Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-07-21

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NV face when he glanced at me.
He raised toe silver salver with Its
contents, and, holding it high above
his head, waited for IA moment III
silence.
A flash, and the powder on the salyer
burst into flames He lowered 1t to
the deck, aud the flames died away,
leaving behind mist of smoke, family
fragrant, which settled lower aud
lower around us until We viewed I'LL OBJ
iects through its dim haze.
| glanced behind to the hammock
where the two children were lying To
see If they were frightened, but baby
was sleeping and Nera was swinging
and humming to herself AS she played
with her doll. She lay with her head
upon baby's skirts and he had one
little hand buried in her hair.
All this time the serpent had twisted
and writhed around us, and the Hin
doc had kept up his low, walllng
chant The girl stood with bowed
head close beside him, and the smunc
seemed to bend and Irvine about her
form until it grew dim and seemed to
wave and sway Ms if in breeze.
Then all at once she raised her arms
and slowly, softly hoated upward on
the cloud waves like leaf rising on
/ the eddying winds The chant grew
more rapid, the smoke more dense, but
still through its vaporous waves We
could see the light form floating up
ward, still up until IT WAS lost to sight
far above the tops of the masts.
Louder and louder chanted the Hin
/ doc. The smoke rose even thicker
and more dense We had lost sight of
the girl. All eyes were turned to the
spot where she had disappeared fur up
above our heads
The Hindoo stood erect in the midst
of the circle, his form swaying III
rhythmic measure with his chanting.
He held his hands higher and his voice
took on a deeper tone. Then from far
up in the blue void above us we saw a
tiny spot scarce visible against the
azure sky. 1t honted downward.
. 4NthItI IL Chlltt uillll We Npull btC VIM
it was the form of the young girl.
Lower, still lower, she came, and We
could see that she held burden
clasped in her arms.
The smoke grew more mistlike "a
she descended, until it vanished. She
came down with the same swsying,
drifting motion | had noticed when
she assembled Soon she was below the
masthcads, and i'll moment she
iloatcd Just above our heads. Then, to
my horror, | recognized the burden
she bore. 1t was the form of my baby.
She held him closely clasped i'll her
arms, and before | could move she
had tioated across and laid him III the
hammock, where had seen him calm.
" sleeping but few moments before
we saw the girl floating upward IN the
midst of the smoke. Before | could
move she stood again before the Hin
doc in the centre of the circle. The
powder in the salver had ceased &c
smoke. The line encircling our group
was again nothing more dangerous
than simple hempen rope. My nerves
had been 80 thoroughly unstrung by
the sight of my child dropping through
the air when l had supposed hin
sleeping safely by my side, that | did
not care for further exhibitions Of the
wonderful power which the HindoC
possessed. They received their re
ward, gathered up their effects, and il
few moments were rowing towarC
the shore.
When We were n little calmer, ant
could compare notes, We found tina
every one had seen the same wonder
full sight the girl, with empty arms
float away ont Of sight, only to de
scend bearing the child on her bosom
The only thing which differed in oul
several experiences WAS in the first
vision. When the crystal had beer
held up for us to look into each saw
different picture. Each saw the one
of whom he thought when told to sent
his mind back to his best loved frienC
at home.
| have not the time to give the diff
fcrent pictures each beheld, but in al
the other wonders Of the hour eacl
saw the same surprising sign. We al
SAW the twining serpent every eye
had seen the same picture that met
mine of the floating girl ascending
alone to return bearing the infant il
her arms If one had been deceived
/, all had been-all in our group, that is
for when in talking it over | turned tC
Nera and said, "Who took baby DO,
out Of the hammock, Nera, while W,
were busy with the man?" Nerl
looked up i'll wide-eyed surprise ant
answered; "Why, he didn't be tookeI
up, auntie. | lied on him dress all tn
,, time 50 him couldn't fall ont, and W
swinged all the time the man stood NJ
and preached"
But, Nera, did not you see til,
pretty girl fly up i'll the ARR"
"No, her stood right still all tn
time. Her kept watch of big mai
; when he swing him arms but her no
fly, her not do anything
There you have it. They say nov
that the camera shows just what Ner
said she saw that day. Men of scienc
are about agreed that the mysteriou
power of the Hindoo juggler is moth
,, ing more or less than hypnotism, anC
that would account for Nera and tn
camera seeing things as they are, no
: as they appear to those who hav'
yielded their minds to the strang
power of the Hindoo. San Francisc,
Chronicle
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