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Simrr^issEis MARY ROBERTS RINEHART COPYOlGH r K)3, / 6v MAttV BOBEQTS UNf HABT , FIRST INSTALLMENT , The rather extraordinary story , revealed by the experiments of the , Neighborhood Club have been until now a matter only of private record. But It seems to me, as an active participant in the investigations, that they should be given to the public; not so much for what they will add to the existing data on physical research, for from that angle they were not unusual, but as yet another exploration into J that atlll uncharted territory, the human mind. The psycho-analysts have taught us something about the individual mind. They have theiij own pat ter, of complexes and primal In stincts, of the unconscious, which : is a sort of bonded warehouses 1 from which we clandestinely with- < draw our stored thoughts and im pressions. They lay to this un- i conscious mind of ours all phe- i nomena that cannot otherwise be ' labeled, and ascribe such demon- ' strations of power as cannot thuslje < explained of trickery, to black silk threads and folding rods, to slates with false Sides and a medium with 1 chalk on his finger nail. | : In other words, they give us sub jective mind but never objective 1 mind. They take the mind and its reaction oil itself and on the , body. But what about objective mind? Does it make its only out ward manifestations through speech and action? Can we ignore the effect of mind on mind, when there are present none of the ordinary media of communication? I think not. in making the following state- ; ment concerning our part in the strange case of Arthur Wells, a cer tain allowance must be made for our ignorance of so-called phychic phenomena, and also for the fact that since that time, just before ] the war, great advances have been made in scientific methods of inves tigation. For instance, we did not place Miss Jeremy's chair on a scale, to measure for any loss of weight. Also the theory of rods of imfeible matter emanating from the medium's body, to move bodies at a distance from her, had only been evolved and none of the me thods for calculation of leverages and strains had been formulated, so far as I know. To be frank, I am quite convinc ed that, even had we known of these so-called explanations, which in reality explain nothing, we would -have ignored them as we became involved in the dramatic movement of the revelations and the personal experiences which grew out of them. I confess that following the night after the first seance any ohserva- i tions of mine would hav^_ been of no scientific value whatever, and I ; believe I can speak for the others also. w ! Of the medium herself I can only say that we have never questioned^. her integrity. The physical phenom ena occurred before she went into trance, and during that time her forearms were rigid. During the , deep trance, with which this un usual record deals, she spoke in her own voice, but in a querulous tone, and Sperry's examination of her pulse showed that it went from eighty normal to a hundred and twenty and very feeble. With this preface I come to the death of Arthur Wells, our acquaint ance and neighbor and the investi gation into that death by a group of six earnest people who call themselves the Nelghborhod Club. The Neighborhood Club was or- j ganized in my house. It was too small really to be called a club, but women have a way these days of conferring a titular dignity on their activities, and it is not so bad, after all. ' The Neighborhood Club it really was, composed of four of our neighbors, my wye, and mytfelf. We had drifted into the habit of I dining together on Monday even ings at the different houses. There 1 were Herbert Robinson and his .sis ter Alice ? not a young woman, but clever, alert, and very active; Sperry, ' the well-known heart specialist, a < bachelor still in spite of much fem inine activity; and there was old Mrs. Dane, hopelessly crippled as to the knees with rheumatism, but : one of those glowing and kindly I souls that have a way of being a neighborhood nucleus. It was I around her that we first gathered, i with an idea of forming for h"j i teres ted In the responsibility ol the state to the sick poor. My wife and I had "political" evenings. Not really politics, except in. their re lation to life. I am a lawyer by profession, and dabble a bit in city government. The Robinsons had literature. <?