The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17

secured its publication in a single
number of All the Wcrld. 1 turned to
him for an explanation.
Draw up a chair, he said, with
what l thought an air of some con-
descension. Il can afford to fly high
tonight, so let us have a bird and a
bottle quietly IN this corner, while I
tell you all about il"
'.Of course he said, as soon as we
were fairly settled, this is all on the
quiet 1 should not tell even you, If
you were not one of nay best friends,
and if l did not mean presently to ask
great favor of you. You know he
continued, "how people have been
talking ,about the science of hypnotism
for months paste"
/ nodded my assent, and he went on
with an uninterrupted flow Of words.
Well he said, L CHANGED some
time ago to be thrown in contact with
an adept in this art, science, or what
cognized at once the value that a
knowledge of it might be to me in
making fiction. and 1 asked the fellow
TO give me some insight into it. This
ne did for a consideration, and to such
good purpose that / was soon able to
practice the science to some extent
1 presently found that it was not diff
cult for me TO gain a hypnotic influ-
ence over any man of less robust
physique than myself, but I rarely at
tempted to use the power.
when I finally did, it was wholly
without Fermentation. and it hap
pened in this way. a few weeks ago
in fact, just as they were making up
the Christmas number-I happened
into the office of All the World and
while there offered ADDISON this poem"
Lightly put his finger on the printed
page as he spoke, but went on with
out pause.
ADDISON put me off with some
stock remark about being full of ma
terial, Of having more than he could
handle, and did not even look at the
poem. This nettled me considerab bly,.
and it suddenly occurred to me that
Aldeson was a smaller man than my
self and that L ought to give him
good thrs shing for his impudence.
Then it came to me all at once that
could hypnotic hime and make him
accept my poem. 1 asked him to send
his assistant away, as 1 wanted to
speak to him privately. When we
were alone l at once began the effort
TO make him subject to my will. In
less time than 1 am telling you 1 had
him completely under my influence.
promised it the initial place in the
number.
Then the thought came to me to
try my power a little further. Calling
a messenger, l sent to my rooms for a
bundle of manuscript. and sorted out
from it everything that would do for
a Christmas number. You know
he added, parenthetically, that 1
always keep a stock of material on
hand, ready for all needs and seasons.
| took these Christmas things up, one
by one, and brought them to his atten-
tion, and he accepted each one and
made place for it in his holiday num-
Der.
Then he called his assistant in and
gave instructors for making up the
copy-and I took him away with me
and gave him a royal good time for a
week. When he got back to the Office
it was too late to make any changes,
and so you see the number has come
out with nothing but my work. And a
very good number it is, too" he con-
Guided complacently.
But what do you expect to gain by
it?' I asked. 1.-THE story will come out.
and will do you no good, but quite the
reverse"
You are all wrong" replied Lightly,
quietly; 'the story will not come out.
You can see that Aldeson must be the
last man to tell it. And he could have
no object in doing so, especially as the
number has already made such a good
impression"
With that he took from his pocket
copies of a half-dozen leading papers
and reviews, and showed me comments
that were not only favorable, but fiat
tering in the extreme.
paid for?" said I, not a little dis