The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-19


is merely one of Is customers, the
deeper Hopkins knows"
But how can she be morally mar
ried by the mere saying so of this
this gentleman?" protested Tarrant.
Because" answered the Doctor,
"the soul receives it's impressions
from the external personality, as the
plant root through its leaves. 1t
knows nothing os falsehood. Every
suggestion made to it is accepted as
| true and must be transmitted into
truth. You see now the consequences
of tampering with truth, and the pro-
found spiritual significance Of our
| earthly actions"
Good evening, gentlemen" said
Melton, briskly. He had heard this
| dialogue, with manifest uneasiness,
| and now, picking up his hat he moved
| toward the door. Then Paul Tarrant
started forward.
"Will you wait twenty minutes by
that clock and then try again, for a
hundred dollars?" he asked.
II WILL" replied the quack. But
warn you 1t won't go. You can't go
| against the Gospels, and there amt
no divorce recognized there-least-
ways, not for the mere saying it's
So"
Where are you going, Paul?" in
quired Immanuel, as Tarrant started
for the door.
"I'll tell you when I come back"
he answered. He paused, his hand on
the door knob. This fellow Hopkins
lives over his store, doesn't he?" he
| asked.
Eyes. Apartment s in the block
of which the store forms a part. But
why are you going? You won't be
rash, Paul? Remember, he knows
nothing"
Keep cool, Emmanuel. I'm not go
ing to harm him." replied Tnrrant,
and with that he was gone, and we
three sat there together in silence,
looking now at each other and now
at the hypnotized girl.
1T amt no good" vouchsafe6 the
quack, "but I'm willing to earn a hun
dred. Who wouldn't? BY Jimmy, if
I'd known what was going to happen
that night seven years ago in Har-
mony Hall! But I was newer at the
game then, gentlemen, and l hadn't
had the experience"
"You fellows ought to be prohibited
by law" said the Doctor sternly.
You play with forces whose very
meaning you are ignorant Of"
Hold on there, friend" said Mel
ton. Il go to the facts, you go to the
books. What's the odds? They write
the books from the facts, don't they?
Now I say, if poor feller's got a
bad toothache and can tell him he's
we'll, and his pain stops, / consider
I'm public benefactor."
Exactly" answered Emmanuel.
and what do you do? You destroy
his consciousness of pain, which would
have warned him of an liberated
tooth, and instead of going to doc
tor he let's the ulcer eat down into
the bone. That's your way; you cure
the effects and ignore the causes. /
wonder what Tarrant's doing?" he
|
1t was now fifteen minutes since he
had gone. Only five remained, but I
knew that Melton would not stir be-
cause he had not received his money.
Just as I was wondering whether
ought not to go after Tarrant the
door bell rang, and a minute later he
came hurrying in. His face was radi-
ant.
MAY / speak to Mr.. Melton pri-
vately?" he asked. II don't want to
keep anything from you, gentlemen,
but this is-well, it's the limit. And
you'll see whether it's going to work
or not when he speaks to the girl
We excused him willingly, and he
drew Melton into a corner. saw
him count out hundred dollars and
saw the quack count them again and
pocket them, as before. Then Tar.
rant began whispering, and Melton
started back and stared at him, and
suddenly broke into broad grin. All
the while Miss Katherine sat perfectly
immobile upon the chair.
Melton came back. well, gentle.
men," he said, what Mr.. Terrant
tells me puts another light on the
subject altogether. If he hadn't
thought of it and found out--good
Lord! I'm sailing for Australia next
month and you might never have
found me again. And remember, Doc
tor, although you say you are the
hypnotist at the hospital in Athens
neither you nor nobody could ever
get that out of her mind-nobody but
me, once l put it in. There's where
I've get the whip hand over you. Doc
for Emmanuel. Think of all the wis
est hypnotisers in the world trying
and trying to rub out that stain, and
only the one that put it there can
take it out again. Am l right OF
wrong?"
Unfortunately you are right, sir?'
| Emmanuel answered.
| "And / amt holding you up for
another penny. Now, Doctor, confess
that we professionals amt all as bad
as you paint u.s."
He seemed really concerned about
the reputation of his trade, this Quack.
have known others just as sensi-
| tive.
| BY this time we were all in fever
of expectancy. Melton kept us wait
ing no longer. He drew up his chair
again and, sitting down before the
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