●   ●   ●    put my large sailor’s knife to his temple, and exclaimed: “If you don’t stop these monkey tricks, I’ll put this into you!” Astonished at the fearlessness of so young a lad, the man drew back and, without a word, entered the cabin,—but that was the last of the dog and the noises.       It afterwards proved that he was a mesmerist experimenting for his own amusement; being of the sort to have a good laugh at the fears of others, instead of saving them from their fears, as Christian Scientists are taught and have enlisted to do.