Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-30
STOLE in HER SLEEP.
Notifying Experience of a Girl at
a House Party.
An intense Passion for Jewels Work
ed Upon Her While Asleep
and She Committed
the Theft.

II gives one a weird feeling to be told
of words said and acts committed when
one il unconscious of external condi-
tons. II il tor This reason that walking
% talking IN ones sleep is 80 tcrri1y-
ing \ young woman who for years
Mas IN the haUit OF walking IN her slGep
said lhat she lelt rs if she were pos
srsscd Of some uucauuy power which
without her volitioI might ~ any time
ease her To DO something dreadful.
unfortunately ! have II passion for
tine stones" Size said, 'apd that, com
biued with my umr ambuiism, brought
me ICE into a most uncomfortable po-
sition. ! was invited 10 so with "a house
party Ia a large country place on the
Hudson. Knowing my iniirmi,y, haG
never heretofore dared 10 accept such
invitations, but as ! had not had any
recurrence of my trouble for over i
year | hoped ! was rid Of il forever,
and, urged 10y my family, ! finally ac-
cepteG. For the first two nights /
probably remained quietly in my O
but ON the third II strange thing hap
peHed. Al dinner that evening Mis-
H., a girl from San Francisco, wore a
peculiar jewel. 1t was Il large pearl
hanging IRON an equally large ruby,
which was suspended from q diamond,
which in its turn qGiNcrcG from an EN-
erald brooch. ! admired the effect OF
The stones resting ON the White lace o:
her gown and She HulustcucG the pin
and handed NE the valuable ornament
to look at. II WAS really o. pleasure a.
me 10 hold llp boauti al 4pUgs and | r.
momb,r ticking her as / returned thea
- her that il Was actually II physicu.
pleasure to handle them.
The nest morning | walked feeling
that something had happened and | i'm
mcGiJt,S b,ramr possessed with the
idea thai ! Tad walked in ny sleep. al
though / saw no evidence that / Lad
done 81. | felt most uncomfortable,
however. aUG Hy feeling of vague al
prcLlusiou was rot .o.stE,d when |
went GJwhstaif, and fsunG ina; during
The night A.is, J.. Lad btJH robbed a
her jCwol, which she had carelcssly ictt
sticking IN the pin cushion.
AS ii happened no one had come
down except Miss IL. and our hostess.
and the latter seemed curiouslS iHCis-
posed To make Il disturbance hy an
%nouncing the loss publicly and begged
us not 10 mention the fact TO tie rest
of the guests. This Miss B. readily
promised, as she realized what "a dis
agreeable finale ii would be TO the par
~, but she insisted upon sending at
once for q detective and She quilted the
room to wire her husband, who was III
town.
While Miss II. was telling Of her los,
| had the most curious fCCling of being
in some way connected with the affair,
and rs sOtn rs we were alone | told her
of my somnamhulism and strange In
preston. Whureupun She in her turn
told how in the middle of the night
she had been startled by n noise ike the
shutting of her door, and, being Of a
nervous disposition, she had sprung
from her bed. opened il and looked into
the dimiy lighted hall and was aston
ished to see that my door, which was OPP
posite, was open.
when she missed her pin in the
morning she concluded not TO speak
of the incident, as she really attached
no importance to the coincidence, but
TO- we both regarded the occurrence
as significant and together we hastily
returned to my room. There, careless
~ laid ON n chair nea my bed, was the
missing jewel, which had escaped my
notice while ! was dressing. The dis
coyery was a great shock to me-so
great n one that it probably effected
my recovery, for ! have never, 10 my
knowledge, walked in my sleep since
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