Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-14
adventures Of Jack boyd'$
Other Self. VALENTINE STORY
A VALENTINE STORY

and project his astral form, or other
self, into Miss Seatons presence. Per
haps, then, she would not be so
obdurate and he could succeed IN what
he feared even to undertake when in
his material form
Accordingly he locked himself in
his room and turned Oh the gas to its
utmost, Jack had already learned that
concentration was necessary, and as
the object upon which he fastened his
gaze might influence him ne nad Eur-
chased during the day bright red pa
per heart. After pinning this object
to the wall the young man sat down
before it in . chair that would sup.
port his head, and, gazing steadily at
the red heart, began his process of
projecting his body into the astral.
1t seemed to Jack in his i'll patience
that it took long time, and he was
just beginning to think thar what he
had read about such things was a
fake anyway, when he felt his eyes
slowly begin to close. Soon he ex-
perienced peculiar sensation of
numbness in the limbs, like the Jingle
produced by an electric shock; his
brain began to whirl in a giddy maze
of confused facts; the multiplication
table, name OF his mother size of his
shoes, followed in rapid succession,
and then gradually everything grew
dark and oblivion overlook Jack Boyd
How long he remained so Jack did
not know, for he could take no note
of time, but confused sounds seemed
TO gradually approach from the dis
tanco. AS these came nearer Jack
became aware that they were voices
Then figures slowly materialized be-
as if dream it was so vague One,
two three forms-a dozen-and Jack
became aware that he was witnessing
a dinner party or something or tnat
nature. AT any rate, there was
table spread with food, and around it
sat twelve of the prettiest girls Jack
had seen in many a day Everything
seemed to Jacks astral body to be
served la mode. The young women
were dressed in gowns of the latest
fashion. and great jollity and good ma
ture seemed to prevail AS Jack looked
closer he saw at each plate tiny
stuffed image of a man pierced
through the heart with an arrow.
At first Jacks instincts of polite
ness made him fell he ought to with
draw. but he remembered that so long
as he was IN his astral body he did not
take much space and that he had
taken a long and dangerous journey
out of the material body to attend
this meeting and ought to be content
now that he had arrived.
1t was while rejecting on this
peculiar situation and taking in the
details of the whole anair that
peremptory rap on the table made the
young man aware that one of the
well-gowned female forms was about
to begin speaking. She was stand
ing and Jack decided that she was the
president of this club or secret So
ciety The chills ran down his astral
body, in the place where they would
have appeared had he been in the ma
terial form. He remembered that
there were men who had been made
away with for divulging the secrets
of certain organizations, and felt
that he was in pretty pad situation
His curiosity, however, impelled him
to listen
1t has been our CUSTOM" the voice
was saying. and is owner looked
around her at the forms sitting around
the table. Ito make out a list Of OBJ
jectiOnables While we Of the Sister
hood have sworn eternal enmity 20