for any of you to repeat what Mr. Ernol unconsciously let slip. And
of course none of you will be so unkind as to remind him of what he
said."

The students rose thoughtfully to their feet, and Ernol passed out
with the rest. He had no idea what it was all about, nor the
slightest suspicion that his eyes and ears had been used.

But the doctor had learned something of enormous value. He had
learned that, when his agent was in a semiconscious state, his--the
doctor's--conscious mind could influence the agent.

It was not Ernol, but the doctor, who had made the slip!






VI

THE WORLD'S BOSSES





Van Emmon was afterward unable to recall any experience between his
entering the sublimial state and becoming tele-conscious. That is,
his only recollection was of a definite scene, experienced through