Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-04-26
THE BROKEN CIRCUIT
ny JOIN II. RAFrEnY.


upon tie genuineness Of certain simple
phenomena OF hypnosis, mental teepatJ3f
and su gestion, Parker and Beyoort drli'-
&c apart from the scoiiers ard commenced
70 kHit from The tangled materials Of tAeii
dreams, their speculations and tneir odalg
different telnpeIaments, that queer but IN
hlteraole friends ip Which endured withou,
a break till poor Parker died faes became
as brothers, forever deiving INTO % i.t ram
llcations Of science, silent, InSe paIa ole, ans
mutually self-eacriacing,
Brevoort's room was tie front bali d an
old lott on the fourth floor Of a store build .
ing just beyond tie university settlement
and Parker lived ID a s0tt Of sentry b0X IL
the tower OF fiat building about mile
south ia a direct iiae from Breyooft, place
Parker was study ing law and hls lrIcnG was
IN tie janior medical ciass but neither Of
them cared for rank o. standing, rfeienng
to pursue knowledge along those devious,
scattering trails that first ure tae undisci
plned minds Of all imaginative students.
Parker, who lad a lmack Of moeeing IN
clay, set up sort OF studio IN one corner OF
Breyoort's bafnise room, and t1ere tue
two friends 4 eftt most 0i them indoor leis
IRE, studying. smoking, chatting, eEreri
menting. Bfeyoort IN time came 70 be a
more dextrous sculptor an his friend and
his room Deedhe poPuiVua Win sore 9.
more OF less attlslie ana accurate pidStef
casts.
LOG l.ofa Knows JUST now t'et stafteo
" noN is' tNo9 gov lnto lee Ptopdhes o. We
mystefles . men az lauiatlahs' icy were
"a we haDis Of "hhn9 together fof hours
along toe iahs s"ote or ia eAe PARK ~ sAebt
eoiN eisattoh, SO 10 specs, edca WIN Als
ieen nind hNea upon tae otheF, eaen bent
Upon projecting without words suen siinpie
messages as misat reach tae otAef iaiio"
.onscioushess. aeh thel eiScofeteo' u
tiougat so tAat Tee soena4es5 waves q
Thought Always seemed 10 tIaVei best Wheh
e1caangea "Ahe t.es i"fe3 eaea othef win
PACK 70 horth or SOUTH 1hat suggested the
Iaea q new Pens-' fHa ftAy soon
Parkef m ms httie CORNER tower facing the
norm ana Bro 1t window Ct
ms rookery were faals.lhg snort messages
bhat had no meaning beyond TIE hhdehi-
hble prooi OF al taelr Previous sufmlses.
bht Wnen TIE coeds got '"ihd oil these
Nelfd doihgs they began TO worry the
llehas' bieVooit was PROOF against One
young women, out fatker, VINO was ten
usr-heaftea, lmpIesslohaoie lei'oN, leh III
ioVe with hate OataWen, ana mace her
sort OF sue partner IA their PsSehlcal re-
searches. Tue ODD part OF TINS "as that her
introduction INTO Use ahaits OF tAe Two stu
uehts mace no pteaed ~ theiF lelatlohs'
ana Wen poor Iaihef zen - Win pheu-
noilia hate got room ~ us ooal"-@g
houte SO that sae coulo nurse AiHl. luoeea'
sne faa hlm moEeu IRON MS ai"te NY eyile
IN the tower, paced nm n het o"h coy
ped ana hefsei TOOK possession OF the seh'
Wy poA.
bleNoort would ieiieFe MAZE every hlght
and SIT up VITA his iahlhg itiehd' ana be
tween thehl taeS "ateheu nm 80 ASSN uousis'
lost 20 mue4 sleep ah@ iietteu 90 ihtca tAat
at last lAey were eo''seu 70 HlNe up an
tneir university "otN ana staha together,
iOrioth nope, against 'Ae aoNd"el1s' H'si
CHESS intruder al kef was quite eJ"-
sSlous lot q leN oaS oetoie ne 0eu ""u 10
Diefeoi', peuoi"s ole' Hili'' nc ei'ei"'Vu
hls simple wishes ne "dn'eu 70 DC gre
hateu' ne hau 40 ut@l le'@''Nes' ~ N"'e
might nave some ana BFeFooft tAe RESI- oil
MS Gust. enc was 10 nave ms books anu
Inc furnishings 81 ms niue Iooii'' ana pre-
WORT was 70 Keep the utensils ana equip
mehts OF the stuGlo'
Aouf pretty good modeier now
whispered farker, shl'ihg ghas19. Try
your hand on past Oh me- TAKE ueaVH
lie dled that nignt with BreVoort ana
Nate hoialhs ms Aahus' his classmates
carried ms comm 10 Vhe furnace ana IN VAe
days thereafter "heh they had feFefehuy
ulNlaed ms asAes they urea 10 MAKE id4r
DIVISION Of poor farker miga'y snare oil
love ana ioyaity iof tAem ooth' Dul II was
nearly week attef ms going tAa' they set
apart ioFs eacA DAY a time "Hen they migA1
resume tneit experiments ING oea'h-
mask was done III STOOD ghostly IN bfe-
WORT closet ana Deheauh 1t IN Tiny Wooo'
en- ooA Iae handful OF ashes oil ther friend
Kate had taken possession oil tae llttie sen
try box, and upon Its narrow mantel Smell
IN a little SILVER Jewel BOX LAY the relics OF
her lost lover
Inc morning OF the hrst gay aiter theH
renewed efforts to exchange messages they
met on the campus
Did You get any message! sac asked,
irownng petulanty.
NO, ne answered, looking turtiyely over