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smiled at me

such things as the affair affect me
deeply at times" he said calmly.
"Then / feel still, in spite of all
should have learned, the impulse to
rush forth and cry from the housetops
those great truths which the world
does not care to hear and which each
soul must learn for itself. Now I
shall again become your old friend
Semi Dual"
felt shaken still by the scene
had just passed through.
DO you mean" 1 questioned, chat
every thought and word and act which
we form leaves a record of itself ?"
Thoughts, words, and actions are
only different forms of vibration"
said Semi. every vibration set into
action must continue to act until it
meets something to neutralize or no.
lirize itself. Surely, you kno wthat ?"
"And why should our names COM
pei us to be certain things ?" / press
ed.
"Do you remember" he. asked
what / once told you of astrology--
how each planet in the earth's uni
verse had distinct quality? Gordon,
every letter equally has a distinct
quality which harmonizes with some
one of the planetary bodies.
"Supposing man has name.
% Of h. La IL
name and the mean quality of their
qualities will harmonize with the
mean influence of certain planets.
That mans name is the thing by
which he is known, and he must vi
brate in tune to it's elemental parts
and to their combined quality. This
in truth, will follow some definite
ratio to the scale of planetary har-
mony with which it is keyed. The re-
suit must be to keep that mans as
tral self keyed to the same ratio. Do
you see, my friend?"
"In way" told him. "And so
if you were given a name which mir
rored certain traits, and could learn
which of the planetary influences were
operating most strongly upon him at
certain time, you could predicate
what his action might be-"
Exactly, my FRIEND" said Semi
Dual.
"And that is what you did,"
Last night" he said slowly, "Mars,
the planet of violence, war, blood
shed, was badly aspected toward a
certain man in this city. Its influ-
ence predominated and overcame that
of the other planets. Last night that
man stole forth and killed and old
man in his sleep and shot another
man unawares."
"And you know that MANI"
81 know" said Semi Dual. "And
because l know have done all have
done to-day. Once more am the
means to the end, the agent through
whom the law will manifest itself, the
chosen weapon. And yet mine is not
a pleasant task, for l shall be COM
PEELED once more to tear aside the veil
and leave poor soul exposed in all
its pitiful nakedness of wrongdoing
withthe brand of Cain across it's brow
at is not pleasant, yet should l hold
my hand greater wrong would fol-
low: an innocent man might be brand
ed with another's crime in the eyes
of man, and an innocent woman be
cheated of her happiness. Therefore
Idon the gown of the savant and
gather abuot me the tools of the craft
and with these implements l shall ap-
ply the acid test to human soul and
prove it OF be not gold, but dross.'
THE proof then lies in purely ma
terial lines?" l questioned.
"Material~proof for material men,
said Semi Dual.
"But how" | asked in surprise
"can chemistry prove that Gustav was
victim of another's murderous i'm
pulses?"
"By proving that he could not have
not done what it was made to appear
that he did do" replied Dual.
"Then the bit of skin from the
wound in Gustav's head is part OF
the material for your tests?" | cried
as the meaning struck me.
Dual smiled.
Ito be continued)