suffering ceases. But
what you may not know--what you may not have realized, is that
will-power can over-rule external forces and principles--as for
example--gravity. As a matter of fact, airships and aeroplanes are
absolutely superfluous--and the time, money and labour they involve is
a prodigious waste. Any man with strong mental capacity can fly
without the aid of mechanism. He has only to will himself to be in the
air--and he is there. Look!" And to the amazement--the indescribable,
unparalleled amazement--of all present, Mr. Kelson knit his brows, as
if engaged in intense thought, and, jumping off his feet, remained in
the air, at a height of some four feet from the floor.

At his request members of the audience came up to him, and passed
their hands under, over and all around him, to make sure there were no
wires. He then struck out with his hands and legs after the manner of
a swimmer, and moving first of all round the stage, and then over the
stalls and pit, gradually ascended higher and higher, till he reached
the level of the boxes, to the occupants of which he spoke.

Such an extraordinary spectacle--which apparently gives the lie to all
our preconceived notions of gravity--has certainly never before been
witnessed, and the effect it had on those who saw it, baffles
description. When Mr. Kelson returned to the stage, and the terrific
applause that greeted his arrival there had subsided, he gave the
audience a few valuable hints as to how they, too, might accomplish
this feat.

"Practise concentration," he said, "and develop your will power, if
only by a very little, every day. Jump off a stool to begin with,
saying to yourself as you do so: 'I will remain in the air. I won't
touch the ground,'--and though you may fail for the hundredth time, if
only you keep on trying you will eventually succeed. To keep your
equilibrium on a bicycle is a feat which would have been pronounced
utterly impossible by your ancestors of two hundred years ago; but
just as that power came to you--after many futile efforts, all at
once--so, in the end, will flying come to you. See, I am now going to
rise to the highest point in the building. Gravity pulls me back, but
I say to myself: 'I will rise--I will fly there'--and fly there I
do!"--and, springing off the ground, he struck out with his arms and
legs, flew swiftly and easily to the dome of the hall, which he
touched--and then flew back again to the stage.

This completed th