The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-07-20
PROVING HIS THEORIES.
How Professional Mind-Re ader
Caught a Thief


Apply A ID. Goodman. Kings Road Chelsea
Such was the advertisement which
appeared in several of the London
dailies. At ten o'clock the same morn
ing d short. thickset man. with an ex-
tremely red nose, showing that he had
been high liver in the servants hall.
knocked at the door of the house on
Kings road. neatly attired servant
girl with a muslin cap perched on her
pretty features appeared on the thresh-
old
is Mr. Goodman in?" asked the
caller.
He is" responded the girl. with sev-
eral critical glances at the man who
stood before her.
Il should like to see him on bust
ness
step in.
The visitor was ushered into q bright
front room
What name shall l say?''
MIR. Smiler"
The girl disappeared. Then the man
began To examine the apartment in a
leisurely manner. Several handsome
paintings and quite d collection of rare.
bric-a- brac bore ample testimony to
the artistic propensities of the master
of the house.
Some swell. evidently" murmured
the man with the red face.
The girl reappeared.
Master wants to know your bust
ness
Il called in reference to an adver-
tisement for valet"
oh" She tossed her head and again
vanished About five minutes elapsed
and then the girl entered the room.
''Iou can wait here, she said. Mas
ter isn't up yet"
For forty minutes the visitor was
left To his reflections.
Must be some blooming sport" he
commented. Then the door opened
and a tall. pale gentleman entered the
room in a languid fashion. picked up
the morning paper and carelessly
scanned the contents, as though obliv-
ious of the presence OF the visitor
He read the telegraphic news and
then the local The servant brought
in a tray upon which reposed break
fast bacon, eggs. a cup of coffee and
rolls. The gentleman put up his nose
and said:
Jane, take away those dishes
Leave the coffee"
he servant silently ObeNeu-
His appetite isn't good to-day
commented the caller. The gentleman
slipped the coffee with apparent relish.
read agaln the cable article from Paris
and finally lighted a cigar. All this
time the visitor stood standing re
spectfulIy. At last he ventured TO
cough, and the gentleman, turning To
him. remarked:
4 ll.aI zhAnr h..
tisement?"
Yes sir"
~ Nhere are your references?
Here. sir" and he took from his
pocket bulky package
We'll, don't care To see them"
Il served last the duke Of"
What do / care whom YOU served?
Will you accept a guinea a week and
expenses
Yes. sir
Very well we leave tonight for
Paris. See that every thing II ready"
Two days later the gentleman and
his servants were quartered IN Paris
The former had rented "A magnIficently
furnished house in a fashionable part
of the citV Try as he would. Smiler
could learn little of his new master.
lie came and went. He usually ar
rived home about two in the morning
and sometimes Smiler had to put him
to bed. He got up anyw here between
ten o'clock and noon Sometimes he
breakfasted heartily; at other times he
merely slipped his coffee SmIler WAS
commissioned To buv tickets for every
fashionable event. from the opera To
the races. and he always came and de
parted in a private carriage. quite an
elegant eguipage- About this time the
Partisan newspapers were agltatinE
the matter of the remarkable tests ia
mind reading given before tne eminent
gentleman 10y peasant woman in
Milan. The psychological society was
in session in the French capital and
the comments on the feats performed
in Italy were made more interesting
by the presence of u renowned English
mind reader. This gentleman showed
great aptitude in ferrcting out Grim
inals, and his accuracy in this respect
made him feared by the wrong doors
Mr. Smiler read of these wonders. but
being of a skeptical disposition pooh
poohed them. One morning when the
gentleman was slipping his coffee into
which he had placed a few drops of
cognac he looked up from his paper
and said to Smiler:
Markham. the mind reader, has run
down another criminal, Smiler. What
do YOU think of that?"
IF might venture an opinion, sir,
should say that il was all bnsh-"
''All bosh, eh? May l ask why?''
We'll. sir. it stands To reason. sir.
that no man can read what il going ON
in another mans mind. Its against
nature, and what's against nature
can't be done. sir. NV idea j.. sir. that
this man. this fraud, | will call him,
sir. il in collusion with these fellows,
and pays 'em. That's my impression,
sir. Easiest thing to humbug these
French savants. sir. A criminal. sir
can't be detected except by detec-
tives. and they make an awful botch oi
it. sir
so you don't believe in it?'' The
gentleman was now drinking his sec
ond cup of coffee.
That don't. sir"
We'll. now. suppose that give you
little demonstration"
Smiler started
You. sir?"
..Yes, Eve studied little in that lin,
as an amateur. Suppose. for example
L were to read your mind. Smller-'
You couldn't do it, sir"
II should say You were a faithful
honest fellow. who always served hi
masters interests"
Smiler gave a deprecating gesture
1T wouldn't take no mind reader t.
tell that, sir"
But wouldn't it take a mind readel
to tell, Smiler, what you've got in YOU