The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-17

thing else?" she said, without meeting
my eye.
t'What else can there be-" asked,
unless he's in'love?
"Well, I didn't mean that either"
she responded. ''This power Of his
may-may result in his having matters
on his mind; but, Of course, I know
nothing about it"
We had been sitting in a nook Of the
veranda, waiting, while servant took
word to Dorothy that Mrs. Kelvin was
there. AS she spoke the last sentence
which have quoted, she arose some
what hastily and made a great busi-
ness Of waving her hand to Dorothy,
who was coming across the lawn from
the tennis court with Carl.
In Mrs. Kelyin's vague hints per-
ceiyed another mystery, added to those
which we already had. Or perhaps
they might be taken to be the germ Of
the explanation of a mystery. Perhaps
she fancied that Donald knew the Sc
cret of her husbands designs, Of which
she herself might not be so fully in
formed as she would have wished. I
was blind and silly enough to think
that that was what she meant.
It has seemed to me that these Incl
dents should be recorded here. Having
set them down, I will proceed with the
matter Of the Princeton professor.
College professors are fine people, as
a rule. The old ones are ripe and
strong. They are saturated with the
seething, full hearted life Of an Amer
lean university. They sometimes seem
to be submerged in it and to have lost
their individuality, but draw the wrin-
kled fellows out for a moment like
pears from fagons Of good wine, and
you shall find the fruit still sound at
heart and full of q rich sa7or which 1t
has gained in tempering the vintage.
The young men are sturdy and earnest
and for every one Of the whole lot,
young and old together, who has stag
mated and is behind the times there are
ainety-nine who are we'll in advance.
l include this hasty tribute in order
to show that Professor George F. Sew
ern had everything in his favor with
me, and yet he did not please me.
There was something assertye in his
manner, and he spoke Of his book upon
telepathy as If he thought would not
dare confess that had not read it I
found the courage, however, to make
that admission.
It appeared that Professor Severn
held the Watkins chair in psychology
in the New Jersey university and that
he had heard Of Donald's remarkable
performances and had come to Tun-
bridge to make an Investigation. He
was a lean, tall man Of forty, with
deep set, searching eyes. He was
smooth shayen, and his under lip pro-
jected beyond the upper. When he
talked, this peculiarly became more
noticeable; his words seemed to strike
against the proruding lip and to glance
up into the air.
told him that he would find Donald
a very hard subject 10 deal with; that
! doubted whether he would be able to
learn anything of Importance in the
time at his disposal. considering that /
had failed to do so with a much larger
opportunity. He was at liberty, how
ever, to make the experiment, and
meanwhile should esteem it an honor
if he would be my guest He accepted
my proposal with that sort Of hesita-
ton which proves such an offer has
been counted upon in advance.
Mp. and Mrs. Donaldson did not view
the professors visit with favor when
told them the object Of it; but to my
great surprise, Donald took the infic-
ton very lightly.
"I'll tell you all know about it. Pro
fessor Severn" said ne. ut isn't much,
and I wish it were less"
Upon this the professor proceeded to
put Donald through a rigid cross eI-
animation in regard to the matter Of
the expected robher. he seemed to
have a good knowledge Of the af-
fair, and his questions showed a
shrewd intelligence. Yet they de7el-
oped little that was new-so little, in
fact, that / am. able to omit the scene
without loss. Donald spoke with per-
feet freedom, exhibited no impatence
and showed absolutely no bias. he
made one excellent point, as it seemed
to me, by way Of illustration.
"If you were going to meet a Mr..
Jones whom you had never seen," said
he, wouldn't you have feeling as to
how he would look?"
81 might" the professor admitted,
whereupon Donald said that he would
almost certainly have such a feeling.
But mine are as often wrong as
right" said the professor.
mine aren't" rejoined Donald, "and
1 think, sir, that yours wouldn't be If
you were always able to separate your
feelings from your opinions. Your
opinion is founded upon what you
know, and in such a case you do not
know enough to be Of any use, but
your feeling is based upon something
which is entirely sufficient whenever
you can really get down to it"
Vas deeply interested IN this state
ment Of Donald's, and it appeared to
impress the other hearers also, for
Carl referred to it on the following
day. Severn and Donald were in the
Office with me when Carl and Jim Bum
came in to speak upon a matter Of
business. After that was settled there
was some discussion Of psychic mat
tiers. 1t was a subject in WHICH poor
old Bum was deeply interested, and he
fingered to listen.
"You were speaking of'those feelings
Of yours, Don," said Archer. "Do they
ever come to you about common
things-the weather, for instance"
II have known what the weather
would be-" replied Donald, "but not