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he not devoted his fortune unselfishly to the good of the Order. (2) This Order, with an inner circle of few but distinguished names, international in scope, was working openly in Germany under the title of Pansophia or Lodge of the Pansophic Orient, or some variants of this term. (3) That Tr채nker was supreme head of this Order in Germany for that he had over one thousand members working under him and pledged to support him in every way in his Work. (4) That Karl Germer, who translated the correspondence between us, was his paid secretary or acting as such. (5) That Tr채nker derived at least part of his authority from the late Theodore Reuss, known as Frater Merlin or Frater Peregrinus. (I had known Reuss and understood that he left Germany in consequence of a scandal connected with his Order. It would be too much of a digression to discuss the rights and wrongs of this matter, especially as my information of this matter is very imperfect and of doubtful value.) Only the last two of these assertions of Tr채nker proved in the end to have any basis in fact. He showed me documents signed by Reuss conferring upon him certain authority. This authority was formally valid tor me because whatever may have been the merits or demerits of Reuss personally, he was certainly in the possession of certain secrets. An analogous case would be that of a King of questionable kingliness, but who was without doubt the son of his father and the father of his son and as such an authentic monarch