The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-25

ton was something simply too preposter-
Gus to be considered while sanity held its
throne.
Thus doth first love. overcome us like
a summer cloud and reveal our unworthi-
ness.
Mildred spoke to the young man every
day now. Somehow he contrived to be
always near the front door when the saw
mill whistle across the way on Briefly
creek sounded it's hoarse note for noon.
Miss Ashton was very prompt in arrival
Generally her father put on his coat
at the first note of the whistle. Before
its echoes had died among the pines on
the hillside across the valley of the creek
he would be at the door ready to step
in the buggy as his daughter drove up
beside the horseback. Then Mildred
would bow and smile and cry out heartily
Good morning, Mr.. Stevens and away
she would drive, post haste, lest her faith
er's dinner would suffer an untimely
chill. After they had gone Arlo was
never quite sure whether he had spoken
or not. His impression was that his in
tended greetings always stuck in his
throat, dying in the inarticulate gurgle
and rumble. Truly he was in love
And this is why. as we began to say
IN the very first place of all, that when
Arlo read in the advertising pages OF
dark and occult science of hypnotisnn
could be successfully impaired by mail
TO any seeker after truth who had the
price, that he became deeply wrought
even to the secret and inmost fbreg of
his unsophisticated being.
Inc advertisement conclusiyely SET
Iorth the immense advantages over COM
mon mankind which were possessed and
couIo be welded by masters of the mys-
Ill
TOO. When one can sway the minds and
coerce the bodies of other people to dr.
exactly what one tells them to do, he is
on the high road to success. There were
dlscreetly yelled suggestions that the
master of the new steel trust and the
conductor of the last successful corner
in Wall street had taken personal instruc.
ton of the advertiser himself before en-
barking upon the stormy seas of their
great enterprises. AS for success in such
minor concerns of life as the building III
Of successful business, advancement If
politics or the contamination Of a blissfuI
marriage with the object of his hearts
ldolatry- these were but trifling side Is.
sues They were the cleaners sheaves
left from the great harvest gathered By
tn mighty hypnotic reaper
When young Mr.. Stevens had applied
for further instructions and had received
Dy return post securely sealed
pamphlet setting forth in greater detail
| that prowess Of hypnotism and the ease
of its requirement by the earnest student.
he promptly RENTED ten dollars for q
full course" In due time he received
by express a little packet O. "secret di.
rections for self-instruetion," printed ii
| a small leaf1et, and pyramidal bit Of
metal whose polished sides rejected the
| light-like mirrors. There was a ring In
the apex of the pyramid, through which
was noosed about a yard of stout cord
! The uses of these strange contrivance!
were explained in detail in the printed
| instructions. Should any of the directions
| appear cloudy to the mind of the sub
scriber he would be set right, upon tn,
1 payment of an additional half rate fee