St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-14
JOHN ELTON'S SKULL.

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al willed you my skull several years
ago, old fellow. Pve smiled on your
efforts in life, and l want to grin on
them after l die. Promise me, Doc,
that you will have no sentimental pref
udiceS against my Uranium ard will ac-
cept it as a memento of my loyal re-
gard for you while living.
land l promise you, Carol, If there is
such a thing possible as getting back
here. after l have dropped this muddy
vesture of decay, l shall come to you in
spite OF heaven or hades. So, If the
doctor has my skull you will have COLI
vincing proof that there is such a thing
as the astral body, as the speaker at the
TheoSOphical society was trying to
prove tonight"
A SpaSm of pain contracted the win
some face of John EltOn'S wife as her
husband finished his merry %harangue.
He kissed her lightly, saying: Don't
look at me that way when L appear
you'll frighten the ghost-and l shall
try TO come to you looking as handsome
as | do now, and not embarraSs you in
company, as did the spirit Of Lindley
Murray his devoted friend, who asked.
in a subdued, reverential whisper, Lind
ley, are you there? and the spirit OF the
great grammarian answered reaSSur-
ingly, Il are"
John, never mind your spirit and
skull" said the doctor abruptly. Tell
me what the learned president of the
T~heOsophical society talked on to-
night"
''WelI. the subject of astral light was
discussed at length. Found out that it
is a universal and ethereal element that
surrounds everybody, on which we re-
fleet ourselves and our thoughts, and on
which the mediums read our past, pres
ent and future-fOr a dollar and up
ward. Each one colors the astral light
With his WI personality. If 1t has a
blue cast the person is in a very low
state" John explained f1ippantly. ut
is the substance upon which thought is
transmitted. 1t was Oil the astral light
that Bishop saw the thoughts of his eX-
p~erimenterS.
Take all that with a big grain of
salt-a mine, In fact, but take this with
comforting JUNCTION 20 thy soul, namely,
the presidents explanation of the causes
of forgetfulnesS. One cause which par
ticularly pleased me is due to the mem
tai influence that is pervading our
planet at this time. Uranus is now in
the part of the earth's path that governs
the brain and the intellectual faculties.
Its influence is spiritual and its effect is
to separate the tendencies of the mind
from ordinary habits ~f thought and
turn them toward spiritual science.
This, of course, obstructS the brain,
and the most clear-headed thinkers will
often find that at times the brain re-
fuses to act-that is the reason forgot
to mail your letter, Carol, dear. You
see, | am not repOnSible, it is Uranus;
address your next curtain lecture to
that heavenly body, not to this one,"
said John, pattlng his breast with COM
placent satisfaction.
but to return to thei influence of IRA
nus, which is affecting the literature of
the ~day-even the newspapers have COL
uInnS on spiritual science. East and
west, north and south, h%ypnOtism, spir-
itualism, mind cure and occult powers
are written of in essay and novel. Even
wise little Carol is ready to dispense
with drugs, doctors, disease aud death,
and declares there are ~nOne-dOc-
tors excepted-unless you think so.
Think Oft, Doc; you and Ill have to
get an organ to grind-yOur occupation
will soon be gone"
IL am a living exponent of the power
of the mind over the body" said Carol,
triumphantly. From a weak, nervous
invalid l have become a strong, happy,
healthy woman"
"And a thing of beauty and jaw for
ever on this mind power" said John,
whirling her toward the door.
Laughing like two children, they
passed out of the door.
The doctor looked after them with a
very hungry light in his eyes; he was
very fond of John, and very uncon-
Sciously to his conscientious soul had
grown very fond of Johns wife. He
squelched his e~nvious l%ongings, saying
aloud, as if to convince himself of the
truth of his convictions, Neither would
be half as delightful without the other
They are chummy c%omrades-a rare
thing in mai and wife. They set each
other off capitally. She has sweetness
and depth, and the two finest character
lSticS of wOman-Sympathy and judg-
ment, and a delicious dash of winSome,
b0yish yivacity about her that make her
a good companion. and puts John on his
mettle. He shines in her presence as
he does nowhere else. God bless them!
God bless them" said the doctor, with
fervent resignation, as he settled down
to his dry-aS-dust medical works.
Was it a %premonition of death that i'm
PEELED John Elton's merriment the
night before? The next day he was one
of the unfortunateS who were drowned
in the disaster which overlook the local
rain at the Oakland drawbridge.
After five years had passed Carol con-
sented to marry the doctor, her former
husbands dearest friend. They were
married one CHEEKY morning in October
and went directly to the doctors home.
The first evening of their married life
was sadly u%npropitious. A dreary San
Francisco fog, that with lmsidiOus cold
| chills the very marrow, hung e the
city; the wind modned dismally around
the corners of the house. a bright fire
burned cheerily within the doctors
study. which was a very attractive one
for such a grave-eyed medicO. The fire.
light sported over the richly carved
chairs and danced in ShadOwy abandon
Over the polished floor, losing itself for
a moment in the soft Persian rugs, to
leap forth again in fantastic movement
oyer the jeweled portieTes, changing
them by its shadowy witchery to Argus
eyed Magi, whose every Y cleaned
with a dusky radiance.
The doctor and Carol were sitting in
the freight, talking Of the past. Carol
was speaking tenderly of John, uncon-
sciouS of her cruel wan of tact in so
doing. She hoped he smiled on their
union. al he can," she said obviously.
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