Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-09

OF his right hand on the young man 8
4 forehead. He quivered all over. his
hands clawed the air, and then sank
to his sides. He sat rigid on the stool.
Vandraken came over and looked at
him curiously.
Poor devil! How utterly helpless
he Is! And, by the way, as you are
also going to hypnotise me, have
taken the precaution to station two
private detectives and doctor out
side. II I'm not out In two hours, they
will come in
"And why not? 1t is quite SEN
sible precaution. 1t is, in fact wise
precaution that you take. Come, now,
your collar Thank you. And now
to sit down.
Vandraken removed his collar and
took his seat on the glass stool
/. do | have to do anything?" he
I asked.
! you have to will that all the
thoughts you do not wish to think
shall pass by telepathy to this young
|
brations started by what you call
conscience, and become remorse. I
say telepathy, because it conveys the
| idea to you. My explanation Of the
soul on the star you can not grasp |
use the terms you can"
| "All right. l understand that. !
can concentrate my mind on the other
man like a sunbeam in a burning
glass;
Good. You will now use your i'm
agination, and consider that matter
does not exist except as your mind
permits. You will consider that the
effect of all excuses is imaginary.
| You will imagine yourself drinking all
| day without any effect you do not
wish. Smoking-everything, in fact
| You will know what to include" he
added, meaningly.
| You will that all though vibra-
tons arising from these excuses pass
by telepathy to this young man. and
as the body of the man who wills that
he wake at certain hour obeys the
mind, so shall your body and his
body obey your mind; for by these
electric vibrations, which partake of
planet rays, can, through my own
will-power-when you are under my
infiuence-endow you with the faith
which can move mountains, and i'm
pose your will on the young man in
there" AS he spoke he adjusted the
collar of sponges, and, going round to
Fabian Dare, who was as rigid as a
corpse, turned a key in his collar. His
breath came in a quick gasp, and he
quivered
He then came back and turned a
key in Vandraken's collar Now,
then!" he called. sharply, "concen-
trate! concentrated" and stared into
his eyes. THAT young man is now
your magnate slave-under your con-
troll"
| Eyes, yes!" began vandraken. 81
His sentence remained unfinished,
He went off into hypnotic sleep,
rigid on the glass stool.
In the center of the case, attached
to the partition. was a black mirror.
Into this Won aTarsenheim now began
to gaze with intense eagerness. "They
comet" he mnttered, at last. "The re-
Elections of their auras-the shadows
of these two fools soulsi" Then he
went from the one rigid man to the
other, turning on a wire, in the collar
here, turning one off there, and be.
tween each operation he consulted
the mirror, rubbing his hands together
delightedly.
"As two clouds melt into one an.
other" he muttered, their auras are
fusing. The Jupiterian influence is
strong in the American, and Venus in
them both. The other will be poet
with business head-that is funny!
On, it will be very funny! l will give
him some more of Jupiter!" Ha
manipulated the switch, and in one
of the vacuum tubes the light of steel
blue flashed and sparkled, for mo-
ment subduing the others "And this
American little more of the lunar
vibrations-and the other can spare
them. An idealistic materialist-ho
no." Again he manipulated the wires
and a pale mauve light predominated.
He stood in front of Fabian for a
moment with folded arms. "You are
too susceptible, my friend-you and
my daughter, Elsa. You feel too cas-
Hy the effect of vibrations with which
you are both in tune. Well, we'll!
When you are Of the same star group
who shall blame you? No, no, my
TREND, l do not blame you, but
change your tune little; that is best
and most interesting to watch the
effect when you see Elsa again-with
the affinity broken
He turned off one of the switches in
Fabian's collar and turned on another.
Then he gazed into the staring eyes
for a full minute. $50! You care not
for my daughter any more. How
could you ever have thought her beau.
tiful, with that turned-up nose?" He
laughed, moved away, and began to
walk about the room, looking at his
watch, as though timing the boiling
of an egg. After a while he came
back to the machine again.
Magnetic twins magnetic twins."
he murmured, as he gazed into the
mirror. 'It is wonderful! Ormuz, the
Chaldean, salute you--you very
clever Ormuz. The prevention of the
reflex action SO that one could be in
sulated-that is mine. There were
slaves born to bear such burdens in
Ormuzs day. They could be made
passive prisoners. No! Ormuz had
not that nrOblem Today tho slavas