The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02
TALK OF
THE TOWN

And YOU say that both Of you would
see him AT the same tinle2"
Yes" 7 would say to nv wife, there
is that squirrel again, and She would
trcmhie and shiver.'
And would YOU see it," Judge Stan
ley asked the woman.
ooh. yes. as plain as see you now
"Oh, our poor BABY; our poor naby.
that squirrel took 1T away from US. :"
said the husband.
And great big tears burst from the
eyes Of the poor wife.
Yes" she sobbed, the squirrel took
our dear little baby away from us
why do you blame your neighbors
for all this2"
Because. Judge" sobbed the poor wo-
man. the squirrel never came until they
came. Besides Judge. saw the squirrel
corning from their house one Gay. when
I was planting peas in ny little gar
den. It ran around and around me
and my garden and not a pea grew
there last year
Doesn't that prove that they brought
the squirrel with them2''
And. one day" said her husband, Il
was milking the COW in the stable when
the squirrel came in through a knot
hole and ran around me. He struck the
cows ads with his fiery tail, then Jumped
over her back and I couldn't get another
drop Of milk from her"
Has anybody been talking to you
about it?"
Yes, q man has been coming to our
house and we have been consulting him
about tt
He says he is spirit doctor. sup
poseT'
Yes" he has been helping US to drive
it away, but our neighbors send him back
again"
IF that man comes to your house again
7 viii have you all arrested and put in
jail"
nudge Stanley felt real sorry for the
poor people and he decided to talk to
them separately.
Il am not going to punish you for
this ofense." he said to the husband,
but I want to give you some advice"
Judge Stanley is d student of the power
of mind over matter and he decided to
put a little hypnotsm into his talk He
has hypnotic influence of no mean con-
sideration and he decided to use it
My man" he said. you do not see
any squirrel with a fiery tail. It is all
Imagination. There Is no such thing.
Now, look here, you VIII have your poor
wife in the insane asylum, if you keep
on seeing this. You viii go to the in
sane asylum. too. and you both viii die
there. What would your poor little chill
dren do then without a father or mother
or anyone 10 take care of them. You
drive that spirit doctor away when he
comes again ard promise you on the
faith Of a Judge. that you viii net be
troubled any more. There can be no
squirrel with a tail of fire, it Is I'm
possible. it is against the laws OF nature
and the laws Of God
He took the wife aside and said to
her: DO you love your children; 10 you
love your husband?; do you believe in
CODE
To al questions she answered in the
you viii not see that squirrel any
more
Thank you; God bless you, Judge
If your husband says no sees It, you
must san you don't see It and you won't
see it. Make him believe that he does
not see It. and you will keep him out of
the asylum. If not he viii die there and
what VIII your little children DO then2"
Addressing both of them Judge said: /
Come back to me in three days"
They came back with smiles. They |
hadn't seen the squirrel with the tell OF /
fire. nor viii YOU ever again
The Judge sent for them again a few
DAYS ago. Three weeks had passed and
thew reported that the squirrel had not
shown NJ.
The voodoo doctor has also disappeared. /