Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-12

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quite satisfied. Though am weak in body
l am strong in mind, and had found nc
great difficulty in mesmerizing several young
| men.
In the evening of the day of my return l
went round to n. LIE Theufrs: felt that
would have to be very careful lest, like the
English lady, he should decline to be mes
merized for fear of telling his secret. During
dinner casually mentioned the subject, and
afterward told him of part Of what had
seen, stating, however. that none Of the sub
jects could be got to talk turned a deli
ica.e hint about his being an interesting sub
| ject Ia strolg enough truth to morally coun.
terbalance the falsehood about the acuteness
Of the mesrnerized). Then came a check; q
decided a statement that he would never be
mesmerized, that dared not say more
That night, sorely troubled by the apparent
failure Of my scheme, tossed about on my
bed in sleepless despair for hours till at last,
! exhausted, fell asleep and dreamed. In my
dream found myself gazing at the muir
derer, and gradually losing my senses before
the power of his eyes, and just as felt all
was over, 10. his eyes relaxed their stare, be
fell back, and woke Then came into my
mind this strange idea. Why not let him
! try to nlosmerize me, and mesnerize him in
the attempt?
In the morning went and talked to NJ
Poncard He thought that my idea would
not do, for being the subject l could not use
any passes, and SO not only might fail, but
might succumb to his power, and then
"And then there would be an inquest, SAID
j. But think see my way. believe he
has no knowledge of the subject, and prob
ably no book on it. Let US print book with
false directions, SO that he using it will really
be mesmerizee and not mesmerizer, and
can use the passes" At once he agreed In
four days had clean copy of a treatise on
the subject, with chapter cut out and a
false one added.
NJ lie Theuff had asked me to dinner on
the night on which the book came home, and
so warning NJ. Poncard, I set out at quarter
of 6 with the book under my arm Il was an
oppressively hot evening, and a rising sum-
mer storm seemed to blow the heat about in
red hot particles.
He was in great spirits, for he had just
found his cat. which had been lost for four
days-a timid white cat, which was the only
thing he seemed to love, or even to care for.
A feeling of pity came over my mind as !
thought of the poor wretch reduced TO
choosing cat as something which he dare
love-
Never had he seemed so pleasant. never did
he talk 80 brilliantly; so that j, catching bis
spirit, astonished myself with my sallies OF
wit. Yet a moments pause almost un.
manned me- and dish after dish went away,
half eaten with relish and half untouched.
After dinner game of chess, in which nj
first got the best, till locking up saw the
white cat sitting on his shoulder and horrid
thought of the handkerchief that would be
bound round his eyes ON the scaffold struck
me and SO unnerved me that l played STU
pidly and lost. The game did what wanted
it exhausted him to some extent / now
preached the. subject. and showed him the
book ON mesmerism. How my heart beat
and the pull es in my temples throbbed while
he resd The minutes he took seemed hours,
and when he simply said, rs that alls' the
sudden relief almost made me giddy. He
consented, after a little 10 mesmerize Inc.
drew my chair close TO his, and put can
die close beside me There was little need Of
light, for the moon streaming through the
open window filled the room, but l thought
the candle might hurt his eyes. I seated
myself opposite to him and put his hands on
my knees, and then held my hands over his
eyes as shade and turned my eyes on his.
Moment by moment passed, and those eyes,
usually SO sleepy and small, grew larger and
larger, blacker and blacker and seemed to
stand out of his head and then came through
my mind the awful question, shall / fail.
Weaker and weaker grew, and an awful
vague horror filed me, so that in agony
bax Inf hat
stuck in my mouth; just as hopeless, helpless
and motionless in body, my very soul seemed
being dragged ont of me, the thought of my
triumph rushed through my mind and walked
me from the deadening lethargy. Stronger |
grew at once. Taking my hands from my
eyes moved them slowly over his forehead |
Fearful became his grasp on my knees, 50
that nearly cried out, and then l became
conscious although saw nothing, that he
was struggling fearfuily against me- For
hours the struggle sec med to last, and my
bodily exhaustion became terrible, while his
hands seemed to eat into my flesh. At last
mechanically put my thumb OF the broad
space between his eyes. Firmly / pressed,
and his hands grasp grew weaker Then al
most suddenly the life seemed to go out q
his eyes, though they remained open; his
X.
Noiselessly I got up, though / knew nc
noise would waLs him, and filing glass
as If drawn to his doom BY some invisible
rope.
At the end Of some minutes we came to a
solitary dolnnen-three large stones standing
as if upside down, and supporting the fourth
Here he stopped suddenly, and felt that his
desire to see the locket was gone I stopped
down. entered, and turned my lamps light
on the ground. No sign of earth disturbance
Then gazed on him and babe him find the
locket. He pushed me aside, crept in, put
his right hand against one side of the roof
stone and pushed it slowly up. then stretched
his9eft hand across in front of his face, felt
IN hole in the supporting stone, took out
and dropped the roof.
Half a minute he croGched there before my
excitement would let me call him out.
Slowly he came, and there, as l
turned the light on his hand l saw
The !ocket. Then came a mad idea to me to
wake him to show him his detection Awake,
cried, "and see your fate,' Then l
flashed the light in his face. Slowly great
weight seemed lifted off my heart, and the
life came back TO his eyes. For n moment
ne was dazed, then his eyes fell on the locket.
W 18th yell he leaped forward, knocked me
yards away, drew his pistols and fired at
zach of Us. The false cartridges saved us.
seeing us unwounded he turned and fed.
After him we ran as fast rs we could. Fast
hough we ran he gained easily, 50 we
topped and fired, but in vain. Apparently
to leave his dog-cart in the place
n which we had left it. he ran straight to
~ard the spot. He had gained 300 yards and
semed 20 have escaped; When suddenly he
ell and a fearful oath rang out
Fearing some trick, we reloaded our pistols
md ran up. There he lay, screaming and
'ursing, his ankle broken. He had caught
us foot in a hole and fallen heavily Threat
ning him with our pistols, we handcuffel
lin and took the locket away Startled BY ,
be pistol Shots peasant had come from
he neighboring farm, and with his aid we
arried him back TO the dog cart and drove
nto the town.
The excitement caused was tremendous. 10
.reat that even Paris for some DAYS talked
f nothing else, and l found myself famous.
he trial was attended by every one of fash {
on, and, in accordance with the public inter
st rather than its difficulty, lasted several
lays. The last day was certainly exciting.
q Thcuff. who had been fighting I
he evidence, finding the case hope |
rs, made a minute confession in
ourt. He explained that, rejected in
dishonorable suit by Mime. Dumont and
caring exposure OF his dishonest play by her
usband, he had resolved TO murder the
anker and throw the suspicion on the friend
lie gave a fun account Of the way the deed
'as DONE and concluded with a charitable
rish for private interview with me The
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