Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-13

! likes with him. Well, from that moment
the prisoner has become the warder's
master aud can do what he likes with
! him. He can make him go where he
| pleases, and can make him open the
! prison doors whenever he likes to suggest
| the idea to him."
Doubtless" replied the director, "but
on condition that be has first sent him to
I Sleep
THAT is where you make a mistake"
said the doctor. ale can do all these
/ things when he is awake. and yet he Will
know nothing about them"
what, do you mean TO say-W
81 mean to say, and | affirm, that under
the influence the prisoner can say to the
warder, 'On such a day at such an hour
! you viii do such a thing and he will do
1t. 'On such day you will bring me the
/ keys OF my CELL and be will bring them,
/ ION such dayry will open the gate OF
the prison., and he will open II. 'On'such a
day willpass by YOU and be Will not
see him pass" .-.t q N a. tse n
Not when he is awakeW
'sQuite wide awake" ga d1'l1s
To this affirmation Of the doctor a
shrug of incrdullty passed round the
company. on '4@-ia-
Nothing can be truer, nevertheless, :"
sad Rie re, Htor myself have seen sqqch
things" -7i-
a4sAndiso-" said the Governor,i Yths ma
terlality of one person suppressed at the
LOOK III an0ther?'' ~ s}i773 s7f,
t'Egtirely,v said the doctor; t''Rpd in
some people in such a way as to Gattse
such changes In their senses that they
will take saltfor sugar, milk for vinegar,
and wine for physic Nothing iS impOs-
sible in the way of illusion or hallueina-
tion while the BRAN is under thG sinaiu
ence,O
''It seems to me, DR.. Antekirtt," said
the Governor, "that the general feeling OF
the company is that those things must be
seen to be belived"
"And more than once" said one OF the
guests.
ut is a pity" said the Governor,
''tnat the short time you have to give us
Will not allow you to convince us by an
experiment"
But cam" replied the doctor.
CHOW ?"
eyes, now, if you like"
Chow %
''Your Excellency has not forgotten
that three days ago one of the cOnVicts
was found asleep on the road, and | told
you that it was a magnetic sleepW
YES" said the director of the peni-
Tertiary, land the man is now in the hos
pital.V
none of your warders could"
"Quite So"
swell, that was enough to create be-
tween me and this cOnvict-What is his
namep
"Carpena."
"Between me and Carpena, a bond of
suggestion putting him completely in my
power"
when he is in your presence"
And when we are apart
"Between you here, and him in the hos
pitalw asked the Governor.
"Hes; and If you will give orders for
them to leave the doors open, do you know
what he will doY'
run awayl'' said the governor with a
laugh in which all joined.
"NO, gentlemen" replied the doctor
very seriously, ''Carpena will not run
away until / wish him to run away,
and he will only do what l want him
to do"
Sand what is that, ifyou pleased"
"F0r example, when he gets out OF
prison, l can order him to take the road
here"
"And will he come herer'
"lnto this very room, if please, and he
will insist on speaking to YOU"
40 me?'
"To you. And if you like, as he will
have to obey all my suggestions, | will
suggest the idea to him to take you for
somebody else-say for his Majesty, AL
lOnso XII"
"For his Majesty, the King OF Spain?"
"Yes, your Excellency, and he will ask
you"
''To pardon himpo
"Yes, to pardon him, and, If you like,
to give him the cross OF Isabella into the
bargain"
Shouts of laughter greeted this last as
sertion.
Sand the man wide awake all the
timep asked the director Of the peniten-
tIary.
"As wide awake as we are."
''No. No. 1t is not credible, 1t is not
possible" exclaimed the governor.
"Then try the experiment. Give Or
ders for Carpena to be allowed to do what
he likes, and for security let one or two
warders be told of to follow him at a
distance. He shall do all have just
told YOU"
VERY well; when would you like to
beginY"
sit is now eight O'CLOCK" said the
doctor, consulting his watch. cat nine
O'Clock 20
''Be it so; and after the experimentT
"Atter the experiment Carpena will go
1hASbAJ bdCh W JuC HAbdl nlluOub ING
slightest remembrance OF what mas pass
ed. l repeat--and 1t is the only explana-
tion can give you Of the phenomenon
that Carpena will be under a sug-
gestive influence coming from me, and in
reality 1 shall be doing these things, not
Carpena."
The governor, whose incredulity con-
corning the phenomenon was manifest,
wrote a note to the chief warder, direct
ing him to allow Carpena full liberty of
action and to follow him from distance,
and the note was Immediately despatched
to the hospital.
The dinner having finished, the comPa-
ny at the governors invitation adjourned
to the drawinglf00nlg s1ra9mOh
Naturally. the conversations stlll dwelt
on the different phenomenaof Magnetism
Or hyppotism, and con troVersy between
the believers and unbelieNeEs grew ami
mated DIR. Antekirtt, while the cups of
coffee circulated amid thetsmOke Of the
cigars and cigarettes, which even the
spanish ladies did hot despise, related "a
score OF facts Of which he had been the
witness or the author durlng the practice
Of his profession, all 10 tho point, all in
disputable, but none Of them, seemingly,
convincing. ~aFe'f a>oAf
97He aided also that this faculty OF sug-
gestion would giVe serious tt6uhle 10 leg
Blators and magistrates, for N could be
used Tor criminal purposes; and cases
oould ariae in which crime could be COM