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"Now for the mystic veil!" cried Joe, as he took from his helper a thin clinging piece of black silk gauze. He tossed this over Helen and the chair, completely covering both from sight. He brought the veil around behind Helen's head, fastening it there with a pin. "To make sure that Mademoiselle Mortonti sleeps, I will now make the few remaining mesmeric passes," said Joe.
I lay no claim to supernatural powers. But if I can do a trick and you can't tell how it is done, then you must admit that, for the moment, I am smarter than you. In other words, I am going to deceive you. But the point is how do I do it? With this introduction, I will now state what I am about to do. "Mademoiselle Mortonti will seat herself on a stage in a chair in full view of you all.
"I might add," said Joe, pausing a moment after Helen had taken her seat, "that in order to prevent any shock to Mademoiselle Mortonti I am going to mesmerize her. She will then be unconscious. I do this for two reasons. In totally disappearing there is sometimes a shock to a person's mentality that is unpleasant. To avoid indicting that on Mademoiselle Mortonti I will hypnotize her.
"I'll give him some as soon as I get off," promised Helen Morton, or "Mademoiselle Mortonti" as she was called on the circus bills. "How did everything go?" asked her companion. "Fine, Joe. Rosebud never behaved better, and the crowd was certainly generous in the way of applause." "Glad to know it. I heard some of it. Pretty good opening then?" "I call it so, yes."
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