Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-06-07

upset and distressed at the idea that
ANYBODY should think of connecting her
namc with what she called that shocking
affair and cried out, oh, they won t
put my name i'll the papers, will they?
| showed her the letter. and she let me
see some specimens of her handwriting.
There was no sort Of similarity between
them. She's well meaning old soul as
ever lived, and I'm sorry disturbed her.
That's all. But it's terribly exaspcrat-
ing.
But, Julian, dear" pleaded his sis
ter, there must be some mistake. There
must be some other Mrs Hapgood -
"Oh, without a doubt dozens of Mrs.
Agatha G.. Hapgoodsl Why, there ism t
a Hapgood family in Somerset and never
has been, and the old lady assures mo
that there isn't another Agatha G.. to
her knowledge in existence.
cat any rate, Ellen insisted, I'VE
have learned one thing beyond doubt.
We know the poor girls name. In good
time we shall know everything Annette
Will get we'll, am sure of it. "
But Moxey did not want to be COM
fortcd. He looked unutterabe disgust
and ch0nged the subject.
You mentioned that you had been
making experiments, Lamar y
Yes. " assonted the physician, 1--WE
have discovered something. First our
patient has a most remarkable power Of
Installation, and next she is very sus-
ceptiblo to the influence of music. She
was soexcitcd by Miss Maxey's fine sing
ing this afternoon that she tainted -
THE douce" cried Maxey, beginning
to brighton up at once. Either | don t
understand the thing the least in the
world, or this means very good news
POSSIBLY.
''Possibly! There you go again, You
use that cvasivc word to avoid commit
ting yourself ON any subject just as soon
as anybody asks you a direct question
he candid, Lamar. Doesn't this mean
that there is bare chance Of singing
her back to her senses AGAIN.
TO the question put in that limited
and cautious way would answer yes. "
MaXey became very much excited.
why not begin now at once and sing
till she gets well:" he cried
No, no. said the sister That
won't do. Both doctors have forbidden
any more music at present and for to-
night-absolute quiet"
That is another medical hunlbug
which they think of when they haven t
any nastiness at hand TO dose with, "
muttercd Maxoy. "Absolutc quiet
Stuff! And what that other thing with
the long name you say she s subject to?''
"Fisuali2ation? 1t means the power
of retaining the image of an object after
it has disappeared from the actual field
of sight so wildly that its exact form is
still seen. We all have it in greater
CT less degree. In her it is exceedingly
strong Some people who have the fac
ulty in a marked degree can close their
eyes and call up at viii the face of an
absent friend with such distinctness that
il is quite like looking at him. At least
| have been told so. | must say my own
impressions are very faint. "
Now you are getting into my field, y
said MaXey, who was very much inter
csted. THAT is faculty possessed by
some of our best portrait painters, no
tably Sir Joshua Reynolds. | never
heard it called by that name, but it is
obvious that the man who can keep a
subject before his mental vision con
stantly, other things being equal, will
make the best picture.
"Why, | went into the studio Of a
friend OF mine the other day, and / was
struck at once by splendid portrait in
oils he had just completed. How many
sittings did you have for that I asked
him. If | tell you and you should re-
peat it to anybody, l might not get my
price for the picture, he said. There
We're really about 20 sittings, but Is OF
them were shams. After the first two ]
never did any work when the subject
was before me-, Don't you see this is
just a case in point: At the first he had
slletched the outline of the face, and, as
he told me, whenever he wanted to sit
down and work at it he had only to re
call the person face to his mind, anG