The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

turned Tho light on me last, evening
she said ] wlah ] could express inc
undulating rise and fall Of her mice
tion- II was almost as VI she SANG
the words cot course with him pres
ent ] would not be Willing 10 do any
thing. 1t was very painful btsiaes
the risk, a dreadful shock Ike that
Fl shall not be Sc the room" ] an
sweresx. and I'm sorry to have caused
you any discomfort, Mrs Mahl we
needed the light I thought"
oh. /, wasn't che pain she smiled
with lifted eyes. We grow So used
to IL that we don't consider Slfferlng.
II was very dangerous. waking ono
out OF control suddenly. You might
have killed me. bat Of course. you
| weren't aware" She turned 20 Doctor
Paulusf You upa arBtand, doctor. how
II Is, how IL strains the vitality. Inc
gentleman didn't rcalige"
1 We had become. at the outset, four
strong men leHgped against AN dp-
pealing and helpless woman, ierhaps
] should gay three, for Doctor Haulus
did not seem impressed,
Yes, j know" he ehirpcd. I'VE
need not, how ever, consider that. on
are here, madam, az / have told you.
for scientific experiment under my
direction. Mr. Crosby VIII not he in
the room. With your permission, /
win now explain the nature of that
experiment There is in this house
ID lady. a patient of mine, Mrs. Tabor,
/! who has for some time frequently sat
I with you. She has'on these occasions
habitually cenversed, as sho believes.
with the spirit of her daughter, Mir
/ lam. that is some, years dead
/ THAT is our greatest work" She
was not looking at Doctor PauIus, but
at the rest OF LIS. ITO he able to soften
the great separation. \ Ola others hops
for 81 reunion beyond the grave, but
we ourselves know. II you could only
/ beiieve--if you could realize how Won
derful it is 10 have communion with
! your"
/ We shall not 20 into that" said
/ Doctor Paulus. Mrs. Tabor, as /
saLid, believes. she Is therefore in a
! ~ '4sTcal condition. TO which You
( have largely helped 10 contribute. /
/ do NOT say she is insane; she Is not.
! But / do say she stands on tho part
I Ing Of the ways, ana that, 10 save her
mind, or as it may be, her life. 1t is
necessary that these unhealthy con-
versations sYail cease"
The medium looked now at Doctor
paulua 'f,I'he poor wonaanl Isn't it
lterrible2 But you know. / can't be-
{ lieve, doctor. that the situngs do any
: thing but Roothe and comfort her. II
can't be that you think her insane
Just because she believes in spiritual
ism You believe too much yourself
for that"
| Doctor Paulus looked at her stead
/ lily. Il have told yon plainly that she
Is not insane yet" he said.
sec here. snapped Reid. He had
s. n fer4f 81
In his chair for some minutes mo
use discussing the ethics of your bust
ness With YOU. let's come right down
to the facts. We're not asking for
advice. Wera. stating d case. Plain
fact IL that Mrs. Tabor's going insane.
You can stop II by showing her that
! these suppressed spirits are n trick.
VIII you do 1t, or not That's the
Whole question"
! The medium had risen and was
looking for ser handkerchief, ewing
I Reid with meek fearleEsucss. ''Of
course, I'm used to this she muir
nurssd, but not among educated peo-
Pile A Tes~ centuries aga doctor, your
profession was regarded in the same
light I don't Imagine we can ha.Xo
anything In common. IL the car still
AT the. door T.
"Hold on, Waltcr." Mr. Tabor inter-
EAiIfttNl fEIftftt aAAst iytf III .ASA
allow for Our feelings in his mat
tier. Please sit down again. New,
no make no CheTRos against you The
/ issue Is not whether You are sincere
in vpur beliefs, nor whether we agree
with them" He moved ono hand In
slow, broad gesture "AlI that we
iegve aside. The point Is here. Mrs.
Tabor belief in these things Is harm
ful and dangerous 10 her. And it
must be done away with. like any
other harmful and dangerous thing.
We don't ask whether II Is illusion
or fact: We ask you. for the sake OF
her health. 10 Eaahe her believe that
It Is an Illusion"
lyon know. of course that ] have
no control over &he spirit voice" said
Mrs Nahi handy. DO YOU Nish me
20 refuse 10 sit for her.
Here and now. we wish TO have
you ssit for her" Doctor Paulus put
in, "ard show her, once for all how
this nor daughters spirit is made, II
Is t. cure her of al RIGHTEOUSNESS in
III, for with her mind clean Of such
poison she shall recover"
ITO he continued next Saturday,