The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

before. what" said to myself, this
,razy German turns up In Asia! This
historical medium of Dulmen In Smyr-
ia! All, indeed this is volume must
get rid of! ~
Mentally consigning 1t to the fire,
but as, unfortunately, so then thought
there was nc. fire lighted, I threw the
accursed volumesiaway from me into
a corner of the room and left it there,
intending to destroy It at the first OPP
portunity. Days passed; no fire, for
getfulness on my. part to do away
with the book, and 1t. still lay In the
corner in which T had thrown 1t. but
me every time. entered the room. AS
1t lay there the attraction grew
stronger; a force (which I was power
less to combat urged, me to read 1t!
Three or four times I started to destroy
It, each time something interviewed.
Finally the attraction became too
strong for me, and one day walked
read 1t eagerly-with avidity-from
cover to cover. ~
1.-The passage which stood out be-
fore my eyes as though written in let
ters Of fame was continued in the de-
scription Of the last years of Mary, the
Mother of Gods life, in a house which
ST. John. the evangelist, had built for
IL
Il give them as they are written, for
l never can forget them: About three
or three and a half leagues from Ephe-
sus, on a mountain which is only
reached by narrow pathways, which is
TO the south of Ephesus can be seen
from one side and the sea from the
other, and the sea being nearer than
Ephesus.'
In faith 1 cried to myself. for a
peasant who never quilted her German
village, for a medium who sees Ephe-
sus from Dulmen, the affirmation is
wonderful, the geography exact And
the mediums narrative went on to give
a minute categorical description of the
plan of the house, its rooms and fur
nishings. Doubtless the curtains are
no longer at the windows, the windows
in the walls or the walls standing, but
the foundations may be found, If the
house ever existed. And as the spot
indicated was but few miles from
EpheSus, why not go and prove the
fallacy Of this poor hysteria tortured
girls visions on the spot itself? The
distance was not great, and, incredu-
lous as I was. determined as closed
the book to go and satisfy my doubts
by a personal survey of the ground"
Gust at that moment one Of my
companions at the mission entered the
room-Mr. Jung, an old pupil of the
POlytecnnlC ana professor OF nAIne-
MATES at the Smyrna college. I tried
to hide the book, but my guilty actions
aroused his curiosity and he asked me
what had been reading. Hesitatingly
1 showed the title and the authors
name, from which he recoiled in hor-
ror. But upon explaining the wonder
full descriptions given by the medium
and in compliance with my request to
read 1t, he took the book, and in his
turn became intensely interested in 1t.
even going so far as to promise to ae-
company me In my research. He was
filed with enthusiasm until his mathe-
NAUTICAL eye fell on the following SEN
tence: It was built of stones and
square, except in the back it was round
and octagon.' This was too much for
him, and he refused to further investi-
gate square circle. slu 90 a1ts
JOURNEY TO THE SITE Il
LAS argued against him my convic-
lions became greater that there was
something in the visionary description
given by this German peasant. / urged
him to accompany me, alleging that
thousands OF peoples would read the