The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-02-12

| - ~ ssavthS ner hand to Dorothy
weo was coming across the lawn fror
tho tgFnis court with Carl.
lMsMrs. Kelvin's vague hints I No,
ceised another mystery, added to thos
which we ,elready had. Or perhap
they might be taken to be the germ O
the explanation Of n mystery. Perbap
she fancied that Donald knew the se
cret Of her husbands designs, of whfcl
she herself might not be 80 .fuily Iu
formed as sfe would hsye wished.
was blind Ind silly enough to thini
THAT that was what she meant
1t has seemed to me that these Incl
dents should be recosded here. Hayinf
set them down, 4 wf1l proceed with tho
matter Of the Frinceton professor.
College pnffcssors are fine people. n,
rule. The old ones are ripe and
strong. They are saturated with the
seething, fun hearted life of an Amer.
lean university They sometimes seem
to be submergef2in it and to have lost
their ind1viduality, but draw the wrin.
kled fellows sout for a moment like
pears from fiagons of good wine, and
you shall find the fruit still sound at
heart and fullsof rich SAVIOR which IT
has gained In tempering the vintage.
Inc young men are sturdy and earnest,
and for every one of the whole lot.
young and old together, who has stag
mated and is behind the times there are
ninety-nine who are well in advance.
l include this hasty tribute in order
to show that Professor George f. Sew.
ern had everything in his favor with
me, and yet he did not please me.
There was something assertive in his
manner, and heapoke Of his book upon
telepathy as if he thought would not
dare confess that had not read it. I
found the courage, however, to make
that admission,
1t appeared that. Professor Severn
held the Watkins chair in psychology
In the New Jersey university and that
he had heard or Donald's remarkable
and had come to Tu9.
bridge to make an investigation. He
was a lean, tall man Of forty, with
deep set searching eyes. He was
smooth shayen. and his under lip pro.
aoticeal h9Eass- o-s--ss.,yz--yo a, L..,
against the protruding lip and to glance
up into the air.
told him that he would find Donald
1 very hard subject to deal with; that
doubted whether he would be able to
earn anything of Importance in the
lime atshis disposal. considering that
had failed to do SO with much larger
He was at liberty. how.
ever. TO make the experiment, and
should esteem 1t an honor
f he would be my guest. He accepted
my proposal with that sort of hesita-
lion which proves such an offer has
been counted upon in advance.
MIR. and Mrs. Donaldson did not view
The professors visit with favor when
told them the object of it; but. to my
great surprise, Donald took the inflic-
ton very lightly.
"Ill tell you all know about 1t, Pro-
fessor Severn" said he. "It isn't much.
and l wish it were less"
Upon this the professor proceeded to
put Donald through q rigid cross ex-
animation in regard to the matter Of
the expected robber. He seemed to
have good knowledge Of the af-
fair, and his questions showed
shrewd intelligence. Yet they devel.
oped little that was new-so little, in
fact, that l am able to omit the scene
without loss. Donald spoke with per.
feet freedom, exhibited no impatience
and showed absolutely no bias. He
made one excellent point, as 1t seemed
to ME. by way Of illustration.
"If you were going to meet a Mr..
Jones whom you had never seen," said
he, wouldn't you have feeling as to
how he would look?"
81 might" the professor admitted,
whereupon Donald said that he would
almost certainly have such feeling.
"But mine are as often wrong as
right" said the professor.
"Mine aren't" rejoined Donald, "and
I think, sir, that yours wouldn't be If
you were always able to separate your
feelings from your opinions. Your
opinion is founded upon what you
Know, and in such case you do not
know enough to be Of any use, but
your feeling Is based upon something
which is entirely sufficient whenever
you can really get down to It."
was deeply interested in this state
ment Of Donald's, and 1t appeared to
Impress the other hearers also, for
Carl referred to 1t on the following
day. Severn and Donald were in the
ONCE with me when Carl and Jim Bum
came in to speak upon matter OF
business After that was settled there
was some discussion Of psychic mat
tsrs 1t was q subject in which poor
old Bum was deeply interested. and he
fingered to listen.
You were speaking OF those feeling,
Of yours, Don," said Archer. "Do they
ever come to you about common
things-the weather. for instanceT
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