The herald., 1897-12-26

whom the world has no chance to dis
pute, and my plans will be fulfilled, as
the captain and crew are fully in my
command, and will do as l will. ! have
them hypnotized and anything you can
do will not relieve them of that influence.
You alone are with your faculties, and
even they are under my control. This
you know. DO not try to interfere, and
all will be well.
! concluded / was in for it, and from
his description of himself | at once rec
ognized in him the Prof. DuBee of whom
all the civilized world has heard, and
concluded that the best interests of all
concerned demanded of me a cool head.
Things went along just the same for
several days, when | thought | would
approach the captain and see if he was
not coming out from under the influence
of DuIee. / watched my chance and
when l thought DuBee was at the other
end of the ship ] approached the captain
from the rear and spoke quickly to him,
at the same time slapping him sharply
on the back. He jumped and turned
towards me, and saw that the express
sion of intelligence and character was
once more on his face. | said, Captain,
where are we going?" He replied, II am
sure l can't remember just where we are.
i seems that have bene dreaming, doc
tor. and l think my liver is disordered;
but / feel better just now and will take
an observation and see just where we
are" He started for the purpose of
calculating our position and l was com
rlimentng myself upon the turn affairs
had taken and determined to try the
,Ipr, 1,n 10 a md a
crew, when ! saw DuBee come towards
me in some haste and he said: Doctor,
did not think you would try to interfere
with me in that manner. / felt the cord
broken and knew wherein lay the fault.
You have caused me a severe strain to
repair the damage, but it is now done,
and from now on you can never undo
my work. / left one loophole and you
found it. 1t is now closed. Go and try
your prescription on the captain now,
or on the mate, and convince yourself.
The captain at this juncture came in
sight and one glance at his eyes told the
story. He was bypnotized.
on June 18th DuBee refused to eat or
talk. and from that time on ! was prac-
tically left alone No one would con-
verse with me. Still all of the duties of
the ship were attended to punctually.
The captain took his reckonings regu-
larly and kept his log book, but l could
get no information as to our wherea
bouts. But of one fact l was sure; we
were very far north, for the sun only set
for a few minutes and the air was very
cold. But still we kept seemingly
straight course for the north. DuBee
kept up his fast and positively refused to
talk, and on the 18th of July we had
according to my calculations, arrived at
an extreme northern point as it was
bitterly cold and icebergs were closing
in on all sides of us; but still our course
was not changed. On the 18th DuBee,
after walking the decks all night, came
to my cabin and gave me q letter. which
was as follows:
Dear Sir: God comfort and sustain
you. Upon you, and you alone, depends
the lives of myself, the captain and the
crew. The power I have within me shall
direct and you must not interfere. Your
mission is as witness and nothing
more. A broken cord such as the cap
tain incident will make maniacs of the
entire crew. Bide my time and all will
be well. DUBEE."
He went upon the deck and l followed,
wondering at the strangeness. He
paused, stamped thrice with his heel
and every mans eyes were at once upon
him. His eyes rolled back in his head
until only the whites could be seen. He
eXhaled all the air from his lungs with
hiss as if it was steam escaping from
a high-pressure boiler. His arms lay
close to his sides and he stood as If
made of stone. A lurch of the ship and
he tottered and would have fallen, but
was. sustained by the captain and laid
at full length on the deck. All respira-
ton had ceased, and upon examination
I found his pulse had ceased also. Two
sailors seated themselves, one at his
head and the other at his feet, and con-
stantly kept their eyes upon his pros
trate form, and never stirred or looked