Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-04
TOnfe S SiOns
" of a Bride


strange it may be-" I protested. The
stranger the more you'll like it, re
marked Bob.
What about telepathy?" l asked. Il
felt Bob calling me
Mental Telepathy even though we we're
Comes in for Dis miles apart. Bob!
cussion Among Us. Did you not send
me a MESA Se-did
you not order me to wait for yOu:'
MY dear wife. I certainly did not.
But I did wish for you devoutly before
I dropped off TO sleep or became un-
conscious in that hidden room. had
your picture distinctly in my mind
Maybe wishing for you amounted to the
same thing as sending you a message,
my dear"
Probably you always think Of your
wife as you drop off to sleep. It has
become a habit of your brain" Spence
explained THAT is the simple and per-
feet explanation OF many deatb-bed
hallucinations When persons cry out
that they see the dear wife or mother
waiting just before they pass away. il Is
because they ahve habitualIy thought Of
the dear one when going off to sleep"
But Bob and have often felt a mys-
terious pull between US. We've often
thought the same thing at the same
moment. even when we've been sepa-
rated Haven't we. Bob:"
Mere coincidence-and mind habit
again." asserted Spence. People who
like each other are liable to have minds
which work the same way. They think
alike and come to the same conclusions
simultaneously. Persons who live to-
sether long time form the same habits
even the same thinking habits. l sup
pose that is why husbands and wives
are said to look alike as they grow old
together"
If Jane is set on believing in telepa-
thy, here's something which will suit
her. It's quoted from famous English
Investigator" said Jim. as he picked up
his newspaper.
Although not officially recognized. no
doubt Of the reality of thought trans
ference can be left in the mind Of any
diligent and thoughtful student. however
critical he may be- How telepa-
thy is propagated we have not the re-
hottest idea Certainly it Is not likely
to be through any material medium or
by any physical agency known to US"
Then Spence came back in his positive
manner:
I'VE must never forget. that the brain
is so far the only instrument known
which VIII transmit thought-the only
proved instrument, I say"
I'm other words, my mysterious
lunches were all wrong?" I walled.
AT any rate, thousands Of cases of
telepathy have been investigated in
western university. Most of them con
tanned a flaw and were thrown out After
the element Of chance had been deducted
from the others. the results were value
athy."
And yet it all seemed so real to me-"
I insisted. Its confusing"
You've an open mind, or you wouldn't
confess to that Mrs. Lorimer," said
Spence approvingIy.'' Lots of persons
desire only supernatural interpretations
of mysteries. They do not want plain
common sense. They enjoy being
hosxed"
And so sincere believers-Iize me
get in wrong with their friends. and
relatives" complained Chrys III the
believers would only keep the takers
and professional frauds and crooks-out
of the game. The minute money enters
the subject, it is time to let it alone
7 think"
There's always somebody ready to
take money for hoaxing a crowd as
serted Bob.
IT suppose that IS why Sir Oliver
Lodge cautions people not to give so
much time and attention as he has to
investigating the spirit world" said
Chrys.
II want to understand it ALL want
the truth Ny lunches seemed 50 real
to me. 7 don't understand"
we don't understand. any Of us" said
Chrys. II don't understand the ouiia
hoard. but get results. just the same
We have to accept lots of things with
ont understanding. We only think"
"Whev-ew! We think We think"
broke in Jimmy-boy. "Ive got a nice
little verse for you to learn, sissy dear
II will do you good. sure"
Then he REPEATED in a sing-song voice
as children say their Mother Goose:
we think so because other people all
think so.
or because-or because after all. we do
think so
Or because We we're told 50. and think
we must think so
Or because we once thought so and
think We still think so:
Or because having thought so. we think
we will think so"
Think about that little, Madame
sister" Jim concluded with fine bow
to Chrys.--Copyrfght 1920.
tTe be Continued,