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

to fly back TO that frail shape winch mas
just been lead away to confinement
"Can you then read my thoughts?
pondered.
"'You do not need the gift Of speech
to communicate with me. Have I not
ydt convinced you that telepathy is not
only a possibility, but an assured fact?
What will be my duties? What Is
II you expect of me?' flashed from my
brain TO his.
Your soul, or inltelligence-tile terms
are interchangeable with me-now ami
mates one of the brightest harness per-
formers of the turf, a prominent pac-
ing gelding, possessing great speed, but
noted for his bad acting. Heretofore
this horse has been unreliable. lacking
the brain or the head to win. He is now
perfect, having endurance, speed, and
great amman strength united 20 the
intelligence of man. AS a horse you
| are entered in some of the richest stalk
es OF the year. 1t is not necessary 10
I! our experiment, that you De set the
task of winning every race in which you
are entered. That would not suit all
| our plans. But it is reasonable TO sup
! pose, that with this combined strength.
speed and intelligence, which are rep
resented in you, that you viii be in
vincible'
| lone hundred avs is the maximum
length of time that your soul may be
thus imprisoned. By that time 1 shall
| have accumulated enought wealth. and
| will bring this horse, with your mind,
| and your body which will be safely held
| in a mad house, before the Society of
| Psychical Research, and perform my
| great experiment of transplanung "a
| SOUL.
with this he left me. and as day fol-
| lowed day, / was regularly speeded or
| logged ON road or track, until the first
race meeting of the season. II must
| not be supposed that ! was in despair
in consequence of my change of condi-
ton On the contrary the emotional
part Of me seemed dull, and ! felt tran
quill and calm in spirit 1 started in the
free-for-aM pace against a field fgood
horses and easily won the first heat in
2:11. Darien came TO me after the heat
and photographed his orders to me.
"'You are to make a break and get
distanced this heat. We can make more
money that way than by your winning
bt, and everything goes in the interest
of science
"As entered the track for the second
heat, with the understanding of the
man 1 saw the odds on the heat mark
ed up by the bookmaker. 1 was a two
to-five favorfte and he was laying even
money against the whole field. A
strange exhilaration filled me and as I
felt the power that / possessed 1 had a
wild wish to go at the limit of my
speed. We lined up and scored a few
times and then got the word. / led the
field easily ITO t:he half and then remem-
bering my orders I made stand still
break and paved the air like a gallop-
n a.. l. L
of a mile, and as I was led off the track
by the cursing swipe 1 saw Darien cash
ing a cubic foot of winning tickets at
one of the pool stands
1.-Two weeks later started again, and
under orders again got the banner
The next week our stable shipped to the
opening meeting of a great circuit. At
this place l was played second choice,
but acting under Darien's orders, /
again justified my reputation for bad
behavior by refusing to come down on
the wire. l was the same thing all
down the line, until we came to one of
the fastest racks in the world This was
the place where we were to make our
great coup.
I'm my race were many of the very
best ones that had become prominent
during the season. On the afternoon of
Tomorrow at three o'clock the one
hurdreth day of your imprisonment in
the body of this great PAGER will be at
an end. The representatives of the So
ciety of Psychical Research have ar
ranged meeting for that date. have
brought your man body here; IT is now
In safe keeping at a private house near.
Win this race today and tomorrow your
bondage will be at an end, and I shall
have secured both wealth and fame
When l was led on the track for the
eventful race i was naturally some
what nervous, as L suppose every great
performer is, when he realizes by some
Intuition that he is to ACCOMPLISH a
great deed. The grand stand was one
dense mass of people and carriages and
vehicles crowded the fences around the
TRACK. / was assigned third position
and we lined up to score. As we came
down to the wire true and level chanc-
ed Ito glance into the grand stand and
There beheld my man body, sitting on a
front seat calmly chewing a straw. I
was so startled that 1 made a very bad
break right at the wire and we were
called back. l looked again as we jogg-
ed back to see if l had been mistaken |
but There it sat. evidently having es-
capped from confinement to seek the |
IL
very queer sensation to behold your |
living self. in flesh and blood before you. |
and it is no wonder that forgot for an |
instant the two minute record that had I.
seemed within my reach. We turned |
and scored again but did not get away, |
and as we returned l was mentally COM |
putting the length of time ! had been i'm |
pT'isoned. when like a flash il came 10 |
me.
''Darien had made an error of twenty-
four hours in his computation,
This was the hundrsth day. and not /
the morrow The next time we got the
word and speed to the quarter, then the |
half, and then the th0ee-quarters into
the stretch. My orders had been not
to win the first heat 50 / set the brake
on. and finished in the rear
In twenty minutes we were back for
the second heat. My man body still DC
cupied its seat in the stand. We got
away on the second score. / felt the
Of a hunded horses: my legs
seemed OF steel and my stride was par-
lection. \ Wild sense OF freedom per
raded my whole being. At the quarter
was a neck in the lead, when in an in
slant l felt the convulsive throeS Of |
thousand deaths 1 felt my real self
1orn from the body Of the horse. and J
buried into darkness and space.
When l came to myself. I. the man. |
was shifting in the grand stand chsxdng
straw 4 crowd OF men had gar'hered
around the betting ring and as 1 i1ur-
led down The steps. l saw that they
'tcod around a lifeless body. Il was
Or. Darsen. A man bending over the
Sody rose and said briefly. heart dis
'ase. supeTinduced by excitement He
vas plunging heavily on the horse thar
,1t diSta,rcei.' | burst through the
iTowi and trSed 20 dance on the body.