Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-02

IOUdccO EuHlH OIOSmOHl DCSdAC
good-humored and genial, and the talk
turning upon the Englishman's fetch,
the horse, the utmost harmony pre-.
vailed until his uncle suddenly asked
him why he had sold Alma's horse.
when riding was her chief pleasure.
In an instant the young mans face
clouded.
Il can't let her risk her neck riding
about in the winter-time along these
slippery roads" he said in a tone
which showed little of the affectionate
solicitude his words implied. when
the spring comes I'll get her better
horse. Gray Friar was getting old
and was touched in the wind"
She never complained of him.
think she misses her rides. SHE'S
not the woman she was six months
ago. said his uncle abruptly.
Edwin Crosmont frowned. She
reads ghost stories, and talks about
spiritualism and mesmerism and sucn
nonsense, until she makes herself i'll
with her own fancies," he said IT.
ritably.
| uOu tAiuh sic IcduS mdus
ghost stories, and never heard her
mention spiritualism until tonight.
And then / think is was Dr. Armath.
waite who introduced the subject. not
Alma"
Eyes, it was /, Mr.. Crosmont. l
think l was describing to your wife
the nervous symptoms which are the
result of dabbling with the forces we
call mesmeric and hypnotic"
Il must beg you, DR.. Armathwaite.
not to talk to her of them again. OF
course you don't believe in them your
self, but there is no saying what a
nervous and fanciful worlan will get
into her head"
Il will certainly not mention them
to Mrs. Crosmont again since you
wish it, but as to believing in the ex-
istence of those forces, think it is a
matter which has passed out of the
realms of dispute"
You believe in all that rubbish?''
Il believe in the existence of a
power we call mesmeric, by which
the possessors of it can control The
wills of other persons, especially
those of highly nervous tempera
ment"
Then you are more credu.ous than
the members of your profession usual
ly are, DOCTOR"
Annoyed by his blunt rudenes-
and ignorance, Armathwaite was
about to cite some experiments which
had been made in his own presence
when the elder Mr.. Crosmont broke
in very concisely:
"You have short memory, Ned
, You went to a course of lectures or
. this subject with me eight years ago
, and you were much impressed By
, them"
81 was younger then" said Edwin
shortly, while his face flushed and ht
, glanced with sort of suspicion a
his companions. Il recognize nov
that it was mere quackery."
These men are Obliged to become
, quacks in the long run, because thei
powers are Intermittent sal
: Armathwaite. "And they have to ir
troduce the old stuff about message
from the spirits, because the mer
A., controlling of one body by another
: through an interesting but not super
. natural physical gift, has really to-
little of the marvellous in it to afforI
a good living to the posssessors o
this gift"
Controlling of the Jody. you say,
broke in the elder Mr.. Crosmon'
and how about the mind?"
"The two are so intimately con
nected that you cannot influence tn
, one without effect upon the other
, But that this mesmeric power is il
its essence a physical gift is proved
) | think. by the fact that people @
, comparatively coarse and feebl
: minds have been known to exercise
, over persons who were undoubtedl
, their intellectual superiors."
HIN; rather a dangerous powe
. then, should think
''It might be, certainly, in III
scrupulous hands"
! Edwin Crosmont had dropped on
!. of the conversation. and was busil
, choosing cigar. Armathwait
t fancied. however, that in spite of hi
e scoffng he was more interested tina
/. he wished to appear.
!, Il should think Alma would be
I good medium: she has just the mel
y vous, excitable temperament that i
4 open to all influences" said tn
| uncle.
a We'll. | won't allow any exper
: ments to be made upon my wife,
said Crosmont abruptly. 1t is quit
a bad enough for one doctor to hav
, saddled me with a wife who was tn
4 daughter of a lunatic; | don't wan
: another doctor to reduce her to tn
5 same state"
4 His hearers were both shocked
| Armathwaite by this revelation, tn
elder man by the ooarseness wit
I. which it was made.
4 Ned, Ned. think what you're SAY
; ing" said his uncle"
To be continued.