The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-02-03

even Jul biSlHieu Noulu Cls sOu uoNA'
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 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
our friends mind is fermenting with
INSTRUCTED zeal"
"On the contrary, professor" said
!, 81 know that what you say Is cor
rect"
Good cried Professor Adams.
well, l 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 ssllery-fine fellows they are,
lying in their handsome cases-and
said to them, You Nebo there! 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 l got until
| made the astonishing discovery that
! neither friend Nebo nor friend Sesos-
iris had ever been enbalmed!"
was 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
fossilzed 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 a semblance of life by saline in
iections into the veins, We should see
Nebo and Sesostris as they appeared
in life"
about the time that I made this
discovery ] began thinking of our
friend Brodsky here The universe,
he told me, was a mass of discarnate
soul stuff. Why, if three persons sit
ting at 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 Nebo
or Sesostris would be the one that
returned to it's habtation. 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, them" said the
professor. "Then you will 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, IF 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 if recall the spirit for one short
hour you will never attempt the ex
pertinent again"
II promise gladly" Professor Adams
returned. "Why, an hour will be
ample. only want to ask few ques
tions-whether the Ptolemy Philopatol
we read of was the son or nephew OF
Agrippfna 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
buin; the exact dimensions of the
colossal lighthouse at Alexandria and
the length Of the Delta in Cleopatra's
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 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 or
Thursday evening and will ask yor
to be alone and to await us in youl
mummy gallery"
| pass over the intervening days
which spent in fever of anticipa
ton. Could Bredsky really restore life
to a mummy, reconstruct the days Of
Caesar and Ptolemy, so that time
would be virtually annihilated? If so
he was an incomparably greater ma
gician than had ever believed him tt
be. But I said nothing to him, and
he did not volunteer any further state
ment. At last the time arrived wher