The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-07-20

ring"
Smiler nearly went into a fit.
''Of course | have 80 many rings and
pins that unless / was mind d-reader l
would never have missed these And.
let me see, Smiler, in your trunk You
have three pairs Of my trousers. Those
would not be easily missed, either.
Also about fifty neckties and collars
and cuffs innumera BILE
By this time Smiler was as pale as
ghost.
If | were to read your mind a little
further a. an amateur l would tell YOU
that on the Goth day Of September You
went to a paNvnShop on the Rue III
Rivoh and there disposed Of two seal
rings and a watch. for which You re-
ceived five hundred francs. They
cheated YOU. Smiler. Nou should have
got double that amount From there
You went To bank. like the thrifty.
honest, frugal fellow that you are. and
opened up an account. ON the .s:l Of
September with commendahle industry
You added To your little hoard 10y dis
posing of my gold-mounted stick. the
one presented me 10y Baron RoJhS-
child You carefully obliterated
the names. I commend your eau
ton Four days afterward YOU sold.
OF rather pawncd. >undry articles in
four different places which ! won't
take the time to enumerate- In all
Nou have one Thousand five hundred
francs ia the bank and twenty francs
in your pocketbook. together with
other articles Of mine which YOU were
about t. get rid Of this morning Nou
have been quite thrifty. and in
side of month il was your intention
to draw out your money and emigrate
To America. where You are desirous of
setting up in trade. This has been
Your dream. Smiler. the life of a pros
porous aud honest tradesman- Am
right. Smiler? If l have made any
mistakes attribute it To the fact that
am but an amateur"
But Smiler was speechleSs-
To continue. or rather To 90 back
into the past. l read that You robbed
all Your masters before me only they
were not mind-readers in an amateur
way and attributed the loss of differ
ent things to natural shrinka@e- When
you first entered my apartments in
Kings Road your thoughts were re-
garding my worldly possessions You
saw much that made YOU sure | was a
man of means. After / entered the
room 1 was seemingly busy reading the
newspaper Really. Smiler- l was
reading You. | did not want To see
your references They were super
fiuous. The man himself stood before
me. There WAS the reference. l de
termined to make 4 little study of you.
You Interested me at once for /
recognized in you a thief of many
wears training a thief who had pill
fered for all his life and never been
detected. Here. Thought. iS i subject
worthy Of NV attention here IL a case
which viii iifv AMI amuSe me 30 l
took YOU - NV bosom Smiler, and en-
ployei YOU ou the spot A. vou stood
there waiting for me to address Won
the thoughts that flashed through your
mind We're: i can easily get away
with one Of those presdrnware vases
lie has - many Of them that he viii
lever miss it Then he must b,- care
less sort of a swell. one of those spend
thriftS. lie will come home inebria-
ted every night Ii a pin, a ring a
watch or some other article disappears
he viii think he lost II somewhere the
night before. Here's a swell that pays
no attention To his personal effects
All he thinks of i having jolly good
time Am l right. Smiler2"
But Smiler never relapsed from his
collapsed condition.
..You began Ia pilfer when YOU pur-
chased the tickets to France Nou
made ten shillings on the tickets You
nut aside for yourself five shillings
from the purchases from the trunk
maker DO not deny IL. for II l. writ
ten indelibly on your mind l took L.
you right away. Here II precious
rascal. / thought Here's a servant
worth having You viii remember
that l commended you Cor your faith
9ulness- And now. Smiler, do You Ice
lieve in mind-reading? BY the way,
where are those pawn tickets, and
kindly hand me your bank-book."
Smiler obeyed without word
And nogv it wouldn't take mind
reader To tell what II going Ia happen "
The languid gentleman went 10 the
door and uShered in two officers
Smiler fell upon his knees
Mercy. mercy" he said.
'.Nou corroborate all l have said,
remarked the gentleman, with mild
interest
Yes. yes, confess. Don't put me in
jail
Il am sorry. Smiler. hut / have I'm
ished with my subject noN turn him
over To the law. Officers. do your duty
Very well. Mr.. Markham" replied
one of the officers.
Markham grnaned Smiler
The same, replied the languid gen
tleman-
The great English mind-reader?''
Il am he | advertised not for {
valet. but for subject ! wanted I,
prove some of my theories To the >oci
ety of savants here Nou have prov tt
a very good subject. / shall write on
the results of my Investigations 10
night, and then If YOU care to have tn,
law deal leniently with you. you vii
sign it l will then read the paper b,
fore the society. My enemies vii
have To coDcede that my work l. ia
comparable. BY the way. Smiler. hav,
i converted you To a belief in mind
reading?"
You have. sir" groaned Smiler-
And now. officers. take him away
as | have little work To- do"
With that the languid gentleman
turned and entered his study
Smiler Strengthened himself mp, dis
mally.
Well, I'm blowed," he said--De
trOit Free Press.
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