> Don't misunderstand me. We had no papers, not set program*. On the Robinson eveAings we discussed editorials and current periodicals, as well as the new books and plays. We were frequently acrimonious, I fear, but our small wrangles ended with the evening. Robinson was the literary editor of a paper, and bis sister read for a large publish ing house. Mrs. Dane was a free-lance. "Give me that privilege," she begged. "At least, until you find my evenings dull. It gives me, during all the week before you come, a sort of thrilling feeling that the world is mine to choose from." The result was never dull. She led us all the way from moving-pictures to mod ern dress. She led us even fur ther, as you will see. On consulting my note-book I find that the first evening which di rectly concerns Arthur Wells case was Monday, November the sec ond, of last year. It was a curious day, to begin with. . I made no comment, I believe The Wellses were a youns couple, with children, and had been known to observe that they considered the neighborhood "stodgy." And we had retaliated, I regret to Say, In kind, by regarding them as interlopers. The^ drove too many cars, and drove them too fast; they kept a governess and didn't see enough ol their children; and their English butler made our neat maids look commonplace. We went on to Mrs. Dane's. We were early,, as my wile is a punctual person, and soon after oar arrival Sperry came. Mrs. Dane was in her chair as usual, with her companion in attendance, and when she heard Sperry's' voice out side she excused herself and was wheeled out to him, and together we heard them" go into the drawing room. When the Robirtsops had arrived she and Sperry reappeared, and we waited for her customary announcement of the evening's pro gram. When none came, even dur ing the meal, I confess that my cu riosity was almost painful. I think, looking back, that it was Sperry who turned the talk to the supernatural, and that, to the accompaniment of considerable gib ing by the men he told a ghost story that set the women to look illnrwr i it i I think, looking back, that it was S perry who turned the talk to the supernatural. There come days, now and then, that bring with them a strange sort rf mental excitement. I have never analyzed them. With me " on this occasion It took the form of ner ious irritability, and something ot apprehension. My wife, X remem ber, complained of headache, and one of the stenographers had a i fainting attack. I have often wondered for how much of what happened to Ar thur Wells the day was responsible. There are days when the world is a place- for love and play and laughter. And then there are sin ister days, when the earth is a hideous place, when even the thought of Immortality is unbear able, and life itself a burden; when all thaj is riotous and unlawful ccmes forth and bares Itself to the light. This was such a day. I am fond of- my friends, but I found no pleasure in the thought of meeting them that evening. I remembered the odious squeak in the wheels of Mrs. Dane's chair. I resented the way S perry would clear his throat. I read In the morning paper Herbert Robinson's review of a book I had liked, and disagreed with him. Disagreed vio lently. I wanted to call him on the telephone and tell him that he was a fool. I felt odd, old and bitter, and tired. With the fall of twilight, things changed somewhat. I was more pas sive. Wretchedpess encompassed me, but I was n6t wretched. There was violenoe in the air, but I was not violent. And with a bath and my dinner clothes I put away the horrors of the day. My wife was better, but the cook had given notice. "There has been quarellng among the servants all day," my wife said. "I wish I could go and live on a desert island." We have no children, and my wife, for lack of other Interests, finds her housekeeping an engross ing and serious matter. She Is in the habit of bringing her domes tic difficulties to me when I reach home In the evenings, a habit which sometimes renders me unjustly In dignant. Most unjustly, for she orne wim me I or uiirty years fcfcnown throughout the entire Crimed an a perfect house lr i close my eyes .and |nv desir?1 article In my bed nil any tli^feS*. | passed the WetiSfl??1 on fay to Mrs. -Dane's that iiigTii, my wue commenieo on uie condition of the lower floor. ???ven if they are going out," sh? "It would add to the appear of the itreet to leave a light , two burning. But some people nonpublic feeling* ing back over their shoulders Into the dark corners beyond the zone of candle-light. All ^of us, I re member, except Sperry and Mrs. Dane, were Skeptical as to the sup ernatural. and Herbert Robinson believed that while there were so- ' called sensitives who actually went into trance, th? controls whtich took possession, of them were buried ( personalities of their own, released during trance for the sub-conscious mind. "If not," he said truculently. "if they are really spirits, why can't they ten us what Is going on, not in some vague place where they are always happy, but here and now, In the next house? I don't ask for prophecy, but for some evidence of their knowledge. Who are going to be the next candidates for president? Is Horace here the gay dog gome of us suspect? As I am the Horace in question, I must explain that Herberto