books and parchment ~
was the very finest specimen 81 the art he had
ever encountered and he felt thrilled to know tina.
when he got back TO earth all Of this precious
knowledge would be his to turn into ingots when
he pleased. He saw such wonders Of ind ustry
knowledge cShi ,i,ed by one gigantic fore.
man with. topaz head and sapphire
nose that he was affected TO tears Slowly.
astral body wended its way back 10 earth. He
felt a sense Of acute pain pang that seemed
9tNe ers,y none nnd ihen ne looked nDo Iv n
Their faces were the colo. Of ashes and thei eyes
dull and CLASSY. Even as he looked one by one
they shvercd. an expression OF agony crossed
and women. The Mnhatma stood upon her dais
slowly waving her ivory wand 70 and fro. A
face was benevolencc and Joy.
you have returned, my children" she said.
OF sSys Snd s's ,hs
garments as You have re-enisTcd your normal
The party. men TO the RICH, and women
measure ,siorided. got into their street.
maker was radiant. He is an Il told you So sort
Of man and the excursion Of the night had been
and ID e. to 9 hi Il. RsS Sesa
forced TO believe against his will He had an
astral body, there could be not the slightest doubt
Of 1t. He had felt IL leave him and the rccollec.
ton OF the Aldebaran boot and shoe shop would
be deathless, The fac; that he had been assessed
$50 as his share of the nights teaching weighed
idered the experience worth double the money.
He is, as said before, however a. groyelling
I SsHf be sWass Of
morning his old doubts assailed him. As no
lay in bed. with a wet towel bound about his
aching forehead. he brought his Sherlock Holmes
intellect TO work and reasoned Il out in this way
"She Is fraud. Therefore she commits fraud
How does she commit fraud' Not BY, hypno,
haT he ia M. ltg,k h..
hypnotic a retired boot and shoe man. Not
by spiriuasm, because she does not teach spirit
favored us With the twanging Of guitars out OF
tune. Not by coniuring. because she is not q
iuggler How did she do ~ Oh, my head
Undoubtedly she did set us all TO soaring We
got OF in a bunch and was first under the wire
Ha! Ha' My. astral body seems to he pretty
swift people remember tina, Aldebaran shoe
and the sapphire hose That's nonsense in
itself. II all gets back to the wine Of Ardath.
Of Ardath aud you fnd the man with the SAP
phire-Rats' Find the wine OF Ardath and you
knock this astral spook over the ropes"
Smithers went 10 the Scance Of the next night
with pale but determined countenhnce When
he emerged from the mems dressing room in
his yellow robe he held under il a wide necked
bottle with glass stopper The stopper he re-
! moved defily while the usual COMPUTATION went
on, When he received his wine Of Ardath he
the glass The Mahaima, watching the
| company al large, passed on 10 the next soarer
! They all departed al the proper moment except
| Smithers who looked at Irene with a sardonic
You are late tonight in leaving, my brother. Z"
she said. More Of the wine " Ardath awaits
| the caress OF your lips"
Nope" Smiihers responded firmly Il
never drink"
| The MahAtma, regarding him as Que insane.
\ passed into the next room where Smiihers would
| hear her softly hummine refrain from Aida
She came back after while and the Investigator
thought that he detected distinct Whit Of bSinthe
| BY and bye all Of tho astral bodies fiocked back
TO their proper owners and the earthly eyes ope ned
| to the light OF he coored lamps, while the earthly
| nostrils drank in the insdous perfume that
| came from the censor Hunnakrr wasin a partc.
| uarly Joyous mood and connded the fact that
he had been marching at the head Of Il company
| Of ten thousand hourls in pink fieshings each
| Of whom carried tin spear in her right hand.
Mahomet brought up the rear. riding dun mule
| Next day Suiithers went TO a chemist. handed
him the bottle Of wine OF Ardath aud asked for
| an analysis The chemist promised ~ do his
best. lie ran the wine through a lot OF test
tubes. put some acids into II, separated IL nto
its parts and handed in his verdict:
This stuff he wrote, is made up Of nine parts
| Of pretty fair article of California sherry and
one part Of Cnnnhbis lndica, or hashecsh Can
nabs lndica hashecsh. OF ghDuga As the Indians
themselves call it sometimes known a,
! Indian hemp-is plant which Possesses m
singuIariy marked degree the power To producs
| halluCnatiUns, decisions or dreams Tn.
quantity in the sample YOU have offered me II
taken internally, would be likely To make III,
swallOwer see blue winged goats sailing abOu
the outside and trying to buu their way through
the windows
Therefore the groveng Smithers is happ,
and the North clark Street Sociely for amGteu
Psychcal Research has declined and fallen
Nahatnla Irene Dubusc has disappeared. takinl
with her some hundreds of dollars an nssori
mcnt ri gowns and II few diamonds. bat Retire,
Banker h'innaker, stiil contends that lie IL abl
10 let his astral body go and pull II back With ,
string whenever he gets ready