The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-10

! ming to smoke, and had been grIeved 10 see
| him abandon the cigarette for a pipe, with
| out " hich he was of late seldom seen. but
| when he actually took 10 chewing IL seemed
| as II the last drop OF bitterness was drained
into her cup. In her distress she went for
| counsel to Professor Gull, who happened to
| be in the city.
''tave you tried the power of faith In his
case?" asked the professor after season OF
| profound meditation.
She started. Singularly enough this pos
| sibility had not occurred TO her. Now that
| the idea had been gwen her, however, she
| would waste no time in putting ii into exc
cution. With all the earDestness of which
| she was capable she concentrated her will
! power, her faith, her habit of credence in
| the teachings of her Science" upon pro-
| ducing in her son mental change that
should cause him TO abandon the use OF
| tobacco She said nothing To him on the
subject; she even refrained from any ex-
preston of her own dislike for the weed,
but steadily, ceaselessly, unswervingly her
will and prayer and belief were all bent in
that direction, until the psychic current was
established between her mind and Thco-
dore's, and he began 10 feel ihe influence OF
her will. He WAS unconscious OF any mental
change. He never dreamed of what was TAX
ing place in his mothers consciousness, but
imperceptlbly at first there crept over him
a distaste for tobacco. 1t grew more and
more unpleasant to him, until at last, un-
able TO enjoy ii as of yure. he abandoned its
use. His mother was rejOiced. MOI only
had she freed her son from his enslavin 2
habit, but she had indicated her calling.
If only Theodore could know she was con-
WINGED he would scof no longer. Ia imagi-
nation she even saw him completely con-
Verted to the doctrines OF the science, a
healer himself and a leader among the lead
eTs. That dream of grGlified ambition
proved too much for her. In a moment Of
unwi,dOm she cOnfded to Theodore what
she had done.
He listened to her without word of COM
ment. Left alone at last, the young man
pondered long and earnestly over the mat
ter. The longer he thought the angrier he
became at what his mother had done. The
fact that ne had acquired a distasie for his
fayorite pipe was small circumstance to
his notion as compared with the Offense
against his own free will. This he resented
deeply, but no remedy for the outrage sug-
gested itself to him, as lie sat there lost in
thought.
But at last his gloomy face was lightened
by smile. and he brought both hands
down on his knees resoundingly. Then his
smile broadened. and at last he threw hiul-
self back upon the bed on which he had
been sitting and INDUCED in a prolonged
shout of laughter. For several days there
after he seemed 10 be in q state Of great
amusement without any apparent cause.
Then as the days passed he grew very quiet
and earnest His mother caught him on
several occasions gazing intently at her. and
began secretly to hope that the dear object
of her heart was about 10 be accomplished.
AS for herself, however, she was UNDER
going the most extraordinary experience.
She first noticed it one day as she passed
the open window OF cigar-store on Market
street. The tempting array of cigars and
tobacco there disI layed had curious fas-
family, that they looked very attractive,
but she dismissed tie thought in horror and
hurried on.
That WAS only the beginning. A few
DAYS later. as she was putting TheOdore's
clean clothes away, she came across his
abandoned pipe in a corner of one of his
bureau drawers. She picked ii up and fin
gered it fascinatedly. What was this curl
Gus longing that took possession of her?
She put the pipe TO her nose aud smeiled of
II. AT that instant she remembered with
Dang OF pity that Theodore no longer cared
TO use it. Then, yielding to a sudden i'm
pulse, she slipped IL into her pocket. She
would keep II 20 remind her Of the great
victory she had won over his ensaving
habit SO she took the pipe away. Day by
day its fascinating influence over her in
creased At last, one day, finding some
tobacco lying loose in TheOdore's room, she
took 1t away with her, and after a severe
struggle. finally. In the privacy # her own
apartment, file the pipe and smoked il.
Delightful Now she knew why the pipe
had charmed her. What could be more
delicious? In the midst OF her enjoyment
Theodore tapped at her door.
'By and by, my son, | am engaged now"
she called. and he went away, but not be-
fore his keen nOstriis bad caught the subtle
fragrance of the weed. He smiled exult-
antly as he recognized II. and realized that
his little experiment had succeeded His
concentration OF will. his faith and science,
had proven quite equal 10 his mothers.
IT'S a poor rule that wont work both
WAYS" ADEIINE E KNAPP