The Delta independent., 1900-05-25
mr.. K, NEW YORK:
Assay q nypssaisA

entirely WITHOUT Efcanins Tor me Wueu
] lrst met SimcOx- II any one had
then asked mc what the term meant.
] would certainly have made some At
tempt to define II. although my dedni-
tion would just as certainly have been
vague aud unsatisfactory.
II was through Clarence that ! met
Simcox. The two had ls,en friends In
Ceylon n { Understood. though how
or why ! never knew. and II always
seemed strange. Clsrence's business In
Ceyion was coffee planting. and II
seemed that SiIlcox's WAS astral bod-
les. The only natural thing about
their old acquaintance seemed to bc
that Clarence always knew queer peOr
pie. and surely SinIcox Was queer.
"Why. how old do Jon tale me 10
bey' he asked me suddenly ONE day.
when I had said thst something or
other had happened before his time.
And when answered that he looked
TO me 10 be about ~ be laughed quite
heartily.
1t 70 happened that this conversation
took place as we were walking to-
gether 10 Madlsof square. where We
were 10 vi.:t an exhibition Of paint
inga, old and modern.
When we had spent about Q half
hour ranging through the tallssies.
slmcox and found oarselves Standing
before . portrait cf Bpanish prince.
who. believe. lived somewhere about
the time Of Queen Ellxal,eth. The
uGure was dresastl In armor. except for
The head. which was hare and showed
ane head Of dsrk chestnut hair.
This b the picture ! wanted you 10
see.- said Stncox. Lets sit down on
this settes and take Il NIL In"
! could nos renaensases that Simeox
had said .suythlnx 10 aSe ahopt seein9
any pictarv In particular. r.
well. what 40 you thInk Of itT' Sim
e6x askeA me- prrsently.
'Ftne,~ ] aaid.
) r suppoGe n ~. saiS RtucpG. r ~
~ n q asss1 1a1nle have bses snying
that sbous Il for ~ years supposp
su the lords ansl ladies' Of the SpanInh
ceuri mid Il was fine wl,en they 6rss
saw II. ! wasn't tl,s.rr"- @'fs sea
''You're not quite No old a. sll thatr'
! fnterjecfsSl. tblnking OF the LiyStery
Of Ills age.
-xo." he saitl. smiling. mot quite 10
Old. And wouIsin's hsse bess n the
court Of spain either. But there n one
eFiticism fhe lorsls and ladies might
have made. though . sever hesrd that
they dill"
'.whst's thnt?'' sars
simply that II Isn't true TO nfc."
-Eut you don't u,eas 70 aay u isa's
HfeiI.- e?- rnI,l IN assouishmcnt. 81
what ! mean II that II iss'i - much
IKE the original as u might havc been.
u woulsI have iDecn just as easy for
veinrsluca 10 hsve made n perfectly
true. don't ~ Why ~ sIkln't--I sever
dlsl On the wlsoIr. u sloesu't Asttcr
his hIGhu~sa. Ills jaw was not pcari5
soch . crucl booking square thing NJ
that. And get the unisies hes taken
the trouhlr TO rurl and IenGtbrs spsI
dsns,Ify tho mustacise n1uscsa out os
rrs'oEniiiou.''
''W'hy. Sinsox." aakl. ''ysU tslk -
n you knew shr original In sis~ 6esh:''
'Neii.- hr ssisl. II don't and do.
YOe srr. my tIsar fellow. - ksow .
mans astral hosiy u slpoui slse ssnse
thing ~ knowing sls~ ssan In what roe
sali THE esrb' voa usr the ~rusIr term
~ . woene~s nsss1is~vsi phiDosophy. An
astral inriy nsy Ssoour. u times .
faint inI's-ss0n on tIse eye. bet lt
ssnusjs to rasou 70 must l,c exact
u oceusr-sl 10 une AZ this poipt that
Sin,cox nrs,lesS srrsb cir. he'd never
tefor~ hrnrI a1y oW- saIk 10 shIa EillA
matter Of fact way about astral ls0sIieA
Either Hlmros wss crazy or tbesr was
ssa,~tising rpeaWny shout him. IN spite
- his Irirk. happy. everyday nrsps~s.
'-Oh. you'r. surIwissSl arr you!r' ~
said. clswckiing to hfmsrIf - ml9ht
have gurs~s-I thss n,sn who ssihs
alpou knowin4 lsOpsr in tie 6csa'
wouDd In. G.~s's have . SwsceIcaI dcsu
o0strsst0A."
'ssoosI Isssveua.-' . exclaimed. -You
dSs't nspn to tell ne sisas ysu asp -
Ing to raise the ghost Of this 81 SPAS
iarl?'
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