The Washington herald., 1908-05-13

TO be able 10 drink all want, smoke ali
want, and all that sort Of thing Now,
what l want TO know, is this; VIII the
other chap get drunk when I drink to
much, or viii /? And paresis. and all
that sort Of thing-h9W about that"
All. my friend, for that / have made
all provision. ] might transfer those
also TO the other man. but it would be
unkind. This is what / do: You have
heard OF mental science? Well that Is
great half-truth in the wrong hands.
They say matter does not exist. We'll,
there is such a world, but it is not this
world. Like every other religion or the
ory which has taken hold Of many peo-
pie, there Is some truth In IT, Ormuz, the
Chaldean, he was himself almost a mem
tai scientist for he knew that IL a man
could make himself believe that he had
no pain in his head, he would have 10
pain in his head And how could he
do this? Because the mind has power
over matter. and by hypnotism he could
gain this power. And so, If you believe
that you can drink a bottle Of whisky
and 1t shall not make you drunk, and
spend the night in reveiry and not be
tired, you shall not be drunk, you shall
not be tired The mental scientist says
there is no such thing as disease, and
hoiic poison. You cannot have what does
not exist-you cannot have disease-you
cannot get disease"
That's sound" interiected Vandraken;
that is quite sound"
But how TO believe strongly enough,
that is the difficulty Yet by hypnotism.
carried to the point where 1 can carry it.
II Is quite simple. I hypnotic you, and
also the other man. I make you both be-
lieTe that for five years you can feel no
physical effects from dissipation, and
you will feel none-any more than the
mental scientist can feel a cold in the
head which he does not believe exists.
Il see the point" said Vaudraken.
why. I hadn't thought Of mental SCI
ence in that way before
Without NE to furnish the hypnOtism
and the viii power, Il would have done
you no good: you could not believe
strongly enough unless you were hypno-
tized. And so I, by my knowledge of
these forces, can put you in control Of
another man, whether through the fusion
Of these auras and planetary vibrations.
or under the name of hypnOtism-what
matters the name? OF hypnotism YOU
have seen the effect. 1t would take years
to teach you the cause. So this I say:
put you in control Of this other man,
and you viii that to him shall come the
consequence Of each excess, and it viii
be so. You shall spend the night drink
ing the red wine, living the red life ia
the arms of the so wonderful women that
your money will draw about you; yes
you shall have all the love that money
can buy, more than all the sultans OF the
East. and in the morning you shall wake
as the child wakes"
= eft Err- f-e1
eh2 But how about the other man?"
He shall spend the night in sleep. but
he shall wake from bad dreams, and in
the mirror he shall see the shadow deep
en- on his face. another line about his
eyes, which will be more sunk, his mouth
shall be looser. but the leer on his lips
will be the more seen for that. On. he
will not like himself Come I show
you something" He went over 20 the
corner where the curtained object was.
and drew the curtains.
\ large glass was disclosed, divided in
two. In one side was a glass stool on a
rubber mat; a stool on the other side
was made OF some kind Of metal; across
the top ran some glass tubes. in which
coiored light flashed spasmOdicalIy. but
the cOlors varied in the different tubes. Of
which there were nine. Vandraken no
/
Of the tubes flashed. while others had
scarcely any effect on him; but all af-
fected him differently.
-'X-rays?" questioned Yandraken. cor
is 1t helium?'
Neither" answered Won Tarsenheim.
They are planet rays"
"Wha-atI" cried Vandraken, taking a
hasty step backward Here! Let me
out OF thisl'
But they viii not bite; they WiIl not
jump out at you. They are like birds in
their little cages. See the plumage, the
nice plumage, of different color for every
planet Red or yellow or blue, according
to the nature of their vibrations"
But it is Incredible gasped Vandra-
ken, eollapsing IN chair at a respectful
distance.
"Ah. yes. it is incredible; that is why
do not speak Of it in the newspapers. The
sun rays, now, focused in the magnify
ing glass-piffl children play with them
The moon rays, lovers reach their arms
10 them, poets write OF them. the tides
dance with them. But the rays Of JUpi-
ter, and Mars. and Venus, and the others
twinkle, twinkle, little star! Yes?' He
laughed mockilgly
TN getting my thousand pounds
worth. / certainly ami murmuced Van
draken. Its a frst-class peep-show-
all creation hopping about the room.
There was a man IN New York who
claimed that every one radiated some par
ticulsr color Of his own, and said he
could see them. For FIVE dollars he'd tell
you what your color was"
THE police arrested bim-yes? I know
him. They club him on the head. and call
him crank. and fine him ten dollars. He
saw mems souls, that man, but he talked
about it, He was a fool
Souls" said Va3Sraken. impatiently.
You surely don't insist that I believe in
them?'
There are many words. my friend. for
something about US not made Of pToto-
plasm. but soul is the shortest. You
need not believe now, but when you are
hypnotized you will subconsciously be
lieve"
Il take no stock in it-none whatever.
A body is enough for me. The other
thing was invented by persons, 50 they
could rook you" He spoke defantly, but
uneasily.
The parsons? Oh. yes. # was easy for
them once: bodies were not so comfort
able as they now are 50 people liked the
idea OF the soul. Now they have the nice.
long, comfortable life. they say it is
enough: the soul is one damned nuisance
When / finish my invention for making
death the end OF all things. people viii
nay me more than all the clerics in the
world: then l am the richest man Of all.
Oh. the poor clerics! Ormuz. the Chal-
dean. would have done this. but PtoIemy,
the king. put him TO death It was best
for him. The priests would have burned
him (as they viii want TO burn mel and
his book. and then l, Abdul Won larsen
helm. would not have seen it.
Look here" said Vandraken. Tn col
lecting rare books. I'll give you your
price for that one"
Some day perhaps I sell it. Ny moth
er's tribe of the desert gypsies. they Kill
ma II thau Encu- I have II rThers noe a