Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-03
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"WuL you come out with me tonight p
said Dr Gay. There is u seeress come to
Chasiuglea, and am going to have look at
her"
Dr.. Clay was college friend of mine. then
about five andtweU1y. was " on leave from
nv professional aSocdt!oHS n London, aud had
gone down to speud few days at ChaSlnglea,
where he baI recently begun To practice, hop
ug to forget if possible the existence of the
printers devil. 1t was my second hight there,
aud wet one | Lad settled myself down 10
cigar aud a book, which was not going to
review, and Therefore could enjoy for TO ANA
teurS IL bad book is bcarabie to reviewer
even good book is a butden, and the better
the book no. untrrqncut!y, the heavier the
burden. From such uHwOnttd luxury was
10th to be reused even by Dr. Clay, though lie
was delightful companion, as young phySr
clans of iirst rate ability usually are. So
answered Indignantly:
"NouseuSe ! You Go not mean to say that
you i"tyul to get wet through aud spenG halt
crown in order to see II set of coriuriug
tricks badly played. Stay here, aud / vii.
show you halt dozen, quite as good, with a
pack of cards"
=" | don't know said Clay =" always take
interest in conjurIug tricks TIL | know how
th"H done. Now, though grant You lhat
Fyme OF these oa,rroyamks. rne ,mer>ts, table
turner's, aud .-.odern magicians OF all kinds are
the verest qnacks alive, and their juggIery as
transparent as the liQuetaction of s.. Janua-
fus's blood, | have seen things shown aud
do0e, my friend, which, if you can explain or
reveal, You may makn reputation aud for
tune. | have seen eXciSion Of the breast per-
formed 10y mesnerlst, the patient remaining
perfectly unconscious the while. Not only did
she not scream Or speak Gnt The face gave 10
sign of pain. | have known more than QUE
case OF life preserved by mysterious warning
gwen in o dream or waking to persons with
no previous notion of impending danger, and
once was witness to a most extraordinary
case of claifroyqm revelation, wLi made d
lastlng impression Oh my mind, from the per
iect ;mp0ssbllIty Of any trick or col ,usiuU-
which, indeed, no one could have suspected
who watched the drcamer'S face. And the
most extraordinary part of the matter is" be
added, reHectiyely' that the whole story was
false from beginning 10 end"
That" Iejoned appears to me the
most natural aud lntelHgibe result. 1t will be
the same to night. Do stay quietly by the
FIRE"
No, really mus. 60" said my friend, OBJ,
Stlnately IL can not miss even chance of
getting at some fact which may help to con
hFm or destroy the embryo theory | have
formed on The subject of ciairrcy ylDce. SO !
am going to get wet, aud speud i've shilliugs,
aud you had better come too !"
80 ! put down my book aud went out, when
,ne IN, rain speedily deprived me Of my cigar
"egot dienched, and the Seetess proved as
very Qnuck as | in my impatience had pre-
o'cled, Dr.. Clay put two qnestions-oue with,
;" "iS own knowledge, and one 10 he speedily
sScertared, viz, "What is my tr ends age
"nd : What letters have come for me since
.eI' home an hour agoy' Both were answer
slglby, aud both acrong. The Seeress added
we've years to my age, aud Informed DR.. Clay
,u"l TWO letters hau come for him-both from
'uuies-whereat one or two of the little audi,
,, .hee slmpered for DR.. Clay is general favor
i'e' out not exactly u lady's man." still less q
"uys doctor. He got up and walked out,
aud with him.
Well !" | said.
his is the third mere inposter l have
'Se0 III year," remarked DR.. quietly "a but