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undertone, bid Nalked around outside the rIne

| undertone, he walked around outside the ring
oser the II line. V coverne n i from sight He then
took his place again within the circle. and after
the girl had again impressed unon us that IN.
| man took the tame in his hand and, holding it
high above his head. seemed TO 10 invoking
our heads He then stopped and touched the
flame OF the taper 10 the end OF the rope which
and and wherever It lighted a chang tocx place in
| the substanceof the cord. II began TO writhe
| and twist in n very lfclike manner. The flame
ctopt, around, the circle, and tho slender lino
| which we had all seen taken from our own sig
MI chest was snddgGiN i"inGh 10 tTi.itmg
| around our circle. kissing and darling out rs
| inngs at every motion. 1t was one oil the most
deadly OF the many renomons serprnts OF tho
country. and We shrank together with horror,
-" II tho strangers 80 silent nothing can
! We sat s,-wo could do nothing else and
mc5di0ns chant which lad ocrompanicl his
| ticulatc now lie seemed demanding aid from
| the higher power Tor ipwcr as ypu choosel. and
burning Goals. and I wondered that they did
not scurch my face when he glanced at me.
lie raisol the silver salvCr with its contents.
and. holding it high above his head. waited for
Il moment in silence
into s nH ana 1I onWr M the nHS ISa and H.
flames died away. leaving behind u mist "
smoke. family fragrant. which settled lower
aud lower AROUND ns until We viewed al! objects
through its dim haze.
glanced behind o tho hammock where the
two children were lying to see u they wrrc
frightened. but baby was slcerins aud Ncra
was swinging and cumming 10 herscli MS shS
upon sI BABY : skirts and ho had one little hand
Xii thus time the serpent had twisted and
wrthed AROUND us. and tho llindoo had k"pt
ur his low waiting chant, Tn" girl stood w,th
bowed hea close besid" h m. and tho smoke
seemed to bend and twine about her form un
I'll Il grew dim and seemed to wave ana sway
as II in II hr"ezo.
slowly. softly llonted upward on the cloud
waves like II leaf rising on the c'lirtng winds.
mS chant EtsW rTp tH s"s' mrs
we could see the light form fotting upward.
SIN up until it was lost to sight lar above
Louder and louder chanted tho TTindoo. Tho
smoke rose even thirker and more dense: We
to the spot where she had disappeared far up
above our heads.
The Hindoo stood croct in the midst OF the
circle. his form swayinG in rhythmic measure
with his chanting He held his arms higher
rom n's xGis the o void m
tiny SPOT scarce visible against the azure sky.
1t located downward. Nearer it came, until wo
girl Lower. stll lower. she came. aud we
could see that she held burden casped in
The smoke grew more mistike as she de-
scended. until it vanished. She camo down
noticed when she assembled. Soon she was be-
low tho mastheads. and in moment she float
ed as, eoSe G"r heads Then to n"rrp
form OF my baby. she held him CLOSELY caspcd
II her arms. aud before could move she had
whore l had seen him calmly sleeping tut II
few moments before We saw tho girl floating
upward in the midst of smoke Before could
move sne stood again before tho llindoo in the
centre OF the circle. The powder in the snlver
group was again nothing more dangerous than
a simp" heImpen zen rope Ny nerves mad been
lrnnIinsp whom |
SUPPOSED him Steering safely 10y, my side. that
| did, not care for further exhibitions of the
They received their reward. gathered VI their
effects and in few moments were rowing
When we were n little camer. and could COM
pare notes. we found that every one had seen
the same wonderful siEhtLthe gil: with empty
The. only thing which differed in Our several
experiences was in the FIRST vision; When the
crystal had boon held UP for us to look into
each saw different picture. Each saw the
mind back to his best loved friend 1T home.
have not the time to give tho different pic
lures each beheld tut in nll the other wonders
sign; We al! saw tho twining serpent: every
eye had seen the same picture that met mine
see ss ali had sf Hl%f oa sloap
Ncr t and d sai% WHO took BABY boy out out Of
ne hammock. Nera. Will" we were busy with
the man Nera looNel up IN Wide-eyeu sur
prise and answered. :" Why. he didn't he
tooken ur. auntie. lied on him dress all the
time SO him couldn't fall out and we swingel
oil tho time the man stood up and preached"
But Nera. did not you see tho pretty girl
H. up in the air 2"
mo. her stood right still all the time. Her
kept watch Of biz, man when he swing him
There you have it. They say now that the
camera shows Just what Nera said she saw
that day. Men of science are about agreed
that the mysterious power OF the Hindoo Jug
Rler is nothing more or less than hypnotism.
and that would account for Nera and tho
camera seeing things rs they are. not us they
ap pear to those who have yielded their minds
tothe strange power OF the Hindoo.