Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-08
A FISHER FOR SOULS
EFT me begin by saying that my

will not find credence. Paul
Tarrant, the millionaire, agrees
with me heartily in this.
The only way in which you can
give to the world a clear account OF
our dear friend Immanuel's miracle
mongering," he said, lis to put the ra-
tionalistic Interpretation on it. Now
In this case. for example, do you really
believe that 1t is possible for a man
and a woman to exchange personal
tiles and keep them, like two people
exchanging pairs of ill-fitting shoes?
How can you write an account of that
for any medical magazine?
But" he resumed, assuming that
he only hypnotized each and that the
effects produced a radical alteration
In the soul of each-that is all right.
Write 1t that way, my boy"
| have written 1t neither way. /
have merely set down the facts.
draw no differences; that is no task Of
mine.
Il have a remarkable case coming
to see me this evening"" said Phileas
Emmanuel, the Greek physician, to
Paul Tarrant and myself, as we fore
gathered round the fire in his cosy
library. Its a woman, and one Of the
handsomest women / have ever seen.
Picture a queen in figure, poise. and
intelligence, twenty-five years Of age,
superbly educated, of the best family
In Virginia, and-hopelessly degener-
ate"
Are not most women of that kind
handsome?" l asked. The news
papers seem to claim that"
Tarrant burst into a laugh and
even the serious little doctor smiled.
mo, no, my boy" answered I'm
manuel. IF you will examine your
daily newspapers you will find that it
Is the notorious women who are
handsome This woman-Ada Ga
beliefs a born criminal. She Is not
altogether bad; for instance, she pos
sesses the marked criminal trait Of
loyalty But she has been turned out
and disowned by her family because
she is an incurable thief. a forger, a
wilful planner of crime. She is be-
lieved to have had a class Of youth
full criminals under her wing. She Is,
in fact. a savage born by mistake.
into our twentieth century civiliza-
ton. AS Queen of the Zulus or an
Amazon Princess among the Borneo
head-hunters she would make a name
for herself But here she seems likely
to end her days in prison"
How did you get her to promise to
visit your" asked Tarrant.
Through Captain Clough, of the
Salvation Army" answered the doc
tor. You ought to know Clough. He
is a little, misshapen fellow, with all
the physical stiguSata of degeneracy-
in fact, he looks just as Ada ought
to look and doesn't. And he is one of
the finest fellows on earth. He, too,
is of a good family, and he gave up
everything to follow the Army and do
good. He has literally followed Our
Savior's command to sell all and fol-
low Him. Now, in spite of her long
criminal career, Ada has always got
away with her crimes till recently, by
reason of her family's influence. 1t
was only after her latest exploit that
she fell into the clutches of the law.
Clough was interested in her-to be
frank, he seems to be madly In love
with her. He secured a suspended
sentence and has promised to bring
her to me this evening, and Ada has
given her word"
which she will keep" l asked.
The doctor nodded his head. That
type always keeps it's word" he an
swered. LAS | told you, Ada has many
good qualities-only she was born
wrong. The criminal and degenerate
type are not abnormal, Tarrant," he
said, turning to our friend. "Thec are
simply lower or undeveloped orders
that should have come into the world
as negro savages or Australians. In
stead of which they aimed too high
and, as a result, they fall too low.
But never mind my theories. / have
in mind an experiment tonight which
I have never tried before
He stopped and looked at Tarrant
gravely; he was considering whether
or not to tell him.
Il may as well let you know" he
continued. IL want to change Clough
to Ada and Ada to Clough."
Turn a man into a woman!"
shouted the millionaire. MY dear
Emmanuel, this is going too far. You'll
be turning me into a horse some day.
as they did in the Arabian Nights"
NO. no, Paul." said the doctor smil-
ing. They only transposed the soul
of the man and that of the horse If
it comes to that, believe something
of the kind happened, in a limited
degree, with an old Sunday School
friend of ours called Balaam's donkey,
didn't it? But you are off the track.
What / mean is, that intend to hyp-
notize each of them and tell the Cap
tain that he is Ada, and the lady that
she is the Captain. That is a common
enough trick of the professional hyp-
notist-only it doesn't last after they
wake up.
Now my theory is that all GRIM
inals are in a continuous condition OF
auto-hypnosis. That is to say, they
do not realize in themselves their full
personality. If that is the case, | be-
lieve | can make the process perma-
nent with Miss Gabelle. And as for
Clough, he is the true criminal type
physically, and somewhere there must
be a mental correspondence. The
soul Tarrant iS SeylpSS If these tNO