The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-04-05
easier than divorcing. In fact, it is

almost impossible"
"Quite impossible" i%nterposed Mel
ton ~brusquely. " Divorce don't go in
the place she's in now. That's Cos
pei, amt it? I warned you, and I
know, for I've been on my job for the
past ten years and more, and if you'd
seen as much of human nature as I
have, instead of follering your book
theories, you'd never have been fool
enough to hand over that two hun
dred."
"Well, gentlemen" said the Greek,
that is all. l was afraid of it. The
mischief is done and there seems no
remedy"
"Unless," said Tarrant, Morton is
taken into your. confidence and told
just what the circumstances are.
Surely, Doctor, no normal man would
mind marrying a woman who be-
lieved she was another mans wife
when she was hypnotized."
THAT" answered Emmanuel slow
ly, lis none of my business. If Nor
ton chooses to marry Miss Digby un-
der these circumstances, he must do
SO. But in my opinion the marriage
would be no marriage at all-nothing
but a legal agreement to live to-
gether."
Good LORI, Emmanuel, what ought
to be done. them"
"There seems to be no remedy"
the Doctor answered. IF Hopkins
were not married the only thing to
do-if n wanted to be officially cor
rect-would be for her to go through
the form of marriage with him and
then separate from him. Now don't
get excited, my dear Paul. / am
giving you my opinion, and az a ply
sician 1 cannot tamper with the truth.
Personally, as a man, I think I should
advise the couple to marry Only"
"Yes?" cried Tarrant eagerly.
"There is this to be said," con-
tinued Emmanuel. Marriage is much
more than a mere legal agreement.
You, as a member of your particular
faith, do not consider it as a sac
rament- I, as a Greek Catholic, do.
But whatever our creeds may teach,
the fact remains that marriage is
something extending deep down under
the surface layer Of Consciousness. It
is something that intimately binds
the larger, deeper, hidden self of the
contracting parties. It is not only
that this young lady is married to Ira
hopkins, Hopkins is also married to
her. And though to the physical per-
sonality of Hopkins Miss Katherine
is merely one of his 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 it's leaves. 1t
knows nothing of 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 u%neasiness,
and now, picking up his hat he moved
toward the door. Then Paul Tarrant
started forward.
Twill you wait twenty minutes by
that clock and then try again, for a
hundred dollars?" he asked.
Il WILL" replied the quack. "But I
warn you it 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 r you going, Paul?" in
quired Emmanuel, as Tarrant started
for the door.
"Ill 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 8 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 60
ing to harm him." replied Tarrant,
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 nc good" vouchsafed 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 I 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 off,"
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 a poor feller's got q
bad toothache and I can tell him he's
we'll. and his main stons T oopo;dor