was merely being facetious. "Physical phenomena!" scoffed the 'cynic. "I"v* seen it all ? objects moving without visible hands, un explained currents of cold air, voice through a trumpet ? I know the whole rotten mess, and I've got a book that tells how to da all the tricks* 111 bring It along some night." "As a matter of fact, Herbert," Mrs. Dane said, "we intend to put your skepticism to the test tonight. Doctor S perry has found a medium for us, a nonprofessional and a patient of his, and she 4as kindly consented to give us a sitting. She is a total stranger to all of us except ; the doctor, and is a newcomer in ; town." The butler wheeled out Mrs. Dane's chair, and led us to the drawing-room doors, there Sperry threw them open, and we saw that the room had bene completely met amorphosed. The roonvhad been dismantled. It opened before us, walls and chimney-piece bare, rugs gone from the floor, even curtains taken from the windows. To emphasize the change, in the center stood a com mon pine table, surrounded by seven plain chairs. All the lights Were I out save one, a comer bracket, which was screened with a red paper shade. Mrs. Dane watched us with keen ? satisfaction. "Such a time I had doing it!" She said. "The servants, of course, think I have gone mad. All except Clara. I told her. She's a sensible girl." , As the purely physical phenom ena obtained proved relatively In significant, it is not necessary to go into the detail of the room. As I said at the beginning, this is not a ghost story. Parts of it we now understand .other parts we do not. For the physical phe nomena we have no adequate ex planation. They occurred. We saw and heard them. For the other part of the seance we have come to a conclusion satisfactory to our selves. a conclusion not reached, however, until some of us had gone through Some dangerous experi ences. and had been brought into contact with things hithefto outside the orderly procession of our lives. But at no time, although Incred ible things happened, did any one of us glimpse that strange world of the spirit that seemed so often almost within our range of vision. 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Now that crops I are being stored is a good time to kill out the rats, recommends A. E. 1 Oman of State College. Legal Notices Notice Sale Of Filling Station Under and by virtue ^of the au thority conferred upon me by a certain deed of trust executed by George W. Duncan on the 5th day of November, 1929, and duly re corded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Person County in Book No. 6, at page 215, default having been made in the payment of the note secured by said deed of trust, I will on Saturday, November 7, 1931, at 12 o'cloek M? in front of the courthouse door in Roxboro, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, the land conveyed in saia deed of trust, to-wlt: In Allensville Township, adjoin ing the lands of Minnie Eanes et al, and fronting 752% reet on the Rox-. boro and Oxford Highway, contain ing 10% acres, more or less, and known as the EverReady Service Station. This October 6, 1931. N. Lunsford, Trustee. Administrator s Notice Having qualified as administratrix of the estate of.H. W. Rogers, de ceased, late of Person County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of Said deceased to -exhibit them to the undersigned on or be fore the 9th day of September, 1932, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 9th day of September, 1931. Administratrix. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Rogers, In The Superior Court NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. N. T. Clayton, adminis trator of Deraps Bum- j pass, vs Enoch Bumpass, Flora j Bumpass, Henry Bumpass, | Lizzie Bumpass, Dave | Bumpass, Mattie Bum- | pass, Lindy Royster,-) Linnie Royster, Melkie 1 Cameron and Plunk j Cameron. NOTICE The defendants above named will take notice that an action en titled as above has been commenc ed in the Superior Court of Person County to sell the lands belonging to the estate of Demprf Bumpass for the purpose of making assets to pay the indebtedness of said estate; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court at his office in Rox- "j boro. North Carolina, on or before the 9th day of November, 1931, and answer or demur to the petition in said action, or the plaintiff will j apply to the court for the relief demanded in paid petition. This 30th day of September, 1931. C. L. Brookt Clerk Superior Court. j Notice Sale Of Land Under and by virtue of an or der of the Superior Court of Per son County to me directed in that special proceeding entitled L. C. Morton et al, Ex parte, I will on Wednesday, November 4, 1931, at 13 o'clock M., In front of the court house door in Roxboro, North Caro lina, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, the lands described in the petition in said proceeding, to- wit: Lying and being in' Mt. Tirzah Township, Person County, North Carolina, bounded on the North by the lands of J. C. Lunsford; on the East by the lands of Mrs. Cars Adcock ; on the South by the lands belonging to the estate of Joe Luns ford and the estate of Dr. C. Q. Nichols and on the west by the lands belonging to the estate of Dr. C. G. Nichols and the lands of J* C. Lunsford, containing sixty pine (69) acres, more or less, and being part of the land of the lat: D. C. Lunsford. This 29th day of September, 1931: Nathan Lunsford, Commissioner. Notice Of Sale Of Real Property NORTH CAROLINA, Person County. Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Lou M. Davis, Widow, M. D. Gen try and wife, Mabel Gentry and C. W. Davis and wife, Ella L. Davis to the undersigned trustee, which said deed of trust is dated May 1st, 1926, and recorded in Book F. L. No. 1 page 189 of the Person Coun ty Registry, default having been made in the payment of the in debtedness thereby Secured and in the conditions therein secured, the undersigned trustee, will on Nov ember 4th, 1931, at or about twelve o'clock, noon, at the Courthouse door at Roxboro, N. C., offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing flfty-seven and six tenth (S7.6) acres, more or or less, situate, lying and being about eight (8) miles almost East from the Town of Roxboro, in Al lensville Towpship, Person County, State of North Carolina, having such shapes, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to those certain deeds from W. D. Merrltt, commissioner to R. A. Gentry, T. W. Gentry, of date April 21, 1922, of record in Book 28. page 51, of the office of the Register of Deeds of Person County. North Carolina, and being lot No. 1 of the subdivision of the A. H. Gentry home plaoe as will more fully appear by reference to Book P. of Order and Decrees, page 182 Et. seq., of the office of the Clerk of thr 'Suyerlor Court, of Person County, North Carolina and that deed from R. A. Gentry, T. W. Gentry and wife, to M. D Gentry, of date the 16th day of November, 1922, of record In the office of the Register of Deeds of Person Coun ty, North Carolina, In Book 30, page ST1, to all of which reference is made for a more complete descrip tion of the same, and being bound ed on the North by the lands of Z. T. Gentry; on the East yy the es tate of S. R. Parham; on the South fy the dower lot of Uollie L. Gen try; and on .the West by the lands of J. M. Long, and that certain other piece, parcel or tract of land containing thirtyfeven and one half (3TH) acres, more or less, sit uate, lyipg and being on the public * road leading from Roxboro to Al iens ville, about seven (7) miles al most East from the Town of Rox boro, North . Carolina, in Aliens ville i Township, Person County, having Such shapes, metes, courses and dis tances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by W. T. Buchanan, Surveyor, on the 15th day of July, 1925. and at tached to the abstract now on file with the Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank of Raleigh, the same being bounded on the North by the lands of J. E. Montague; on the East by the lands of T. B. Davis; on the I South by the lands of T. B. Davis; and on the West by the lands of J. M. Wilborn, and being the identi cal tract of land conveyed to C. W. Davis by Lou M. Davis, Thomas B. DaVls and wife on the 24th ,day. of July, 1925, of record in the offiua of the Register of Deeds, of Pe^| son County, ^fJorth Carolina, Book 33, page 446, to which refer ence Is made for a more complete description of the same. 1 Terms of sale cash and trustee will require deposit of 10% of the amount of the bid as his evidence of good faith. | This the 1st day of October. 1931. ! THE RALEIGH SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO., Trustee. J. L. Cockerham and Robert Welnstein, Attorneys, j Raleigh, N. C. In The Superior Court NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY. Bessie Hester, vs. James Hester NOTICE OP SUMMONS The defendant above named wUl take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Person Coun ty to obtain an absolute divorce, on the ground of five years separation, and said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear before the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, in Roxboro, North Caro lina, at the Court-house of said County, on October 30th, 1931, and answer or demur to the complaint filed in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in said complaint. This September 30th, 1931. C. L. Brooks, Clerk Superior Court. Mr. Farmer! Sell Your Tobacco In ? Roxboro and Do Your Banking With The First National Bank "THE FRIENDLY BANK" Under Supervision U. S. Government ' Your Banking Solicited, Appreciated, and Protected
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