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


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Aan6ficsn reporters y ss'ss
~ ycu sAy that asaiA S1sse
out you'll have me for ! pstiS1
Can the Tabors on the phone n
OF them win tell you I'm II thslS
condolences; and can identity ~
selK Wesre both Of W wasting tlInA
The scuIptnrcd .ace scowled ~ M4
Tor IN instant, then relaxed wxkh J.
piercing Cackle Of mirth. "0Ood.
wasee Tins no more. then. but -
nsvo you. See, he spread out Tho
to]e4rAm. TT ID TO her so. Now
II YOU come with me-
Mrs. Tabor has just started home
from New York In the motor. satd
j. Our trAin leaves In half an h6ur.
Are you roady?"
Doctor P&ulus did, not say another
word until we were safely aboard the
train and out OF the tunnel. Then
he turned suddenly upon me.
Have not scen you at so-called
sDirituaiist1c Bcance. he chirped.
Yes" sAid, where we both heard
. mysterioua voice called Familiarity
BY the name Of Mra Tabor's elder
daughter. What II more. have just
seen Mrs. Tabor herself At another
seance. where she talked with this
so-callcd spirit Intimately. She has
been doing 90, unknown to her fam
lily. for q long time; and there In your
irritating cause. That's why she has
hailucinations OF her daughters pres
ence."
Doctor Pauius received my revela-
ton with somewhat humiliRting calm.
He showed not the least astonishmen emit,
nor did he answer for some minutes,
but sat frowning in front Of him,
and drumming with q large white
siand upon the wfndow-sill. When he
spoke again, It was with 4 smile.
Mr.. Crosby, md myself yes
Interested somewhat In you. First /
see you at spirituAlism; then before
q house where another seance 10 about
to be; next pass you in the subway.
and . few minutes thereafter pres
entity behold you riding = chnd,s
bicycle after my brougham 10 dis
cover me-Now also. recall to have
seen you in the country. when was
with the young medical man who
sends this impetuous telegram. There
fore ] say, since you are not . re-
porter, you have a mind either ur-
balanced or very well balanced. And
you now bring me eagerly this In
formation, 30 that you are with the
Tabors much interested, which may
prove--you are no relation, Is II not
SOP" He laid his hand upon my
knee. 1T IL not your mind then, but
q heart unbalanced, which produces
often great mental activity"
l was both embarrassed and Inn
patient. Am / right. then, about Mrs.
Tabor" asked Isn't there q
chance OF \ permanent cure for her
by removing her from this spiritualism
business? II we can only"
He held up his hand. Let Ia not
leap to the conclusion. That 10 what
tell always to the Doctor Reid He
- bright young man. but he leaps
too much to che conclusion. So prob
ably he han said to you that Mrs.
Tabor 10 paranoiac. which may be
tion Of the mind. only hysteriA that
may be aided by removal OF the irri-
tation. am too old to be quickly
sure. Now. / repeat to Reid that .
medical man must save his mental
or physical Jumps for cases OF OK
tremity. He must not jump all the
time: that IL how you are neurasthenfc
in America Hygteria. that We can
by removing suggestions and tntros-
pections .. Hate. or ;.eghaps cure. And
there Ynay be also ha,iuctnations and
tie fixed idea Therefore It Ii 10 like
a shadow OF INSANITY. The dAughter's
death. we knew al ;i1st. And have
said that some continual suggestion
was to r. sought for. which might
produce this Illusion Ct her daugh-
rsu =
have perhaps found. So we are ready
20 consider Tell RE now all that
you know, carefully. Not your own
deductions I want. but the facts
alone"
When j had finished. he sat silent
for Il long time, f., wnlnx on his hand
as it drummed idly on the window
ledge.
has for some time been attending
spirituaiisms unknown to her fam
ily?" he asked abruptly at last.
They all seemed to know her, and
to recognize the voice called Miriam.
She went about II besides in q very
accustomed way. And before her
first disappearance this summer--the
first ! knew VI personaily--she had
q telephone message from Mrs Mahl.
l answered It, and ! recognized her
voice afterward."
After another long silence Tventur-
ed; Hasn't she always been worse
after she has been away"
He answered In = preoccupied tons,
as II had merely tapped the cur
rent Of his own thought: 1T seemed
1t nrF 10 me = temporary break
down only. which ! looked to grow
batter 1 have bAen4 much faisap~
pointed that It has not. and she grows
periodically worse coincidently with
disappearanes OF which they do not
know in time to control them. SO l
tell them that some harmful practice
Is added to the original cause. and
they assure mo that no now thing
comes into her life. unless" he
looked ut me Qufzsically---ssa young
man whose interest in the reMaininS
daughter causes him to follow scien-
lists about ON bicycles. / recommend
quiet and tho. removal Of reminis-
cences. and still the irritation goes
on. Now. as to spiritualism. there
have not made up my mind. I
investigate It N human abnormal
ity, for to ma. like the Roman. moth
ing human II TO be thought foreign.
1t looks to be tricksry. and yet that
In not sure, but there may be scien-
the interest there. Certainly 20 great
~ man - Lomhtoso 4ound much to
interest. In tho end we shall, Al I
think. md all manifestations physi-
cal, or perhaps there Is here some
little known semi-psychic force dis
engaged from the living persons pres
ent. or the dead there Is little cause
70 speculate. However it be OF al