Year: 1870

OF independent action gone from me,
returned to my chair, and again took
my seat.


This is kind" said Blanko, and his
voice had lost its sternness and resumed
its usual soft aud insinuatiug tone
This is very kind, gil your glass"


Then burst out, want neither your
wine nor your company By some
means known to yourself you have man
aged to get me iuto your power. Re
lease me and let me go"


"Wcll, this is a good joke" cried
Blanko. 81 have you in my power !
Shame Ila, la, ha."


"IIere the wretch laughed loud and
long, and, gentlemen, he actually per-
suaded me not only to fill my glass, but,
moreover, convinced me that he was my
very humble servant and not his. lie
then resumed his conversation, he had
been delivering me lecture on various
scientific subjects. lie secuted the
idea of mesmerism aud animal magnet.
ism, then branching from those sdbjects
expressed his conviction that it was
possible, without the assistance Of those
principles, TO maintain the human or
gauism in n perfect state for ten thou
sand years, apparently in a liIeless con-
ditiou, and then to restore life to that
organism. Hcstated that he had thought
much on the subject, and that his at
tcntion had been recently called to it
by book written by Frenchman
named About, which, although intended
as satire, still contained many germs
of truth on the subject Of which he was
speaking.


See" said he, show science advan-
ces. Even now there is u learned con-
tinental Doctor who has proved almost
to certainty that many Of the mummies
oil Egypt, which have been SO long
deemed the nero bodies Of the dead,
are in truth bodies of perfect organism
to which it is possible to restore life;
the secret of how to do it may have
been lost; lost so long ago that it is now
difficult to discover it; but we must
search, my dear Sebastian, and we will
yet 6nd.


but casting this aside l would now
speak Of another subject Of vast impor-
tance to the human race and this it is.
From experiment | am now positively
assured that it is possible to lop off
limb from Que person or animal and to
replace it with the limb of another; for
instance, | could take of the limbs of
terrier and replace them by grey
hounds, thus would | be master of the
exquisite scent of the terrier aud the
splendid speed Of the greyhound. This
applies not only to the limbs Of various
animals but goes farther aud reaches
even the head, for | have frequently
taken the head Of one animal and re
placed it by that Of another, and then
by electrical applications have restored
life"


"Here Blanko arose and going to
closet took therefrom what seemed to
be the body OF cat to which was joined
dogs head Now" he continued.
"guze ut this stuffed monster; feel here
where the head has been Joined to the
body, there you find no seam. Well,
sir, this monster lived twelve months
after the operation, was my most favour.
ite pet, but was ut last killed by large
bull dog. BY means Of an instrument
have Invented | can by gradual CON.
preston make the parts fit, so that |
can place the head Of dog upon the
neck of COW. Now all this am con
vinced can be done with the human
form, | could, | am assured, remove
your head and place it on the shoulders
of another, and thus give the body Of
another the advantages of your brilliant
intellect; that is if we grant the head
contains the intellect, but this do not
believe. The mind or that portion oil
our organism which kn0ps or thinks is
not situate in any one portion OF our
system; the belief OF its being 10 the
head alone leads to pure materialism.
For where is it? In the skull? No.
In the hair? No. But say the advo-
Gates Of the head system it is in the
brain. That is the kao1ing, loving for
true love is in the mind, tho feel
ing, Intellectually feeling portion OF
us, is in little bloody Shiny mass
which we call the brain. Bah The
idca is disgusting! Now, my dear Se-
bastien, in these latter ideas | may be
mistaken, but with your assistance all
will be made clear"


"How in the name Of the Virgin can
| make it clear 7" said l.


Then this Blanko arose, the same en-
!argemeut of form have before spoken
OF, seemed to take place, the same cold
eye glittered on me, and the same stern
commanding tcnc spoke out, "Sir, by
giving yourself to me body and soul"


In this extraordinary proposition, or
rather command, you may well imagine
gentlemen, | was not prepared to ac-
quiesce."


"Ah," said Blanko, "you hesitate
how can you hesitate when you think
Of the high place your name will occu-
py on the rolls Of sciencey But how
about your soul you ask, we'll III not
demand that, lend me but your body.
There will be little or no pain, your
head placed on the block, the click of
the keen axe, your neck severed, aud
before pain really comes on you will be
yourself again. No, you must not hesi.
tate, but submit cheerfplly to the inc
vitable, for | must tell you it is ineyita.
ble." Here be threw glance into my
very soul. Sand my dear Scbasticu