The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-31


took one myself, and then told him of
my wonderful discovery.
'Bosh! he said, promptly, It's
mere coincidence. II I wasn't in the
habit of dropping I'm here and pushing
your stock Of Bourbon, I might think
there was something in it,
Sure enough, he was a frequent
haps 1t was coincidence, l admitted,
suppose you take one OF the plates
and send a message to some one
Anything to oblige,' he said, and
took the slip of tin and promised to
follow directions. I'm going to col
lect bad debt with it, he said chuck
ling. l heard nothing from him for a
day or two and then he came to see
me.
"I almost believe there's something
In that discovery of yours, Doc he
said, L
"It worked said, 1T worked'
eyes, and no. said the druggist
AS you instructed me, took the
piece Of tin home with me and concen-
trated O message on 1t to a colored
man who had owed me $2.S5 for FIVE
years. 1t seemed like rank foolish
ness, but l sent 1t off by mail with the
command, "Come, Peter, pay up"
mentally printed all over 1t, never ex-
pecting to see 1t again. But
"'Peter came" interrupted.
"'Yes, he did, said my friend
Peter was scared and indignant. "Yo'
druggist man." he said, "wha' 90 yo
send me dis yere piece oh tin TO- q
hoodoo, wild yo' skull-an' n'crossbones
on de back oh de envelope? II All
takes sick an dies. Ah'll see dat yo
hangs for hit. suah! All lows it's dat
$2.S5 All owes yo'. Heah's yo' money
an take dat hoodoo of right Quick!"
"'Surs enough, there was a poison
label stuck to the flap of the envelope;
my clerk put 1T on, probably. I'm
afraid 1t was the fear of hoodoo, and
not your hypnotic scheme, that
fetched Peter to the center, Doc
I'm tenacious man." said Dr.
Boggs, glancing across the aisle at the
stocky party, who appeared to be in a
doze. In 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 darky
to terms. Here were two cases which
had worked per program, the third
should be highly conclusive. l 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 Xarnish drummer, a smart,
alert fellow, to whom l outlined my
discovery carefully. He was interested
In flash.
ness, he murmured. Nice little tin
signs loaded with corking strong
hint to order goods, and no arguments;
order comes back by return OF mail!
Got any OF those tins about you? I'll
try them on my customers In this
town. How do you load emp
This was the kind Of cooperation /
was looking for, and | 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 hypnotizlng 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
go away.
Clear out! Go climb a tree'
heard him sing out above the din as
the tattoo continued I'm busy and