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its preposterous list of charges deceived
him. He had been so careless of affairs
that he never asked his partner-of course
they had been partners-for any statement
but he blindly believed himself entitled to
a vast sum-a thousand dollars seems a
vast sum to young man who has never
had any money to spend, and does not I'M
derstand the meaning of arithmetic. And
now he was in debt, and in England,
| where they have, he knew, the Fleet pris-
on and the Marshalsea and the Queens
Bench prison, and Correction Houses for
debtors. How was he to pay that debt ?
and what would happen to him when he
had no money! The young man would
fain have sat down to consider these
things in his own room, but on his way
| he was met by Lady Augustus message.
THANK you, Paul
She hesitHted, and appeared to have
some Il f1iculty in formulating her ques-
| lions. Then. moved 10y some recollection
| or thought, she put on the gracious smile
of GydHdc dttmC de pdrlc monde.
"Yuu have been very different from the
ordinary medium, my dear Paul. You
did not come here for money; you came
| gentleman upon visit, you nave made
us all love you-especially Hetty. Let me
| talk to YOU, rs woman old enough to be
| you
"You have always been too kind to me,
Lady Augusta. have not deserved your
kindness"
"Flrst, my dear boy, is it quite true that
| you have lost your powers p
at is quite true"
Consider. Men, | know, sometimes
| pretend things for ambitious purposes.
| Tell me frankly, are you hiding some
thing Take me into your confidence,
| Paul.
II assure you, Lady Augusta, upon my
hon" he checked himself, remembering
! that he had never owned any that pre-
cious possession, all of which had yet to
| be won. 81 assure you that | have entire
/ ly lost such powers rs | ever had"
"And shall you never recover them ?"
81 have resolved to make no attempt to
recover them. | have entirely closed that
chapter of my life. -
"Reallyy But why, Paul -
81 cannot tell you exactly why. But |
have no other choice.
| ooh Paul, must it be :"
at must"
"When we are only standing on the
threshold of the Temple when you have
done little more than open the door for US
to peep IN Frankly, Paul l am disap-
! pointed
Il am sorry"
You came to us with credentials far
beyond ANYTHING we had ever received be-
fore My CORE spOndent, Anna PetrOvna,
promised US acneivements the like of
| which we had never before heard
81 did some things for YOU. Were you
disappomted m them ?"
! "N6. we were not We were both sur
prised and DELIGHTED. But. Paul, the
| things Won did were as nothing com pared
with the things Won taught. | for one can
never FORGET vonr teaching You raised
us, Paul. You lifted our souls-and yet
Won abandon us-you give up your work
! on II is AS if an ancient Prophet had re-
solved to listen no more to the Word of
| tine ard and had gone nack TO his plOugn
and his vineyard How can Won abandon
I,o,, ca caIIinG PAM ~
~ have no choice he repeated.
"rhere was never any man. Lady Ar-
gusta went on, "who was able to move me
so deeply as YOU could and did, Paul No
preacher. no teacher. no singer. no novel
Isl no noet. no actor. | lonped daily fo1
v"nr nv yaicq and now il is silent or # utters
only common things Why is it. Paul
VIII is il y,
II cannot tell vou"
81 looked for greater things, Paul.
looked for more teaching, more elevation
of souI a deeDer communion with the
other world /"
lyon would ALWAYS look for greater
thinps. vou wOnld ALWAYS eXDect more -
Panl recovered A little of his lost authority
Those who first converse with Spirits
lrOn IN "A medium and witness NANTES
tatinnS are aiy4vs askin,, for more. You
to whom A glimpse of this other world
has heen nermltted. are inpatient and dis
satisfied because Won cannot have at once
fuii sirht and full Communion. Have pa
thence. Lady Augusta. Perhaps this vii
come in time-perhaps not"
yves But ackuowlenge, Paul, that the
NessaTe wants completeness.
"it nav be so. some allowance should
he made for the imperfect ions Of the mes
seuoerj
There are ALWAYS imperfections in tn,
medium to he sure-eyen in the best-ir
such rs vonr.elf For instance. YOU pro
missed that before Won went away | mvsel
should be endowed with your power o
seem" and conversinp with the spirits"
"D5, Won think that YOU would like tina
nowerS rink adv Augusta
. . "You have il Yourself DO you like it p
, 81 have if no Longer, Think, however
what it might mean. There are countless
, n,vriads nf human souls-all immorta
a and imperlshable-the souls of ali tn
generatinns which have nassed away: tr,
to think Of the arr filed with them. The
arc III souls of the ancient harharians AM