The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-03

| / put ON all the air OF Othello then,
and talked darkly and mysteriously OF
far lands. i shall call on my return, >
said I.
How long win that be, asked little
Mildred
"Six-ten years." said I, thinking
more earnestly as said it, that [
wished / could drop those tiresome
years, and meet Mildred that much
older
On my way down stopped at one of
my clubs, where it being about 6, 1
found lot Of them just up from down
town, when l announced again [ was
going to Abyssinia although, indeed
had no particular intention of doing
so; and they knowing me, in fact,
secuted the notion.
t'Oh, you won't, Tom" somebody
cried. Then Jenkins, a tutor in Column
bia, said something about Cathode
rays--which led to the discussion of
other wonders, and we fell into the
mood of prophesying. Somebody talk
ed about airships; and another Of the
horseless carriage contest.
'.Oh, they never will succeed said
Jenkins, with the assurance of a scien-
tific person who, living in the midst &c
wonders, only believes one at present
demonstrate; the scientific temporal
nent is sometimes queer; very insist
ent on the limitation of the known.
i wish | could 90 to sleep for ten
years" / remember saying. ''There
won't be a horse on the street then"
"Oh, get out" said Jenkins.
Were there many bicycles ten years
ago / queried.
ooh, that's different, cried our stu
dent of facts.
'tWell, it may be, said /, for i never
enter into discussions; they are too
wearisome, and it's more comfortable
to yield even several points
by the way, I may not be in here in
ten years. / am going to Abyssinia
The mood for travel may last for ten
years, you know. / was still thinking
of little Mildred, so | repeated myself
And on the way mp the avenue,
kept wishing | could stop those ten
years; when / saw on a window, above
milliner's store, the sign, I'D. Daroedi,
Hypnotisf' That was a rather UNI
usual sign ten years ago when hgpno-
tism was not the regular recognized
profession it is now. Impulsively, /
-
and pushed the bell indicated. A thin
dark individual, with piercing eyes, adj
mitted me.
Tlunl, Mr. Daroedi, said T.
Yes, sir. he replied, with an accent
that ] tried to place.
Il saw your sign" said T.
ooh, yes; it's rather a novelty now.
1t won't be in ten years. How can ]
serve You, sir?" he added in the most
matter of fact manner, as if he were
broker asking what / wished him to
buy.
IF you don't mind, said /, Il would
ike to be projected ten years into the
future"
"That, sir. is very easy. My fee, how
ever-we might as well mention It, to
prevent misunderstanding lis 500 for
each year 81 900
He said this most professionally
''Oh, we'll, said I, lets try it. But
where shall it be-"
Here, if yon like, sir. have rooms
specially arranged for ten year sleeps.
You know have bought this property.
and have arranged the house for sub
iects.n
''Have you?" said /. yet i remembe1.
without particular surprise. mo.
don't know that have heard As for
the fee--well, perhaps that's not exor-
bitant. / suppose there's no danger of
oversleeping
None, sir" said DR. Daroedi. .'Tha
trouble with the hypnotic science is
that there are so many quacks in it.
Now ! am entirely reliable, sir The
| thing is done on scientific principles ?
/ was not listening, but thinking Of
| little Mildred Van Brnle. Ten years
Ell? Perhaps she would be married TO
/ another. I would risk it, Why
shouldn't {? Ny property was all IN
long time bonds and mortgages. Ten
years wouldn't matter The doctors
manner, too, gave confidence.
Il agree 10 the fee" said / at last
Il am ready, Doctor"
every well, SIR" he said Wow
oblige me by coming in here"
We entered a room bare OF every.
thing save reclining chair, like den.
lists.
"Now oblige me, sir, by taking the
chair"
"The operation is painless?" said !.
Entirely so. Oblige me by looking
| pleasant. All, that's it. Now you
know, this is a suspension Of ANNA,
ton that's all You'll wake up ter
years from now, but not ten years
older.
That's what want cried de
| lighted.
Are you ready sir
Quite
He made some passes with his hand
not at all like the orthodox mesmer
lists: and / lost consciousness. TIL
sensation was indeed much like tina
occurring when taking dental gas: and
as / say the chair was like a denta
chair. But of course everybody nov
knows the details of an hypnotic office
/ awoke ont Of IL as if ! had been sim
ply in a long deep slumber, with
sense of complete rest awolse with tn
consciousness of the same eyes on m
that lulled into slumber.
Good afternoon" said he affablA
and added as III this were a mere con
! monplaee, 1T is the year 1906"
s ] listened to this statement with n
!. particular surprise. For / seemed
have left all surprise at anything.
"Oh, yes" ! said, u remember"
you are not year older" Doctt
Daroedi continued. Il / said ten year
ago, animation simply has been SUI
g pended that's alt You will 60 on
|. into the world and find your acquain
q ances aged by ten years