Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-08

humanity Yet, IL 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?"
lie continued. smiling
Absolutely" returned the doctor.
Then I will tell you our plans" said
Adams to me- You may possibly
know that l 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 man must not tell
the truth about himself and already
cur friends mind is fermenting with
misdirected zeal"
"On the contrary, professor" said
I, 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 1t infinitely greater,
How often have / walked through my
mummy gallery--flne fellows they are,
lying in their handsome cases-and
said to them, You Nebo therel 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 Ptolemles,
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 enbalmedi"
was so faclnatsd by tho professors
breezy speech that ] hardly grasped
the signihc ance Of THIS fact at first.
I'm other words" said Adams, their
bodies though shriveled and almost
intact by reason OF certain herbs
placed in their wrappings. Every
organ remains intact. Now sir. II
these dried frames were brought back
to a 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 I began thinking OF our
friend Brodsky here The universe,
he told me, was a mass of discarnate
soul stun Why. II three persons sit
ting at a table In a dark room can
make even the wooden table live.
would IL not be possible to animate
real flesh and blood?"
"Emphatically possible" said Bfod-
sky But unfortunately we could not
be sure that the soul OF either Nebo
or Sesostris would be the one that
returned to its 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
re-births. In such event he might still
retain some memories OF his old life"
Let It be Sesostris. then" said the
| professor. Then you viii come to
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" he said candidly, "lf any.
body but you asked me to do this
would refuse l gave you my qualified
assent solely because of your long
work and your researches. Yes.
will come. but you must promise me
that II recall the spirit for one short
hour you win never attempt the ex.
pertinent again"
IT promise gladly" Professor Adams
returned Why. an hour VIII be
ample only want TO ask few dues-
tions-whether the Ptolemy Philopator
we read of was the son or nephew OF
| Agrippina the wife OF Thoth: whether
the Egyptian masses ever adopted the
Roman toga whether the gold ring
remained the badge OF nobility after
the assassination OF Caesar: whether
the old dam at Thebes had yet been
built: the exact dimensions of the
colossal lighthouse at Alexandria and
the length OF the Delta in Cleopatra q
time; with a few calculations on the
statement made by Herodotus concern
ing the migration of cranes; and"
Il am afraid. professor" returned
Brodsky " that you will find your own
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 will ask yoy
to be alone and TO await us in YOU
mummy gallery"
pass over the intervening days
which spent in a fever Of anticipa
ton Could Brodsky really restore IF,
to a mummy. reconstruct the days o
Caesar and Ptolemy. so that time
would be virtually annihilated2 II so
/, he was an incomparably greater ma
gician than had ever believed him t,
) he But said nothing to him, an,
+ b "a not volunteer any further state
ne Al last the time arrived whel