Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-11

Il i1Co. IL q tAsOA I'll OF TWO eLTOm now lily
work will be perfected. Then the
whole world Will know what | have
4 done. And the whole world will trem
bic, and there will be fear and wonder
/ In the minds OF men and women, and
they will look at each other as IL they
/ recognized that humanity at last was
waking out of a sleep and dream"
Is 1t SO marvellous as all that?" she
said, almost in whisper, awed by the
earnestness Of his manner.
Il am no maker of phrases" he re
Iiplied. nor am I eloquent. cannot tell
you how marvellous 1T is. The one
great citidel against which human in,
genuity and time have beaten in vain
since the days Of our first forefathers
Is stormed at last! In my hands will
shortly be the keys Of the human soul.
No man or woman will have secret
from me. The whole relation Of socie-
ty will be changed, utterly.
What is it-what Is it," she asked,
with a light In her eyes Have you
done what mother said in Jest? Have
you, indeed, finally conquered the
air?"
He waived his hand with scorn-
full gesture.
Greater, far greater than that" he
answered. "Such a vulgar and mechan-
ical triumph Is not one would seek.
In material age 1t is perhaps great
thing for one or another scientist to
invent a means OF quicker transit and
surer than any before. But what is It,
after ell? Mere accurate scientific
kn0Wledge, supplemented by inventive
power. No! Such inventions as the
steam engine, printing, gunpowder, are
great in their way, but they have only
reyolutionized the surface of things;
the human soul remains as it was be-
fore. What now know is far, far
5loftier and more marvellous thing"
In his excitement he had risen and
was bending over her. Now she also
rose and stared into his face, with
one hand upon his arm.
oh, tell me" she said, what in life
can be SO strange, so terrible in Its
effects, as this you speak OFF,
Listen!' he answered once more.
"You know what Light is? You know
that it can be split up into its compo-
Snent parts by means of the prism in
the spectroscope?"
Every child knows that to-day" she
answered.
Good" he replied. And he went
on: Il am putting this In the very
simplest possible language. want
you to see the broadcast, barest, sim
:plest outlines. Do you know of the
human mind? What should you say
hypnotism was, for instance, in ordi-
nary words?"
n Surely" she replied, at is the
power of one brain acting upon anoth-
err
Exactly he said; "and in what
way :? Flow is brain not physically
touching another brain able to influ-
ence it?"
Il by magnetism" she replied; "by's--
she hesitated for a word 81 by sort of
current passing from one brain to an
other"
He held out both his hands in front
of him. They were clasped, and she
saw that his wrists we're shaking, He
was terribly excited.
Yes" he went on, his voice drop.
ping lower and lower and becoming
even more intense, you have said ex-
actiy the truth. The brain is q mar
velous instrument, sensitive fnstru-
ment, an electric instrument which is
constantly giving out strange, subtle,
and hitherto uninvestigated currents.
1t is like the transmitter at the top of
Signor Marconi's wireless telegraphy
station. Something unseen goes out
into the air. and far away over the
mother of oceans something answers
to Its influence. This is exactly what
happens with the human brain. Count.
less experiments have proved 1t, the
scientists Of the world are agreed. I.
8 Then she said.
Surprising ] had discovered how to
collect hese#rHys or Yibratio ns,-for
that is the better word these delicate
vibrations s;hich come from the hi.
III man II b rain IA - Z
81 think begin to see,', Marjorie
ga AID S! saiiys, painfully, as II the words
were forced from her ard she spoke
them under great emotion. Il think
4 begin to see aslittle light
N All, he answered. you are always
above ordinary women There is no.
one in the world like you. Your brain
- keen. subtle, strong. You were des-
tined for me from the first. Il
Once more, even In the midst OF her
excitement, shade passed over her.
face. She touched him on the arm
again 3s
Go on! Tell me! Not this, not
that. Tell me about the work !! = IL
u.s. he: repeated alone OF all
men IA the world have Les: how to.
collect ihe invisible vibrations Of
Thought ITSELF Now. remember what
n told YOU ilrst. i naentio led Light, the
RAY Ii which Light can be passed
through 3 prism, split up into It's com
ponent parts. and give the secret Of Its
compost tionS TO the eye of3 the scientist.
Not only can y ollect the mysterious
zvibrat lions q the human brain. but I
can pass them through spsctro,c,ope.
more rnaryeI ous than any instrument4
ever dreamp sof III tie history of the