One of Chambers' Worst In The Green Mouse 1910 Robert Chambers treats his readers to a familiar format a series of goofily optimistic romantic tales all loosely linked together by some sort of haphazard narrative device. In this case the stories begin with the tale of William Destyn and Ethelinda eeek Carr. Destyn has been crushed by a recent financial upheaval Mr. Chambers' favorite tactic for upending sedentary noble types.Despite four years at Harvard and a postgraduate degree in Engineering Destyn had not the vaguest idea of how to make money. However he does have some skill as a stage magician a handy knack that he developed in order to impress people at parties. Wisely he realizes that card tricks are more useful than a Harvard degree and sets out to make a living as an entertainer.Destyn practices in the park where he has easy access to the small woodland creatures that are integral to his act. It is here that he meets the lurvely Sacharissa Carr a struggling artist whose studio is based in his building. Their acquaintance is deepened when one of Destyn's prize performers a greendyed mouse scampers into Carr's studio.It seems that there has been a bit of mistaken identity involved. Ethelinda isn't a struggling artist she's proper old money that's slumming it with a middleclass studio. And Carr who she assumed is an acceptable society twit well still is a twit but one that's on the verge of taking a profession. Ethelinda marries William in the nick of time had they fallen in wuv 24 hours later he would have already been committed to doing something useful with his life.Once married it turns out that William did learn something in graduate school after all. He learned of psychical waves. Mr. Destyn helpfully expounds upon his theoryThese new and hitherto unsuspected currents are not electrical but psychical. Yet like wireless currents their flow eternally encircles the earth. These currents I believe have their origin in that great unknown force which for lack of a better name we call fate or predestination. And I am convinced that by intercepting one of these currents it is possible to connect the subconscious personalities of two people of opposite sex who although ultimately destined for one another since the beginning of things have through successive incarnations hitherto missed the final consummation marriage!which was the purpose of their creation.Ladies and gentleman we have ourselves a linking device.
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