Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-29

IOJuluS iOT me 10 Tell. mere Is Inc
case as I saw it.
Ten years ago l was serving as an
inferno in Bellevue. In this capacity
met DR.. John r. Ranthan. He inter-
ested me at once; first because of his
immense stature-he was six feet five
and modelled in proportion-and next,
for the reason that he was pursuing
special work along lines that interested
me-phenomena of the mind and
senses.
1--WE could not agree, however. He
was a theorist, while he called me a
gross materialist."
"'When you have seen the things
that have SEEM he often roared out
to me in his thunderous voice, you
will believe. l have seen an Indian
yogi take tibia and materialize the
complete body, raiment and all. What
do you think Of that? bringing his
ponderous fist down on the table until
the windows ratified.
What would you say if you saw
me materialize from this skull the body
of her whose face forms the handle
what would you say to that? Hal"
"I should like to see that 1 an
swered.
"'Ah, but you should have seen her
in the flesh he resumed meditative
ly. God! but she was beautiful
found her in the mission at Mus
soorie, but she was not born for the
hymnsinging trade. Her father was
French, her mother a mountain maid
of Gurhwal, and she had been up to
Simla once and seen life. When l told
her of the great world beyond, where
the shadows of the Himalayas fell not,
her bosom heaved and her eyes
flashed like those of the she-tiger
that had taken that year toll of a
hundred lives in the foothills. She
left the mission and the halfcaste
Hindu who had dared lift his eyes
toward her glorious self and came
with me-
"'And them l asked" continued
Clarke.
land then she died. For two short
months | showed her in the Calcutta
bazaars. Paris, London, New York,
were denied the light
"A few days later l bolted into Ran
thans apartments after book he had
promised me. | had not been accus-
toned to knock, and as / opened the
door | heard the unmistakable swish
of skirts, and Ranthan stood before
me confused and sheepish. / missed
the silver skull from the table.
Pardon me, you are not alone
said.
'No-yes-that is, am alone, of
course The book is in that room.
Just step right in"
"The next night l was calling on
DIR. Cartwright, whose rooms were d.
rectly below Ranthan's. | had seen
Ranthan go up alone; in fact l had
walked over from the hospital with
him Soon we heard footsteps over
head, the heavy elephantine tread of
Ranthan, and then the light patter of
gentler foot. Through faulty regis,
| ter we heard, also, Ranthans stem.
torious voice alternated with a sweet
contralto. The conversation was in an
unfamiliar tongue, but one Astounding
in beautiful intonations.
Come over at once he said
Something's wrong with Ranthan.
heard the crash of falling body
overhead. | can't raise him. Both
his doors are locked
Suicide was the verdict of the
police.
"But Cartwright and I both knew
that Ranthan's hand never struck iht
blow that sank II inches of blade ant
three inches of hilt into his own hear
just at the left armpit. A left-handet
blow was out of the question. right
the force.
Read it Sexton, page 401 of tn
scrap book:
For the benefit of science, |, Johl
r. Ranthan, hereby declare, that If
ans slain. it will be by the hand o
YEath, half-caste maid of GurhUa
WI ose body ! have repeatedly materia
| izei in the flesh from relics in m
: pc. session. have sworn not to writ
( tn, secret Let him who would lear
} it see E. out one Yangmal, a. herni
J yogi. whose cave lies In the foothill
, Of the IIimalayas, in the Province {
, Sikhim, ten leagues north of the ten
!. pie of Darjeeling. have spoken"
5 "Then we can sa, Ihe state Of III
$ nois something by returning him
!, New York" said Inspector Ship. VIII
: had arrived In time to hear, with sta
ing. incredulous eyes the most {
Clarke's story.
/ Not until have made an eXper
Aient.' said Clarke "Achmon, 20
Z say you have the secret. Prove !
y and the skull Is yours"