The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-03-15
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CHATTER Ky.

He was never known, however. at surh
times to give any clue to his family or
connections. All the stories were con-
fitted to his vagnbond days. He never
allowed any person to interrupt his mar
ratives by remarks: any such must be
reserved until they were concluded.
"Of all the vagabond specs ever
launched into, none ever brought me in
NO much cash as the mesmerism dodge,
he began.
| started at those words. and frcm
that moment became an eager and at
tentive listener.
When | irst started in it, | thought
II was all humbug. got hold Of sharp.
clever girl. who pretended to mesmeIize
the accomplices carried about with me.
Well, one fine morning. this girl bolted
off with one OF the accomplices. and !
was left in the lurrh. with my bills out.
announcing a performance for the Lrxt
night. walked gloomiy about the
tcwn. Turning down back street. !
went into a public house. There vas
Only one other person in the room besides
myself--a scottish looking fellow. who
bore upon him the unmistakahle marks
Of a follower Of st. Crispin He was in
too moody to bestow upon him any reply.
But he was not to be snubbed; and. mt
last, the low cunning, and coarse, hui
morous shrewdness Of his remarks. be-
gan to amuse me. He invited me home
to dinner with him. accepted his III
vitatiOn.
He lived in a squalid court. hid
eous looking place, and the home he led
ro,nd;no, began IN wish myself on,
~, ~ odv.n,,ro. With aII my l,ve of
,,.,.ho,d;.r mi. was a I;t,i. h.yond
mo Cro,,ch;,g over a hanJfu, NJ fire
w.. . oirI .ho,, thirteen or fourteen
80 NJ, 40. 9TH Garv ra,, h,,r and a
al. s,,,on r.oa ov.rv hone NJ ber ,I;p
,,,,,a- h,a, shou,,,,, th,,uvh tho r,v-
IL ..,,., oI,.h;n, 10, h,r.,v coverad
: Sha 49,, From, h.r con, with .
.ns,r,;n, LODI ~ d;sdain which chon..sd
- no -, ns,on;shn.nt a, IN. .,,h, ~
-. ,.aI,- dr.ss.d .,ron,ar She 6,ed her
.xe. mon m. win nm iuouirinv stare
Tbsro w,s sn,pething in tLnse evas that
a, .pyoIv aN.c,.d mo
"JIer father ordered her obout with
threats and would have used blou,.
ho,i.yo had I pot hoo, tbere Tho Girl
him much in the manner of a
o,aaa ,ioros. wbo wouid liz IN f,,,on
,no, b.r ta.,ar h,t d.ra nat I t,,t
watching her az sbe moved about and
.udd.,lv i. a,r.,y. idea struck mo t,ou,d
7 GOT III. cir, ia NAV tho cls;rvovsut the
payt nigbt, | mt once mt II IN her
fath.r S.;,;pc imam tho dilemm. in
which was n,,ced and which bod
.omoubo, ;pcantiouslv lo;d hore +, him
no tr;od =, Jr;vo an tomato barysin
vvb;,a wo war. sne,Liny III. Dir, sim.
nod har work and LEANING ovcr tho h.ck
NJ a chair f.c;ny ne listened eagerly IN
nv ,ronos;tinn
..r,o rn,, ,h;,l wan on, IL, ;,9" cold
turn;n, to hnr
81 con do on,th;,, that von s,ow NJ.
an, ,oanh ,,," .ha .,s,.roa o,nG,,or,l,
..rh. Mob, o.,no .nJ ,,,han Oh. n,.s
., L,;. In.s,,J ,,, .,,a a
,intha., 4, d.. ,j,.L valve, dr,s. uo,I
.orrai ohn,,, Nth mo .h. h,d ,or
mora sv,,;I,in. annoor.nco tb,n b.r nr.d.
.,a.sor bod br;I,ed bo- vol, into h.r
,..L n, u.h;nh found h,- wn,I,rr,,,y
ant. and although | anticipoted n few
hlunders I had every hone or success
"Although she had never fnced an an
d,ence before and we had lorr. one
that night. she was "a fearless and self
possessed as thouyh She had been u.ed
to II for yenrs
"One OF the principal points Of the
was TO select n man from
the crowd. bring him on to the p,a,form.
nut him into mesneric sleep. and then
cause him to answer any uuestiops ,Iat
the clniryoyant might ,boose to nut Ia
him; added to which. he was made to
promise to do certniu things when he
awoke. Hitherto we had used nm 40
complice for the purpose. Whether she
was confused by the sight of so many
faces. or deceived by resemblance, |
do not know; but what was my dismay
to see her select an entire stranger for
the experiment. In sheer desperation. |
tried to cover the hlunder by saying TINT
the party selected was not u fit sub
ject. from certain similarity In the
color of the hair and eyes to those Of
the girl The audience grew suspicious
and insisted that there should be no
change.
with the pcrspirntion starting from
ever, more. | waited for what I firmly
believed would be an iypomipious on ms