The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-06-24

| leaving behind mist of smoke, faint
! ly fragrant, which settled lower
around rs, until we viewed all objects
through its dim haze.
All this time the serpent had twisted
and writhed around Us, and the Hin,
| doc had kept up his low wailing chant
The girl stood with bowed head
close beside us, and the smoke seem
| ed to bend and curl about her form
until 1t grew dim and seemed to wave
and sway as if in breeze.
Then all at once she raised her
| arms and slowly, softly foated up
| ward on the cloud waves like leaf 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
| upward, still up, until it was lost to
sight far above the top of the masts
Louder and louder chanted the
Hlndoo. The smoke rose even thick
| er and more dense We had lost sight
of the girl. All eyes were turned to-
ward the spot where she had disap
peared far up above our heads.
The Hindoo stood erecb in the
| midst of the circle, his form swaying
IN rhythmic measure with his chant
ing. Then from far up in the blue
void above we saw tiny spot scarce
ly visible against tie azure sky. 1t
tloated downward Nearer it came,
and we could see that she held bur
den clasped IN her arms.
The smoke grew more mistiike as
she descended, until it vanished
Soon she was below the mastheads,
and in a moment she fiCated Just
above our heads. Then, to my hor
ror | recognized the burden she bore
1t was the form of my baby. Before
L conld move she had foated across
and laid him in the hammock, where |
had seen him calmly sleeping but
moment before Before | could move
she stood again before the Hindoo IN
the centre of the circle. The pow
der in the salver had ceased to
smoke. The line encircling our
group was again nothing more dan
gerons than a simple hempen rope.
Tie Hindoo now received his reward,
gathered up bis effects, and in few
moments was rowing toward the
shore.
When we were little calmer. and
could compare notes. we found that
every one had seen the same wonder
full sight-the girl, with empty arms.
float away out of sight, only to descend
bearing the child on her bosom.
The only thing which differed in
our several experiences was our first
vision. When the crystal had been
held mp for us to look into each saw
different picture Each saw the one
of whom he thought when told to
send his mind back to his best friend
at home.
We all saw the twining serpent;
Ii one b ad been deceived Il ! had been
all IN our group. that is, for when
In talking it over l turned to Nera
and said: who took baby boy out of
the hammock, Nera, while we were
busy with the man?' Nera looked up
IN wide eyed surprise and answered.:
Why, he didn't be tooken up, auntie.
l lied on him dress alt the time SO he
conldn't fall out, and we swinged all
the time the man stood up ana
preached"
But, Nera. did not you see the
pretty girl fly mp in the air?"
No, her stood right still all the
time. Her kept watch of the big
man when he swing his arms, but her
not fly, her not do anything"
There you have it. They say now
that the camera shows just what Nera
said she saw that that day Men of
science are about agreed that the
mysterious power of a Hindoo juggler
is nothing more than hypnotism, and
that would account for Nera and the
camera seeing things as they are. not
As they appear to those who have
yielded their minds to the strange
power of the Hindoo