Angels and Women (1924)

iFINDING THE MANUSCRIPT 1It occurred to one of our number, anenthusiastic archeologist, that this was amemorial of the great Deluge; the manmight represent Japheth, the son of Noah,who, according to the Hebrew Scriptures,was the father of seven sons; the woman washis wife and the other female figures hisdaughters.Upon this supposition we applied ourselvesassiduously and, after the most exhaustivecomparison and combination, foundthat the names of the men correspond withthose given in the tenth chapter of Genesis;the mother’s name proved to be Aloma,those of the daughters Samoula, Altitia,Apardis, Loamba and Jardel.The mystery was unraveled, and wefound ourselves in possession of the greatestarcheological discovery of the twentieth century--anantediluvian memoir, The Journalof Aloma, wife of the patriarch Japheth lForeseeing the perishable nature of theprecious document, travel was suspended,i