The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19

Gouldesbrough had noticed this, and
ever In this moment Of supreme tri
umph his heart was heavy within him
He feared that something irrevocable
had come between him and the girl he
loved, and her pallor only intensified
his longing to be done with the whole
thing. to be alone with her, and to have
the explanation which he cesired SO
keenly and yet dreaded so a%cntely
For what Lord Malvin had said to him
had stabbed him with a deadly fear, as
each solemn, significant word rang
through the room.
Gould 1t be-" he asked himself
could 1t possibly be that these people
suspected or knew anything"
His quick brain answered the ques-
tion in its own swift and logical fash
ion. 1t was utterly impossible that
Lord Malvin could know anything. His
words were a coincidence, and that
vas all. No. he did not fear, and pos
sibly. he thought, the long strain OF
work and worry had had its influence
upon his nerves. and he had become
morbid and unstrung.
That fear passed, but there was still
In his heart the fear-and, strangely
enough, an even greater fear-that
he would never now make Marjorie his
own.
His outward face and demeanor
showed nothing of the storm and riot
within. He was calm. self-possessed,
and smiling, quick to answe and to
reply, to explain this or that point In
his discoveries, to be adequate, conf
dent and serene.
In reply to a question from Dean
Gortre, Sir William leant upon n Of
the cases which covered the thought
transforming mechanism, and gave a
little lecture.
"Quite so, Mr.. Dean" he said; at is
exactly as you suppose-the form, pow
er, and vividness of the pictures upon
strength of the intellect Of the person
whose thoughts are making these. pic
lures. You will find your strongly i'm
~aginative man, Or your man whose
brain is much turned inward upon him
self, and who, for this very reason,
takes little part In the action or move
ment Of life, will give a more COM
plete and vivid picture than any other.
For example, assuming that the bish-
ops valet Is an ordinary servant and
accompanied his lordship to Palestine
a few months ago, and saw exactly
what his lordship saw, that mans
memories would not be thrown upon
the screen with such wonderful vivid.
ness as his lordship's were. ne would
not be able, in all probability. to pro-
duce a picture. a general impression.
which Is a real picture and not a pho
tograph, and which so conveys the ex-
act likeness of a place far more than
any photograph could ever do. His
thoughts would probably be represent
ed by some special incident which had
struck his fancy at the time and as
sumed a proportion in his mind which
a cultured and logical faculty Of
thought would at once reject as being
out of due proportion. AID, finally, In
a precise ratio to the power OF the
brain--I do not mea to its health or
illhealth, It's weight or size; l mean It's
pure thinking power-so are the
thoughts, when transformed into light,
vivid or not vivid, as the case may be-"
Lady Hosken- Heath turned to Lord
L~andsend, who was sitting beside her.
Her pretty face wore a roguish smile
as she whispered to him:
BILLY, what an awful donkey you
must bel"
Lord Landsend looked at her for a
moment. Then he answered:
"Well. you know, / am not at all
sure that It Is not a jolly good thing to
be sometimes. l would not be that fell
low Gouldesbrough for anything"
She looked at him In amszement.
There was something quite serious in
the young mans face.
'why." she said. In a whisper. what
do you mean, Billy?"
II may not he clever" said Lord
Landsend. but | prefer to spend my
life doing what amuses ma, not what
other people think I ought to do. At
the same time l know men. and l know
that scientific Johnny owe there has
got something on his mind which I
should not care to have. Poor Tommy
Decies had that look in his eyes the
night before Ascot last year: poor
Eustace Charliewood had 1t Just before
he went down to Brighton and shot
himself; and you may take 1t from me
that l know what I am talking aSout,
and you'll see I'm right"
And now" said Sir William. look
ing up and down the rows of faces OPP
posite him-"and now, which OF you
win submit himself to the next expert.
ment?"
Then Lord Landsend spoke He
was determined to get his own back"
as he would have put 1t, II possible.
why don't you have a try yourself.
Sir William?" he said. with a not very
friendly grin; cor won't what-d'you-
call-it work for its master? You had
my thoughts for nothing; I'll give you
twopence for yours"
There was an il~-supprossed litter
from the moro frivolous portion Of the
spectators; but Lord Maivin turned
round and looked at the young man
with a frown OF disapprcvsl There
was something n that leay5Ie head
and those calm. wise eyes which COM
PEELED him 70 silence.
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