The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-10
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"If IL had not been for one OF ycu fol
Isws, might now - supporting nyseli
comfortably by my hypnotic powers In
stead OF playing the plano and doing
vaudeville turns," cid the professor after
| he had finished his stunt al the Friday
| night smoker Of the Hotel Clerks Life
Saving, Social and Outing club.
cit was -four years ago, i" no continued,
"when landed I'm New York with enough
money to run mo for two weeks and no
prospect OF an engagement 10 was purely
| by chance one morning after bad paid
| my last dollsr for room rent that discov-
cred a way to utilize my hypnotic pow ers
with profit am the inventor of it, and
| II it hadn't been for hotel clerk might
ROW be- working it. was down on my
luck, and began looking through the
personals and lost and found notices hop
ing that something would turn up. This
notice caught my eye:
"'Found, a sum of money I'm a pocket
book on Broadway. Owner may get IL by
proving property and paying for adyertis-
ing Mary b u, 100 West - street.
at occurred to me that Mary was very
honest woman, and / wondered IL
couldn't guess description OF the pocket
book and the amount of money and SO get
it to tide me over. / spoculated on what
sort of wsmsn Mary was and then came
the thought why not hypnotize her and
get her TO tell about the pocketbookf' Tho
more thought 1t over the better liked
it, and went to Mary's address to see
what could accomplish. You know that
1t is an easy matter to hypnotic the aver
age woman. l have done 1t easily many a
time. For ordinary cases wear a large
paste diamond in my scarf, and ask the
subject to look at 1t closely. In half q
minute she is under the influence When
the maid answered my ring at the address
given in the advertisements, / told her that
i had como to claim the purse. She shout
ed up stairs:
az Mrs. Green, here is the gent what
lost the money and Mrs. Green came
down, evidently very much disturbed by
her maids awkwsAIess.
Before i say ai Tthing about the pook
etbook, madam, / said, won't you be
good enough TO look into this diamond in
my scarfpin and see il ID is crackeds A
boy threw n stone as me as / entered the
house. and IL struck this pin. am afraid
that hs injured it,.
Mrs. Green was sympathetic and as /
stepped TO the light she locked at the pin.
She brought her eyes close to IL and at my
request stared at it steadily until said:
:" Now, Mrs. Green, Chat is not pin.
1t is pocketbook. Can you see itp'
"'Yes it is pocketbook, she answered
In mechanical voice.
1T is the poeketbook which you found
on Broadway
Yes, she answered.
4 -. a. +. n ii
I" 1t is a black pocketbook, she said,
with n silver monogram, -. T. B. on
the back. Is contained three $50 bills and
one So bill. That is al.
"'Thank you, Mrs. Green, said I, pass
ing my hand across her forehead and as
she gave little start ON coming back TO
her normal self / continued. Il am glad
that you didn't find any flaw i'm that dia-
mond.
NO, il seems to be all right she said
naturally. She had come out of the trance
without suspecting anything.
:" / came, said, to see If by chance 1t
was my purse which you found.
If you will describe it, she said pleas
antly, Il can tell. If il is yours, shall
be pleased to return it,
81 described the purse as she described
"'I 1t is undoubtedly your purse, sir, and
/ will get it for you at once.
Wasn't that easy? got the money all
right, and saw that I had struck it rich.
Each day looked over the papers for such
advertisements. You would be surprised
to find how many honest people there are
In this town. Nearly every week two or
three pocketbooks are picked up by people
who are anxious to return them. Then
there is jewelry, and between the two
managed to make very good income.
Occasionally would find that the advsr-
tiser was person whom / couldn't hyp-
notice, and then l backed out as gracious
ly as / could.
swell, sir, 1t so happened In the course
of business that / investigated an adver-
tisement which ran as follows:
Found, in the hall of the Hyphen
hotel, a pocketbook containing money and
papers. Inquire of Sinner, night clerk at
hotel, after 2 p. M
81 ought to have known better, but i
didn't. That evening went to the hotel
and inquired for Sinner. He was a very
dapper little man, and as soon as l saw
him had my doubts didn't intend to
back down until / was forced to, however,
and, telling him that ] came to recover q
pooketbook, I asked him to step into the
inside Office with me and incidentally tell
me wh..s he thought of my diamond pin.
"The pin interested Sinner, and as soon
as we got under the light he began to ex-
anime 1t. saw from the expression on
his face that had made a mistake
"'Why, it's simply imitation. It's not
the real thing he exclaimed. Just look
at mine by way of comparison And he
unbuttoned his coat and displayed stud
as big as q walnut. 1t radiated light in
many colors. turned my eyes toward 1t,
and, although was nearly blinded, !
couldn't take them away. 1t was real and
dazzling. t
"As looked 1t seemed to be winking at
me, and then It told me TO tell why had
come to the hotel. 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
o grin.
"'well, you are smooth article be
said, but you should not attempt to hyp.
notize hotel clerk, and above all to flash
| a paste diamond on him. Did you know
| sk.& -, .x,ra byp al vos1 m nd fhat Won