Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-03-30
STOLE IN HER SLEEP.
Notifying Experience Of q Girl at
a House Party.
An Intense Passion for Jewels work
ed Upon Her While Asleep
and She Committed
the Theft.

1t gives one a weird feeling to be told
of words said and acts committed when
one is unconscious of external condi-
tons. 1t is for this reason that walking
OF talking in ones sleep is so terrify-
ing A young woman who for years
was in the habit of walking in her sleep
said that she felt as if she were pos
sessed of some uncanny power which
without her volition might at any time
Ca Sc her to do something dreadful.
unfortunately l have passion for
fine stones" she said, land that, COM
bined with my somnambulism, brought
me once into most uncomfortable po-
sition. l was invited to so with a house
party to large country place on the
Hudson. Knowing my infirmity, had
never heretofore dared to accept such
invitations, but as / had not had any
recurrence of my trouble for over II
year l hoped l was rid of it forever,
and. urged by my family, finally ac-
cepted. For the first two nights l
probably remained quietly in my room,
but on the third u strange thing hap
pened. At dinner that evening Miss
b., girl from San Francisco, wore Il
peculiar jewel. 1t was large pearl
hanging from an equally large ruby,
which was suspended from a diamond.
which in its turn quivered from an en-
erald brooch. / admired the effect OF
the stones resting on the white lace o.
her gown and she unfastened the pin
! and handed me the valuable ornament
to look at. 1t was really a pleasure to
me TO hold the beautiful gems and re.
member telling her as l returned them
| to her that it was actually a physical
| pleasure to handle them.
THE next morning l walked feeling
that something had happened and i'm.
mediately became possessed with the
idea that l had walked in my sleep, al.
though l saw no evidence that l had
done so. l felt most uncomfortable
however, and my feeling of vague ap
| prehension was not lessened when
went downstairs and found that during
The night Miss b. had been robbed OF
her jewel, which she had carelessly lief,
sticking in the pin cushion.
"As it happened no one had come
down except Miss b. and our hostess
and the latter seemed curiously indis
posed to make disturbance by an
nouncing the loss publicly and begged
us not to mention the fact to the res
of the guests. This Miss b. readil,
| promised, as she realized what a dis
agreeable finale it would be to the par
ty, but she insisted upon sending a
| Go Il ata Nd bo tod . h.
room to wire her husband, who was il
town.
While Miss B. was telling of her los
| had the most curious feeling of being
in some way connected with the affair
and as soon as we were alone told hel
of my somnambulism and strange i'm
preston. Whereupon she in her turf
told how in the middle of the nigh
she had been startled by a noise like tn,
shutting of her door, and, being of ;
nervous disposition, she had sprung
from her bed, opened it and looked int,
the dimly lighted hall and was aston
ished to see that my door, which was op
posite, was open.
"When she missed her pin in tn
morning she concluded not to speal
of the incident, as she really attache,
no Importance to the coincidence, blu
now we both regarded the occurrence
as significant and together we hastil,
returned to my room. There, careless
~ laid on chair near my bed, was tn
missing jewel, which had escaped m
notice while l was dressing. The dis
covery was great shock to mes
great a one that it probably effecte
my recovery, for I have never, to m
knowledge, walked in my sleep since.
N. Y. Tribune.