New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17

quality of which became apparent IN voice and
gestures and richness Of expression. Grlscom
had already observed that she was a tall
woman with graceful figure
She turned with her charming smile TO an
swer his question, then laughed outright and
made an expressive little gesture with her
hands % | feel very well. thank you. Lord
Baltimore gives heroic doses of restorative.
case" said Griscom. 81 My head IS going round
like this wheel; but l lay 1t 70 the violence OF
late emotions rather than TO the violence OF
the cognac. feel now if / could chase
whole arena full OF lions. En- what:
He glanced quickly at his companion; tor
the girl had made a swift movement with her
hands, then caught her breath with little
gasp GriscOm was startled at the singular IN
tensity of her expression The color remained
in her face; but her eyes were fixed staring
her lips parted, and the small white teeth firmly
set. The next second all had disappeared
Pardon me, said GrisCOm- m sorry 70
have given YOU another shock. l should have
kept off the topic"
It's not that l was not exactly shocked
But when YOU said those words, a whole arena
full of lions had the most peculiar sensation,
she looked at him abstractedly, for the second
time to-day"
Why" said Griscom slowly, Il have had it
twice to-day myself
You have had it, Her blue ewes opened
very wide. But you don't know what 1t IS
Il think do. 1t IS that swift, teetIng sense
of-familiarity, shall / say,-a feeling as If the
same thing or words or short train of events
had happened before and in precisely the same
way. Then it's gone before l can fasten 1t, or
even think about it.
She stared at him amazedly. " But how did
you know that that what was feeling:
Il know more. / think. You had 1t when
came and stood IN front of yOu did YOU not,
or when you rose and stood beside me, and
your shoulder brushed against mine,
HE turned and looked at her squareIy. Both
1 faces were rather pale, She gave little
gasp, then stared straight ahead over the dash
board. How did you know"
Il thought it probable. because | had the
same feeling so strongly myself.
So YOU think it telepathy,'
From me TO YOU"
mot at all. From me 10 YOU"
But l." said GriscOm had already felt It
a few moments before; therefore 1t probably
originated with me, and. because We were both
extremely receptive and wrought up Just at
that moment transmitted itself 10 YOU.
She shook her head NO, 1 am sure it began
with me, and l viii tell YOU why. Ever since
my childhood, almost from babyhOOd, think,
| have had instructive, uncomfortable hOr-
ror of wild beasts. The first time they took me
TO menagerie | tainted away the moment l
Smelt that peculiar odOr that comes from the
lion house of a zoo. l was sixteen before
could even look at tiger or lion So YOU can
imagine what a shock it was 10 me, she Shud-
ucItd, when tntJ Dig JtWIlN DIuIe pushed out
from the bushes not twenty feet from me-"
The wonder IS" said GriscOm that YOU
are not utterly Frustrated or IN Mysteries"
. | am very strong. Besides, / am not a
coward. Wild animals are the only things IN
the world that terrify me- But perhaps the
reason for my not feeling any more after effects
IS the fact that the whole experience-shock
fright, and all-waS not new one. Ones SvS-
TEN gets accustomed IN time TO a certain form
OF attack, l suppose, especially ones nervous
system, and | have no doubt that the more
primitive the emotion the quicker one RECEIVERS.
monkey that has Just escaped the snake does
not lie awake shuddering all night; IT skips up
a tree and makes faces"
GrlScom nodded, and his gray ewes regarded
her with freSher interest
Ana l am very primitive in my instincts
Professor Gr1Scom; at least nv friends tell me
so, She laughed and the color in her cheeks
heightened And this fear of mine for wild
beasts must be very primitive instinct and
as say, my nervous system Is accustomed 10 IL
because | have had so MANY. many nightmares
OF Just this sort Ever since childhood / have
mad once IN about so often a dream that | was
about 10 be devoured by some sort of wild
beaSt,-that Is, some sort of big cat. lions
tigers, leopardS, black panthers. beasts thar
move With soft, silent steps great heavy