The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-01


diamond in my scarf and | ask the sub.
ject to look at 1t closely. In half minute
she is under the influence. When the maid
answered my ring at the address given in
the advertisement l told her that | had
come to claim the purse. She shouted up
stairs:
Mrs. Green here is the gent what lost
the money, and Mrs. Green came down
evidently very much disturbed by her
maids awkwardness. Mrs. Green was a
motherly, philanthorpic looking woman
and as she began apologizing for her maid
concluded that she was a good subject
" Before / say anything about the peck
etbook madam, | said, won't YOU be
good enough to look into this diamond in
my scarfpin and see if It is cracked? A boy
threw a stone at me as | entered the house
and 1t struck this pin. l am afraid that he
injured it
Mrs. Green was sympathetic and as
stepped 20 the light she looked at the pin
She brought her eyes close to ii and at my
request stared at it steadily until l said;
Now, Mrs. Green. that is not a pin
1t is a pocketbook. Can you sc it?'
Ives, it is a pocketbook,' she answered
in a mechanical way.
." 1T is the pocketbook which you found
on Broadway
Yes she answered.
Describe ii in detail 1 commanded
1T is black pocket book she said
with a silver monogram, y. T B." on
the back 1t contained three $50 bills and
one S. bill. That is ALL
THANK you Mrs. Green said l, pass
ing my hand across her forehead. and as
she gave little start on coming back to
her normal self 1 continued, i am glad
that you didn't find any flaw in that dia-
mond.
No. it seems to be all right she said
naturally. She had come out of the trance
without suspecting anything.
9" I came, l said. to see IL by chance
it was my purse which you found
" If you will describe It, she said. pleas
antly, I can tell. If it is yours, | shall
be pleased 10 return it
Il described the purse as she described
it to me, and when | had finished she
said:
1T is undoubtedly, Your purse, sir, and
l will get ii for you at once.
Wasn't that easy? ] got the money al
right and l saw that had struck it rich
Each day / looked over the papers FOR
such advertisements. You would be sur
prised to find how many honest people
there are in this town Nearly every week
two or three poke tbooks are picked W
by people who are anxious to return them
Then there is jewellery, and between thy
two 1 managed to make a very good IN
come. Occasionally, | would find that the
advertiser was a person whom | couldn't
hypnotic, and then l backed out as grace
fully as / could. / was very successful
however, and the simplicity of the scheme
pleased me. / wondered why it had never
occurred to other hypnotists. To my
friends 1 explained my prosperity by say
Ing that an uncle had left me a little
fortune.
well, sir, 1t so happened in the course
of business that l Investigated an adver-
tisement which ran as follows:
Found in the hall of the Hyphen Hotel
a pocket book containing money and -
pers. Inquire of Sinner, night clerk al
hotel, after Z p. M
II ought to have known better, but |
didn't. That evening 1 went to the hotel
and Inquired for Sinner. He was very
dapper little man and as soon as | saw
him j had my doubts. / didn't intend to
back down until l was forced to, how
ever, and telling him that / came to re-
cover a pocketbook / asked him to steu
into the inside Office with me and inciden-
tally tell me what he thought of my dia-
mond pin. The pin interested Sinner and
as soon as we got under the light he be-
gan to examine IL. i saw from the ex-
preston on his face that / had made a
mistake.
why, it's simply imitation Its not
the real thing he exclaimed, Just look
unbuttoned his coat and displayed a stud
as big as a walnut. II radiated light IN
many colors. I turned my eyes toward II
and although / was nearly blinded /
couldn't take them away. 1t was real
and dazzling.
"As ! looked ii seemed to be winking
at me and then 1t told me to tell why |
had come to the hotel. l told the whole
story from the beginning and suddenly /
was aroused by slap on the back. ] was
in the Office. Sinner was looking at me
with a grin.
Well you are a smooth article ne
said, but you should not attempt to hyp-
notice hotel clerk, and above all TO
flash paste diamond on him. Did you
know that my stone hypnotized you and
that you have given your snap away?
Well, it did. l know your little game I
am not going to expose you unless ! hear
OF your working it again. Let me tell
you, however. that your nerve is gone.
You can't hypnotic again because your
nerve is gone. Now get out of here,
quick
81 got out and found that the clerk
had told the truth. My hypnotic powers
were gone. / was ruined. / went back
to humping the plano and doing vaude-
Vile acts. 1t doesn't pay nearly so well.
Because of the evil that Sinner did to
me | charged you double rates for my
act tonight. Good night, gentlemen, re-
member to give me call when you have
another smoker" and out he walked.
Rev. A. r. Porter, ID. D., has resigned