The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-24
XIV.

was never known, however. NJ such
umes 60 give amy clue TO his family or
~@nnnerfions. All the stories were con-
GDod 60 his vngabond days. He never
auDwed any person to interrupt his mar
GuG1ves BY remarks: any u must b
@.rved until they were concluded.
~tOf all the vagabcnd specs j ever
1mnrAsd into. none ever brought me In
= murss cash m the mesmerism dodge"
- taeaa-
started at those words. aud from
(ne moment became m eager and at
fnn1ivs iixfescr.
when first started In II. | thought
wss all humbug. I got hold Of a sharp.
~nsveS girl, who pretended TO mesmcrize
assemblies I carried about with me-.
UE11. sus fine morning. this girl bolted
with one of the accompiices. aud L
Uns fent in the lurch. with my bills out,
~snounring q performance for the Lrxt
uxgAG walked gloomily about the
orun. Turning down q back street. 1
Oune Into q public house. There vas
NE2y one other person In the room besides
0yseif--s scottish looking fellow. who
usrs upon him the unmistakable marks
- q follower OF ~. Crispin. He was In
~Ded IN re laxative. AZ first l was
- moody to bestow upon him n reply.
III he wss not TO be snubbed: and. nj
uhnf. the low cunning. and coarse. hui
0nesssa shrswdness OF his remarks. be-
- % amuse me. He invited me home
. dinner with him. I accepted his In
uoknf3saL
He lived In q squalid court. a hid
~sD hooking place. and the home he led
- Into was In keeping with Its sur
0sNaiuy< began to wish myself out
- he adventure: with oil my lore OF
W~nRahsndissu. this was q little beyond
- Croaching over q handful Of FIRE
- Q girl about thirteen or fourteen
ysnEs Of sge. with fiery rel hair and a
~. sullcn face. every bone OF her thin.
anunlsr body showing through the rag
- srsnty clothing that barely covered
- Sae rose. from her seat with a
~EuwlRng look OF dIsdaia. which changed
- sne " asfonishment at the sight Of
well~irrz~ci stranger. She fixed her
sUss spsn me with nm inquiring stare.
1As~ ives something In those eyes that
strangely affected me.
~JIer Gather ordered her about with
<AEssis. and would have used blows. I
Oelieve. had ! not been there. The girl
suagartei him much In the OF a
Gagged usrcss. who would like 10 fsxten
60on her keeper. but dare not. I kept
scratching her az she moved about. and
~01denlT = strange idea struck me. Could
uxvf this girl TO play the clairvoyant the
i Dexr nightf ] at once put IL 10 her
4 1nshcr. Selling upon the dilemma In
9bich I was placed. and which l had
> umewhs. incautiously laid bare TO him.
} heNri.s IN drive an cxtortionate bargain.
-vUHil~ ". were speaking. the girl stop
~ Der work. aud leaning over the back
q = chair facing us. listeued eagerly TO
ny proposition.
. ."lpo ron think you can do itr' l said.
vurning To her.
al can do anything that you show me
end teach me- she answered confidently.
ss1he night came. and when she was
<3ean, her hair dressed and she was
clothed in the black velvet dress that I
carried about with me. sh. had a for
core sybiIIinc appearance than her pred
<Dreesor. had drilled her well Into her
task. a. which I found her wonderfully
ant: and. although | anticipated a few
yASnnders. ] had every hope OF success.
Although she had never faced nm au.
.Ai~nc. before. and we had q large one
lksf night, she was ~ fearless and self
poxsrSs.I NJ though she had been used
o. IN for years.
zone yf the principal points OF the
-~p~rformsucc was 20 select q man from
'she crowd. bring him ON to the platform.
,Dut him iEto a. mesmeric sleep. aud then
cause him tn snswer any questions that
she ciniryoyant might ciioose 90 put 10
him: added 90 which. he was made 10
Dromiss 20 do certain things when he
,awoke. Hitherto we had used an ac-
-ecmpiice for the purpose. Whether she
~rns confused by the sight OF M many
faces. or deceived by a resemblance. /
% not know: but what was ms diSniay
90 sec her select au entire stranger for
che experiment, In sheer desperation.
6vird to covcr the blundcr by saying that
eAe party selected was not n a. sub.
5ert. from n certain similarity In the
csicr 10 tho hair and eyes TO those OF
<Ae girl The audience grew suspicious.
ond insisted that there should be no
change.
"wiih The Precipitation starting from
ever, pore. I waited for what I firmly
Believed would be an ignominious expos
are. Conceive my establishment. then,
when, after being submitted to the u,es-
0seric Influence OF her eyes for three
minutes. l saw him grow rigid. his eyes
tkxei. and his whole body drawa irrcsist.
Oily towards her. Just ~ I had 80 often
s~~n feigned by my assistants. Not only
ehat. hut he answered every question put
On him. some OF a very awkward nature,
with the air OF n man irrc-istibly com
rriled against his will. She then de-
erred that ~ soon IA she should take the
tsaysnrs of him. he si,ouli Co 60 the
chandelier In the middle Of the room,
s1d burn his hat. And he did do IL: and
had 20 buy him a new one: but what
did ! care for thatr had discovered
q fortune'
Al last. ] was half-inciin~i 10 bel, We
that she had planted somc FREUD of her
own to humbug me. aud raise the terms:
tnt ] was soon convinced that such sus.
ei~ions were groundlcss: anil. indeed.
from iii. first. the whole thing was too
rcal 60 be doubted.
Everywhere our success was enormous
~-crewded houses. no NOR. accompli,cs.
oil genuine. except Ga. clairvoypnre. in
which there was still a good deal OF
&umbug. hut that humhug she anil