Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-03

we'll as host"
If give YOU l,aroie." be asked.
wilt You believe IKE 1nd let Us talk
freeiyE''
"Ie<." s:hd slowly You ere n
lar. hut | do hot think you will break
parole
threw the pistol on the seat be-
tween Va. What Is 1t you want to
know | asked, And again | ask
.Tou why are you here when you are
supposed to be In South Caroliua?''
| Il have business here. You cost me
my chance out there in the west" he
answered slowly. In turn / cost you
your chance there. l shall cost you
other things here. said You should
pay my debt" He motioned toward
my neck with his slim finger. 49,.
Yes. you saved my life," 1 said.
"and have hated you for that ever
Cnce." -@~-~. IA
"Will you make me one promiseY'
Perhaps, but hot in advance"
"And will you keep M
IF make It." 3 :.
"Will you promise me to do one
thing you have already promised to
| doY' r.. -
"Orme, am in no mood to sit here
and gossip like an old woman"
'Oh. don't act ugly. You're done out
| Of 1t all around, in any case. Belknap,
it seems, was to beat both you and
me. Then why should not you and
try to forget? But now as to this lit
tie promise. / was only going to ask
you to do as much as Belknap, or less"
Every well, then" -.t- ~
~ want you to promise to marry
Grace Sheraton" .-..-.ss'. ~.
I laughed in his face. 81 thought you
knew me better than that. Orme. I'll
attend to my own matters for myself,
shall not even ask you why You,
want so puerile promise. am much
of q mind to shoot you. Tell, me, who
are you. and what are you, and what
are you doing in this country ?" .s.e
do you really want to known" he
smiled. j. &. ~. 49, s.s..=.. -.
"Assuredly I do. i demand 1t.
II believe will tell yous them" he
said quietly. He unused for a time be-
fore he raised his head and went on.
81 am Charles Gordon 0rme, mar
outs of Butte and Rayne Once lived
in England. For good reasons have
since lived elsewhere. / am what is
known as. a black sheep-a very very
black one ~. = ~, -.
4"Yes. you are a retrograde, a rene
gade, a backyard and murderer. /
said to him calmly. 8, -, =. !
Ia"All Of those things and much more,
he admitted cheerfplly, and calmly. VI
am two persons or more than two. I
can't IN the. least make all this plain to
you In your grade of Intelligence. Per-
haps you have heard Of exchangeable
personalitiesP'. -.
II have heard Of double personalities
and double lives" i said, sbut I have
never admired ,them,"s 81, .g. 81
1--WE will. waive your admiration.
Let me say that I can exchange my
personality. The Jews, used to say
that men Of certain mentality Were
possessed of a devil. I.only say that !
was a student in India, One phrase is
good as another. The Swami Hana-
data was my teacher I am q .rajaI
yogi, have taken the eight mystic
steps. For years even here in this
country have kept up the sacred ex-
ercises Of breath, Of posture, Of
thought"
"All that means nothing to me-" ]
said. ~.
NO; 1t means nothing for me to tell
you that I have learned Yama, Niya-
ma, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara,
Dharana, fDyhana and Samadhi. Yes.
was something Of an adept once. !
learned calm, meditation, contempla-
ton, introspectiOn, superconscious rea-
soning-how to cast my own mind to a
distance. how to bring other minds
close up to me- But",-he smiled with
all his old mockery-"mostly I failed
on Pratyahara, which says the senses
must be quelled. subdued and set
aside. All religions are alike to me,
religion. I'd liefer die than not enjoy.
My religion, l say, Is to play the great
games-to adventure and above all to
enjoy. That is why am in this coun-
try. also why 1 am in these grounds
tonight"
You are playing some deeper game
than / known"
Il always am. How could you be
expected to understand what 1t. took
me years to learn? But l suppose in
your case you need few practical and
concrete proofs. Let me show you a
few things. Here. put your hand on
my heart" "A
obeyed. You feel it beatY' he
said. Now it stops beating does 1t
not?' And as live. it. had stopped!
Feel on thei opposite side" he COM
manded. l did so. and there was his
heart. clear across his body. and beat
ing as before! Now l shall stop 1t