Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-29
HYPNOTlZED BY A THIEF,
By Mrs. NJ. l.. Rayne

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aImlt a there Is such thihs. s.,,,,,r, ne seiyi9e
pySSSi1hff, VINO 60 s19ut snv Vuri' orn 'aivavs in
tNHniiniiuohs ot their poWtr sEe tti.,c,
, i,uis,@on @ WIN Wi,t soineNiisse soine Nise N ~ w
| Y3n know th2t NouiSel,, ,Nta.., N-,d oe
,fr Norhi1s s n 91 thf 1 Ei9 tgFJ VIZ L SCI
cnce that IS yet In its infancy. and h.ts
are only lev ingi,iduaiS VINO n"Ne ,.,r s. 'l.s
ngi,'oao nIWCt "ni atv ar'c 10 t,t have
| seen it done, aud it is wonderiul-wohdei-
| fui;,
| what did YOU soo2 ,
| II saw young man CLIMB walls like \
| cat. drink milk out Of saucer. eaten "a
mouse and then wash his face ard hanaSS iSS
as cat does; Aud when he came out or
| the trance he had no idea that he had u1he
any Of these things. or that he had even
"Hum!' said Mrs Darl. incredulously. II
| don't believe a word OF IL. II he did al
| spraior And what good can such a fac
! ulty bring to science. / should like to
! know? Where is the scientific value in
why. don't you see. dear, 1t is the verl-
| ncation of theory p"
| NO, | do not Soc And am not sure
| that | would heiieye II n I sli see n, The
| whole stock in trade Of these hypnotizers
| Is the power of producing an Illusion.
"f had intGndcd nskinp ynu TO 60 with
| mo To- tha sxbllitiou fn-Higbt :,
,,aAiG Ana De I, tTansmIoErfed into a cat? Ne.
| in the cause of Science II ,nust be- far
| something worth while You have Vet tS
tbe hvpnott ssS,, is nm n6t s,f wng1 f9n ,a bt,, uJn
| carry out tha plIn of the hvpn"tlzcr' ~.
| is no one living wb6 'couiJ Nv n fe1, IL
| not chooso io '"aNy 10 ''- Wv az! '''hs u'u
but yon ackHowlodre do Won not. that
strong VIA can control a. a weak one onS'?'' '''
| old as tbe days AIN, w 'n8t Id. Is as
dcntiy in snbiSotion ,a' to EyE VINO WaT snnSoso N
ove,to,oitte NJ Nh SaE tga{ otep sleep Whch
was taken from him was hynp5,ic S fip
al have an idea said NJ. Darl sud-
.eHiS. ". ~ suppose since MIhomet won't 40
70 tne mountain, that tho mountain comes
to },NI Mah,omet. 10, The hypnotst can como here
few neiFRbors in mem and % he we aan WI Ie ia',e nG
exhibition of his powers. How does fhat
idea strike you?"
ana the Pebbles, and Or. sini,hly ana li"fi his
band. You can let them knew ma Vii
order REFRESHMENTS and we w,tti L,l,e " 80 "a
bt bf''Ws we 0I can hSbn9tsm d VIII besin laG
your hypnotic operator comes" 'i'e'it until
house in beautfnlV @ lV[rytnng oTdr ard darrhanged her
geous in a dress Of rIibv vSitet i,.s hSfSSh got-
far too fine for the 5 Et,V6, b,, whiSh was
that velvet rosis1s i''ihsv, she haNhg read
The neisbhoriss hsis'eu ma nSnnI9tiiG III Influence
nn ,S noiiii5dhE ana the time passed in
hvpnotitISu u,sFmssi3h upon the power of
sGarch as to wsi irfhd fhd {Rolns 50 far IN re
tiably aa5 w9nd%rfIl d story the tIonss of seven
ShriS hi passage from the weird history of
III !tJo i igniGneon;
90 81 nc spoke, ana Alice responded with n
SOFT suhdped inward .acquiascence, and a
}a5n Game 5n,,n3 Of torch that indicateg gentle tile
l;!i hand, and, rising from her chalr@blindly,:,'
proacbed tfbey''fPe bi eIqterthe IT. proud Alice ap
te...rSatlhS Alice sunk again into her seat.
.Nti,a "e Is ,ii'ue, SAID Matthew Maulc.
spiflt.
D,ri IN tnat ~ was mesmerism' said Mrs.
-, And what is mesmerism?' asked one OF
eXp,simn eXf tiEbhng P w. think that it is as IN
sane S5ins oh Ref$ they are re rs noW @?' Lst fSf
g,S us hold ont, on to our chairs or we may bo
afri'iIi'' affraid," away 10 emma l. Tor one am
am not said the queenly hostess,
rs she SWEPT lSrWard IN velvet and dia-
"A pale; composed-lookinS man accom>
r y he h4a ne Of dd his not
pany. ,.,
eI2,nyerrsqtion SI,rer t became h ga grneral Mrs Pari
SnpPeG 'it0 uhe nan aH1 9Sck4liGa 70 mel, mSr
~, ,lf1if1by any possi6llity be 1 should I be
make me DO anything ridiculous?'
SuNu Il pOSSlbilllJ INL IL SOh tAtL'S any
fear
Fear" echoed his wife, scornfully, in
stage whisper; you VII see that ne
me-" And she went back TO, the. parIor
and found one of her guests cllinhlnS mo
piano to escape an imaglharN Dear mat
was pursuing MN. y lew passes anu ne
was restored TO his normal condition, look
ing very foolish.
There were some amusing and some per-
picking exhibitions of the professor
power, then the company followed most
and hostess 10 the dining room, where =
generous spread awaited them. MrS. barl
was rather silent. Her t9st would De mo
of the young professor as II ms secret ldy
in them. But they were harmleSsly busy
with the sandWlches' ms iA,c Me- Iutt5
non,commlttal, 100: mat MIS- t"G PumrI
ne htiu OF ltuuiI4ilg m biJ WI ~ " ''1''
pIahk! She Noulu SUN NJ" n.rI eo,,.d
batk IN tme iJiIIii,tti iin'jtlIG, nr''''N
"c! t trs t,{i ~ nrnf..SGr. but she
"a ~. 49,, II II d a. nv ,nrnngrd ~
htt ttt 'tVt Ia -. ssiI 49, onjci ~ " N''
Nj ~ HrfS - 70 III ESern
.f,bien I rauuot bVrnnti2e Won"
ath 10, nj, i,nnt5,i.ii,sa tGnt II is only
r,dgr' CSaTf,in r1niitions thar this great
unWer San he disulayed?''
"Certaiuly: there are conditions that must
he compiied with / am positive and You
are negative; but you are "a very difficult
subject because you are resisting me
with all your might"
Mrs Darl looked reproachfully at her
husband and said in the dumb alphabet OF
the married, You have told him.
He flashed back in the same language,
I14t ltf IL