The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-22

TUE NYsTERIES OF s1CoND
SIGHT.
4 Retired Illusion 1ges PerSoeman-
CO Which hs esid 0utrivallsd
Hellor'&
From ths::Hew York SUM-
Newspapers on Monday last con-
tained the following advertisement:
Orccxp ssGnI AND srrtnNsrrsAt VISION fAcs:S
y perfectly by retired lllusionist. Apply 1t -
Broadway, room as
Room sc is more like q brokers' Of
f;ce than a sanctum of a professor Of
Magic art. A faded walnut screen.
Of the kind common to Wall street Of.
fees. rallied of three-quarters Of the
room. The sole tenant of the place
was a chubby faced. drowsy boy. His
cheeks we're so fat that they fair
" pulled his eyelids open.
"Is this the place where they teach
mind-reading! ?" asked the reporter.
This is it, sir" replied the boy.
"Just take q chair. will you! The
professor will be in in minute.
The reporter was ushered behind
the rail. In one corner was an cleo
trio battery, ready Cor use, and in
another a long mystic scroll Of black
characters, resembling Chinese pug
zle. The door swung open. and the
professor entered. He is a tall. angu.
lar man, with slightly aquiline nose.
bushy whiskers tinged with gray, and
a mvsteriously soothing manner. The
reporter said that he wished to SEE
some of the experiments. The pro
fcssor gracefully prepared. The boy
was placed i'm a chair with his back t.
the audience. blindfolded with the pro
lessons handkerchief, and the seancs
began. g,
"What is this I hold in my hand
George ?" asked the professor, exhib
itiny a Faber M. , Of monstrous pro
portions.
"a pencil. replied the youth call"
ly.
"And this ?" asked the illusionist
taking his watch from his pocket.
a watch" responded the boy
without hesitatiDg.
"What time is it dear. answer
quickly"
Twenty four minutes past
"What!" calculated the professor
in tones of misplaced confidence.
"Twenty-four minutes " three.
shouted the young man.
81 thought YOU knew better. sait
the professor. reassuringly. at the same
time pointing triumphantly at tn
watch The hands pointed to thu
precise moment indicated.
snow, George, attention. What
this ?" said the professor. seizing hi
neck-tie and rustling it until dea
man could have heard and gue<se'
what it was.
"Your neck-tie." responded tn
| youth.
And this! ?" grasping button OF
his vest.
! The correct answer was given.
, The Suns reporter started up viii
with closed hand. "Here. let me asl
him a question. Boy. what's-
The professor raised his hand in
deprecatory manner. My younl
friend" he said, "this will never do
If you we're to try this on Robert Hell
er he would ask you If you saw an!
green in his eve. Why, the very e
sence of second sight is that l shoul'
first see it and then he should see it
in his mind, as it were.
"But let me ask the question,
pleaded the reporter.
cit cannot be-. my young friend
No allutionist IN this broad land woul'
allow YOU to take such liberties witt
his performances. You may furnisl
me with an article you have abou
you, and 1 will put the interrogatories
but not otherwise"
The reporter produced bunch o
KEYS, a photograph. a bank note. ant
other articles. all of which tn
young oracle described with praise
worthy accuracy.
As a final test the professor seize
the reporters right hand, on the littl
finger of which was heavy god rim,
of peculiar pattern.
"What is this. George? answe
quickly"
"a ring"
"What metal ?:
"Gold."
There, said the professor, lettinl
the hand fall, don't that satisfy you !!
"Ask him to tell the design" per
sisted the reporter.
That's a rather a hard thing to asl
a boy examining the ring) but vel
try.
What's the design, Georgis?"
For the first time George was 81
lent.
whats the design. George. dear
answer quickly" -,
I The boy was plainly nonp!osed
The perspiration stood on his forehea'
as he moved uneasily in his chair, bu
there was no response.
In tones of despair the illusionist re
peated the question.
The young soothsayer breathe'
hard. 1t was a staggerer for him
bnt by q mighty effort he proved equa
to it.
"a buckle" he cried, triumphant
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