uslin veil, indicated
where the incense was, and left the cave with low obeisances.

The Chaldean remained alone. He put the scarf on his right shoulder,
covered his face with the veil, and, taking a golden spoon sprinkled
into it incense, which he lighted at the lamp before the curtain.
Whispering, he turned three times in a circle, and the smoke of the
incense surrounded him with a triple ring, as it were.

During this time a wonderful disturbance prevailed in the cave. It
seemed as if the top were rising and the sides spreading out. The t
purple curtain at the altar quivered, as if moved by hidden fingers.
The air began to move in waves, as if flocks of unseen birds were
flying through it.

The Chaldean opened the robe on his bosom, and drew forth a gold medal
covered with mysterious characters. The cave trembled, the sacred
curtain moved with violence, and little flames appeared in space at
various points.

Then the seer raised his hands and began,

"Heavenly Father, gracious and merciful, purify my spirit. Send down on
Thy unworthy servant a blessing, and extend Thy almighty arm against
rebellious spirits, so that I may manifest Thy power.

"Here is the sign which I touch in thy presence. Here I am I, leaning
on the assistance of that God, the foreseeing and the fearless. I am
mighty, and summon and conjure thee. Come hither with obedience in the
name of Aye, Saraye, Aye Saraye!"

At that moment from various sides were heard voices as of distant
trumpets. Near the lamp some bird flew past, then a robe of ruddy
color, afterward a man with a tail, finally a crowned cock which stood
on the table before the curtain.

The Chaldean spoke again, f

"In the name of the Almighty and Eternal Amorul, Tanecha, Rabur,
Latisten."

Distant sounds of trumpets were heard for a second time.

"In the name of the just and ever-living Eloy, Archima, Rabu, I conjure
and summon thee. In the name of the star, which is the sun, by this its
sign, by the glorious and awful name of the living God."

The trumpets sounded again, and stopped on a sudden. Before the altar
appeared a crowned vision with a scepter in its hand, and sitting on a
lion.

"Beroes! Beroes!" cried the vision, with a restrained voice. "Why dost
Thou summon me?"

"I wish my brethren of this temple to receive me with sincere hearts,
and incline their ears to the words which I bring them from brethren in
Babylon," said the Chaldean.

"Be it so," said the