The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-13

1 4llLO lIls GOillluEIlCe IlO1OoSOA
Wood, who had made soma study OF
| hypnotisrn, and our opportunity came
| sooner than we expected. Borden was
| in my office one day when the professor
came In l drew the conversation art
fully toward the study Of the occult,
and Woods expressed the wish to try
his power on one Of us.
'Borden is a good subject" / said,
''try him.
Borden readily lent himself to the
suggestion. and under the skillful hand
of the professor soon assumed the va
can't stare peculiar TO the meSmeric
state. Locking the door 70 prevent in
trusion I handed the professor a list
Of questions which I had hastily writ
ten on dlhe back Of an envelope. He
made a few passes and then asked.
do you remember what occurred on
the 18TH Of December Did you ride
home on the car that day."
q rode up to Eighteenth street"
''Why did you not go homer"
He wouldn't let me-
"Who?"
''Dr. Darfen."
by Jove," said the professor, ''tl1is
grows interesting"
as the doctor a friend Of yours?"
"He is a devil; but he is dead now"
"Shall we go on?" asked the profess
sor
Yes, by all MEANS I answered.
''T'ry and tell all that occurred on that
day after you left the club; can you
remember"
while was ait the club playing bill
lizards ] knew THAT devil wanted me,
and l tried ITO resist. / put on my hat
and went out. / went to the butcher
shop and bought some meat, then got
on the car ito go home. When 1 got off
ait the end of the line knew / had TO
follow him. I saw an iron coupling pin
lying on the road and he told me TO
pick it up and hide it in my pocket.
When I got ito the river he made me
take off my halt and break a hole in it
with the pin, a nd smear some blood on
1t off the meat. Then 1 threw them
both away. After that he said, Come
on. / want you
WAS THE doctor present? Could you
see him." asked the professor
81 could see him and hear him very
well, but he was long way off. went
by my house and out north into the
country, until came TO that cid barn
on the hill. ] went in and found a
bundle Of clothes in a box under some
nay. He told me to take off my own
clothes and put these on. Now put
your own CLOTHES into the box and bury
them he said. There was an old spade
in the corner and 1 dug a hole in the
ground outside and buried the box deep.
Rub some dirt on your face and dis
guise yourself he said. I took a hand
full of wet straw and dirt and rubbed 1t
on my face, then he told me to come on
where he led me. tried TO resist, but
it was no use; ne compelled me. After
a while / came upon a train of cars.
freight train, ready to pull out He
told me ITO g'dt in one Of the coal cars
and lie down. / did, and went to sleep
Then I don't remember any more until
| heard the train whistle and found my
self in a starnge place. 1 still obeyed
him when he told me to follow him.
After while came 10 a large building.
went in. 1t was large stable He
was there and IN a stall near was a fine
black horse
What do you want with me?' ask
I'd.
wat he said with a wave of his
hand
II sat down in chair and presently
ne took from his pocket an old looking
worry box, which had some Hindoo gods
,arved on it, took from it a resinous
sircle on tine board floor. Then enter
ng 'tlhes tail, ille made some passes over
ne morse, which Immediately became
Is still as a statue.
II have sent for you to demonstra |
before the Society of Psyohical Re- |
search my great experiment Of trans |
)EanIting a soul. You are the only liv- |
nS being who can answer my purpose. |
Wy power over you is absolute l hold |
7Our soul in my hand"
Here Borden shivered and breaEhed |
Professor Woods again |
made some mysterious passes over him.
when he resumed the strange MARIA l
i've
"Ddrien then traced the form Of a |
'entagon within the circle. led the horse
inside the circle and placed me with my
eet on the base OF the pentagon. Then |
le struck match and with it traced
he lines me had drawn. An intense
white light followed the lines of the
,entagon, from which arose a vaporish
MIST. Ny head seemed to spin on a
'ivot as 'uhe mist rose higher and higher
ma enveloped the form of the horse.
parien commenced to chant in a strange
ongue hideous incarnation. NV
enlSes seemed TO be leaving me. vet 7
eard him call in an intense tone. and
till in strange tongue:
Kama ASnf. | call YOU I com
nand you by our compact TO apDear.
o Bsave the secret retreat Of the noun
aims. the study Of mysteries, and come
o my aid
suddenly there stood inside the cir
e another. a man with dark baIeful
ace, Whose head was crowned with n
urban of white. and about whose
wa1'5hw arms and shoulders hung a
ursouS Oriental robe. He glared at
saT'ien angrily and spoke in the same
oreign tongue, vet / understood.
Why have you summoned me? II
forbidden. You know. Be warned. #
; the last time
" Don't be angry, Kama Agni; this
the last time-I swear it
What would You them
Plant me the life, the soul. Of this
ran in yonder horse. and put the vital
rinciple of the beast in the form OF
he man.
Devil Kissed Kama Agni. for how
,n-?'
For their natural lives
II cannot he. 1 Will grant this for
ne hundred days
Il - not enough. I must
\ hundred days said Kama Agni
'Tra'y. not an hour. not an instant I.
niger; and t1e consequence TO be on
our own 7lesd.'
BE II 50. tken- I VIII take the risk
i'1ese was a burst as Of thunsie-. A
lous2ni voices seemed to laugh and
'y; BE il -, he takes the risk, He {
.keS the risk" and Cor a time I knew
. mora unca l gave A whinry Of sur :
rise. and through the eyes OF the I
'rSe looked our and saw the senseless
1dy - the man lying at my fest.
L'ar5an led me into thu stall and af- {
2 ne had removed al trace os the cir :
2 and rentsgon. he ran out Of ne :
axle and called for helm. He return J