The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15

dwelt 30 much on shirts and shirt-mak
Ing that you have grasped the essen
tials of the trade"
The patient inclined his head grave
". Il hope 1t Is no worse"
TT might aid me did l know you,
views in this matter" observed thu
physician.
The other did not speak at once. and
when he did it was with . curious hes
itancy. my views. 1 fear, are a.
strange a. my sickness. This nightly
labor seems SO real, 80 actual, that
I believe" he broke OF suddenly
and questioned: Doctor. do you thinl
1t possible that a mans astral body
I mean that part Of him which is finel
than flesh and blood yet not so fine al
spirit-could leave the physical body
toll in q sweatshop all night making
shirts. to return to that physical body
in the early morning, and when tho
man awoke he would think 1t Ill 4
dream?'
The physician's face had grown very
thoughtful. 60 on" he said.
IF a mans spirit. after he is dead.
Is able to tables and chairs,
may not his astral body. while he is
alive, have the physical power-en'
ergy-stamina-or what you will, to
cut and make shirts?"
Yes, yes; go on"
The patient spoke rapidly. Doctor.
I believe that somewhere in this city
there is q sweatshop where every
night the astrals of 100 men and WON.
en- are compelled by. some unholy
power to toll like slaves In making
shirts for a devil Jew"
The physician shook his head dubi-
ously. This IL flying kites in the re-
gions of speculation" he said.
Il admit. doctor, 1t sounds . bit
queer. But reflect: I have learned
to make shirts in my sleep; l have
toiled every night for four months It
this wretched business; It Is all too
real for q dream; while every morn
ing I am exhausted from, labor done
in my sleep"
"Have you v e located this sweat
shop-while awaken"
mo. l. have attempted to do 10,
but failed. But New York - . big
city. Doctor"
You have found none Of these shirts
In the cheap department s~tores7"
They are Of q common kind. I
could scarcely recognize. them among
others such"
why don't you impress your astral
to mark them in some way that you
could recognize?" suggested the ply
thinking. to drive his patient
into 4 corner Of absurdfty.
Instead Of being offended. The pa.
tent grasped eagerly at the sugges-
ton. II will, doctor, I Will" He UNI
buttoned his vest. Look. I'll run the
cro here. making q little
triangle. Such a thing is never done,
and perhaps the Jew may not, notice.
It."
you would seem to have more need
Of . detective than . DOCTOR" said
the physician.
mot so. I have come to you for
to make me sleep-sleep 30
soundly that NO power can drag my
astral from my body. L must have
rest or my brain will snap, and some
morning they viii ind me dead in
bed"
The physician arose and touched
his patient on the shoulder. Don't
talk Of death while there Is sleep. /
will give you Q powerful opiate for q
few nights and We may break up this
business. Meantime, mark the shirts
- you have planned. keep your eyes
open for the Jew daytimes, and don't
worry"
When the patient had taken his
the physician shook his head
thoughtfully. HE does nothing al
lay. 70 nature has put him to work
his sleep. Well. let him do q lit
lie worth while and he won't have to
10 much worth nothing"
It was evident that the physician
Nv A0At4 III uAo R8SlCut y AOAIO,
Ind when, q week later, he learned
hat the man had been found dead in
,ed, with haggard face and toil-worn
,ody. he still considered the case to
nave been purely pathological.
But shortly afterwards, as the ply
'ician stepped into = large depart
nent store to escape . sudden show
\. his attention was attracted BY a
piled high with mems cheap
'hirts, and pausing q moment ana
usually examining one, he was
hooked to note that the thread had
zen worked at the tab in the form Of
small triangle. such ~ his patient
lad decided upon as Z possible means
4 a~utAsnticatng his sub-conscious
.bors.
He purchased the garment and.
the most careful inquiry, for the
'hirt bore no makers mark, sue
'eeded In locating the sweatshop
where Il had been manufactured. But
lers his search abruptly ended. He
ound . gang Of workmen tearing !
lown the nre-oharred ruins Of the
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