The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
'CTUDIES IN
- SUPERSTITION
The Old Boston Mile Post.

DIR. Achilles Blore had now reached the
point in the prepa ration Of hts comprr-
hensiva and reconcile work on super
stitionS- where he was tracing the rela-
ton between ancient beliefs IA amuietS
and certain phases incident To the NOR"
Obscure nervous disorders II modern
pathology.
Take agoraphobia. for instance. said
the doctor triumphantly. The cave
man. v"nturing ont from his gloomy re-
treat, came tn worship n supernatural
the very roCksand posts by which hr found
his way hack from the outer danger"
Ia the inner safety. In the very touch
of them there was assurance and fortune.
ia the very neglect OF them there was APP
prehen-ion and ~ luck
This old feeling OF reliance upon the
stability % inaninate things often now
affects curioualy elderly men of s''d"ntarN
life When they venture on, from their
studies into the open this agoraphobia.
ar fear 81 unprotected space. would over
whelm them were IL not for trust in some
senseiess stick or stone stuck up along
their way. az course I am thinking OF
old Prof Schenck. and Why not
don't believe II would he possible for him
TO cross the campus to his lectures did
he not reassure himself bv touching the
old Boston mile post
There were quick steps on the circular
-iairs With deferential rap tall.
-oldicrly young man a. defsrentally
entered
Why. Jim Lance cried the doctor.
A. ~
thoughts 4 have no time 20 sea Won
unless your business should b~ ger
name
lite queer and blind enough 20 me ca he
German. doctor. replied the detective
simply: but that's NOT all | know how
fond Won are Of your colleague AT the
university old Prof SChenck Have
you heard that he has sappeared,-
-HenN ems no Nv good old friend
Nhv he was just on my mind
Hes on mine also doctor. Part Of
my business - 10 find hum with as nv"
publicity a. possible. but u seemed too
mi N,,d NJ with the other 20 be Strengthened
nut by ordinary common sense. 50 came
10 you
That's right. jim agreed the doctor
eagerly for he scented an abnormal or
sII,eruormal Influence which might fur
nlsh a concrete instance 10 his tavorIte
aNoCation SIT down and GO ahead.
have, plenty Of time. hui let everything
ba done d-C-ntlv and IN order Tell IN"
yoUr bustns-- rtIcC~s-IN-lv, from the egg
To the apple
I'm. meat II the egg il the BiHby
case replied the detective. just a. the
Sch-nCk Ease - IN. core of the apple
| had Just begun working on the former
when | was also a-sign-,l to toe latter
There couldn't well bs matters more far
apart than the theft of a lsdy'S diamond
NECK lace down m 'h,. big CIty and the
a -app@aranc~ Of a nice old gentleman
up IN This little college town but they
DO seem m Ned 'ogsther
-D~-crib- the BiNbv case said The
doctor a. u from ms platform
Whereupou Lance made a vsrv credit
ahl" r'.rltatlon ~ ~" strange advsnfur"
that bad b"fall-n tho Young Mrs lacoh
B'Npv a. hsr NY hotel the M gh' before
She hal h"'n a-ravIug herself Tor some
Gorgeous function when a. ugh' Sisy
-h" 'urUs.d -NI~"'Ing Ia 49, her maud who
had u.."n ca'l'-d aWaV Instead So wa~
~ al slight Young vuTuar
whose h"avv hla"k veil hid her FACE
uut did not completely hide her ma---'-
- hr ght hight hair Thus Young woman
was levslling a revolver in 80 determined
wAv thai Mrs BiNby had AZ once sur
rendered :h. famous diamond necklA - B
which had been a wedding present from
her fond aud agei husband and then
had suffered herself TO he lock 81 IN a
DARK closet. whence ~ Was long before
heF cries were heard
This Information had Teen tslsphonaI
10 the chief by the aged Jacob himself
who said that he had reasons 81 hIs own
for believing that the iInpudsni thief
had come from Pierson. the college town
He had aslye-I that the diamonds he re-
covered without prosecution or pub
betty and 20 lance had he~n asst gued the
dslIcats task