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THE STORY
Part I
Their tickets showed that Rawal was their
destination, about twelve hundred miles northwest, in the Punjab Province. The
trip proved uneventful and somewhat tiresome to the Psychologist.
When they reached Rawal, Marbado secured
mules and attendants to transport himself and companion and their belongings to
the Indus River Trail into the rugged Himalaya Mountains still a day's journey
further on.
They reached camp about 6 p.m.
The mouth of the famous cave was about a
hundred yards from the camp. Professor von Scholtz felt the need of a good
night's rest before permitting himself to witness the art of the Magician, and
besides this, he wanted to go through the cave alone the next day to see that
there was nothing of a tricky or deceptive nature about the cave or its
contents.
The next day he satisfied himself on
these points and he felt sure that whatever happened, or seemed to happen, it
would be the result of his own thoughts, influenced possibly by the thoughts of
the Magician. "Could he fully overcome the suggestions of the Magician ?" He
was not sure.
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