The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-15

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but she made no motion to indicate
that she was conscious of any change.
Martial" he said, in some alarm.
Il am here" she replied.
The sound of her voice reassured
him, while her words clearly indicated
that she was not in her normally IN
tenigent state of mind.
''She is mine,'' he said to himself,
with a sudden thrill, "all mine. My
will predominates and she will do what
1 say, and--and hypnotized people
never remember what happens"
The joy of it made his blood Jingle,
but still he was cautious. He moved
to divan on the other side of the
room, and said: Come here to me,
| Martha.
She went to him without word.
"Sit down beside me-" he said.
She sat down.
Give me your hand"
She gave it to him.
And she doesn't know thing about
it," he said to himself. "Oh, but this
is easy"
1t took him two or three minutes
to get up his nerve for the next move,
but he finally did it.
REST your head on my shoulder"
he commanded at last, although not
without some hesitation, and as she
did it his arm stole round her waist
Talk about rapture!" he muttered.
His heart was beating like trip-ham-
mer, but for ten minutes he sat there
without moving. Then he heaved a
deep, happy sigh and asked himself:
What would the world do without
hypnotism?" Suddenly, however, a
doubt came to disturb him. Would he
be able to bring her out of this hyp-
motto state without calling in the fam
| lily? Instantly he was in cold per-
spiration, and he resolved to end the
seance right there, if possible, but
Well, kiss certainly would not com
plicate matters any more. He got it.
Then he set himself to the task of
breaking the hypnotic spell After
ward he had occasion to recall how
easily it was done, but at the
time his relief was too great to per-
NIT him to think of the extraordinary
nature of the fact that he did it on
his first trial. He merely snapped his
fingers before her eyes, and she slow
ly turned them on him with wonder
ing, questioning gaze.
What happened to me?" she asked
at length.
He blushed.
Don't you know?" he inquired.
NO" she answered.
He didn't tell her-that is. he didn't
tell her all. He simply said that he had
Internationally hypnotized her, but a
close observer must have noticed that
when he left the house that night he
| stepped as if he was walking on air.
! And he called again the next evening.
| He usually let day or two intervene
between his calls, but on this occasions
he failed to do so. He wanted to make
another experiment, he said. He had
been looking the matter up and had
discovered that he had overlooked a
most important test. The experiment
was more protracted on this occasion,
but it failed to bring him any nearer
the goal of his desires-and hers. To
have a hypnotized girl was a decided
luxury in its way, but it did not give
him the courage he needed when she
was in her right consciousness
The third evening she protested.
what do you do when l am under
the influence of your will?" she de-
manded.
'I-why, THAT is, I don't do any
thing" he answered, but if ever
| falsehood showed in a mans face it
| did in his when he said: Il simply
make you do various things to demon
strate my control over your will and
actions"
'I'd like to know what they are" she
insisted. Suppose you just pretend
I am hypnotized and tell me what to
do. I'll promise to do it just as l would
in my irresponsible state. l want to
learn the nature of your experiments"
"But-but that wouldn't demon
strate anything" he argued
Foolish man! 1t would have demon
strated more than all his hypnotic ex-
periments combined.
"Oh WELL" she said, resignedly, 'if
it is of any intellectual or other advan-
tage to you, go ahead. But really
think it would be ever so much better
| if l were conscious of what was hap
pening, don't your"
He WINGED, and his face fairly burned,
In fact, he was so disconnected that he
failed to notice the CLEAN of triumph
in her eyes as he began his usual exper-
iment. If he had possibly he would
have been better prepared for what
happened when it was over. He had
scarcely, as he thought, removed the
spell, when she suddenly exclaimed:
"Why, what's that on your coat?" A
moment later, after hasty and inter-
ested inspection, she added "Why.
why, it's face powder; and there's
some on your mustache, too. Percy
Wallingford, l demand to know what
you make me do when 1 am thus placed
in your power! 1t is my right, sir and
1 demand an explanation. What ad-
vantage have you taken of my poor.
weak will?"
What could he say? What could he