Show 0 0 4 f 0 4 0 r ahe trace r 0 OS 0 0 0 0 0 0 chronicles of dr di Phileas immanuel soul specialist st 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 by 10 VICTOR ROUSSEAU 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 THE CARFAX CURSE 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 7 w Y acquaintance with dr phi ahl ma 11 leas immanuel had bad begun y I 1 prosaically enough the lit 6 4 tie ale greek was in america as aa its ills governments representative 1 to some international congress I think of at boston and after he had withdrawn from it la in disgust he made my house his headquarters while he be engaged in some borne special research work the acquaintance n ripened so BO rapidly into friendship and then into intimacy that when the doctor me to 9 accompany hIm to europe where be had bad some engagements to fulfill 1 I could not resist the opportunity my practice was w as almost entirely hospital work and fortunately I 1 found no difficulty in obtaining a representative to fill my post during m my absence so much to explain how we happened to be in england during the glorious ir summer timmer of 1911 immanuel found england to his liking ph chiefly lefly I 1 think because medical men there ex tended a I 1 more e kindly attention t to 0 his hia theories the orlea altho although I 1 fear hamade be made few converts Im manuels claim that reincarnation would be found to solve most of the problems of abnormal states could not he be expected to find recruits in a century still dominated by huxley and haeckel and the great materialists materia lists nowhere I 1 ifancy fancy can one find more stubborn orp out and out doctrinaires doctrin aires than among medical meny men but the doctor did not mind he went blandly about hilway hi his sway way winning friends disarming enemies and incidentally making cures when sir john carfax invited us to spend a week at his fine old mansion in Bucking hamshire we both accepted with considerable satisfaction sir johns place was one of the historic coun county ty seats of england originally a priory it had been confiscated from the order by henry VIII and given to francis carfax a shrewd lawyer lawyea ot of that age for services rendered in connection lection with that ehat monarchs monarch s marriage to anne boleyn from him it had passed down to sir john in the direct line but neva never through the immediate heir this sir john explained to us ua fishe as he conveyed convey edis I 1 U s from great marlow marlois station in his hii automobile f 1 I mentioned ta to you doctor immanuel chat my son eon my only child la Is d dangerously he be said yes hes dying and I 1 know it doctor and there la is no po power on earth can save him unless you he broke oft off 1 I know you have accomplished wonderful cures he continued 1 I cant pretend to believe in what you believe but here he ended tor for his tongue was running away away with him and the blunt country gentleman was no metaphysician or flatterer either but you are aie willing to stake your faith against your unbelief said doctor immanuel cheer cheerfully funy good 1 I am no faith healer beater sir john I 1 believe bellevo ev even a the most orthodox of my opponents have never accused me of any but orthodox methods of practice my theories you understand are the bass base on which I 1 stand to take action but to belleve believe why abuse me as much as yo you please whether I 1 succeed or tall all ivas I 1 was sure no one could ever abuse the kindly little man as I 1 saw him arguing excitedly with sir john asa As I 1 have said he disarmed all his enemies but it was hard to ask a twentieth century english gentleman to accept reincarnation isyou it you can save him doctor continued our host 1 I can only say eay that louwill you will have my deepest gratitude but Ife I 1 tear arlt it to is hopeless he will be the last of the line and his mother Is dead ashall I 1 shall never marry again 0 why are you so BO despondent as to the possibility of a cure asked immanuel sli sir john looked atour at our faces searchingly you have never beard of the carfax curse ho he asked well perhaps it is regarded asan aa an amusing superstition even in england among those who have heard of it but among those who knowah know it is anything buta but a jest doctor immanuel tor for nearly four hundred years the ibe first bornson born son of the Car faxes has died in childhood arthur is seventeen he baa outlived them all but he too mustio mu must go I 1 know it it was prophesied by the last prior ignatius Ignat lus as 69 he bestrode strode out of 0 the chapel after his last mass mas s wre thero th those ose curses are potent things Im mahuel so much I 1 know they do come true by reason of the strong subconscious impression which they leave behind to be transmitted from generation to generation of couise course the curse curee is rici nothing but it if a in man a n begets a son believing that he will III never grow to manhood and if he basis bases his life upon that theory why it generally comes true but I 1 later inter erupted you the last iasi prior or ignacius Ign rv alius allus made this prophecy to francis carfax my aa ancestor fic ce eitor stor i somewhere re about the year as said sir john carfax that the priory should never descend from etther utter to son through the first born bora the priors priora ahr