The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23

riage, quite an elegant equipage.
About this time the Partisan news
papers were agitating the remarkable
tests in spiritualism given before en-
inent gentlemen by n peasant woman
in Milan. The psychological society
was in session i'm the French capital
and the comments on the feats per-
formed in Italy were made more in
teresting by the presence OF "A
renowned English mind reader. This
gentleman showed great aptitude in
ferreting out criminals, and his accu-
racy i'm this respect made him feared
by the wrong doers. Mr.. Smiler
read OF these wonders, but being Of
a skeptical disposition pooh-poohed
them. One morning when the gen
tleman was slipping his coffee, he
looked up from his paper and said
to Smiler
Mark ham, the mind reader, has
run down another criminal, Smiler.
What do you think Of that?"
"If might venture an opinion,
sir, / should say it was all bosh.
"All bosh, eh2 May ask Why"
"Well, sir, it stands TO reason, sir,
that no man can read what is going
on i'm another mans mind, 1t is
against nature, and what's against
nature can t be done, sir. My idea
is, sir, that this man, this fraud, ]
will call him, sir, is 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 detec-
ted except by detectives, and they
make an awful botch Of it, sir"
$50 you don't believe in it",
The gentleman was now drinking his
second cup Of coffee.
"That / don't sir"
"Well, now, suppose that / give
you little practical demonstration"
Smiler started.
"You, sir?'
eyes; I've studied little in that
line as an amateur. Suppose, for ex-
ample, were to read your mind,
Smiler."
"You couldn't do it, sir. "
al should say you were faithful,
honest fellow, who always served his
masters interests.
Smiler gave deprecating gesture.
at wouldn't take no mind reader
to tell that, sir.
But wouldn't it take IA mind
reader to tell, Smiler, what you've
got in your pocketbookY'
Smler turned pale.
"As an amateur, Smiler, mind |
don't pretend to be accurate; l don't
say that il any one should look in
that pockctbook he would find my
ruby scarf-pin and my emerald and
diamond ring"
Smiler nearly went into a fit.
"Of course | have so many rings |
and pins that unless ! was n mind
reader / 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 necktes and collars and cuffs
innumerabe."
BY this time Smiler was as pale as
n ghost. .
IF was to read your mind little |
further as an amateur | would tell !
you that on the 20th OF September !
you went to n pawnshop on the Rue
di Rivol and there disposed Of two
seal rings and watch, for which you |
received 500 francs. They cheated !
you, Smiler. You should have got
double that amount. From there !
you went to II bank, like the thrifty, !
honest, frugal fellow that you are,
and opened up an account. On the !
I'd of September with commendable
industry you added to your little
horde by disposing OF my gold
mounted stick, the one presented me
by the Baron Rothschild. You care
fully obliterated the names. | COM
mend your caution. Four days
afterward you sold, or rather pawned,
sundry articles in four different
places which ] won't take the time
TO enumerate. In all you have ], 500
francs in the bank and 20 francs in
your pocket-book, together with other
articles Of mine which you were about
to get rid of this morning. You have
been quite thrifty, and inside OF n
month it 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 n
prosperous and honest tradesman
Am / right, Smiler! IL l have made
any mistakes attribute 1t to the fact
that am but an amateur.
But Smiler was speechless.
ITO continue, or rather to go back
into the past, | 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 shrinkage.
When you first entered my apart
ments in Kings Road your thoughts
were regarding my worldly posses
sions. You saw much that made
you sure | was man of means.
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