Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-06
ishness, and we spent the remainder of the

tishness, and we spent the remainder of the
day AZ pleasantly as usual.
As we trudged home In the twilight he
said to me In an apologize, almost penitent
way.
II hope / was not rude to you just now"
when do you meanr' / asked, having al
most forgotten the trivial incident
when you woke me from what you CALI
ed my dreaming"
"0h dear, no. You were not at all rude.
IL you had been, Il was but the penalty due
TO my presumption. The flights of genius
should be respected, not checked by a mater.
ial hand"
THAT is nonsense; I am not a genius, and
you must forgive me for my rudeness,' said
Carriston, simply.
After walking some distance In silence he
spoke again. Il wish when you are with me
you would try and stop me from getting into
that state. II does me no good"
Seeing he was in earnest I promised to do
my best, and was curious enough 10 ask him
whittier his thoughts wandered during those
distracted moments.
II can scarcely tell you he said. Present
ly he asked, speaking with hesitation, Z" Isup-
pose you never feel that under certain cir
| 'hiiNthnttV tllCuDlNtduCcs WnlCN NOu tdl-
not explain-you might be able to see things
which are invisible to others?'
ITO see things. What things?"
Things, as / said, which no one else can
see. You must know there are people who
possess this power"
II know that certain people have asserted
they possess what they call second sight; but
the assertion is too absurd TO waste time in
refuting."
yet" said Carriston dreamily, II know
that IL / did NOT strive 10 avoid il some such
power would come TO me-"
"You are too ridiculous, Carriston," I said.
"Some people see what others don't because
they have longer sight You may, Of course,
imagine anything. But your e~yes-hand-
some eyes they are, too-contaln certain prop
critics, known as humors and lenses, there
fore In order to see"
"Yes, yes" interrupted Carriston II know
exactly all you are going TO say. You, a man
Of science, ridicule everything which breaks
what you are pleased TO call the law of Nat
ure. Yet take all the unsccountable tales
told. Nine hundred and ninety-nine you ex-
pose 70 scorn or throw grave doubt upon, yet
the thousandth rests OF evidence which can
not be upset or disputed. The possibility Of
that one proves the possibility OF ALL"
Not at all; but enough for your argu-
ment," | said, amused at the boys wild talk.
you doctors" he continued with that de-
licious air OF superiority 50 often assumed by
lsymen when they are In good health, put
too much to the credit of diseased imagina-
ton"
mo doubt; it's a convenient shelf on which
10 put a difficulty. But 20 on"
THE body Is your province, yet you can't
explain why a cataleptlc patient should hear
a watch tick when It is placed against his
foot"
Nor you; nor any one. But perhaps 1t
may aid you 10 get rid of your publishing
theories II / tell you that catalepsy, as you
understand II, is disease not known 90 us;
in fact; IL does not exist"
He seemed crestfallen at hearing this. "But
what do you want TO prove?" / asked. What
have you yourself seenT'
Nothing, | tell you. And / pray / may
never see anything"
After this he seemed inclined TO shirk the
subject, but | pinned him 10 ii. was really
anxious to get at the true state of his mind.
In answer to the leading questions with
which / piled him, CarriSton revealed an
amount Of superstition which seemed utterly
childish and out of place beside the intellect
ual faculties which he undoubtedly possessed.
So much so, that at last l felt more inclined
10 laugh at han TO argue with him.