Chapter I: Front Matter

DON MIGUEL LEHUMADA
DISCOVERER OF LIQUID FROM THE SUN’S RAYS
AN OCCULT ROMANCE OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES

BY

SUE GREENLEAF

NEW YORK
B. W. DODGE AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY
B. W. DODGE AND COMPANY

WITH SORROW IN MY HEART

AND

MUCH PITY FOR THE WEAK

WHO PUT STUMBLING BLOCKS IN MY PATH

AND

WISHED MY LIFE A PERPETUAL

SLOUGH OF DESPOND,

I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE
The Arrival of Señor Don Miguel Lehumada from Kansas City—A Scene
in the Scientist’s Study, Chihuahua 9

CHAPTER II.

Marriet Motuble Tells Julio Murillo of His First Incarnation 18

CHAPTER III.

The Death of President Diaz, the Annexation of Mexico to the
United States—Helen Hinckley Becomes the Private Secretary of
Don Francisco R. Cantu y Falomir 27

CHAPTER IV.

The Plunger from Kansas Returns to Chihuahua and Takes “Memory
Fluid” and _Remembers_ 42

CHAPTER V.

Governor Miguel Lehumada Lectures Upon “Liquid from the Sun’s
Rays” 55

CHAPTER VI.

Mrs. Grange Disports Herself before the Distinguished Visitors, a
Scene Ensues, and President Mortingo Avows His Intentions of
Becoming a _Subject_ 70

CHAPTER VII.

Catalina Martinet Surprises the President by Telling Him She
_Remembered_ Him in a Life Gone by 85

CHAPTER VIII.

The Plunger from Kansas Confesses to the Crime He Committed 150
Years Ago, in 1898 99

CHAPTER IX.

Marriet Motuble Reports Herself Dead and Tells of Revolutionists’
Intentions 114

CHAPTER X.

A Day Full of Conundrums 131

CHAPTER XI.

Governor Lehumada and Others Visit the Motuble Tomb and Arrest the
Leaders of the Conspiracy—President Mortingo Returns to
Washington 146

CHAPTER XII.

Marriet Motuble Addresses the Conspirators, in the Guise of a
Man—Helen Hinckley Flies Through the Air, Overcoming the Law of
Gravitation, with Governor Lehumada, and Saves His Life 162

CHAPTER XIII.

The Peace of the Soul that Passeth all Understanding 177

CHAPTER XIV.

Helen Hinckley and Catalina Martinet Meet in the Alameda—Catalina
Desires to Pass Away and Live Again 193

CHAPTER XV.

Helen Hinckley and Catalina Martinet Help to Disperse the
Conspirators by Suspending Themselves in the Air 210

CHAPTER XVI.

Marriet Motuble, Disguised as a Physician, Visits Julio
Murillo—The Leaders of the Conspiracy Send a Written Confession
to Governor Lehumada—Then _Will_ their Souls Away While Taking
_Ebony Fluid_ 226

CHAPTER XVII.

The Governor and Party View the Ebonized Bodies of Marriet
Motuble, Francisco R. Cantu, and Albert Hernandez, and
Demonstrate the Use of Ebony Fluid Upon the Corpse of Reverend
J. T. Note 241

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Trial of the Plunger from Kansas, and the Flight of Catalina’s
Soul 258

CHAPTER XIX.

Governor Lehumada Nominated President of the United States—His
Marriage to Helen Hinckley and the Passing Away of Mrs. Grange 275

CHAPTER XX.

The Celebration of the Seventh Anniversary of President Lehumada’s
Marriage, Music by the Spirit Band—Little Helen and “Miguey,”
the President’s Children, Tell of Their Reincarnation 292

DON MIGUEL LEHUMADA

Discoverer of Liquid from the Sun’s Rays.