The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-15

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have mastered IL, and have gone BE-
vond my teacher. can, by taking ad-
vantage OF the proper conditions, throw
YOU into catalepsy, and while You are
absent from Your body, can myself enter
The caialeptic state and take possession
~ II. without, in the meantime. losing
control Of your soul. Sit down ill ! try
the experiment.
~ sa, down, bewildcrcd by his strange
language and wondering whether was
talking with lunatic or not. lie went
on speaking and suiting his actions 70
his words. while was trying 70 decide
on the wisesf course 10 pursue, until,
partly from fear Of the effect upon him
OF opposition, and partly from profess
sionai curiosity, allowed myself 10 be-
come passive.
You will notice, he said, that the
chair YOU are sitting on Is insulated, a.
il this IN which sit. | apply 70 you the
negative pole Of this battery, which you
notice l. powerful one, and At the
same time lay my hand on the positive
pole. Ii IL now easy 70 render our mag
netic conditions opposite. do tins
simply 10 make the mesmeric effort
easier. II does not in any way assist in
the transfer of souls. Now, fix your eyes
on mine and wait.
II did so, and almost Immediately
found that was losing consciousness.
| struggled 10 throw of his influence,
but sharp word of command, and a
single pass Of his left hand downward
over my face, overcame me. sat per-
fectly still, and soon realized that ] was
disintegrated. My physical senses We're
alive. but nv mind seemed swooning. l
knew enough OF mesmerism to realize
that was in a trance, and 70 feel Gu
riosity as 10 what was coming.
1T might have been year, for all
know, before recovered from my NEIL
tai swoon. but in the meantime ! felt a
terrible physical CONFUSION. My whole
system was violently agitated with an
endeavor to expel some intruder that
was powerful enough to take complete
possession Of me- II was an instructive
struggle, entirely independent of mental
action, ike a muscular conyulsion. and,
although it caused physical pain, felt no
suffering, for my mind was still asleep.
suddenly this sleep or swoon wa-
broken. and then felt the converse OF
: what had felt before. ! was being
squeezed into place that did not nj me
ranrs and throes Of superhuman fierce
ness ensued, and, while | was conscious
81 intense suffering. 1elt no physica
pain. although | realized that | was II
! The midst Of il. In moment more
!. found myself looking at myself as in
!, mirror. | was another man, and wa
! looking at my old body.
y !. Now YOU have the explanation yo'
I asked for. am not the same man
7 was. am DR.. Giles Intelford in Har
yey Dunlop's body Keep still. l vii
: not be interrupted. / will finish th
: story and discuss the question Of insanit
afterward. You see that to WHOM
Won are listening-was. at thispoint, IN
= husband Of Margaret Interford IN Ia
: BODY Of the man she loved, while u
Y man she loved was in the husband
body. Understand this clearly, or W
t, will get a. confused as | do sometime
! when think about il. Doubtless 70
n also see, clearly, the motive that ha
while was in my own body, in propo
- ing the exchange had nova chans
J. for glorious vengeance, and for vii
ming the love Of the woman whom ma
~ ried when I was the other man.
sAnd in working out this plan ! ha
arranged for the most curious suicide (
record. NV uncle-;hat i I-sprang u
~ on his own body, and mastering II east
by means Of my superior strength re
y. II firmly for one moment--and all W
- over. Ii i not difficult for a surgeon
i, destroy life by means Of an almost
IN visible puncture at the base Of the brai
- .After replacing the battery and Z
WI single surgical instrument that had Ia
M within reach on the table, moved ba
M the chair had sat on, and, leaving y
}. body sitting before the fire, went
~, Harvey Dunlop's room. In the NOR
III ing Il was found by the servants still :
III ting there. On the table were IN
"a empty phial Of poison, letter TO Nj;
garet and one TO me.
81 aIha,i rathera difficult part 70 pl
40 for the next few days. You see it
~ hard for man to give testimony at
DE inquest held on his own body, with'
laughing. And il j. difficult for 90
IN physician to hear other physicians te'
NV ~ that he died from the effects Of an
mo binary poison. without contradict
Gus them, when he knows that All he has
do to bring them TO confusion, j. 70
he, himself over, and point to An almost
ldi- perccptible wound. -a~
Won "But had prepared myself for
Nv. deals like this, and sternly repres
les my well-nigh irrcpressiblc desire
Ter. laugh. went 70 my funeral, and
us, tened quietly q the glowing eulogl
be- which the clergyman was chariia
No. enough 70 pronounce upon me,
Al stood by the grave watching the !,
win Of the mourners. Here my sense 81
MID lndcrnus was lost in my fierce am