The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26

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 intelligen.
and skillful Psychologist in this coul-
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
misdirected zeal"
"On the contrary. professor" said
!, II know that what you say Is cor.
rect"
Good" cried Professor Adams
We'll, ! 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-fine fellows they are,
lying in their handsome cases-and
said 70 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 Ptolemes,
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
| made the astonishing discovery that
neither friend Nebo nor friend Sesos.
iris had ever been enbalmed,"
was sc facinated by the professors
breezy speech that hardly grasped
the significance Of this fact at first
In 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, II
these dried frames were brought back
to a semblance of life by saline In.
| jections into the veins. We should see
Nebo and Scsostris as they appeared
in life"
About the time that made this
discovery | began thinking OF our
friend Brodsky here. The universe,
he told me. was mass of discarnate
soul stuff. Why. II three persons sit.
ting at a table in a dark room can
make even the wooden table live,
would 1t 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 NcbO
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
| isbJ HNlhH il''- .'NbNNl 10 may lbl nave
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 1t be Sesostris, then" 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" be said canddly, "lf any.
! body but you asked me to do this /
would refuse 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"
81 promise gladly" Professor Adams
returned, Why. an hour will be
ample. | only want to ask a few cues.
tions-whether the Ptolemy Phllopator
We read OF was the son or nephew OF
Agripplna 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 5
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 on
Thursday evening and will ask you
to be alone and to await us In your
mummy gallery"
pass over the intervening days.
which spent in a fever of antIcipa.
tion. Could Brodsky really restore life
to q mummy, reconstruct the days of
Caesar and Ptolemy. so that time
would be virtually annihilated? II so.
he was an incomparably greater ma.
giclan than had ever believed him to
be. But | said nothing to him. and
he did not volunteer any further state.