The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01

THEFT OF 4 oaNANHtIf~T.
Mortif.ing Experience OF n Girl at
n House Party.

II gives one A weird feeling - ~ ;Nii @.
words said ana acts committed when one -
unconscious o. external conditions Il is
fcr this reason mat walking or taking IN
orcs s.eep Is 50 terrifying young woman
vho for years was IN he habit 81 Walking
III FER sleep said that she felt as II
Mere possessed Of Some uncanny power
which wlthou: heE v0!ition might az any
time cause her 20 DO some thing dreadful
'Cnfortunate.y have a passion for Are
stones, she SAID, and that, combined with
my SounAuhuiisIn. brought me once INFO "A
uos1 uncomfortable position. was invited
- gp with h0l.se parry Ia a large country
place OF the Hudson Knowing my tn
aTmity, / had never heretofore dared 10
aCCep; such invitations. bat I hal not
had any recurrence Of my trouble Tor over
year hoped / Was rid oi Il forever, and.
urged by my family, | finally accepted. Nor
the arst Two nights / probably remained
quietly III my ROOM bat on the third
strange thing hoppene1. Al dinner that
evening Miss r., a girl from! San Francisco
Wore a peculiar jewel 1t Was large pearl
hanging from an equally layse ruby. whlca
Was suspended from 4 diamond. which in
Its turned quiyeresi from an emerald
brooch. I admired the effect az the STONES
resting on ,he White lace OF her gown ana
she unfas'ened tie pin ana handed me The
valuable ornament 10 look at. 1t was real
gems and l remember telling her as 1
turned them TO her thar IL WAS actually 4
physical pleasure u handle them
TIE next morning | walked feeling that
something ha! happened and Immediate
ly became possessed with the idea ina,
had walked in my sleep, although saw no
evidence that / had done felt most
uncomfortable, however. and my feeling Of
vague apprt nhen.ion was not iessened
when l went downstairs and found that
during the night Miss II. had been robbed
OF her Jewel. which she had care.ess.y left
sticking in the pin cushion.
As ii haIuened no one had come down
except Miss Il. and our hostess ana tho lat
ter seemed curiously indisposcd "a make
disturbance by announcing the loss public
~ ani begged Us not TO mention the fact
10 the rest OF the guests This Miss H.
readily promised, she realized ~ha, a
Gisagreeabe finale Il would be TO the party
but she Insisted upon sending at once for
a detective ana she quilted the room 10
wire hey husband. who Was In town.
"Whl.o Miss Il. was telling OF her loss
had the most curious feeling of heing in
GONE way connected with the affair, ana
a. soon as were alone | told her OF my
somnambulism AMI strange impression.
w heTeupon she in her turn told how in the
middle ot The night she had been startled
BY noise like the shutting OF her door,
and being OF n nervous disposition she
had sprung from her bed. opened il and
looked into the dim}y lighted hall ana was
aStonished to see that my door. which was
opposite. Vas o.ea.
When she missed her pin In the morn
Ing she concluded not to speak Of the Incl
dent. as she really attached no Importance
% IN" coincidence, but now We both re-
Sardtd the occurrence rs significant ana
together We hastily returned to my room
There. carelessly laid on chair near my
bed. Was the missing jewel, which bad es-
capped my notice while I was dressing The
discovery was great shock t. me--sp
great one that II probably effected my
recovery, for l have never, to my knowl-
edge" walked in my sleep since New
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