The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-10

derful properties of light as an occult
motive power. No doubt it interferes
somewhat with spiritualistic phepom.
ena. In the light we get indirect in.
formation by rappings, but in the dark,
ness we may obtain more direct com.
munication.'
So saying, he put out the candles,
and we resumed our seats.
The rappings increased. They were
very loud. Then small fiickers of light
darted about the room. Then a moan
ing, such as we heard on the lawn,
could be detected in the air clio, e to us.
Are you the spirit of Lettice StOn-
nOrT asked Hansen.
There were three raps and a moan.
is your visit portent of evils?
Two raps.
is your visit to the Hall q very
friendly onep'
Three raps.
Here shower of stars shot all about
the room.
will you show yourself to us?'
Three raps.
Our excitement was now positively
awful. We could hear our hearts beat
ing. Presently, out of the darkness, a
luminous figure was seen moving to-
ward the window. Arriving there, it
turned, and we saw, illuminated by a
soft light, the features of the departed
Lettice StOnnor. Her black hair clung
about her shoulders, and she moaned
and gesticulated as she did on the
| lawn.
Speak, said Hansen.
Il return no more,' she said in an un-
earthly voice, and slowly disappeared
out of the. window.
There was crash in the room. Han
sen lit the candles, and there on the
floor were my niece and Mrs. Rawson
in hysterical Paintings. To this day
don't know how we got to bed. re-
member calling Rawson, and somehow,
between us, we saw the two ladies to
their rooms. When 1 got back, Hansen
had thrown himself on his bed.
Let me sleep, let me Sleep he said,
shaking me by the hand-'the expendi-
ture of odic force has been too much
for me; but what glorious successp
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The reaction from the excitement
gave me heavy sleep, but l was rude
ly awakened before eight o'clock the
next morning, by Thomas. He had
shaken me out of my stupor, and was
standing over me in his shirt sleeves.
oh, lor, sirp he cried "Oh, lor, Mr..
StOnnorp
what is the matter, Thomas p ex-
claimed, starting up and rubbing my
eyes.
oh lor, sir! the family plate, sir, and
the jewels! all gomez
Gomez shrieked, jumping out of
bed. Call Mr.. Hansenp
He's gone, too, sirr
kept my room for a week. Owing
to something he had heard in Scotland,
my brother had suddenly returned to
the Hall the day after the robbery, but
had Immediately left for London. Ten
days after he appeared.
4 hope the detectives and have not
compounded felony he said, laying
some of the lost jewels on the table,
but these are all we could recover.
The plate is melted down by this time,
and your check was cashed the day you
gave it. Would you like me to read to
you the result of Pascal's inquiry about
your friend?'
edward Hansen,' he writes, lis not
an artist himself, but is the son of a
well-known painter of the same name.
No doubt the sketches your brother
purchased are by the father. This
Edward is married to handsome, dark
woman, and very clever pair of
scamps they are, the Stonnor Hall Sc
ance not being the least clever of their
adventures.
''He first caught your brother by a
little judiciOus flattery, and then care
fully elected all your family history
from him. The story of Lettice he util-
lied by writing to his wife and tell
ing her to impersonate her in the moon
light. This, and subsequent deferen-
tial fattery to your brothers mental at
tainments, brought about the seance.
The raps are produced by very COM
mon trick. The sparks and stars are
simply caused by rubbing the top of a
common lucifer match, and Pickering
it up into the air. AS to the appari-
tion, this was no one else but his own
wife, who had entered the room, as
they subsequently left it, by rope
ladder. The luminous appearance was
caused by compound Of phosphates
and sulphides well-known in Germany,
and the greater light near the window
showed that she had come within the
focus of some lantern cunninglY hid
den by her husband:
1.-THE subsequent robbery was alb
surely easy, seeing that the freproof
box had been left unlocked after Han
sen tried the key.
II hope Peter is better. "Experien-
tia docet, etc.
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