The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-09-05
tishness, and we spent the remainder of the
day as pleasantly as usual.
AS we trudged home in the twilight, he
said to me in an upologetic. almost penitent

tishness, and we spent the remainder of the
day as pleasantly as usual.
AS we trudged home in the twilight, he
said to Inc in an apologize. almost penitent
way.
II hope l was not r1d to you just now"
"When do you meanp" l asked, having al
most forgotten the trivial incident.
sWhen you woke me from what you CALI
ed my dreaming"
"Oh dear, no. You were not at all rude.
If you had been, it 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; l am not a genius, and
YOU must forgive me for my Tudeness.P said
CaTffston, simply.
After walking some distance in silence he
spoke again. II wish when you are with me
you would try and stop me from getting into
that state. H does me no good"
Seeing he was in earnest l promised to do
my best, and was curious enough to ask him
whittier his thoughts wandered during those
distracted moments.
81 can scarcely tell you,' he said. Present
ly he asked, speaking with hesitation, - sup-
pose you never feel that under certain cir
Observation-Disclosures which you can
not eyplain-ycu might be able to see things
which are INVISIBLE to others?"
'To see things. What things"
Things, as-I 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; bnt
the assertion is too absurd to waste time in
refuting."
yet" said Carriston dreainily, II know
that if | did not strive to avoid it some such
power would come to me-"
"You'are too ridiculous, Carriston," l said.
Some people see what others don't because
| they have longer sight. You may, of course,
imagine anything, But your eyes-hand-
some eyes they are, toO-contain 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 vol are pleased TO call the law of Nat
IRE. Yet take all the u~naccountable tales
told. Nine hundred and ninety-nine you ex-
pose to scorn or throw grave doubt upon, yet
the thousnnd,h rests on evidence which can
not be upset or disputed. The possibility of
that one proves the possibility of ALL"
Not at. all; but enough for YOU argu-
ment,' | said, amused at the boys wild talk.
you doctors" he continued with that de
licious air OF superiority so often assnmcd by
laylnen when they are in good health, put
too much to the credit of diseased imagina-
ton"
",No doubt; it's a convenient shelf on which
to put q difficulty. But go on
1.-The body. is, your province, yet you cant
iexplain whyia cataleptic patient should heal
a watch tick when it is placed against his
foot"
Nor you; nor any one. But perhaps II
may aid you to get rid of your ribbishins
theories II ! tell you that catalepsy, as yoy
understand. il, is a disease not known to us
in fact; it does not exist
He seemed crcstfallen at hearing this. ''Bu,
what do You want to nroye?:' | asked. "Whar
have you Yourself seeh?" d.
Nothing, ] tell you. Aud i pray I may
never see anything"
After this he seemed inclined to shirk tht
shhjGct. but l pinned him 10 it. l was reall,
anxious to get at the true state of his mind
In answer to the leading questions will
which l piled him, Cmriston revealed ~
d amount of superstition which seemed utterl,
childish and out of place beside the intellect
ual faculties which he undoubtedly possessed
SO much so. that at last ] felt more inclinet
to laugh at than to argue with him.