mid come coma to carfax again and the altar cloth upon tha altar ay h tha altar cloth yes yea a famous relic said to have been brought into england by edward the confessor and reputedly of great sanctity the priors are supposed to have it away with them etwas it was never found but now you sea cee it if the prophecy has been fulfilled since 1546 1545 what hope has baa arthur what do the doctors say cay Is the matter with him sir john threw up his hands bands with a gesture id of helplessness the doc he repeated why they know they know that the hereditary curse has descended upon the boy six months ago he was taken with a wasting disease there to is nothing organically gani cally wrong with him heis he la just wasting away D day a y b by y dache day he grows weaker and his bla death seems deems now to be a matter of a few weeks only and the tragic th thing ingis is that be he knows he knows th that at he must die and his bis only pleasure is in sitting before the dismantled altar in id the old ruined chap chapel 61 and dosing there he has hali bee been 6 afflict ed with somnambulism since childhood dr jand band whenever his attendant I 1 misses shim him from bis his bed he knows aws where he will be found before the altar fast asleep and talking to himself s the automobile swung off the high road an and dinto into the grounds or of a stately park through whose vista s of leafy trees trebs could be seen herds of tallow fallow door deer peacefully browsing the road swung to the right between two towa of ancient elms and now we could oed ece the square stone itono towers of carfax with the dismantled ruined stone chapel upon a knoll a little to the right ot fIt it the chauffeur and butler were waiting at the door the former took the machine to the garage while the latter respectfully received our baggage how Is mr arthur asked sir john phe he seems to be better today sir air the butler answered he was reading in the chapel a while ago here he comes now sir air adall A tall slim plim gracefully built young fellow was coming slowly across the lawn and aad seeing ushe stopped shyly his ahli father called him come gerej arthur he said doctor Im amnuel this is my son about whom we were speaking he introduced the boy to me also how do you feel today he asked anxiously noxiously better father said the boy in an odd emotionless tone As he walked slowly into the house his father looked after him and then turned wistfully to us he knows be said and he seem beem to care that esthe is the tragedy of it therall they all go like that I 1 remember ray my poor brother walter he biedin died la the same way and yet the doctors can find nothing wrong with him 4 suppose I 1 examine him at once and let you know the exact condition said immanuel cheerfully it if we cant beat the curse curbo together with all the resources of modern science I 1 shall be greatly surprised what treatment is he receiving the usual thing tonics beet beef extracts iron the physicians have taken his bis blood count andrall and call it pernicious anemia but they dont say how it arose and there to ie nothing organically wrong the poor fellow seemed to cling to that ono one hope there is a new solution of arsento which Is used very successfully tor for that said immanuel then again there is hypnotism I 1 dont dixit know chichas which Is better perhaps we will try both Hypnotist al exclaimed sir john 1 Is that the secret of 0 your cures it ignot la not exactly a secret answered th the e doctor itlo it is envery in very common 1 use among physicians today and based upon known laws and nd not empirical pir pirt ical cal you mean that you can can hypnotism hypnotise hyp notise him into thinking that he be la is well yes but any other tool fool could do that only it make him well no sir the principle to is simply this the greater portion of the body functions automatically thatis that Is to say ay vilt without hout the consciousness conscious nesa of the brain the digests whether wei we ask it to or abot ot the heart beats th the liver eliver secretes and so on now take the spleen which seems to be behy behaving ieng badly in your sons case wo we cant make pur guy spleeny spleens come to order no but under hypnotism we can ret deeper we can get down to the consciousness of these half independent ortans organs and tell them to be good and then sometimes under hypnotism we find ourselves on very interesting trails which I 1 cannot persuade pers uada other physicians physician sto to follow up we find other pert personalities at work lost me memories moiles flourishing like fungus growth under smooth mosses and grasses it itla Is all very interesting and some day the come to recognize it but suppose we go in and I 1 wi examine the th lad before din dinner we were led to oui a aport minta ln in a wing ot of the old place two two rooms side aide by side under low sloping eaves irom which raindrops were falling dismally upon the slate elate root of the garage below our host waited outside while we wo washed wanted off the grime ot of ahe the journey journay ah 11 my der dear sir john I 1 irio know you 11 will not rest irest until I 1 have looked at the boy said immanuel cheerfully intercepting hloi him as aa be bb i restlessly est lesslY paced faded the long corridor come comb then where r shall it he bo he was dang dangling his stethoscope from