The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26

idon.
Il understand" said the professor.
o"enlng the conversation. as Madame
lie Claire poured the tea. that you haf
hadt some interesting experiences in
&c realm OF Re supliminaL"
Amidon's tension OF mind. which had
left him under the compulsion OF the
woman's mastery OF him. returned at
the professor remark.
4 have been dead" said he, since
the 2lth OF June, 1887
Madame le Claire stared at him IN
unconcealed amazement. The pro-
fessor calmly dipped toast in his tea.
Sol" said he Fife years. Goot!
Dis case VIII estapllsh some important
principles VII you be so kindt as to
dell US te circumstances? p
"Oh. papa broke IN the lady. You
must wait until after dinner ! saw
Mr. Amidon was weak and disturbed.
and. 1 overwhelmingly. So ! asked
him 10 stay
Il have eaten nothing but this" said
Mr. Amidon. since June twenty-sev-
enth, 1850
so. sa d the professor calmly. Dis
VIII brofe an important case"
Il saw the sign" said Amidon. All
Mysteries Solved. and I came here
de sign" said the professor. ISIS
our concession to te spirit OF gom-
mercia1sm. and tie gompetiufe sys-
TEN. II vas Clara's itea- But some
mysteries We do not attempt IN 10
realm OF te supliminRl. hOwefer. vo 20
up against almost any proposition
am Cheneral Superintendent OF Sup
liminal Enchineering; Clara Is the eX-
ecutant. / make blanCe, and Clara
does as she bleases aboudt following
dem You viii. at your CONVENIENCE.
dell us all you can OF your case. viii
analyze. classify. and tiagnose; she
vii unrafeL"
II was late in the evening when the
professor was through with his dag
nosis. He made copious notes OF Ami
don's story Several times MS daugh-
ter called MIN away from some book
in which he had lost himself on an
excursion in search OF parallel cases.
At last he paused, his face expressing
The triumph Of a naturalist at the dis
covery OF new beetle.
You are not In te least insane
said he. with the air OF telling Flortan
something hard 10 believe ant you
halknone OF te stigmata Of techenera-
tom woula say that you are not q
griminal-not much OF = criminal any
how. ant brOpaply not Gt AM
Thank YOuI Oh, thanh yOuI- nsE~
vtdiy exclaimed Amidoa.
1T iss a case" went en- the profSs-
sOr, or dual pairBOnality. For ME
years you haf bropaply been absent
from Hazelhurst. You haf been
Eomeveres!'
Where, whereT'' cried Amidon.
do not fear" said Nine. le Claire,
laying her hand on his arm. If IL Is
a case OF dual personality. we shall
soon find out all about IT. You have
mysteriously disappeared, Many men
do. There was Lieutenant Rogers, OF
the navy: and Ansel Burns. OF Ohio,
who woke UP in Kentucky IN his own
store. under the name OF Brooks
Brooks store. you know"
And Ellis. OF Bergen" said the
professor. who vas lost for a year,
ant tiscofered himself IN te pairson OF
a cook IN a lumber CAMP IN Minneso-
Ia. unter &c name OF Chaimison- Oh.
dere are many such! TIE supchectire
mind. te operations OF vich are nor
mally below te threshold Of conscious
ness, suddenly dakes control Pouf!
YOU are anodder man. You hat been
Smidt; you are now Chones. As Chones
you remember noting OF smidt- You
go on, guided by instinct. ant te pre-
acquired semi-intellichence OF auto
hypnotismus"'
"Oh. papa" said the tiger-lady.
those are awful WOrds-fOr a sick
mani"
'.Veu," resumed BIatherwick, drop
ping into what he regarded as the YER
uaCuiar you go on as ChOues ali
right. all right Some day. sOmVeres-
IN dis case in a sleeping car-yOu wake
as Smidt again. You n, y do not re-
member Chones or te ChOnes life. You
are all worked up-yat you call it
fabbcTgastcd. You come 10 Nine. lie
Claire. Vat does she do? She calls te
supchectife mind up abOfe te threshold
Of consciousness. ant you are restored
to te Choues blame OF mentality.
Hypuotismus. hypnotismus: that Is vat
does IT."
And shall I stay-Jones?"
"No, no." said Madame le Claire.
81 viii restore you. But while you
are-Joncs-I shall ind out all you
want 10 know about the-Jones-life.
and / viii tell you when you become
yourself again. You VIII learn all
about Bellevale. and Brassheld. and
"
And Elizabeth" asked Amldon.
Madame le. Claire paused.
Yes" said she. with much less cor
diality, Il suppose so. if you want
20 lLoW-ab0ut Elizabeth"