Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-27

put IL on, PROBABLY. I'm
AFRAID 1t was the fear of a hoodoo, and
not your hypnotic scheme, that
fetched Peter to the center, Doc
I'm tenacious man." said DR..
hoggs, glancing across the aisle at the
stocky party, who appeared to be in a
uoze' In spite of the doubt thrown
on my discovery by my friend the
druggist and his hoodoo theory, knew
II was the hypnotic suggestion, and
that alone, that had brought the darby
70 terms. Here were two cases which
mad worked per program, the third
should be highly conclusive. 1 made
up my mind that an utter stranger was
pest TO work with, and went down to
the hotel and found my man in the
person of a varnish drummer, a smart
alert fellow. to whom 1 outlined my
discovery carefully. He was interested
in a flash.
} what a cinch to the varnish bust
ness, he murmured. Nice little tin
signs loaded with a corking strong
mint 10 order goods, and no arguments;
order comes back by return of MALL
GOT any OF those tins about you? I'll
try them on my customers in this
town. How do you load 'emY
This was the kind of cooperation I
was looking for, and l 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-
Ivy the house was full Of travelling
men, and a lot of them wanted nv
man Tor a game OF poker, and went
up 10 his room and pounded on the
door. rounding on 4 door is not con-
ducive to concentration. and the var
nish man. frr1tatsd. besought them to
go away.
Clear outi Go climb a treel'
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
rernal pounding!' They kept the hub
Dub going until he gave up in despair
and let the hypnotic experiment 20 for
the time being, and l went home.
Now, my friend. you characterized
my discovery as ridiculous" said the
doctor, cleaning at me through his
spectacles. and again taking snurf
You shall see how ridiculous II 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 furniture factory, where
the secretary, who did the buying. had
been taken mystsriously Ill.
| What's the trouble?" asked in
amazemsnt. for the secretary was on
the door with the whole office force
sitting on him, while he wriggled and
besought them TO let him up.
He's crazy and wants to jump into
the river they chorused. a varnish
salesman was In TO see him a few min.
utes ago. and handed him a tin bust
ness card; he looked at it and started
for the river on a run, peelinx his
clothes on a. he went
That's right said the secretary. 4
want to jump into the river
Il turned sick as 1 recalled the re-
marks the varnish man had made the
night before to the fellows hammer
Ing on his door. Here was hypnotic
suggestion with . vengeance. / barred
the way to the door, and snapped my
fingers again and again under the sec
rstary's nose. You're all right, wake
up! l said, sharply. He pulled him
self together, gazed at me stupidity.
and then suddenly calculated, Well,
I'll be
What he would be had no oppor-
tunity to learn, for frantic messenger
came bursting in to summon me to the
big organ factory, where the president
and treasurer were acting strangely.
went on run, meeting on my way the
varnish man, who was heading for the
depot at a lively gait. There was a
crowd gathering at the organ factory,
watching with curiosity the actions of
the two men, a. the president, an
elderly man, gravely stood on his head
as fast as kindly hands could reverse
him to his natural attitude, and the
secretary made the most grotesque ef-
forts to climb q small Sapling in front
OF the ONCE. Each man held fast to a
piece of tin, which told me the story.
| IT had had the conclusive evidence
that emulsion Of cerebsllum would
carry auto-suggestions," said DR..
Boggs. wiping his brow, while a wild
light cleaned in his eyes. 81 had ter
rible time stopping the president from
standing on his head and the treasurer
from shining up the sapling, for, you
see, the original commands had not
come from me. but from the varnish
salesman, who was miles away. There
in lay a drawback b the discovery, for
it was a question Of Wills, and If the
varnish mans will had been the
stronger. they would have stood on
their heads and climbed trees until
the end Of time. Luckily. my will pre-
vailed"
Wonderful" commented, for the
doctors story was done, and he was
apparently waiting for something from
me. Have you taken any steps to put
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