hla his finger band and thumb wed betterto belter bet go into the library 11 answered our host hosi and led us ua to ol a comfortable room furnished in red morocco on the main floor ture was of old oak blackened with age and worm eaten outside the sloping lawn ran up to the ivy covered base ase of the chapel the boy camel came in presently and sir john rose to go ahad hoped that I 1 should bi be e asked to remain and assist at the examination but immanuel did not offer to detain me he waa alono with him for halt ian an hour a and nd came out looking quite bhe cheerful erful one hand resting upon arthurs shoulder A very intelligent i lad ad he said patting him upon the a arm affectionately weve talked over lots of matters but first let me tell you that he be is as sound as a bell Zio nothing thing wrong at all and hla his blood has is as many red cor muscles as yours or mine now arthur youve heard my diagnosis i do you think you cangel can get well 1 I think I 1 could it I 1 could stop dreaming the lad answered I 1 saw his father shoot a swift glance at him you told anybody else about your dreams asked immanuel no doctor they take any notice i what do you dream 1 I dont remember except that bey leave me dreadfully i unhappy ind and depressed and weak and 1 I always seem to be wo worse ree when I 1 have dreamed and then you wakeland wake and fand your self in the chapel said immanuel suddenly the tha boy was taken by surprise he bb looked at the other quickly yes sir I 1 ho he murmured you see nee gentlemen the dreams dreama are the immediate cause of his illness ness said the greek two hundred years year sago ago we should have said that he was possessed A hundred years ago we should have tried to beat the devil out of him fifty years ago we should have sent him to sea but today tor for the first time in human history we can treat such cases intelligently we can reca recall 1 11 these unknown dreams to him under hypnotism yes yea and can cure the cause fre freud id has shown jahe he intimate cori corinea between betwee n drea dreama life and waking life I 1 have shown that there la is often another connection that in dreams we live again Ind tn dead bad past lles lives other wise totally forgotten that Is the anly difference and it la is one of theory not of procedure you can safely in trust your sons curk cure to me 1 I do so with all my heart imma amman uel exclaimed sir john who had been bear completely captivated by the little doctors graciousness of personal ity and manner then my son 30 A well hypnotise hypnotism hyp notise you this evening and d find out abat you have been said the tha doctor to the boy now you had better go out into the fresh air tor for a while what do you say to taking us TIB over to the chapel an excellent suggestion said sir john got get your hat arthur it Is cool today when the boy had bad gone he turned to the doctor do you tell your patients what boxi you are going goine to do he be asked generally yes Coa confidence dence begets confidence besides itla it la difficult to hypnotize hypnotise hyp notise anyone against al alast ma bis will except tn in certain abnormal conditions andybur And your son aon to is as normal and healthy as yu you couls wish ft is trails his dreams that are aro killing him he continued ther to ig tha key that shall the secret he has been A sleepwalker since childhood T since bobai he waa a baby but never si BO badly as during the last your year abdou trace his illness from the time this trouble ba began to dv develop It yes yea ile he always goes to the chapel invariably then began the doctor but checked himself Ii aselt he felt fell into a brown study he seemed to have made an important por tani deduction hoaas he was still pondering when arthur returned with his hat and ana the chapel key and we left the house together the old rula ruin rose like ilke some dismantled bulk out of the long dalsy stud ded grass Si sir john rJohn carfax turned tho the huge iron key in theold the old rus rusted lock of the oaken door and admitted us into a chilly stone chamber bare of seats though the grooves worn by their iron feet fache inice stone slone floor during centuries still remained one part of the root had fallen letting in the light and affording a pleasing appeasing canopy of sky moisture dripped from tho the moss grown walls upon the flags abe between which clusters of weak grass sprouted the ground before beford the wooden altar the only part pare odthe of the original furnishings which re remained was hollowed bythe by the toot leet of bygone priors behind lt it was the remnant of a stone recess in which the s sacred acred vessels and Ng garments armento had been kept adept but the ahe doors had long since gone and only the blackened bronze hinges remained bained a tribute to the death defying skill of the old artist who had fashioned them here to is arthurs favorite seat ceat when he be comes to it in his bis sleep whispered sir john pointing po to a stone seat in the rear of the chapel immediately beneath the tha vacant window frame there he sits or else paces pacas the floor following the tracks ol of the priors along this groove I 1 have watched him and seen him he be continued one might almost think he 41 4 0 b a k THE BOY TREMBLED AND SEEMED TO BE struggling WITH SOME 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