The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-26

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bends of preparation On his forehead
When hG hid recovered his esonspoSure
IfT- Hammered touched hirn on the
arm ard whispered Iaslllaatingiy
Yousre . poor man. / xan shur
you w4y to make pserky Of n0oney
just 81 me stroke CT : Fes- VIII you
Yes: IN dol. xha:sser Is il. he
exeiained
Il want yos 10 forge cheek for
{0um iasf copy this asgnstur< ana
you shah have bali OF Il
Give Il 10 me- Give me pen
member. ard the check was forged
Col. IngersoI viii COW address the
class, said pr. Hammond. and he
she platform He had none az the
famous atheists eloauenee, bet he
had strong Voice and q strong flst-
He pounded on the table and yelled
TIL he was hoarse that there Was no
God; that Christians walked IN dark
ness. and that he had hell enough on
earth without expecting mnre OF Il
hereafter Next he was Ghauneey
DepeE. He lacked wit quite as much
as eloquence, buf he announced with
. cheeky smile that ae had the walk
over in England, and be spoke Of the
prince as n dear old chaps parfzcu
lar friend OF mine. His speech was
8 marvel OF old eonundfBnss and
stale newspaper jokes. but he was 50
funny notwithstanding that the
laughter OF the students rang through
the building. Five minutes Later he
was Tairnage exhoFting his listeners
70 repent. for the devil stood st every
mans elbow and hell yaxned 10 re-
ce5ve the soul that hesifafed :
Before bring this man out os this
state, said DR.. Hammond 10 the
class. II want to show you how, II |
so viii ii. can Influence him even
after his return TO seif-eonseiousnsss.
Listen to me-, be said esnphatically TO
the subject. Three minutes after |
withdraw my power over YOU You
will tell ME that my face is black.
Do you hear2 Three minutes after II
He touched the subject GA the
shoulder. the man raised bis he4i as
If just awakening, and looked about
him wonderingiy Half dozen stu
dents had out their watches, and they
watched them attentively while they
listened to the conversation between
the subject and the physician.
You remember nothing?n
Not thing. But feel very tired,
and I'd ike glass of water. for my
mouth Is narched as If / had ferer.
You shall have that presently
What did you remember hearing last.
when YOU came to yourself just
now ~
..Let me see. Oh, yes. thought
you had just finished your def milton
of hypnotism. Oh, but doctor ard
he stood up and whispered something
in DIR. Hammond's ear
II dent hear you. Speak louder
Your face is black he said apollo
getieally. land thought you wouldn't
ike to go on lecturing with q streak
across your nose. Three minutes
had passed to second.
.'Oh, you're mistaken there's moth
ing on my face.
That's So" replied the subject
with q smile; lit must have been a
shadow
Now, would you like to know what
you did during the last hour? You
rode horse and broke your head,
you stabbed man, you forged a
check, you were Ingersoll. Depew and
Talmage and made some remarkable
speeches. You did all this, and you
remember
Moth g." was the answer. in a
comically helpless tone, as the subject
scratched his head.