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HYPNOTIZING HER FATHER
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Experimenting on Others.

Charley Thought It Would Do Essy Afses
Experimenting on Others
Charley Horton is one of tho beet
young men in this city, but it is
barely possible that there may be
found here and there somebody who
knows more than he does-or did.
A few weeks ago when Charley
was visiting Dolie Bidwell-these,
by the way, are fictitious names
he and she got to discussing hypno-
tism. Molly loves Charley very
much, but she loves a joke, too, and
when he proposed to hypnotiHe her
she not only consented, but pretend
ed to Immediately fall under the
force of his spell.
In fact, she was as passive as a
little kitten even when he took a
long, sweet kiss from her, and she
meekly went through lot of ride
ulous performances at his command,
finally coming out of the spell with
a jerking of her pretty head and a
blinking of her eyes when he snap
ped his fingers and said, An rightT
Dollic told her sister Mildred Of
the joke, and when the latteT's beau
came, a few evenings later, Charley
had tGhypnotize the three of them
They all proved TO be good subjects,
and he had a mountain of fun. Then
when he and DOllie were alone
again she unfolded a noble plan TO
him.
Why not, she said, hypnotic
papa when you go to ask him for
mel You've been putting it off and
putting it off from week to week be
cause you were afraid he might get
angry, but if we are to get married
he ought TO be told at once.
"Go up to him, cast your spell
over him, or at least partly hSpno-
tie him, and then the rest viii be
easy. What do you Think"
Its a capital scheme" said
Charley. "I'll do it tomorrow. BY
George, what a lucky thing it is
that have this wonderful powerw
So the next day young Mr.. Hor-
ton walked into Mr.. Bidwell Office
sat down opposite the old gentleman
and began gazing at him steadily.
Anthony Bidwell gaBed back,
wondering whether the young man
had been rendered speechiess or
what was the matter with him, and
was about to say something when
Charley raised his hands, pointed
his fingers at the father Of the girl
he loved and then made several
passes in rapid succeesion-
Mr.. Bidwell arose, graspeti the
back of his chair, with an inward
determination to SSH his hfs dearly
If the worst came, and then began
slowly backing out of the efhce,
with Charley following, making
passes and gazing at him with an
intensity that was almost frightfnl.
Finally Mr.. Bidwell reached the
door, grabbed the knob and slam
med it shut after him as he Bumped
into the hall Then he hung on,
bracing himself against the wan,
and began yelling for help.
The porter, the elevator boy and
several tenants of the building ran
TO his assistance, but befoHe they
could decide upon plan Of action
Dollie, who had desired to see the
fun, appeared upon the scene and
asked what was the matter.
Her father knew she loved Char
ley Horton, and he looked at her
pityingly for moment before tell
ing her the awful truth.
Then she laughed a merry laugh,
whispered something in the old gen.
eman's ear, and he relinquished
|. is hold upon the doorknob, at the
same time telling those who had
gone to his assistance that it was
all right. -...
just what happened after Dollie
and her father got inside che refused
to tell, but she and Charley went
away happy half an hour later, and
he has decided to do no more hyp-