Give it up, and Hendricks shook his head. I think its more wonderful to get thought-transference by wiggling your forehead than any other way I ever heard of, but I cant guess how it helps.
Cant any of you? and Hanlon looked around the circle.
Wait a minute, said Aunt Abby, who was thinking hard. Let me try. Is it because when the thought waves jump from the guide to you they strike your forehead first
And it acts as a wireless receiving station? No, maam, that isnt it. And, too, maam, I owned up, you know, that the whole thing was a fake, a trick. You see, there was no thought-transference,not anynone at all.
Then what do you accomplish with your forehead muscles? asked Eunice, unable to restrain her impatience.
Chapter V
The Explanation
Just this, Mrs. Embury, the impossibility of my being blindfolded. As a matter of fact, it is practically impossible to blindfold anybody, anyway.
Why, what do you mean? interrupted Hendricks. Why is it?
Because the natural formation of most peoples noses allows them to see straight down beneath an ordinary bandage. I doubt if one child out of a hundred who plays Blind Mans Buff is really unable to see at all.
Thats so, said Embury, when I played it, as a kid, I could always see straight downthough not, of course, laterally.
And noses are different, went on Hanlon. Some prominent beaks could never be blindfolded, but some small, flat noses might be. However, this refers to ordinary blindfolding with an ordinary handkerchief. When it comes to putting fat cotton pads in ones eye sockets, before the thick bandage is added, it necessitates previous preparation. So, my powers of contracting and expanding my forehead muscles allow me to push the pads out of the way, and enable me to see straight down the sides of my nose from under the bandage. Of course, I can see only the ground, and that but in a circumscribed area around my feet, but its enough.