The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26

find myself fighting swarm of bees.
l was conscious of my surroundings
and l was positive there were no bees,
still was fighting them like mad. 1
tried to resist, but for the life of me
could no more quit than fly. A'snap
of his fingers released me from the
spell. guess was the most surprised
man in the house. Thoughts were
flashing through my mind with light
ning-like rapidity, but it was all be-
yond my comprehension. The next time
he put me to sleep. He gazed fixedly
at me for moment, talking in mo-
notonous tone of voice. felt strange
numbness stealing over me which be-
came more and more intense until I
seemed to be floating in mid air. Sud.
denly ball of fire seemed to strike
me, then all was dark. When l came
to the audience was in tumult of
applause. I had forgotten where l
was at. remained motionless for an
instant trying to locate myself, when 1
became conscious of something in my
arms. To my amazement and disgust
I was aware of having my arms around
a broom. The situation dawned on
me at once and flung it from me and
hurried back of the scenes, amid anoth-
er uproar The boys told me l had
been making love to a broom in the
most eloquent manner. Wasn't 1
sore! My home town at that, and L
knew my sweetheart was in the audi
ence. was wild. What puzzled me
most was, that some things I was
conscious of doing, while others l
knew nothing about, concluded that
was probably in a deeper state of the
|sleep. There were ten of the home
boys on the stage. 1 must have
proven the best subject, for he always
lsingled me out for the hardest work.
Another incident that happened
that night l must speak about.
1t was the concluding number. He
had made the announcement that he
would make us imagine We were
monkeys and for the audience to
watch the facial expressions. A few
rapid passes and We we're dead to the
; world. When l came out of it you
: could have knocked me down with a
toothpick. l was perched on the
back of a woman's seat chewing an
old sock. TO my CONSERVATION the
lady proved to be my girl. Well, die
not stop to climb off my perch; fell
off. How got back on the stage is 9
mystery to me. 1 knew [ could never
see that girl again, so when Galvan
made me proposition to join ths
show accepted his offer.
+ "Things went smoothly for a few
: months, and being continually befor,
4 strangers, l did no: mind what hi
: made me do. The trouble began whe1
3 1 became heavy horse Subjects uset
7 in dangerous experiments.) / first un
Q derwent the rock breaking test il
which was placed in the catalepti
8 state. With both hands on my temples
n and his eyes on mine he would stiffel
t my body. 1 became as rigid as ba
}. of steel. Then with my head rest
t ing on one support and my heel
|. on another, leaving my body in space
a large stone would be placed on m
t and some local blacksmith with
t sledge would crack away at it unit
y broken. did not feel the conclusion
,, of the blows, but 1 did feel sore fe
>. weeks afterwards.
J. SIN making week stands l made tn
v window sleep of forty-eight nour
a duration, and on three-night stand
y 1 was placed in the trance for twenty
IS four hours. While being awakene
, out of sleep of that kind a numbe
"a of men were required to hold me dowl
d for 1 possessed the strength of :
10 maniac for few moments, this bein
n caused by relaxing, instantaneous,
r the muscles from their strange rigi(
ID ity. A short struggle left me as wea
Ii as a cat and feeling dizzy and fain
70 the latter wearing off in few hour
! 1t is needless to say that received n
l rest whatever in these frances an
d. they, like the other tests, were NJ
N without their evil effects, as q glant
a. at me will show. was becoming sic
ly 1 of the business which I knew ",