The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

AT Dana Das dctation the Englishman u,rot.
nothing less than formal challenge to the ola
Man Of the Mountains 1t wound up: 1And II
this Manifestation be from your hand then let
1t go forward; but IL 1t BIO from my hand, win
mat the Sending shall cease in two days' time
On that day there shall be twelve kitten. and
thenceforward mono at ALL The nconla sb.u
Judge between u.s." This was signed nv Dan,
d. who added pentaces and pentagrams and
cru1 ansata, and half dozen swastkas. and
Iraiple Tau to his name. just to show that hs
was all he laid claim TO be.
The challenge was read out to the gentlemen
ana iaoies and they remembered then that Dana
Ia mad laughed at them some years ago Itw
officially announced that the Old Man q, tbs
Mountains would treat the matter with co,
tempt Dana Da being an independent Investea
tor without a single round" at the back Of him
But this did not soothe his people They wanted
10 see nsht. They were very human for all
'he'e spirituality Lone Sahih who was really
being worn out with Kitten submitted neekly
TO hs fate. He felt that ne w as being "kittenea
to prove the power OF Dana d." as the noet
says
When the stated day dawned the shower Of
kittens began. Some white and some were
taboy, and all were about the same loa thsome
age Three were his hearthrug three in h,H
uD at int
walls among the visitors who came to see tho
prophecy break down. Never wa. more salts
factory Sending. On the next day there were
no kittens. and tho next day and all the other
days were kittenless and quiet. The people MUIR
INJURED and looked to tho Old Man of the Noun
ta'ns for an explanation letter. written on
palm leaf. dropped from the ceiling but auar,
one except Lone Sahib felt that letters were NOT
what the occasion demanded. There should
nave been cats. there should have been cats
1ull-srown ones. The letter proved conclusiveIy
tnat there had been hitch In the Psychic Cur
rent which. colliding with e. Dual Identity. haa
'nteriered with the Percipent Activity all along
tho main line Tho kittens were still going on,
but owing to failure in the Developine
Fluid they were not materialized The air was
thick with letters for few days afterward
Unseen hands played Gluck and Beethoven on
hnger-bowls and clock shades; but all men felt
that Psychic Life mockery without Ma
terialtzed kittens Ever Lone Sahb shouted
with the majority this head. Dana Das let
tiers were very insulting. and II he had then
oHered to lead a now departure there is
knowing what might not have happened
But Dana Da was dying OF whiskey and opium
in the Eng!ishman's godown and had small hear,
for creeds
They have been put to shame" said he
Never was such sendins 1t has killed me-"
Nonsense" said the Englishman: you arc
going to die. Dana Da. and that sort OF stun
must be left behind I'll admit that you havo
made some queer things about Tell mo
honestly, now. how It done?"
Give me ten more rupees" said Dana Da
family. and II die before spend them. bury
them with me-" The silver was counted out
while Dana De was lighting with Death HIS
hand closed upon the money and he smiled
grim smile
Bend low" he whispered. Tho Englishman
bent.
Bunnia-Mission school--expelled-box-wa
lah tpeddler)-Ceyion pearl merohant-all nina
English northumberland and made UP
name Dana Da- England with American
thought-reading man and-and-you gave ma
ten rupees several times-I gave the Sahlbs
bearer two-eight month for cats-little, little
cats wrote and he put them about-very
clever man. Very few kittens now in the bazar
Ask Lone Sahibs sweeper's WIFE,"
So saying. Dana Da gasped and passed awav
into land where. II all be true. there are no
Materialzations and the making OF new cresds
is discouraged
But consider the gorgeous simplicity OF 1t ALL
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