Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-17

humanity. Yet, If you were to publish
these you would be called a mailman;
even our brethren would cry you down.
Why? Simply because they are
bound down by their own miscon-
ceptions; their minds are not flexible.
You vouch for our friends character?"
he continued, smiling.
Absolutely" returned the doctor.
Then will tell you our plans" said
Adams to me. You may possibly
know that / am the most intelligent
and skillful Psychologist in this coun-
try or any other" He paused and
looked at me searchingly. "He thinks
me boastful!" he cried to Brodsky
There he goes; conventional preju-
dice dictates that a man must not tell
the truth about himself, and already
our friends mind is fermenting with
misdirected zeal"
"On the contrary, professor" said
/, 81 know that what you say is cor
rect"
Good" cried Professor Adams.
well, / was about to add that, much
as we know about ancient Egypt, what
we do not know it infinitely greater.
How often have / walked through my
mummy gallery-fine fellows they are,
lying in their handsome cases-and
said to them, You Nebo therei You
must have been contemporary with
Joseph. Come back to life and tell
me about his corner in grain You,
my friend Sesostris, who wear your
hair after the style of the Ptolemies.
did you ever see Cleopatra, and was
there really anything between her and
Mark Anthony, or did some writer
spread that lie among the Romans?
And that is about as far as got until
l made the astonishing discovery that
! neither friend Nebo nor friend Sesos-
iris had ever been enbalmed!"
Twas so facinated by the professors
breezy speech that / hardly grasped
the significance of this fact at first.
I'm other words" said Adams, their
bodies though shriveled and almost
fossilized with age, were preserved
intact by reason of certain herbs
placed in their wrappings. Every
organ remains intact Now. sir, If
these dried frames were brought back
to semblance Of life by saline in.
| jections into the veins, we should see
Nebo and Sesostris as they appeared
in life."
About the time that l made this
| discovery / began thinking of our
friend Brodsky here. The universe,
| he told me, was a mass of discarnate
soul stun. Why, il three persons sit.
ting at a table In dark room can
make even the wooden table live,
would it not be possible to animate
real flesh and blood?"
"Emphatically possible" said Brod
| sky But unfortunately we could not
be sure that the soul of either Nebc
or Sesostris would be the one that
returned to it's habitation. As for
Nebo. he lived so long ago that he has
probably been incarnated at least once
since his death. and is, in consequence
too far removed from his ancient
Egyptian life. Sesostris may not have
returned, though fifteen hundred years
is usually the longest period between
retain some memories of his old life
LET it be Sesostris, then" said the
professor. Then you will come Il
my house in Baltimore on Thursday
evening and attempt to bring back the
personality to our Egyptian friend?'
he queried impatiently.
| The doctor hesitated.
| Professor" be said candidly, IF any
body but you asked me to do this
would refuse. gave you my qualified
assent solely because of your lonl
work and your researches. Yes
win come, but you must promise me
that II / recall the spirit for one shor
hour you will never attempt the ex
pertinent again."
| 81 promise gladly" Professor Adams
returned. why, an hour will b.
ample. only want to ask few ques
tions-whether the Ptolemy Philopatol
we read of was the son or nephew o
Agrippina the wife of Thoth; whether
the Egyptian masses ever adopted tn,
Roman toga; whether the gold rinl
remained the badge of nobility aftel
the assassination of Caesar; whether
the old dam at Thebes had yet beer
built; the exact dimensions of tn,
colossal lighthouse at Alexandria anC
the length of the Delta in Cleopatra'i
time; with a few calculations on the
statement made by Herodotus concern
ing the migration of cranes; and"
II am afraid, professor, returned
Brodsky, that you will find your owl
knowledge OF ancient Egypt consider
ably exceeds that Of your friend Sesos
iris. However. will do my best. We
will be at your house in Baltimore OF
Thursday evening and viii ask yor
to be alone and to await US in YOU
mummy gallery"
l pass over the intervening days
which / spent in a fever of anticipa
ton. Could Brodsky really restore life
| to a mummy, reconstruct the days o.
Caesar and Ptolemy. so that time
would be virtually annihilated? If so
he was an incomparably greater ma
gician than had ever believed him tC
be. But | said nothing to him, and