The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-14

done wonderful things in the way o
making the subjects Of his power tel
strange secrets in their own lives Of
that Of some other person. Two per
sons had come sorward that last night
Not Of the viii or wish Of either. They
came because the hypnotist, fixing hii
great, black eyes on their eyes, com
PEELED their presence on the stage
Both were nurses. One fair. sac
faced girl. the other bold, over
dressed, middle aged woman.
The professor first made passes
over the girls eyes. Presently she be
gan to humble. then to talk Of heI
hard life. her weariness. Her parents
were dead. sister and brother she had
none, but there was lover, a young
physician. handicapped in his start for
place by an old grandfather and a
weakly mother to support. She could
not marry her love at present
The professor had known pitiful
love. perhaps poverty. He quickly
awakened her. He could not have her
babbling in sleepy way OF her sweet.
dove story.
The older woman had come upon
the stage at his compelling gaze. but
there was trouble in getting her suf-
ficiently hypnotized that she would
talk. She went off into contrary tant.
runs Of gesture. but her lips re-
manned so long tightly closed that the
audience despaired and became un-
easy, intimating loudly that this was
scant show for the money invested to
get into the hall. The professor nodded
for quiet, and the woman began to
speak
I'm nurse by profession, never
married. ri hate, no, no, love him Z"
Her lips came to with a snap.
mo you don't love him. You know
You don't. Now tell this audience why
you hate him; why he never married
you. Such a handsome woman. Tell
II your story" the professor coaxed in
strangely insinuating tone.
Yes" she spoke now clear and
sharp, 4 was beautiful. / am yet.
Ugh. How / hated nursing. How
yet hate 1t. was going to marry such
rich old man that had nursed when
I first met the man loved-that |
yeti
No. you don't. You hate him. Go
onl" compelled the professor, for at
the word love her tongue had faltered.
THAT I hate. yes, that's 1t. He
came for me to nurse his sickly wife,
lie had no money to pay me, but what
did I care. She was soon to die. That
/ knew, and even before she died he
made love to me. The wretch He
was gambler. Down in his luck at
that time, | found out. He was most
ny down in his luck. When sne died
ne promised to marry me soon Did
he? No. He put himself where I did
not hear Of him for FIVE years. The
old rich man that was to marry had
died. and not another SO rich present.
ed himself to my favor until Ave years
after. and this time the man was
younger than | and, half witted, sure !
ly Going through a stupendous for.
tune as fast as ever fool went. was
getting ready for share Of 1t as his
wife when letter came from the man
+" Hate" put in the professor.
Yes, hate. telling me where to come.
He wanted me Immediately He was
living with his old cousin, Rhoda," he
said; such rich woman. He was her
nearest relative, he went on. She had
raised her niece, but the niece, who
was to heir all his Cousin Rhodys for
sune, had disobeyed her, and ran away
with some man her aunt daspised.
Cousin Rhody is not we'll, he wrote.
She needs nurse. She has come to
think that I am indispensable to her
comfort She has made will in my
favor. Remember, you come just as a
hired nurse, and not as the woman /
love. the woman who will be my wife
when Cousin Rhody's fortune gets in
to my hands,
Il left the man l was to marry. /
went at the bidding Of the other. !
iound Cousin Rhody a cross, fright
sned old woman She was sick.
.hough her cousin declared to her she
vas not, and forced me to tell her how
we'll and young she looked, and that
She was good for rs years yet. She
o1sulted all manner Of doctors, took
III manner Of medicine, and could I
zee got worse all the time.
"At first she seemed to cling des- J
1erately to ler cousin, but as the end
approached she turned more to me,
and would speak Of her niece Marjory,
and order that she be sent for; but
her cousin saw to It that Mariory new
sr received the messages.
.'Then, at the last, she became dis-
trustfuI OF her cousin. she declared
hat Mariory had done right to marry
The man she loved best. She confded /
q me that she had secretly sent for
lawyer to draw up new will. and (
must not let her cousin know Of it, n
must get the lawyer into the house
ate at night. Yourself and the
nousekeeper can be witnesses. she or
tered
Il did as she asked me to. Mariory
was left the bulk Of the fortune. and
he cousin but a modest annuity. The /