The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-06

of white cards. He gave the pack TO
the mystery enseloped sleeper.
win you pick cut that portrait
OF President Roosevelt from the
paek?" he requested
The nerveless hands moved cart
from card hesitatingly Finally he
selected enc and extended IT, The
ccnsultant landed il to US. We eA
amined the back. II was the marked
card.
-Four times the cards were shuffleu-
and fonr times. looking with his sleep
ing ewes az the spotiess white slips.
the hypnotized man picked out taai
dotted portrait, And science so
far. cannot explain how those sleep
ing eyes identified a card that ex-
hibited no ma for identification.
Then the consultant took a f-esh
pack Of playing cards. The skeptic
selacs ed the three Of spades. and
neld the back Of the card to The hyp-
Noticed eyes
"You are looking now. said the
consultant. In the same monotonous,
sings song tones. "at a photograph Of
the Capitol building. Tou will notice
that II was taken before the dome
was gilded
The sleeper breathed steadily and
The sleeping eyes that saw nothing
were fixed on the ornamental back
Of the card The skeptic withdrew the
card and shuffled It into the pack.
Then he extended the pack. with the
ornamental back upward to the
sleeper.
Il want you, please" d'oned the
consultant TO pick OUT that photo
gsaph OF the Capitol buildlng.'
Watching the ornamenied backs
only, the sleeper examined them one
BY one, and i,naiiy extended a card
Il was the "taree OF spades" -Four
times also was that experiment made
with equal success.
Now, the consultant told ns, =
will try another method OF thought
transference. He closed the sleeper
eyes aud droned at MIN once more
II am going 60 think he said, "of
certain object And you will hear me
thinking. You understand. yon VII
hear me thinking.
He walked behind the sleeper some
six feet and thrust his hand in Ms
pocket and pulled II out. clasped tight
ly.
What have here2" he asked
What have | here that am think
ing Off Tell me-
We saw the larynx OF the sleepel
Qulver and gulp. Ills lips moved con
/ vulslvely. He shiyered. Lut he made
no answer.
what have here?' asked the con
sultant again. And again the voice
less lips quivered unresponsiyely
Again the question was asked, an
for the fourth time. But with no sue
cess. It was our first failure. Blu
We had seen maTYels already. an'
this was no show. The failure wai
credited 10 exhaustion On a forme
occasion. the consultant said, Il ha'
succeeded three times. And thel
there camc the final wonder II wa
an experiment In pain control am
command Of actual physical processes
This man was what physicians call
"bleeder. Whenever he was cut h
bled very freely and there Was som
difficulty to stopping the flow.
n am going to wake you up. SAT-
the consuliant to the sleepe hu
before do SO you must understan
that you cannot feel 4nJ pain AZ a.
In your right arm from the elbo'
J fo The fingertlps. You understand
Then he stood back and said. sharI
ly. wake up,
The sleeper stirred, stretched, sigi
/ ed heavily, and sat erect. He opene
. his eyes And they were seeing eve
once more
DO you remember anything tha
. has happened?"
$40 i've been asleep The skel
I tic nodded his admission of the tut
! Of that answer The consultant TOO
surgical needle from a case an
!. prieked the mans left hand II
WINGED and drew It back.
4 "Hurt?"
{. "Of course, Il hurtsF was the a
swer, IN amused annoyance
I, The cOnsutant pricked the rigl
hand, The mars eyes opened in go
L der.
n Does that hurt?r
p moi a bit
II The needle was driven Gle;
b Though the flesh Of the band al
e drawn back and forth, And the ma
B. said he felt no pain at all ~
{. needle wss Withdrawn and the wouI
d. bled freely Il was slaunched VII
cottonwood but continued 20 ble'
The coasuliant sent him =
e sleep" again. as he had before
AS he lay back unconscious the bloc
e was running down his fingers.
e Then. = want you 10 stop bleediI
at once droned the commando
y, voice TO stop at once. You unde
. stand
Ana ion seconds later the bleedii
&c ceased
Il. They said Il was the operation
o the "aubiective mind" And the co
x sultant Weakened the sleeper on