The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
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had long been wishing to meet with and declared enthusiastically that he should watch the case, both in his pa tents interests and the interests of medical science with the greatest care and attention. His scientific ardor was. however somewhat damped bv his pa tent surlily remarking something about determination of blood to the foot. and as after two or three months he failed to produce any satisfactory result. Tompkins concluded to leave him and try some one else. All his efforts. how ever, proved in vain and as one doctor after another was unsuccessful in afford ing the relief he sought, he came at last to resign himself to the inevitable, and so things had gone on till he had at tained his sixtv-tirst year, when the extraordinary events recorded in the previous chapter took place And this brings me to the explanation ofthe mv>- tery
 Tompkins business was tha, of d coal and coke merchant and i; Wa, his mvariable rule to square up his accounts every quarter, So that he might see how things stood When Michaelinas Day came round, and he found he had rather a long column of figures to go through, he put his ledger under his arm and re- tired to his own room, in order that he might pursue his task without interrup- ton don't know whether he had teen up the night before. or whether he had headache, but somehow the fig ures would not come right, and to make matters worse the strange consciousness hr NV hI.,l h.. off experienced was unusually intense and noticeable that morning-so much so as to utterly distract his attention from the figures before him. and cause him to use language more forcible than polite Three times had he got as far a, seven teen and eight's twenty-five, and seven = thirty-two, and eight forty. and three times had he become hopele>Sly and helplessly lost at that point, and had to commence all over again.
 Seventeen and eight's twenty-five and sevens thirty-two and eight forty, Ee began for fourth effort and then he gave vent to all angry growl and dropped the pen in despair for there was that strange mysteriqHY sen>a ton filling his brain with itsS mystic whisperingS. so that lie found fl utterly impossible to fix his attention on the sum before him
 Seventeen and eight's twenty five, began fompkins once again i'll d loud voice. and with dogged angry deter imitation -" seventeen and eight x twenty-five, and sevens thirtytwo and eght's forty and then he flung the pen from him with howl of rage, and half rose in his chair as he yelled: w That the blazeS is it that keeps q buzzn' and a whistlin' round my ears like a barrel load of half-tried sprat~2 What the 'tarnation old bad un is it2 That what want to know
 To his intense astonishment, strange. thin, an,l yet clear distinct voice an Swered almost behind him: \ spirit it is spirit
 Tompkins jaw dropped, but he showed no other sign of fear unless a to look over his shoulder without turn
 "A spirit" he ejaculated, when he had somewhat recovered his composure. 4 spirit, oh And why didn't you say SO betorc?'
 Because you didn't ask me. an ~wered the spirit rather reluctantly.
 "Oh, that $ it. is it?' said Tompkins with a grin; and very perlite of you too, mister: only don't stand on cere- mony in the future, old man Make yourself at home in my house, you know And what may you happen to want?'
 II want to 20 away replied the spirit
 "Oh. you want to % away. do you? And what stopping you old friend?
 But there was no reply, and Tomp- kins had strange consciousness that his visitor was struggling to escape very much in the way that fish oh land tries to wrigglc back to it. native element.
 Here, stop minute, Mister Spirit " he called out loudly, and to his great satisfaction felt that it was drawing near again, but apparently with reluc- tance. What makes you stop if you don't want to?
 At first there was no answer for a moment and when the spirit replied, as if forced to respond against its will You know very well it is your evil in- fluence that stops me, you bad, wicked man
 Here, you drop that, stranger said Tompkins. Don't you call folks names without a reason. aint got darned spell to do with it, as you know well enough. First of all, you're too proud to speak eos you aint been introduced, and didn't ask you and then you turn round and blaspheme like that and say I'm a-stopping you You don't seem exactly clear-headed old man What time did you go to bed last night?'
 We have no beds in the spirit world, answered the voice sternly
 Oh, you haven't got any beds, haven't you? Maybe you haven't got any Irish whisky either? You seem getting kinder mixed like
 This time there was a sound which came as near to a.snort of indignation as any spiritual sound could come, and