Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-23
EXPERIMENT
In TELEPATHY.

OuG " IL 80
Broadway hotel. "The worst part Of it
all is that the mar who turned the
trick on me was an old friend"
The speaker took a deep pun on a
cigar of the sort that is usually named
after a nan that is dead.
Il dropped in on my friend just for
he sake of old times. Cosey little
Joint he had. Two rooms. faro layout,
sideboard, wheel, folding bed and tele-
phone.
he seemed tickled to death to see
me. Wanted to know all about little
old New York. Whether the pavement
was down on F~orty-second street yet,
where the dead line was now and
whether it sagged as much as 1t used
to. Then we gradually switched the
talk over to the theaters.
That reminds me- he said sudden
ly. L know a young fellow right here
in this town that's got every vaude-
Vile artist on the boards to-day shooed
to the flies. He does mind reading that
would make Heller look like a mental
illiterate. Fact is, he's a sort OF
nephew of Heller's, come to think of
it. But you don't believe it? Wait
till | show you
"He hustled around until he found
a pack of cards.
Nov, I'll tell you what I'll do he
said, spreading the cards out on the
table. You pick n card you like
from the deck and I'll call our friend
up on the phone. If he's there, III bet
you $40 even that he a tell you the
card you picked over the phone
well. | hated to take money from
an insane man like that, but I've al
ways heard that they're apt to get vio-
lent if you don't let them have their
own way. So | dug out a twenty and
picked the king of clubs.
YOU'RE on / told him soothingly,
al think that his number is BOG
Blank he said, taking o little notbooh
from his pocket. Yes, here it is: Mr.
Adams. 306 Blank. Call him up your
self SOS there won't be any question
about it.
II went to the phone and got BOG
Blank.
"'Mr. Adams there?' ! asked.
Eyes, this is Mr.. Adams came
back.
We'll l took a card from the deck
just now. What was it?
There was a little pause, and then
Hello, yes, well. it's the king OF clubs.
"Wouldn't that iar vOu ~
The speaker took another long puff
on his cigar as If to make himself for
get his other troubles.
There certainly is something in
this occultism that we can't under.
stand" commented the man on his
right.
Eyes, there's 500 of mine In it, but
can understand it, all right enough
continued the man behind the cigar
LET me finish, will you?
after my friend had pocketed. the
$40 he told me how awfully glad he'd
been to see me and to drop in again
soon and he'd try to have MI. Adams
up there to meet me.
twas still thinking about it on the
street a few minutes later when who
should | run into but Spider Mcbride
"Well, l told Spider where I'd been
and all about Heller's wohderfuI
nephew.
"'You don't say SOL said Spider
Why, I dropped twenty on that same
cuss Amt he q wonder, though? Jen-
kins bIs mama is'
"No, Adams says l.
what? Heller's nephew? Jen.
kins, 1 tell YOU. And his telephone
numbers 3O6 Blank. don't droI
twenty so often but what l a re-
member the details when l do
"Oh, we'll, I know his names
Adams. but what's the use in fighting
about it? Let's go in here and get
drink
1T was a pretty decent sort of 6
Joint, and We had two or three drinks
Then Spider recollected that he want
ed to telephone to a man named
Smith, who occasionally did odd job
for him as government assayer.
Spider went to the phone. but jus
as he was about to take the receiver
off the hook the bell rang. Spider
took the message.
""What?' he exclaimed through thu
phone. He glanced at the phone
number. Hanged If 1t isn't! Yes, this
is 3O6 Blank. What do you want?'
Say he called over to the barten
der. some one wants to talk to Mr.
Jones'
"I think Mr.. Jones is the two Of
diamonds he called back to Spider
You'll find the list under the 'phons
book.
"Td gone wei to see what the game
was.
Spider pulled a long typewriter
list out from under the phone book
and glanced at 1t. Then he handed il
to me, and started talking through the
phone.
THAT list had the So cards Of the
deck written out and opposite each one
the name of some man. | noted with
interest that the king Of clubs was Mr.
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