Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-16
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command, Come, Peter. pay up
mentally printed all over II, never ex
pecting to see II again. But
"'Peter came" interrupted.
eyes, he did, said my friend
Peter was scared and indignant. "Yo
druggist man." he said, "wha' To- 20
send me dis yere piece OBJ tin TO
hoodoo, wild yo' skull.an' -crossbones
on de back OBJ de envelope? II All
takes sick an dies. Ah'll see dat 20
hangs for hit. suah! All lows It's dat
$2.S5 All owes yo'. Heah's 20 money
an take dat hoodoo on right Quick!"
"'Sure enough. there was a poison
label stuck to the flap Of the envelope;
my clerk put II on. probably. I'm
afraid It was the fear OF hoodoo, and
not your hypnotic scheme. that
fetched Peter to the center, Doc
I'm q tenacious man." said DR..
Boggs, glancing across the aisle at the
stocky party. who appeared to be in a
doze. I'm spite Of the doubt thrown
on my discovery by my friend the
druggist and his hoodoo theory. knew
1t was the hypnotic suggestion, and
that alone, that had brought the darby
to terms. Here were two cases which
had worked per program. the third
should be highly conclusive. ! made
up my mind that an utter stranger was
best to work with, and went down to
the hotel and found my man in the
person of varnish drummer, q smart.
alert fellow, to whom I outlined my
discovery carefully. He was interested
In q fash.
what a cinch to the varnish bust
ness he murmured. Nice little tin
signs loaded with a corking strong
hint to order goods, and no arguments;
order comes back by return Of mail!
Got any of those tins about you? Ill
try them on my customers In this
town. How do you load 'em?'
This was the kind of cooperation
was looking for, and I gave the var
nish man three sensitized plates and
instructed him in their use. He
scarcely ate his supper, he was SO
eager. and at once went to his room
and. locking the door. sat down to the
task Of hypnotizing the signs. Unluck-
lily, the house was full of travelling
men, and lot Of them wanted my
man for a game of poker, and went
up to his room and pounded on the
door. Pounding on door Is not con-
ducive to concentration, and the var
nish man, irritated. besought them to
60 away.
"'Clear out! Go climb a tree!'
heard him sing out above the din as
the tattoo continued. I'm busy and
can't come. Go stand on your heads
or jump into the river! Stop that in
fernal pounding!' They kept the hub
bub going until he gave up in despair
and let the hypnotic experiment go for
the time being, and I went home.
Nov, my friend. you characterized
my discovery as ridiculous" said the
doctor, cleaning at me through his
spectacles, and again taking snuff
You shall see how ridiculous 1t was
in the outcome of this final expert.
ment, for my emulsion was about
gone. The varnish salesman was out
bright and early the next morning
among his customers, and the result
of his first visit was hurry call for
me from a furniture factory, where
the secretary, who did the buying. had
been taken mysteriously Ill.
Whats the trouble?" asked, in
amazement, for tho secretary was on
the floor with the whole Office force
sitting on him, while he wriggled and
besought them to let him up.
Hes crazy and wants to Jump into
the river they chorused. A varnish
salesman was in to see him few min
utes ago, and handed him tin bust
ness card; he looked at 1t and started
for the river on a run, peeling his
clothes of as he went
That's right said the secretary, !
want to jump into the river
II turned sick as ! recalled the re.
marks the varnish man had made the