Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-09-06

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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 I
shall give you the valuation he once
placed on himself to me. He said that
he was man who had suffered 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. I wonder IL that was
how he knew the tip on Seattle was
false. Did he read those Greeks
minds?"
II think So" l confessed.
But how does he do 1t? l never
really believed in 1t as a practical
thing"
His explanation is 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.
ut would be odd to be able 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? l
am both detective and a woman, re-
member, and hence doubly inquisi-
tive"
/ smiled, as made my answer.
miss Foote. il may seem strange
to you, as it did at first to me, to find
in this twentieth century a man who
still consults the stars. Yet that is
what Semi Dual at times does.
He is an astrologer.
II have seen him make some won-
derful predictions from his calcula-
tons on those bits of paper, and I
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 I hesitate to
say such things to people because
they laugh, but believe you are SIM
cere in your questions"
Indeed I am" she almost whis-
pered. II shall not laugh. They be-
lieved these things when that old
moon up there was young. l wonder
were they wiser than WEI"
Suddenly she sat up in her chair
and clenched her hands
I'VE will WHINE will win. am
sure Of 1t now. My God, why couldn't
have known Semi Dual beforei"
Her words were those of soul in
torment. and for the moment she
seemed to have forgotten my pres
ence. Yet in minute she spoke
again in her natural voice.
Pardon me, Mr.. Glaze. Suppose
We speak of something else"
I nodded assent. you have lived
In San Francisco" suggested.
81 was born and raised there" said
Miss Foote.
"And how long have you been a
detective?"
Three years"
II suppose" said /, that you have
met some pretty gripping things in
the line you have followed. My work
is mostly with thieves and major
criminal actions. Yours, take it, has
been more along sociological lines? ?"
YES" She seemed to consider for
a moment before she went on.
Would you like to hear one in
stance of the work of these people we
are fighting at PRESENT."
Very much" rejoined.
81 was thinking of that when I
made my outburst few moments
ago." she explained. 1T was in San
Francisco that it happened, too. There
was girl-a young girl-pretty, of
course.
"They don't bother with the ugly
ducklings-they have to have the fair
est flowers.
well, it doesn't matter. who she
was or what she was doing, does it,
She was a good girl. Mr.. Glaze, but
fond of pleasure, and the least bit
headstrong, as your spoiled beauty Is
apt to be, but she was clean at heart
as happen to know.
AT the same time she was from
people of moderate means, so that
when she found employment she took
II. She was employed in photo
grapher's shop.
Zone day man. a young man,
came there to sit for picture.
"He saw this girl and as GUS
toner he addressed her. From that
time on he made it point to see her
and gradually they became friendly.
He began to show her some little at
tentions. He took her to places OF