Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-02
The Web
of DESTINY
BY J. U. GiESY Z ]. B. SMITH
Authors of Semi.Dual Stories
Copyright,
The Frank A. Munsey Co,
The Frank A. Munsey Co.

The moon now in its full had come
up and was flooding all the country
with its mellow light. The girl beside
me shivered slightly ere she spoke.
What power--to look into the
human mind and read what II is
thinking-to sense the thought waves
II throws off Mr.. Glace, just what
10 your friend-a reincarnation Of one
Of the olden Magi?"
DO you bell ye in reincarnation7"
uueried. &Hf
Il don't know" she said softly.
why not? Millions Of people do.
Wouldn't II after all be sort Of di.
vine Justice. Should we be utterly
condemned or rewarded on just one
trial---one life?
4 don't know Why shouldn't
acme Of those old people who did be.
lfeye in it--some OF those ancents
upon whom this same moon has
shone, thousands of years ago, have
had perception of the truth as well
% we Of to-day?
Il think should like to believe in
it, think | should like to live again
and see II l couldn't make something
better out OF life.
! don't know much of religion or
God, Mr.. Glace. beyond what feel
within myself. but take the case IL
this gil We hope to resc1e. Suppose
we sho,ld fa.l
Can you imagine a God who
would condemn her eternally for some
fate thrast upon her without her Volt
ton? Yet this life of hers must, il
the worst CONES upon her. be utterly
ruined, Don't you think that Justice
demands another chance for her"
She, paused again and after a mo-
ment smiled.
But you haven't yet told me, who
or what is the man, we know as Semi
Dual"
Nor can | tell you" answered,
"save to say he is most wonderful
man, whom | have known for years.
Yet since you press the question |
shall give YOU the valuation he once
placed on himself to me. He said that
he was a man who had suffci ed much,
and studied much, and, as he hoped,
learned few Of the great truths Of
life"
She nodded.
THAT sounds like him, too. And
one OF the things he has learned Is to
read thoughts. | wonder If that was
how he knew the tip on Seattle was
false. Did he read those Greeks
minds?"
II think So | confessed.
But how does he do it? never
really believed in 1t as a practical
thing"
His explanation Ia seemingly sim.
ple,' | returned. He begins with
the theory that all life phenomena are
manifestations Of vibration, and that
every life act depends upon and Is
produced by vibration. From that he
says that the formation of thought
sets up vibratory waves and that
mind trained to the act Can sense
these waves and retranslate them in.
to Ineligible thoughts again.
'Then they must be all around us
these thought waves. Millions Of
people are thinking setting them
free. every minute. They fill all space
like wireless currents.
1T would be odd to be BILE to read
them. Mr.. Glace. at the risk OF seem.
Ing improperly curious am going to
ask further, what he does when he
works over those sheets of paper? I
am both detective and woman. re-
member, and hence doubly inquisi.
tive"
smiled, az | made my answer.
Miss Foote. II may seem strange
to you, as II did at first TO me. to find
In this twentieth century man who
still consults the stars. Yet that is
"Hdl Seni I)uaI al times does.
HE is an astrologer.
Il have seen him make some won.
derful predictions from his calcula-
tions on those bits OF paper, and |
have seen his predictions come true
In. fact the results have at times
seemed almost uncanny in the fore.
knowledge they exhibited OF what
would befall. As a rule | hesitate 10
say such things TO people because
they laugh, but believe you are sin.
cere In your questions
Indeed l am she almost wills.
pefed u shall not laugh. They be-
lieved these things when that old
moon I'D there was young. ! wonder