The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-10-19
AN EXPERIMENT I'm
MENTAL TELEPATHY
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BY KNOX kALDwELL

numbers Of one or more bank notes
carefully examined by any two per.
sons IN the audience. sealed In an en-
velope and deposited upon this table.
whereon ! shall place my hand during
the experiment
Now. lest any doubt exist as 10 the
genuneness Of this achievement and
TO disprove the idea Of deceit before
hand. shall ask any gentleman who
happens to be the possessoR. of sue..
yaluables as bank notes to volunteer
their use for a few moments"
AT this Silas Matthews pompously
arose All our genial and kindly land
lord, said Mr.. Kelly, aifably How
many Mr. Matthews?"
Five" responded slas, with an
air Of Importance.
That makes the experiment very
difficult, very difficult indeed" said
Mr. Kelly, with an air Of doubt How
ever, | shall attempt IT. / shall go
even farther If Mr.. Matthews will
loan us his watch for the occasion /
VIII gladly try to discover its number
at the same time VIII the commit
tee please take the notes and watch.
seal them in separate envelopes and
place them on the table beside me"
With difficulty Silas repressed a
chuckle of mirth as the committee did
as Mr. Kelly had requested. How he
and Mr. Kelly would laugh at these
dupes when they divided the rich.
juicy bag OF booty after the entertain.
ment was over.
When all preparations had been
completed our friend again advanced
TO the center Of the stage and, amidst
chorus Of admiring murmurs. said
modestly: Now. ladies and gentle
men, since this task requires absolute
concentration of mind, not alone on
my part but on yours as well 1 shall
ask each OF you 10 preserve an alb /
solute silence for ten minutes and to /
focus your minds on these two sealed
envelopes. In addition since light is
a disturber Of the-er-actinic rays Of
thought, shall request that the lamps
be extlnguished and for that space OF
time you neither move nor speak. In
exactly ten minutes s"-here Mr.. Kelly
consulted his watch-'I shall give a
signal for the lamps to be relighted
and will enumerate the numbers Of
the watch and bank notes correctly"
AS Mr. Kelly finished the sound OF
distant whistle broke in upon the
awed silence. Then rapidly. one by
)ne. the lamps were extinguished. For
moment there came to the ears OF
he tensely nerved throng the faint
sound Of footsteps as the demonstrator
-ook his place beside the little table.
hen absolute silence reigned
Three minutes passed. four, FIVE
Still not word. Six. seven, eight
fhe faint whistle of a departing train
anne family to the ears of these zeal
'us disciples of mind reading.
Nine, tens eleven. twelve. thirteen.
some one giggled and the
pell was broken. Holy smoke!"
houted a man in the back Of the hall.
Wake me mp for breakfast"
Everyone laughed at this except
ilas, who, with a sudden premonition
evil, was stumbling about in a fran
c endeavor to find a lamp. At last
e succeeded and, in its first fash,
loked expectantly toward the stage
,r Mr.. Kelly. But Mr. Kelly was
one So We're the bank notes. the
atch and the receipts for the even
IS. An open window at the back Of
le stage showed how the bird had
own.