The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-19
The Influence of NJ
! y Josephine Carr.

ny w. r. ROSE.


l his pretty wife. He had enjoyed
a good dinne1 and was in reasonably
contented mood. At least he should
have been.
Come, come, my DEAR" he said In a
brusque way that was quite foreign to
him, you know l don't believe in 1t.
l don't object to your amusing your
self In your own way-and this Is only
a fad, but you can't expect me to join
you in chasing after set of long
haired cranks whose antics"
why, Fred, how can you! Do you
call Josephine"
"Oh, Josephine-well, she's your
friend and of course very advanced
young woman. But, Dolly, some
times doubt the advantage of her in
fiuence over you"
Fred. you old stupid! Why. Jose
phine is brilliant and cultured, ana
she has gone into this mental telepathy
because it's SO developing. That's all.
l just wish you could hear her talk
about thought capitalization and ire
sistible attraction"
"But that's just what l want to es-
cape. And that's just why I must be
excused from attending you to the
seance-sitting-or whatever you call
the obsequies-this evening. You
know how l followed you-toilsomely
and sheepishly-to those Browning
and Emerson clubs, and stumbled
through a Chautauqua course. and
groveled in mental science. but l draw
the line at this thing. 1t Is hypnotism.
pure and simple, whatever they call
1t, and that's a dangerous thing to
dabble in, though doubt II any of you
will learn anything more harmful than
the singing of polysyallables and
meaningless phrases"
There were real tears in the little
wife's eyes as she pinned on her pretty
hat before the mirror. She did 80 want
Fred to sympathize with her.
1T is just because you are 30 ma
terial," she petulantly exclaimed. IF
you would only put your mind in an
attitude Of receptivity. That's all you
have to do. And the professor will be
there tonight, and oh, Fred, he Is a
wonder! He's a theosophist and hyp-
notist, and occult and mysterious, and
his name is Caspar Appollonius. Isn't
that SOULFUL"
Soulful? It's a mouthful. But
there's the door bell. Miss Carr has
come for you. I'll sit up and hear
about 1t when you return"
Fred Armitage was q devoted hus-
ban and usually gave seemingly cor
dial approval to his wife's "enthusi-
asms," as he styled her fads. but this
latest search for wisdom in the realms
of the occult was not to, his liking.
Dolly should have better sense than
to run after freak professor and his
silly followers, with their jargon about
mysteries and manifestations and soul
harmonies. OF course 1t was all the
fault Of that Josephine Carr, a girl
with more zeal than brains, and with
a good deal too much time hanging
heavily on her hands, girl who sought
to keep up with every newism that
came along and lived in an intellectual
whirlpool. He wished she wouldn't try
to drag his Dolly In with her. He must
provide more amusement for his pref
ty wife-go out with her mere, and
read and study together at home-bul
pshaw! what was the use "a long a
she was under the influence Of that
Carr girl? The only thing to do was Ia
circumvent Josephine--to undermine
her hold on his wife's affections Not
a.simple matter to undertake, but Fred
Armitage wasn't . man to give w
easily when once he attempted to ac-
eompiish an object
However-Dolly noticed II at dinner
the following day-all thought of anil
mostly toward the astute Josephine
had evidently passed from his mind.
by the way" he began In sprightly
tones, II met--whom do you Think
just as was crossing Green street
this afternoon"
OF course Dolly gave 1t up. She was
impatient to tell Fred what the pro-
lessor had said about soul illumina.
ton. It would be so helpful II he
would only listen.
"Weli. dear. 1t was Josephine Carr