CHAPTER 15
to believe, but y t one is convinced t telling trutrange t;
Cummings jumped in. quot;Id like to be ized.quot;
quot;Stay beer t.quot;
At ter t, McInnes ordered Oscar to dim ts and asked George and me to stay absolutely quiet. next to Jimmy and told o close arted speaking to ed voice, describing restful places and peaceful circumstances in sucail t Im surprised fall asleep. McInnes ran a feests, cher Jimmy was under.
quot;Raise your rigraig in front of you. Its made of trongest steel, and no matter ry, you cannot bend it.quot;
Cummings stuck out arm and could not flex it; nor, for t matter, could Oscar or George or I felt like a real iron bar. McInnes ran tests, tarted asking questions to ;e musician, Jimmy?quot;
quot;Louis Armstrong.quot;
e laug t admission. In ts of tones, but never Satchmo.
quot;Good. ouc fees youll be Louis Armstrong.quot;
Jimmy ion came instantaneously. ed into Armstrongs famous o time voice. Even tion of some old t;Ill Be Glad ; and tted out a jazz bridge. Normally Cummings able and ertaining till, slipped on a slick of beer and fallen to the floor.
McInnes raced to ; to t; o t;youll you to remember, Jimmy, t o sing out a ferong. Can you remember t?quot;
quot;U; Cummings said from rance.
quot;Good, but you remember anyt to snap my fingers, and youll wake up, ;
A goofy grin smeared on eac imagine ioning, t half-hour.
quot;And you dont remember,qu