The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-30

past anu present, ny an lnSpeCtl0n OF
the infinite lineations Of their hands.
As he prosecuted his labors for these
queer trophies. he must have been
fascinated with the great possibill-
ties of his plan. How potent was his
power for good or evil; how easily he
might multiply the joys or sorrows Of
his unwary subjects; Low might he
share in their fortunes, by blending
his destiny with theirs. II a combina-
ton OF interests should thereby profit
him. Such bizarre knowledge or pow
er possessed by wicked person could
be the means Of infinite misery. Thus.
with the hand of a president in the
possession OF an anarchist, who. be-
ing palmist. might, by skillfully
dominating its represented forces,
which. according to the law Of des-
tiny. would shape the political poll
cies OF Its owner In governmental at
fairs. be able to wreck the republic.
As somewhat conversant with PALMS.
try myself. | comprehended oil these
possibilities at glance. '''r
By an examination OF Helen's palm
] saw where her life line" terminated
at about her eighteenth year, accord
ing to the palmistic chronology. At
this age she did die; and OF her death
DIR. Powell had been forewarned by an
observation Of the fatal indication. In
Poe's palm ! recognized the supreme
test of Powell's genius as palmist,
when he linked his fortunes with
Poe's. much to the latter's consterna-
tion and the peoples. When DR.. Pow
ell gained possession of the palm, Poo
was in his forty-seventh year-that
was the year OF the duel. The next,
the forty-cighth. was tho one In which
Poe made his fortunate investment in
real estate. AS coming events cast
their shadows before in the Lines" OF
the palm, Powell was forewarned. He
saw the sign as saw 1t. and marked
it with his pen In the year forty-eight.
The sign was peculiarly favorable and
practicable to Powell. 1t signified good
fortune by intelligent speculation and
not from blind luck, being represent.
ed in little line connecting the lines
of the head and the sun at the year
aforementioned. Therefore. Powell
had working basis for his plans.
His plans were to watch Poe's moves
during that year-he may have gotten
confidential agent to help him in this
and as Poe made one Investment
the one in real estate-Powell had no
difficulty in determining upon his
course. And the result proved that
he had reckoned well against his
enemy, whose cupldity was thereby
partly baffled; and this realization
a specias of revenge for base ingrati-
tude-was a reward In itself, aside
from the fortune Powell made.
Concerning Powell. Jr's.. singular
behavior that night, proved by an
actual experiment that 1t was an In
stance of those peculiar psychical
sensations, whether real or wholly
imaginary, that sometimes exist be-
tween a subject and an amputated
limb, creating the impression that the
limb is still natural adjunct Of the
body; but had not Powell been an ex-
traordinary. exponent Of this peculiar
instinct, my experiment would never
have been o success. But before de-
scribing it, 1t will be advisable for
me to cite the facts with my deduc-
lions in the case. In the instance in
young Powell's childhood when soon
after his hand, or arm, had
been amputated, he complained that
the flesh on the fingers of the shorn
hand was "peeling on. found
corroborated the appearance Of the
palm on the page before me. This
discovery explained the elder Powell's
singular procedure in the matter,
which had SO mystiaed the boys
father at the time. Examining the
page, could easily see that in at
taching the boys palm to its page
the adhesive substance had not been
quite effective. and the epidermis had
peeled" or rumpled, and had been
re-adhered and smocthed out by q
second application Of the glue, this
being the time when DR.. Powell had
magically. as 1t seemed, relieved his
nephew's distress,
On the night gained possession OF
the pages noted, as I have already
said, that the burns on the finger ends
were fresh. which servation, as will