Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-13
HERR PAULUS,
r,Ss.Rse, HIS GREATNESS AND Ibis
FALL.
,Tg Walter Besant, Author of "All Sorts
and Conditions of Men, etc, etc.
'y'Tbe Right of Translation is ReservedJ
BOOK THE THIRD.

BOOK THE THIRD.
CHAPTER XIII.--THE CONFERENCE.
Continued from last week)
The appearance of the young man start
ned everybody, and there was dead 81
lanoe, and the young girls murmered
~Dh l. softly, and without looking at each
BtheZ, because he was 80 beautiful young
MAJ, No young man in picture-not
sven in the old steel engraving days, when
.h&Y could put so dazzling a CLEAN into
,Sse eyes, and so soft light over the brow
sud such romantic dimple in the chin,
aud such careless wave in the hair, and
s1c.5 genius in the necktie tied in sail
1g'g knot-ever looked so romantic and so
beautiful as Herr Paulus, the Messenger
OF the Wise Men, standing on that plat
forY2. Sibyl only, by the red spot in his
'-k0eks knew what it cost him to stand
ike2e--in q pillory of his own making,
wbsre the bad eggs and the dead cats, and
The putrid fowls and the rotten apples
.7Guld he represented by eyes-the eyes of
aee assembled two thousand-full of con
1eE. pit and loathing.
wy confession" he said "is this. Two
ncnths ago came TO England in the
mUDe and with the design of making a
;nVic afterwards be turned into money |
-cGolvcd so achieve something that could
fct IL any possible hypothesis be explain
eo@y2ept by the admission of supernatur-
~ GGrce. Science was not TO he aDle 10
suggest anytti ing. 1t was to be someth hing
40 i6ide the ordinary pt enomenl OF spirit
Jalsts. When it was done, | thought,
o would vanish suddenly and be no more
,sven Or would go away and return TO
NcT York, flushed with a triumph which
70DUld raise me head and shoulders above
aT brother Spiritualists. You have
ceard what did"
al think it right" said the president,
80 -e1nind the audience again of what |
sDye already twice told them. | mean
hat this young gentleman has clean for
E'eften the powers which once he eXercis-
sNa, and now cannot understand or believe
3jSss 1hirgs that he achieved"
"'I do not wish to take up the time of
'jae meeting" Paul went on, as if the pre-
ardent had not spoken. 81 have only to
exp}ain that the things i accomplished
wsgsre such as everybody could do with the
StS2 Gf an accomplishment which most PEG
PIE can have if they set themselves to
work. | was a mesmerist-I understood,
sGs practice, what you Gail the art of mes
a7eGism. | had worked for seven years on
ah,3 subject. making experiments of all
kinds | succeeded III being able to make
teiGse persons who became subject to me
;6esRA and do exactly rs pleased. | also
5UlS. eeded in making them remember
What HAD made them think. You now
that l had in my hands an in
SsrIment of tremendous power, provided |
sGa226 subject sufficient number of per
sDYle. In this English household, 10
wh:ch introduced myself, subjected ev
trF person except two. Had succeeded
w5sk those two, you would have heard
iAtGS OF mystery compared with which
9oar ppesident's history would have APP
D e&sSed commonplace. But those two per
aNls 3efed me. | never acquired the
exet control over them. And one of
l;e&g was always on the watch to find me
MI he did find out. in fact, how | &C
-2;z2piished the great feat of saving the
sgrcnnes of himself and the two young
SsI1es Remember, | could Eesmerlse.
Z !zas was the foundation of everything.
s&Gt explains everything. | made the
lEnt girl see her brother. knew where
BE ulap was, and had prepared the pho
iocrs pa beforehand. i mesmerised Mr..
3c-7&ene, and made him write at my die
RH.Cn and before | brought him back |
I Seq his mind with the ,igmarole about
l. E@ ssinia. He thinks he went there
-7eSg morning. He never went anywhere;
KAN. sleep every day. AS for the Indian
.2Etsr. it was mere trick. The paper
12lf The imprint, and the appearance of
he day and the place, but inside there
tr5& nothing. | took care that it should |
'o.t ae opened, and while they talked put
= 1M2k IN my pocket. All that was done
~ SA3 IN that house was sheer pretence
I'd s.iGkery. You ask me how | dare to
'.aGG. before you and make this confession |
daece t because | have left the ranks of
te 5Gar!9tans. am no longer medium
a. ~" ropr Spiritualism, | neither believe
L.. nor do disbeieve it. But one thing |
,ilaJT well In America, where there are
a " u
2pt eeen charged, some time or other, with
E<g-n3 and falsehood. There is not one
Taa0 cgn boast clear record. And snoth |
II tl3irg I know full well. There is not a
III gle message purporting TO come from
be spirits, which has advanced human |
se,sg above the intellect OF the man or
V0nisp whose mediumshlp was employed. |
.GH NAV argue that splrltualism places !
ne Immortality of the soul beyond posi- !
NE doubt or question. Why SOP Because
yc0 believe in your mediums. How much |
'ase- are you than the Christians who be
teve in Christ and his Apostles ?"
Il VIII say little more. In your pres
sace declare that this confession of mine
is literally and exactly true. In your
21essen5e / humbly ASK pardon. of Lady
Augusta first, of Mr.. Cyrus BrGdenel next
hold. lor .ntruding my unworthy presence
ricG their house, and Tor the long series Of
.ssvtions and falsehoods which / carried
Az. am going away, and l shall never
TeysErn TO city which would always re
s7iad me of shameful past. Before de
sE-t l make submission and confession"
NE bowed low; first to the audience,
esd ther to Lady Augusta, and then to
5Ee resident.
Paul" cried Lazy Augusta.
Me bowed second time, but made no
Iep,y Then he slowly descended the
Stops and walked with bowed head
'5lrcEFh the wondering assemblage.
'AheE lady Augusta sprang to her feet
x H.l.st speak," she cried "Never be
.Crs lave I spoken in public, and meyer
tg1ir Ghsl speak. You have heard that
unhappy boy He has lost his powers
and he tries to account for what he did by
Theory of magnetic influence. Do not
Dis very words-the part of his confession
which was wrUng from him-the acknow
le6geEleIt OF the facts-prove his super
EGCura possession' That possession has
eft him. He has confused memory of
WllCt happened. He knows that in New
FORK he practised in spiritualism and used
magnetic influence. Whether for pur-
Soses o. fraud, do not know. And the
act AA oppnot I1D6arataph oh knaw