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don't, because they have longer sight.
You may, of course, imagine anything.
But your eyes-handsome eyes they are,
too-contain certain properties, known
order to sec"
Eyes, yes" interrupted Carriston; II
know exactly all you are going to say.
You, a man of science, ridicule every
thing which breaks what you are
pleased to call the law of nature. Yet
take all the unaccountable tales told.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine you ex-
pose 10 scorn or throw grave doubts
upon, yet the thousandth rests on evil
dence which can not be upset or dis
puted. The possibility of that one
proves the possibility of ALL"
mot at all; but enough for your
argument" / said, amused at the boys
wild talk.
You DOCTORS" he continued with that
delicious air of superiority SO often
assumed by laymen when they are in
good health, put too much to the credit
of diseased Imagination"
mo doubt; it's convenient shelf
on which to put n difficulty. But go
on
1.-THE body is your province, yet you
can't explain why a cataleptic patient
should hear a watch tick when it is
placed against his foot"
Nor you; nor any one. But perhaps
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bishing theories If tell you that cata-
l,psy, as you understand it, is a disease
not known to us; in fact, it does not
exist"
He seemed crestfallen at hearing this.
But what do you want to prove?" |
asked. What have you yourself
SEEM"
Nothing, l tell you. And l pray l
may never see anything"
After this he seemed inclined to shirk
the subject, but l pinned him to it. l
was really anxious to get at the true
state of his mind. In answerto the lead
ing questions with which / piled him,
Carriston revealed an amount of super
etition which seemed utterly childish
and out of place beside the intellectual
faculties which he undoubtedly pos
sessed.
Yet was not altogether amused by
his talk His wild arguments and
wilder beliefs made me fancy there
must be a weak spot somewhere in his
brain-even made me fear lest his end
might be madness. The thought made
me sad; for, with the exception of the
eccentricities which have mentioned,
l reckoned Carriston the pleasantest
friend / had ever made. His amiable
nature. his good looks, and perfect
breeding had endeared the young man
TO me; so much so that resolved dur
ing the remainder of the time we
should spend together to do all could
toward taking the nonsense out of him.
Ny efforts were unavailing. kept
a sharp lookout upon him, and let him
fall into no more mysterious reveriesi
but the curious idea that he possessed
or could possess, some gift above
human nature. was too firmly rooted
To be displaced On all other subjects
he argued falrly ana was open 10 rea-
son. On this one point he was i'm
movable. When l could get him to
notice my attacks at all, his answer
was:
"You doctors, clever as you are with
the body, know as little Of psychology
as you did three thousand years ago.
When the time came to fold W my
easel and return to the drudgery of life
| parted from Carriston with much re-
gret. One of those solemn, but otter
broken, promises to join together next
year in another sketching tour passed
between us. Then 1 went back to Lon.
don, and during the subsequent
months, although l saw nothing OF him
I often thought of my friend of the
autumn.