The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

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IT'S faith hat counts, you know"
she said. DO you want the sitting at
once, Mr.. Karpen?"
She pouched the fifty dollars and
went into the cabinet.
Professor, the old FOOLS stayed to
see his SON. she said. Don't be
scared to go out to him. I've got the
fifty, and he won't try any rough
house business, | guess"
Old Mr.. Karpen, seated alone in
front of the cabinet, saw a luminous
cloud upon the floor, which slowly
changed into the form of a spirit. 1t
was a tremulous spirit, for the pro-
fessor was more i'll at ease than he
had been in many a day
Here is your son, Mr.. Karpen,'
said the medium softly. Don't touch
him. He isn't fully materialized yet,
and if you were to lay hands On him
the astral influence might project an
elemental in his place and snatch him
away
Father" whispered the tremulous
wrath. You wanted to see me, ia
Their. o how glad l ami You didn't
treat me very well when / vas in the
world of fieshly phenomena
81 know | didn't, Percy" answered
old Mr.. Karpen.
How is Edith" inquired the
ghost.
Oh, t~olerable," answered the old
man. AT least. she was the last
time l heard of her. How did you die,
Percy?'
q am not dead said Percy with a
sob. Il have passed over into the
~summerland, as the result of a blow
OF the head, delivered"
In a saloon, Percy? How often
have l warned you
mo, father. 1t was a quarrel in a
freight car. I was working my way
home to you, to implore your forgive
ness, when the brakeman found me
and struck me on the forehead. l was
stunned by the blow and pitched for
ward over a bridge on to a Jagged
rock in the river bed a thousand feet
below. When l recovered conscious
ness I was in summerland. Father
have you cared for Edith?"
Why, no, Percy" answered the old
man. 81 told you not to get married
until you found a job. l didn't fee.
called upon to support Edith. But
understand she has a steady job a
a dollar a day as a seamstress-'
Then listen, father" cried the
ghost pa%ssionately. 81 swear to you
that unless you take Edith into you.
home and cherish her l will haun
you for the remainder of your days
l will never give you peace. If yol
love me, cherish my poor wife"
81 don't know about that, Percy,
answered the old man thoughtfully. Il"
understand that she can take prett,
good care of the child"
What" shouted Percy, and for tn
first time a dreadful suspicion bega,
to show itself in Madame Ida's mar
ner. Have l a child?"
"A pretty little two-year-old, Pc
] cy," said the old man wistfully. "A
i sweet a little toddler as eve l saw.
And you have let my wife an
child starve on a dollar a day, yo
n llltIldl SCOullultl SlOulSu III
. ghost, throwing off its trappings an
striding up to the father. "Fathe
b it is l, Percy, in flesh and blood.
. am not a ghost"
I The old nan rose stifly out of h
; chair.
5 That's just like you, Percy" b
said reproachfully. You never wei
strong for veracity. First you tell n
q, you are a spirit and then you say yo
aren't. Which am l to believer"
He is a spirit" cried Madame Id
- THE elementals have got him ar
80 built up a framework of flesh ar
blood about him. l warned you, NJ
~ Karpen. Your son is in summe
land
~ Il tell you I am a human bein
you old impostor," shouted Perc
cIutching his father by the arm. IF
Their, surely you know me: Look
u mel"
~ 1T does look like you, Percy" a
:" nlitted his father. But you know Il
te elementals are clever fellows. He
49, do l know you aren't in summerlal
H. and that the elementals are just TO,
TX ing me?"
"Of course they're fooling you
Is shouted Madame Ida angrily. "Y.
en- aren't the first mar that has be
fooled by an elemental. Why, Que
Victoria once said to me"
ex- I'm afraid you are an element
pa Percy said his father, shaking
he head. And I'm sorry, because if
ms was really you I'd ask you to forg
ed the past and come home with n
ed, where your wife and baby have be
be living two years past, and-say, P
re- cy, you internal chump, if you
a ready TO quit this foolishness a
be- come home there's a job waiting
i'm you and the calf ready for I
We, butcher"
wv you bet your life!" yelled Per
as fjnging his arms about his father.
And Madame Ida, looking alterna
lot ly at the door and at her fifty dolla
he realized that she would have to E
the a new professor before. the n,
seance.
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