New-York tribune., 1919-06-10
capt. George Visits Healer.
Then Walks Without C1.ufch
FOR flrst lime IN Life, His Heel Touches Ground
as He Leaves Trinity Chapel; DIR. Brill Talks
About Possibility of Healing Sick by PRAYER

Captain George" has been banker.
ing aiter a pair of good sea legs all
ms life. The son or a sea god, with
three brothers in the navy, he camc
quite logically by his nautical bent.
But far from being able to stand on a
rolling deck, he has been a cripple
from the day of his birth.
Yesterday he found his way into
Trinity Chapel, where James Moore
dickson was laying hands upon the
SICK and disabled. lie made his way
laborlously up the aisle with a crutch
under one arm and walking stick in
the other hand. From birth his right
heel had never rested on the ground
HIS feet intertwined as he walked and
his knees bumped one another. Each
year found him a little worse. He
went from one doctor to another and
was told that his case was hopeless.
Weeks in Plaster Cast
He could not go forward a step with
out his crutch and stick, and even with
their support he often fell For nine
weeks this spring he lay with his legs
in plaster cast and built castles in
the air. Always, he fancied himself
rolling around on the deck of a vessel
as its skipper. 1t cost him nothing to
dream, and it helped to shorten the
days.
Yesterday the first glimmer of hope
visited him that perhaps his favorite
dream might come true after all. He
went under the healer's hands and ex-
perienced no sensations of any kind
But as he turned away there was a
tingling in his leg and for the first time
IN his life, according to his own assev-
Grafton, he was able to stretch it out and
to touch the ground with his heel. He
handed his crutch and stick to a woman
standing nearby and slowly but surely
limped down the aisle. His face was a
picture. AS he confessed to a Tribune
reported when he reached the street.
and still made headway without assist
ance of any kind:
II felt as if | wanted to dance for
JOY when my two feet touched the
ground. Now shall be able to work,
and perhaps some day III be master of
vessel Us my dearest ambition.
"My name? No, don't Want it used
until I'm more sure Of myself. Call me
Captain George But I want to give
credit to Mr.. Hickson. l think he is
wonderful. l have tried every kind of
cure, and have been down in the low
est abyss of despair. But now l do
not feel that I shall go back"
With that he set out on the great
adventure of trying to make his way
to New Jersey without the wooden
props which have sustained him
throughout his life. SO sure is he
that the cure is complete that he does
not intend returning for another treat
ment. That there was transforma-
tion no one who was in the church at
the time could deny. Whether or not
it will be lasting is a matter for the
future.
Another of those who testified to
marked improvement as result of Mr..
Hickson's ministrations was mother
who brought her little girl of nine
three times to the chapel She has
had q growth in her throat for three
years, and the mother vows that it
has shruns to one-half it's original
size within the last day or two. The
child is eating better, is sleeping more
peacefully and appears to be stronger.
Her Pain Left Her
A woman who told The Tribune
two days ago that her pain had left
her absolutely was one of"the first to
be ministered to yesterday. She still is
without pain and has slept peace
fully for three nights. She has dis
carded her two crutches. Yesterday
she used walking stick, not because
she needed it for support, but be-