Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-28

ever been so far, developed. And
while the ideas which Won larsen
helm had tried to explain to him
about the soul had in no way shaken
his materialistic creed, he saw no OBJ
lection to the theory that the invisible
connections which existed between
man and man had something to do
with planetary vibrations. But, as far
as he was concerned, he would have
been every bit as well satisfied had
Won Tarsenheim simply told him that
he was going to operate by hypnotic
! suggestion. brought to hitherto un-
]dreamed-of point.
CHAPTER w.
| Vandraken left Won Tarsenheims
rooms feeling he must talk to some
one Immediately. Remembering his
promise to Lord Ancestor, to tell him
the result of his meeting with the
writer of the letter, he went straight
to that nobleman's chambers. His
chauffeur was surprised to hear Van
draken say, Let her rip, Morton.
| This Is not a funeral procession!"
For hitherto he had not been bit by
the speed mania. But now that he
was on the Threshold of buying i'm
munity from some OF the limitations
of the body, he began to realize his
antagonism to the limitations Of
space and time. Morton, the chauffeur,
did his best, but they were held up
by a block in Piccadilly.
What make of motor is this, Nor
toni" chafed Vandraken.
| can Upton, SIR
SIS it the fastest there is?"
Lord, no, sir But it's the best all
round, comfort, safety, appearance,
and as fast as there's any use for
"I've use for the very fastest, Nor
ton I'm tired of crawling. What is it?
Where is it to be had?"
THE Verdun, Paris. But"
"Well, go to Paris tonight, and buy
me one. Damn this block! could get
there quicker walking Buy me the
fastest motor that can be made. I'm
losing years of life going about so
slowly"
''All right, sir. I'll buy it, but re-
ally couldn't undertake to drive it."
''Well, then, buy me some one who
will, Morton. You can drive the cleo
trio brougham and things. There!-
now you can get through"
The Earl of Ancestor was born
with q silver spoon In his mouth, but
his well-meaning relatives bad con-
spired with circumstances to jerk it
out Because he was an earl, and had
a very good income, they insisted on
melting him down and pouring him
into the mould which convention has
shaped for the young man of wealth
and position Nature meant the boy
to see visions and dream dreams and
create beauty in some form or an
other. His uncle and guardian, thor
cughly conventional men, decided
that the only way to eradicate this
deplorable and morbid tendency was
to follow up public school education
with cavalry regiment.
They succeeded in breaking him of
his imaginative tendencies-it is not
difficult. for while. He became very
good at sports, particularly polo,
which on account of it's pace and pic
turesqueness. appeals to imaginative
men. But he was left to battle with
vague yearning which he did not I'M
derstand. He spent his early youth
searching feverishly for something,
he did not know what, or even where
to look for it. A menu of life was pre-
sented to him. He ordered every dish.
but left the table dissatisfied, and
some of the dishes were very expen-
sive.
At twenty-one he fell in love with
Lady Donoyle, and his starved mag
nation, which had now lost all sense
of proportion, sent him wild over a
married woman Of twenty-seven,
whose husband, a dissipated brute,
had treated her shockingly, and then
gone mad.
Lady Donoyle had acknowledged
that she was moved by his devotion
but steadily refused to run away with
him The mere fact that her world
would have found excuses for her de-
/ tered, and sense of humor, which
saw possibilities of ridiculous ele-
ment kept her from yielding to the
dictates of passion.
His baa!ed love, which was no boy
| ish infatuation, as Lady Donoyle be-
lieved, but a far-reaching sense of af-
lection, drove him completely out of
his course. He gave up the army and
1 went in for racing and anything else
which held any measure OF excite
ment. Being very attractive man
many offers of consolation came his
way. And as a man opens book after
book, seeking something of real in
terest, the young man took up one
woman after another, read the first
chapter, looked at the e1.l, yawnej
and tried something else.
Men are often called inconsistent
when they do the thing which their
real nature impels them to do instead
of the thing which the worlds esti
mate had led it to expect.
When Vandraken was shown into
his rooms. he looked up from letter
he was writing, and observed: Hello
Vandraken! I was just writing tc
you"
NO! Were your
yes. To ask you to let me have
that letter and not to go near thai
/ chap, Won Ia .senheim. But" tearins
up the note, you have saved ms tk'
trouble. No, not that chair; the one
by the window is twice as comforta
BILE"