"
"Ah!" said I, "but this place is far from the surface where man dwells.
How can there be such close connection?"
Blackana smiled as he made a wonderful revelation to me. "This strange
empire is in close touch with the whole human family, for there are
thousands of wires leading from this dark realm to each government
centre of earth. Satan thus communicates his wishes to each lawmaker,
of every land, who will lend a listening ear to his schemes."
Blackana then conducted me to an immense building divided into many
sections. "Here is the electric centre of this level," he said.
As I gazed I learned the secret of Satan's power in law. Thousands
were here engaged in conversing with legislators on earth.
I could understand no word of all these communications, for the section
where I stood was devoted to Asiatic countries and the islands of the
Pacific Ocean.
"Take me, O Blackana, to the section connecting with the Western world
that I may see the very wires that run to the United States of America."
I soon stood in the interior of another large building, and with great
interest listened to the operators communicating with some who were
in authority at Washington, and with persons elsewhere who were
interested in the formulation of laws for the whole country.
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