it. In a few minutes afterwards, he
sipped off a spoonful with greatest
apparent ease, although the spoon, from
contact with the boiling fluid, had become too
hot for ordinary fingers to handle.

``And now, Monsieur Smith,'' said the
fire-king, ``now for your challenge. Have
you prepared yourself with phosphorus,
or will you take some of mine, which is
laid on that table?'' Mr. Smith, walked
up to the table, and pulling a vial bottle
out of his pocket, offered it to the poison-
swallower.

Fire-king--``I ask you, on your honor
as a gentleman, is this genuine unmixed
poison?''

Mr. Smith--``It is, upon my honor.''

Fire-king--``Is there any medical
gentleman here who will examine it?''

A person in the room requested that
Dr. Gordon Smith, one of the medical
professors in the London University,
would examine the vial, and decide
whether it contained genuine phosphorus.